* Required for English majors earning NYS elementary and secondary education teaching certification (Education minor).

** The 9 hours must be in one language. If, however, after a minimum of 6 hours of language at the college level, a student has completed or advanced beyond the mid-intermediate level, he or she may substitute an English elective for the remaining hours.

*** If a student selects the communications, creative writing, or drama concentration, the 15 hours required for each of these programs are part of the 24 hours of departmental electives.

English Majors Who Wish to Qualify for Teaching Certification

Students earning teaching certification in secondary or elementary education must take (at least):

1. One course in American literature (ENG 350 or ENG 351)

2. One advanced writing course

3. One course in advanced grammar and usage (ENG 301)

4. Six (6) hours of a foreign language at the college level

Any upper-division course in writing satisfies the requirement for an advanced writing course: The Contemporary Essay (ENG 395), Magazine Article Writing (CMM 375), Creative Writing (CRW 385), or Fundamentals of Journalism (CMM 374), for example. In certain circumstances, with special permission, other communications courses may satisfy the requirement. Students who wish to receive teaching certification are encouraged to see the chair of the education department as early as possible since fulfilling the requirements will demand careful planning in scheduling courses.

Students desiring a minor in English should consult with the department chair. The usual requirements for an English minor are 12 hours of core English courses plus nine hours taken at the upper-division level. However, requirements for the minor will be determined on an individual basis.

Students desiring a minor in communications, creative writing, or drama should consult with the director of the communications or creative writing programs or the director of theater. The usual requirements for a minor are 15 hours in communications, creative writing, or drama. Qualifications for the minor are determined on an individual basis. Students who are English majors may follow the literature, communications, creative writing, or drama curriculum as part of their degree program.

An English major may follow the communications curriculum by taking, as part of the major, 15 hours in courses prefixed by CMM in the catalog (in addition to CMM 201, which is required for all English majors). The major is listed on the student's transcript as "English (communications curriculum)." Course selections toward this program are made in conference with the student's advisor, but students are required to earn nine of their 15 hours by taking at least three of the following courses: Basic Studio Operations, Fundamentals of Journalism, Magazine Article Writing, Art and Forms of Advertising, Introduction to Public Relations, Communications Internship.

Eligibility:

1. The program is intended for English/communications majors or communications minors. Interns receive practical, on-the-job training in such fields as radio, television, advertising, journalism, and public relations.

2. Students should prepare themselves for internships by taking the appropriate courses: a student who wants a newspaper internship should have taken the journalism course, just as a student interested in a production internship should have taken a studio operations course. However, specific requirements for each internship will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the internship director.

3. Students will normally take no more than nine hours in the Communications Internship program. Each new internship should involve a new placement.

Procedure:

1. Toward the end of each semester, applications to the program are screened by the internship director, who then refers each qualified student for an interview with the company or agency sponsoring the internship that the student seeks. Students must be accepted by the sponsoring agency in order to be admitted into the internship program.

2. All candidates are advised to register for a full course load. Successful candidates must fill out drop/add forms in the Registrar's office after learning that their internships are secured. The internship counts as part of the student's course load.

Program Structure:

1. Interns are expected to meet with the internship director for briefing immediately in the first week of the new semester.

2. Interns will be expected to devote 10 hours weekly to the program. The schedule for hours/days is worked out between the student and the cooperating agency. As soon as interns have knowledge of their schedule, they must inform the director of the schedule.

3. Interns must keep a detailed journal of activities. This journal is to be examined by the internship director at scheduled conferences.

4. Interns meet with the internship director according to a predetermined schedule.

5. The internship director will make on-the-spot visits during the semester.

6. Grades are assigned by the internship director on the basis of journals, individual conferences, student evaluation papers, and end-of-term evaluations from the cooperating agencies. Interns will be assigned high pass, pass, or fail grades for the course.

An English major may follow the creative writing curriculum by taking, as part of the major, 15 hours of courses. Three of the five courses required for a Creative Writing minor or concentration will be writing workshops (Creative Writing Workshop, Playwriting, Scriptwriting, Advanced Fiction Workshop, Advanced Poetry Workshop; any workshop may be repeated once for credit). One of the courses will be in nineteenth or twentieth century literature. One will be the "capstone course" for the minor/concentration: Creative Writing Tutorial (CRW/ENG/CMM 481), consisting of a semester in which the student works one-on-one with a Creative Writing Program faculty member to create a polished portfolio, usually in poetry or fiction. The major is listed on the student's transcript as "English (creative writing concentration)." Course selection for the concentration must be made in consultation with the director of creative writing.

