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Graduate English

2011 Fall Term

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LITERATURE FOR ADOLESCENTS

ENGLISH 510

This course will explore the history and development of adolescent literature, with special emphasis on the period since 1960. Recent novels which have proven popular and influential with young people and teachers will be analyzed using literary and educational criteria. Participants will consider works within the context of intellectual freedom and potential censorship.

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AMERICAN MINORITY WOMEN WRITERS

ENGLISH 568

A survey of poetry, fiction, drama, and essays written by African-American, Spanish-American, and Native American women.

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TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ENGLISH 572

Practice in expository, descriptive, and report writing, with special application to technical and scientific subject matter.

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PROSE STYLISTICS

ENGLISH 578

Introduction to analysis of prose style through intensive study of a broad range of contemporary styles ranging from popular to business, technical and academic styles. Application of the principles of style in student writing.

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SHAKESPEARE

ENGLISH 604

A study of the works of Shakespeare which will include representative genres and which will not duplicate works studied in ENGLISH 605.

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VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN LITERATURE

ENGLISH 620

A survey of Anglo-Irish literature in the Victorian and Edwardian periods (c. 1830-1914), emphasizing the movement of ideas in the period from romanticism to modernism.

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CURRENT THEORIES OF COMPOSITION FOR TEACHERS

ENGLISH 671

A course in theories and methods of teaching composition, including practice in the evaluation of student writing.

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WRITING WORKSHOP

ENGLISH 690

Variable topics. Group activity oriented presentations emphasizing `hands on` and participatory instructional techniques.