An English major may follow the drama curriculum by taking, as part of the major, 15 hours beyond the 200 level in courses prefixed by DRA in the catalog. The major is listed on the student's transcript as "English (drama curriculum)." Course selections toward this program are made in consultation with the director of theater.

ENG 099. Introduction to College Writing (3).

This 3-credit, pass/fail course will for some students be a prerequisite for ENG 100. Admission to ENG 099 will be based on a prior selection process. This course develops basic writing skills such as paper organization, paragraphing, thesis-building, and argumentation. It also focuses on fundamental issues of syntax and grammar. Students will be expected to compose and revise several papers and to participate in writing workshops. One of the primary functions of this class will be to prepare students for successful completion of ENG 100. Pass/fail only.

ENG 100. College Writing (3).

Practice in the art of effective writing and research. Students will read selected essays in conjunction with frequent writing assignments. Emphasis will be placed on

the clear communication of ideas in argumentative prose.

ENG 200. Perspectives in

Literature (3).

This course is intended to encourage the enjoyment and understanding of a variety of literary genres and individual works drawn from a range of world cultures. Students will read some selections from ancient, European, and American literatures, among others, including works by women and minority writers, and they will write critical responses to the course texts during the semester. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 201 (CMM 201). Fundamentals

of Speech (3).

See course description for CMM 201.

ENG 202 (CMM 202). Communication and Society (3).

See course description for CMM 202.

ENG 203 (CLS 203). Classical Mythology (3).

See course description for CLS 203. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 204 (CLS 204). Classical Literature in Translation (3).

See course description for CLS 204. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 215 (CLS 215). Greek and Roman Comedy (3).

See course description for CLS 215. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 218. Critical Perspectives on Literature (3).

Intensive critical writing about literature based on a close reading of texts. Students will discuss and write about fiction, poetry, and drama from a variety of cultures and historical eras, including works by women and minority authors. Introduction of critical approaches and vocabulary. Primarily for English majors. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 220-239. Special Topics (3).

A course sequence that offers thematically focused elective courses of current interest to instructor and students. Such courses as Medieval Quests and Romances and Racial Identity and Imagination are among those offered.

ENG 250. Introduction to Poetry (3).

A study of lyric poetry from across the ages and across cultures to understand how poems work in form and content. The course will develop some critical and aesthetic norms and discuss how a variety of critical approaches can unpack the riches of great poems. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 251 (DRA 251). Introduction to Theater (3).

See course description for DRA 251.

ENG 260-274. Genre Studies (3).

A course sequence that develops historical and critical analyses of the traditional literary genres: tragedy, comedy, the epic, satire, the lyric, the novel, and others.

ENG 275-289. Major Authors (3).

The concentrated study of a major author or a small combination of major authors.

ENG 300. Plays of Shakespeare (3).

This course focuses on Shakespeare as a dramatist, with attention to the social and historical context of his works. Students will read and write about a selection of Shakespeare's plays, with additional readings where appropriate. Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200.

ENG 301. Advanced Grammar and Usage (3).

A study of the nature and structure of language through a review of the traditional, structural, and transformational grammars and their specific applications to modern English, language skills, and teaching. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 302 (DRA 302). Theater and Drama: Survey of Dramatic Literature (3).

A study of major periods of theatrical development with emphasis on dramatic literature in relation to performance conditions and cultural backgrounds. Some production of scenes. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 304. The History of Criticism (3).

An introduction to modern literary theory and the major movements in literary criticism. Readings include selections from Aristotle, Horace, Sidney, Coleridge, Arnold, Eliot, DeMan, Barthes, Fish

and Eagleton. Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200/218.

ENG 305. English Literature Survey I: Beginnings Through Milton (3).

A survey of English literature of the Old English period, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, including the major work of Milton. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 306. English Literature Survey II: Restoration to the Present (3).

A survey of English literature from the Restoration, through the 18th and 19th centuries, to the present. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 307. The Epic (3).

A study of selected epics and works in

the epic tradition, e.g., "Iliad," "Odyssey," "Aeneid," "Divine Comedy," mock epics, with attention not only to literary forms but also to theories of epic and to cultural contexts. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 308. The Name of the Rose and Medieval English Literature (3).

Using the contemporary novel The Name of the Rose as a starting point, this course examines the major non-Chaucerian literature of medieval England, e.g., the works of Langland, the Pearl Poet, the Wakefield Master, Gower and Malory. Many readings are in Middle English, but no previous experience with the language is required. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 310 (DRA 310/ CMM 310).

Stage Craft (3).

See DRA 310 for course description.

ENG 312. Chaucer (3).

The study of the major works of Chaucer. No prior knowledge of Middle English needed. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 317. Renaissance Literature (3).

A study of selected major prose and poetry of the English Renaissance, with attention to continental influences and relevant contexts. This course will variously focus on the works of Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare (the sonnets), More, Erasmus, Marlowe, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, and/or Marvell. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 318. Shakespeare (3).

A selection of Shakespeare's plays will be read, viewed, and written about, and specific scenes will be produced in class, in order to develop a critical appreciation of Shakespeare as a dramatist. Primarily for English majors. Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200/218.

ENG 319 (DRA 319). Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3).

The course will focus on popular non-Shakespearean plays written and performed in England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Special attention will be given to comedic and tragedic

traditions and to issues of class, politics and gender. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 324. Milton (3).

A study of the poetry and prose of Milton from the early poems ("L'Allegro" and

"Il Penseroso," "Lycidas" and "Comus") through the polemical prose of Milton's public life ("Areopagitica" and "Of Education"), to the major works of his later years ("Paradise Lost," "Samson Agonistes," "Paradise Regained"). Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 333. Restoration and 18th Century Literature (3).

Selected works of Restoration and eighteenth century literature, including works by Congreve, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Gray, Collins, Burke, and Burns. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 336. The Eighteenth-century Novel (3).

An examination of themes and styles in significant novels by major authors (e.g. Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and Austen) with selected critical readings. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 342. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD (3).

The works of the Romantic Period, with emphasis on the major poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Two themes interwoven with the poetic texts will also be important: the socio-political and imaginative responses to the energies unleashed by the French Revolution (Burke and Mary Wollstonecraft will be briefly discussed in this context) and the tension between the real and the ideal. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 345 (WMS 345). VICTORIAN POETRY (3).

This course examines stylistic and thematic characteristics of Victorian poetry. Issues we will address include Victorian responses to romanticism; influences of science and evolution on poetry; ambivalence toward culture and society, toward representations of women and gender in particular; treatments of domesticity; conflicts between religion and aestheticism; nostalgia and preoccupation with the past; and the convergence of optimism, capitalism, and industry. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 346 (WMS 346). VICTORIAN LITERATURE (3).

An introduction to Victorian literature, this course will focus on Victorian views of art and the artist figure by examining attitudes toward romanticism, science and industrialism, the role of the past, and the relationship between poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) of the period. The course will pay particular attention to issues of gender and the representation of domesticity. Authors studied may include Arnold, the Brontes, the Brownings, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, J.S. Mill, Ruskin, Tennyson, and Wilde. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 347 (WMS 347). The Victorian Novel (3).

An examination of the Victorian novel, addressing the following issues: the ways in which Victorian novels recall and revise romanticism and look forward to modernity; the influences of science, evolution, and industry on the content and form of the novel; representations of domesticity and the attempts of women novelists to rewrite or redefine heroism and tragedy; and Victorian preoccupation with the past, as it affects narrative notions of character and conceptions of literary history. Authors treated include Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 350. American Literature Survey I: Beginnings to the Civil War (3).

Significant works of the major figures in American literature from the Colonial period to the Civil War. Authors treated include Franklin, Irving, Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 351. American Literature Survey II: Civil War to the Present (3).

Significant works of major American writers from 1860 to the present. Authors treated include Dickinson, James, Wharton, Faulkner, Hughes, Rich, Morrison, and many others. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 355. Transcendental

Literature (3).

A study of the key writers and texts of the 19th-century American transcendental movement. Authors treated include Margaret Fuller, W. H. Channing, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson. Transcendentalism is seen as a partial reaction against 18th-century rationalism, the skeptical philosophy of Locke, and the confining religious orthodoxy of New England Calvinism. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 361. Modern British Fiction (3).

A study of the fiction of Conrad, Lawrence, Woolf, Forster, Joyce, and

other major British authors from about 1900-1940. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 362 (DRA 362). Modern British Drama (3).

See course description for DRA 362.

ENG 364. Modern American Fiction (3).

A study of American fiction of the modernist period (roughly 1915-1950), including representative works by many of the major fiction writers, e.g. Wharton, Faulkner, Glasgow, Hemingway, Hurston, Fitzgerald, Wright. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 365. Modern British and American Poetry (3).

A study of modern poetry from its earliest practitioners (Whitman, Dickinson, Hardy, and Hopkins) through to contemporary poets. Emphasis is on the continuities and discontinuities between traditionalist and modernist values and techniques in the major British and American poetry of the 20th century. Prerequisite: ENG 100. Suggested prior course: ENG 250.

ENG 366. Irish Renaissance

Literature (3).

An exploration of the Celtic and Anglo-Irish traditions and the historical background of modern Irish literature. Emphasis is on Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and O'Casey. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 367. Yeats (3).

This study of the work of William Butler Yeats places paramount emphasis on the poetry. Some knowledge of the historical and literary context will be required, but the central objects of attention remain. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 368 (DRA 368). Modern American Drama (3).

See course description for DRA 368.

ENG 369 (DRA 369). Modern European Drama (3).

See course description for DRA 369.

ENG 370 (DRA 370). Contemporary American and European Drama (3).

See course description for DRA 370.

ENG 371 (CMM 371/DRA 371). Critical Approaches to Film (3).

An introduction to film genre, genre theory, and film criticism, the course will examine the generic conventions that govern production and reception of film texts. Film genres may include the screwball comedy, the melodrama, the western, the musical, the gangster picture, film noir, and others. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 372 (CMM 372). History of American Film (3).

A study of the development of the American film, from its beginning to the present. We will examine social, technical, and artistic aspects of important American films by influential American directors. Several non-American films will be used to illustrate mutual influences. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 374 (CMM 374). Fundamentals of

Journalism (3).

See course description for CMM 374.

ENG 375 (CMM 375).

Magazine Article Writing (3).

See course description for CMM 375.

ENG 376 (CMM 376). The Art and Forms of Advertising (3).

See course description for CMM 376.

ENG 377 (CMM 377). Introduction to Public Relations (3).

See course description for CMM 377.

ENG 380 (WMS 380). Literature by Women: 17th-19th Centuries (3).

The works of English and American women writers from the 17th through the 19th century. Covers a wide survey of authors, including complete novels by Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and George Eliot. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 381 (WMS 381). Literature by Women: 20th Century (3).

Poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by a variety of American, British, and Canadian authors. Includes complete works

by Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison,

and others. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 382 (WMS 382). African-American Literature (3).

An introduction to the wide range of African-American literature, from slave narratives to present-day authors. Issues include the relation of African-American culture to dominant Anglo culture; the influence of slavery on the lives of African-Americans; African-American self-perception; the roles of gender and economic status. Authors include Douglass, Jacobs, Chesnutt, Hurston, Hughes, Brooks, Wright, Morrison, Naylor, and others. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 383 (WMS 383). American Ethnic

Literature (3).

Introduces students to native and immigrant voices in American literature, including Native American writers such as James Welch and Louise Erdrich; Asian-American writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan; and writers from Latino/a, Arab-American, Jewish, and other backgrounds. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 384 (WMS 384). Contemporary

American Fiction (3).

A study of short stories and novels by contemporary American writers representing a variety of fictional modes. Readings include such authors as Carver, Erdrich, Kincaid, Morrison, Smiley, and Wolff. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 385 (CMM 385/CRW 385).

Creative Writing Workshop (3).

See course description for CRW 385.

ENG 386 (CMM 386/CRW 386/DRA 386). Playwriting (3).

See course description for CRW 386.

ENG 387 (CMM 387/CRW 387). Scriptwriting (3).

See course description for CRW 387.

ENG 388 (DRA 388).

Theater Context (3).

See course description for DRA 388.

ENG 389 (CMM 389/DRA 389).

Scene Design (3).

See course description for DRA 389.

ENG 390 (CMM 390).

Independent Study (1-3).

A student who wishes to pursue an independent project for academic credit must submit, prior to registration, a proposed plan that includes a description of the project and its goals, the methods to be followed, a schedule of work and supervision, the end product, an evaluation procedure, and the number of credits sought. The proposal must be approved by the supervising

faculty member, the department chair, and the academic dean. It will be kept on file in the academic dean's office. One to three semster credit hours.

ENG 391 (CRW 391/CMM 391). Advanced Poetry Workshop (3).

See course description for CRW 391.

ENG 392 (CRW 392/CMM 392). Advanced Fiction Workshop (3).

See course description for CRW 392.

ENG 395. Writing: The Contemporary Essay (3).

This course examines what our most accomplished essayists are currently writing about the contemporary American experience. It considers essays by, among others, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Stephen Jay Gould, Mary Oliver, John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, Cynthia Ozick, and Lewis Thomas. It also considers essays as they occur in current issues of magazines like Harper's and the Atlantic Monthly. Students not only read widely in the current discourse of the contemporary but also either contribute to or contest that discourse with non-fiction essays of their own. In both reading and writing the course attends equally to both content and style, all the while investigating the relationship between the two. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

ENG 400-439. Seminars in Literature, Media, and Rhetoric (3).

A selection of seminars centered on literature, media, and rhetoric but integrating other components of a Le Moyne education, thus helping students see the interconnectedness of disciplines. Designed to reach beyond the traditional limits of literary study, these seminars will also encourage students to further enhance their speaking and writing skills. Prerequisites or corequisites: ENG 100, 200, and 300.

ENG 402. Literary Utopias and Dystopias (3).

This course encourages students to explore the relationships between imaginative literature and a variety of disciplines. Proceeding chronologically, we will begin with several western utopias and move into modern and contemporary dystopias

-some of which address the "problem" of being non-western or female in an ostensibly perfect world.

ENG 403. Writing and speaking

in the professions (3).

A course designed to train students to write efficient business documents and to present effective oral briefings in an organizational setting. Students will consider ethical issues faced in careers, methods of persuasion, audience analysis, and writing issues of clarity, conciseness, and courtesy, among others. Literature about business will be a basis for presentations.

ENG 404 (WMS 404). Literature and Psychology (3).

A seminar employing psychological approaches in analyzing and writing about literary texts. In examining fiction, poetry, and drama by writers from Sophocles to Toni Morrison, the course focuses on such topics as archetypes, defense mechanisms, dissociative identity disorder, family dramas, therapists and therapeutic relationships, the psychology of women, and the psychology of the artist. Contributions of selected psychological theorists, such as Freud, Jung, Horney, Chodorow, Lacan, and Kristeva, provide a foundation for discussion of literary texts. Prior knowledge of psychology is not required.

ENG 405. Gender and Literature (3).

Students will explore issues of gender formation and gender identity (in the United States) as described in the literature. The course covers a variety of eras as well as authors from various backgrounds.

ENG 406. Hamlet: Views and Variations (3).

Intensive study of Hamlet itself will be followed by consideration of interpretations of the play from a variety of perspectives (such as feminism, Marxism, and psychoanalysis). The course will also look at Shakespeare's sources, adaptations of Hamlet for other media (such as film and television), and artwork, music, and other plays inspired by it.

ENG 407. Literature and the Environment (3).

Examination of the views of nature and the environment as seen by selected writers, poets, and essayists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The readings, discussions, and written assignments will explore the aesthetics, the socio-political climate, and the prevailing attitudes toward the environment that formed the background for readings.

ENG 408. Literature of the Holocaust (3).

European and American writers whose pens bore witness to the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. Through nonfictional memoirs and imaginative accounts, this course will document how survivors of the holocaust forged a resilient art out of the pain they endured. Films and guest speakers will supplement the reading materials.

ENG 409. Celtic Literature (3).

This course explores ancient and modern Irish and Welsh literary traditions with emphasis on the mythological, historical, and political backgrounds of the literature.

ENG 410. Drama in Performance (3).

The primary aim of this course is to give students a close acquaintance with dramatic art as it is actually performed in contemporary theatre. Students will attend about ten theatrical performances in the Syracuse area, read scripts and other supplementary materials, and bring to bear relevant materials from various disciplines. Note: Tickets for the semester will cost about $130. Students must be free to attend evening performances.

ENG 411. Cultural Perspectives on Medicine (3).

Drawing on a combination of classic literary texts and modern meditations on the practice of medicine, this course explores the intersection of medicine and literature and seeks to understand our perceptions of disease as a cultural phenomenon.

ENG 412 (WMS 412). American Outlaws and Outcasts (3).

Exploration of American literature from a cultural perspective, particularly its fascination with characters who transgress, manipulate, and confront the boundaries that demark American culture. We will focus on a variety of figures who are both powerful and marginal: writers, criminals, clowns, and lovers. We will compare America's painted and tainted ladies with its masked lone rangers to see what difference gender makes in the terms and consequences of their isolation.

ENG 413. Contemporary Catholic Fiction (3).

A close look at several major Catholic writers of the twentieth century, all of whom bring to their art a specifically Catholic perspective: "a conviction of the open-ended mystery of matter," an appreciation of ritual, an understanding of paradox, and a way of looking at the world that takes seriously the implications of believing in the Incarnation, ie. that God has joined the human struggle. The course combines literary and theological methods with a broad cultural perspective to understand better what Catholicism means in the last half of the twentieth century.

ENG 414 (WMS 414). American Film Noir and the Femme Fatale (3).

This core course will trace the development of film noir and the femme fatale through the original cycle of noire films of the 40's and 50's to later and neo- films. We will look at the socio-historical contexts of these films in order to generate questions not only about the cultural origins and revisions of the genre, but also about the effectiveness and viability of contemporary representations of the femme fatale. Students will present submissions each week in response to films and assigned readings.

ENG 415 (WMS 415). 12 American Films: Auteurism (3).

A socio-historical study of the works of six exceptional American film directors of the twentieth century. We will approach the films of Billy Wilder, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorcese, and Woody Allen through the perspective of: 1) socio-historical context, 2) genre study (analysis of melodrama, film noir, comedy, romantic comedy, science-

fiction, and the gangster film), and 3) auteurism (film director as author/artist). Focus on theme of viewing and being viewed, and the larger issues of performance raised by this theme, including the process of becoming a public image and the representation of the artist-figure and actor. Significant attention to the representation of women as objects of vision.

ENG 416 (WMS 416). Literature, Film, and Culture (3).

Examination of the cultural climates of various written texts and the films that are based on them. We will explore the social circumstances that have given rise to revisions of particular texts as we discuss the way in which the films studied are true or untrue to the earlier works on which they are based. We will also examine the "literatures" of all the works, asking how we read film differently from the way we read written texts.

ENG 417. Arthurian Legend (3).

This interdisciplinary course focuses on the medieval origins and later developments of the Arthurian legend in its varying forms, especially in English literature. Questioning why revitalizations of interest in Arthurian ideals occur when they do, class members will consider cultural and political contexts as well as the moral and psychological issues that writers such as Malory and Tennyson raise. Given the multiple translations and transformation involved, students will further challenge themselves to understand the nature of literary and other imitations.

ENG 418. LITERATURE AND

REVOLUTION (3).

This interdisciplinary seminar explores a variety of interactions between literary texts and their socio political contexts, especially during periods of revolutionary turbulence. Focus is on the immediate historical settings in which particular creative works were written, the events by which they were affected, and the events that they, in turn, helped to shape. Roughly equal attention is devoted to the aesthetic and the historical dimension.

ENG 419. Contemporary Irish Literature and Politics (3).

This interdisciplinary core seminar will explore the major writers of post-Civil War Irish literature, focusing on the novelists, poets, and playwrights who have responded to and helped shape an Ireland very different from that of the 1916 Rising. We shall read selectively in the fiction, poetry, and drama of the period, with special attention to the intersection of politics and imagination in contemporary Irish culture.

ENG 480. Honors Tutorial (3).

ENG 481 CMM 481/CRW 481). Creative Writing Tutorial (3).

See course description for CRW 481.

CMM 201 (ENG 201). Fundamentals of Speech (3).

Essentials of voice production, oral interpretation, speech organization and use of supporting materials; preparation and delivery of speech materials; group and panel discussion.

CMM 202 (ENG 202). Communication and Society (3).

This course aims to provide a critical understanding of the mass media and the professionals who create, edit, manage, and distribute their content. Overview of the various types of mass media available to audiences yesterday, today, and tomorrow and exploration of the ways in which the media form and reflect society and culture. Consideration is given to the ways in which audiences use media (and are, in turn, used by them) and how governments and other institutions shape the form and content of the media. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CMM 301 (DRA 301). Training the Speaking Voice (3).

The theory and practice of vocal production and articulation, especially for public speaking and performance. Breathing for speech; voice projection; improving vocal quality and flexibility; the study of speech sounds and their production. Practical application through daily voice and diction exercises and frequent demonstration performances.

CMM 305. Basic Studio Operations (3).

Basic operation of television facilities; fundamentals of TV scripting. Students write and direct their own productions.

CMM 306. Advanced Studio Operations (3).

Students develop more complex productions on topics of their own interest under faculty guidance.

CMM 307. Communications Photography (3).

An introductory level course in photography as a communications medium. The course will include lectures, demonstrations, slide presentations, group critiques, a field trip, and supervised darkroom work. Material covered will include: camera and components, film exposure and development, printing techniques, commercial studio lighting, electronic flash, and digital photography. The work of various photojournalists and commercial photographers will be shown and discussed in class. Assign-ments will be geared toward the development of students' awareness of photography as a medium of mass communication.

CMM 310. (ENG 310/DRA 310.)

Stage Craft (3).

See course description for DRA 310

CMM 312. Speech for Television

and Radio (3).

Skills training in vocal production for television and radio announcing. Focus is on precision and intentional production of specific pitch, rate, inflection, articulation, and other vocal qualities. Stress will be placed on rehearsal techniques, participation in group exercises, and peer and instructor review of performances. Suggested prior course: CMM 301.

CMM 319. Survey of American Broadcasting (3).

Origin and growth of broadcasting; social control of broadcasting; influence of broadcasting; television as a cultural force. Research papers and media projects devoted to criticism of radio and television program content.

CMM 371 (ENG 371/DRA 371). Critical Approaches to Film (3).

See course description for ENG 371.

CMM 372 (ENG 372). History of American Film (3).

See course description for ENG 372.

CMM 374 (ENG 374). Fundamentals

of Journalism (3).

Introduces students to the techniques of copy preparation, information gathering, organization, and style used in newspaper journalism; asks students to apply these techniques to a variety of news and feature writing assignments. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CMM 375 (ENG 375).

Magazine Article Writing (3).

Writing and marketing the basic types of magazine articles; ideas, research, organization, dealing with editors. Students write one major article for publication. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CMM 376 (ENG 376). The Art and Forms of Advertising (3).

Promotional appeals and strategies. Special emphasis on copywriting and layout preparation. Course includes extensive study of word values (images, allusive qualities, psychological impact) and an investigation of the relationships between verbal and visual communications. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CMM 377 (ENG 377). Introduction to Public Relations (3).

The theory and practice of public relations in the United States today. The class will define public relations and examine case studies. The class will also look at public relations and research, planning and

creativity, and the application of public relations to business, financial, government and non-profit sectors. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CMM 379 (DRA 379). Lighting Design

for the Theater (3).

See course description for DRA 379.

CMM 384 (DRA 384).

Performing Literature (3).

See course description for DRA 384.

CMM 385 (CRW 385/ENG 385).

Creative Writing Workshop (3).

See course description for CRW 385.

CMM 386 (ENG 386/CRW 386/DRA 386). Playwriting (3).

See course description for CRW 386.

CMM 387 (ENG 387/CRW 387). Scriptwriting (3).

See course description for CRW 387.

CMM 389 (ENG 389/DRA 389).

Scene Design (3).

See course description for DRA 389.

CMM 390 (ENG 390).

Independent Study (1-3).

See course description for ENG 390.

CMM 391 (CRW 391/ENG 391). ADVANCED POETRY WORKSHOP (3).

See course description for CRW 391.

CMM 392 (CRW 392/ENG 392). ADVANCED FICTION WORKSHOP (3).

See course description for CRW 392.

CMM 490-499 (ENG 490-499). Internship (3-6).

Participation in a field learning experience related to the area of communications. The student intern reports as required to the faculty member assigned to supervise this field experience and will be expected to evaluate the experience and relate it to his or her academic program. Enrollment by permission of the internship director. Three to six semester hours credit.

CRW 385 (ENG 385/CMM 385).

Creative Writing Workshop (3).

Intensive practice in the writing and criticism of poetry, drama, and fiction. Associated readings geared to the needs of the individual participant. Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200/218.

CRW 386 (CMM 386/DRA 386). Playwriting (3).

A workshop that introduces students to the techniques of dramatic writing. Each student functions primarily as a dramatist, but also as audience and actor. Students write in various styles and techniques, give on-stage readings of and discuss each other's work, revise scenes, and for the final project, finish a one-act play. Prerequisites: ENG 100, ENG 200/218, ENG 300.

CRW 387 (CMM 387/ENG 387). SCRIPTWRITING (3).

This course provides study and practice in the special requirements of writing fictional works for television and film. This course will focus on: basic dramatic structures and story telling, the premise, the pitch, character development, writing the treatment, story outlines, writing the master scene, and completing the script. At semester end, students are expected to produce full-length tele-plays, radio dramas, or film scripts. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

CRW 391 (ENG 391/CMM 391). Advanced Poetry Workshop (3).

A poetry writing workshop for students who have completed the introductory creative writing workshop or who can demonstrate advanced creative writing abilities. The course requires a close study of poems by major modern and contemporary authors as well as demanding assignments, including the composition of a long poem (narrative and/or philosophical), and exercises in traditional forms. Prerequisite: ENG 385/CMM 385.

CRW 392 (ENG 392/CMM 392). Advanced Fiction Workshop (3).

A fiction writing workshop for students who have completed the introductory creative writing workshop or who can demonstrate advanced fiction writing ability. The course requires the reading of major modern and contemporary authors, weekly short writing assignments and the writing of an extended work of prose fiction or a linked series of short stories. Prerequisite: ENG 385/CMM 385.

CRW 395 (ENG 395). Writing: The Contemporary Essay (3).

See course description for ENG 395.

CRW 481 (ENG 481). Creative Writing Tutorial (3).

Creative Writing Tutorial, the "capstone course" for the creative writing concentration, consists of a semester in which the student works one-on-one with an English department faculty member to create a polished portfolio of poetry, fiction, or drama, including revisions of previous work and new writing. Prerequisites: three CRW workshop courses (CRW 385, 386, 387, 391, 392).

DRA 251 (ENG 251). Introduction to Theater (3).

An introduction to the elements of theater as a performing art. Topics include the nature and variety of dramatic texts, the nature of acting, the functions of theatrical design, the rehearsal process, and

the integration of theatrical aesthetics in

performance.

DRA 301 (CMM 301). Training the Speaking Voice (3).

See course description for CMM 301.

DRA 302 (ENG 302). Survey of Dramatic Literature (3).

See course description for ENG 302.

DRA 304. Acting Workshop (3).

An introduction to the fundamentals of the acting process. The course includes exercises to enhance physical and vocal expression plus instruction in basic text analysis and role preparation for actors. Instruction is based on student participation in a studio atmosphere.

DRA 305. Advanced Acting (3).

A scene study course which introduces students to the basic elements of acting styles, such as realism, lyric and classic, gestural and mannered comedy. Instruction is studio-based with students presenting scenes for criticism and discussion.

DRA 310 (ENG 310/CMM 310). Stage Craft (3).

This course examines the principles, methods and materials used in the creation of scenery for the theater, television and other performance environments. Areas of study include theater personnel organization and communication, equipment and facility usage, plus procedures for

construction, painting, rigging and execution of scenery.

DRA 313. MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUE I (3).

An introduction to modern dance technique as an individually expressive and creative art form. Focusing on the Horton/Dunham approach, the course will include study of modern dance history and the process of aesthetic decision making within the discipline.

DRA 319 (ENG 319). Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3).

See course description for ENG 319.

DRA 325 (ENG 325). Restoration and Eighteenth-century Drama (3).

See course description for ENG 325.

DRA 362 (ENG 362). Modern British Drama (3).

A survey of the history of the drama of the British Isles from the late 19th century to the mid-1950s. Emphasis is on experimentation and alterations in dramatic form, theme, characterization, language, and stagecraft. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

DRA 368 (ENG 368). Modern American Drama (3).

A survey of the major playwrights beginning with O'Neill and normally including Maxwell Anderson, Rice, Odets, Miller, Albee, Wilder , Saroyan, and Williams. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

DRA 369 (ENG 369). Modern European Drama (3).

A study of representative plays of European dramatists from the late 19th century to the present. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

DRA 370 (ENG 370). Contemporary American and European Drama (3).

This course covers some of the major dramatists since World War II, including

Pinter, Stoppard, Weiss, Bond, Beckett, Albee, Rabe, Shepard, and Storey. Also covered is the "non-matrixed" theater of Grotowski, Schechner and others. Although the class may be involved in producing drama, no acting experience is required. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

DRA 371 (ENG 371/CMM 371).

Critical Approaches to Film (3).

See course description for ENG 371.

DRA 379 (CMM 379).

Lighting Design for the Theater (3).

An introduction to the aesthetics and techniques of lighting design for the theater. The course will cover the history, aesthetic theory, and practice of this increasingly potent element of dramatic art.

DRA 384 (CMM 384).

PERFORMING LITERATURE (3).

This is a basic course in the reading of imaginative literature as an art of solo performance. It is also a course in the study and appreciation of literature - a study aimed at making possible a full sharing of that literature with an audience. Working with three forms of literature - poetry, narrative prose, and drama - students will study, workshop and perform short selections in each genre. Prerequisite: ENG 100.

DRA 386 (ENG 386/Crw 386). Playwriting (3).

See course description for CRW 386.

DRA 388 (ENG 388). Theater Context (3).

An advanced exploration of the theatrical production process. The course will concentrate on "mise en scene" to include text, performance, theory, environmental design, and collaborative procedure.

DRA 389 (ENG 389/CMM 389). Scene Design (3).

An introduction to theater design and production techniques. This course provides a survey of major design trends in world theater as well as practicum experience in scenic, lighting and costume design.

DRA 390-399. Theater Practice.

The usual prerequisite is one or more courses in drama, along with considerable practical experience in productions. A student who wishes to pursue a theater project for academic credit must submit, prior to registration, a proposed plan that includes a description of the project and its goals, the methods to be followed, schedule of work and supervision, end product, evaluation procedure and number of credits sought. The proposal must be approved by the supervising faculty member, the department chair, and the academic dean. It will be kept on file in the academic dean's office. May only be taken once for credit. Prerequisite: DRA 304.