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4 credits eachCritical reading, discussion, and written analysis of literary texts. Eng 104 focuses on novels and poetry; students see and review a film when appropriate. Eng 105 focuses on short fiction and drama; students attend and review a play.
4 credits eachCritical oral and written examination of various genres of outstanding works of ancient, medieval, and modern literature. Students gain insight into world cultures and their own cultural assumptions. Recommended for students intending to become English majors.
4 credits eachChronological study of a representative selection of comedies, histories, and tragedies. Critical oral and written examination is made of the plays from the text and from productions.
4 credits eachStudy of literature in translation. Usually organized around one or two themes, occasionally organized chronologically.
4 creditsCritical reading, discussion, and written analysis of texts. Readings include traditional myths, legends, and tales in translation; contemporary poetry; recent narratives by Native American writers. Occasional films and speakers are scheduled.
4 creditsThe scholarly study of traditional practices and narratives, including such genres as superstition, legend, proverb, myth, and folktale. Has a multicultural emphasis.
4 creditsIntensive academic writing analyzing the main genres of literature: poetry, drama, fiction, essay, and film. Prerequisite: Wr 121, 122 or the equivalent. This class satisfies the third term writing requirement at SOU. English majors and pre-majors only, and permission of instructor.
Note: English majors enrolling in upper division literature courses are required to have completed English 298. Non majors must have completed the research component of the writing sequence as required by their major department. Any exceptions will need permission of the instructor.
4 creditsIntensive writing course for English majors emphasizing principles of analysis of literary texts. Surveys twentieth century critical theory and practice. Prerequisite: Eng 298 or consent of instructor. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsSurvey of British women writers focusing on common issues and the development of a tradition.
4 creditsSurvey of women writers in the United States focusing on common issues and the development of a tradition.
4 creditsA study of selected works and writers covering the development of various genres in their historical context from Anglo-Saxon times to the English Renaissance. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsA study of selected works and writers from the late Renaissance to the Romantic period. Topics may include the development of the novel, the rise of a female readership and authors, and subjectivity in lyric poetry. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsA study of selected works and writers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Organized by topics such as narrative strategies, the impact of industrialization, and literary responses to science. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsPoetry, prose, and fiction from the first writings in English to the middle of the nineteenth century. Topics may include the Puritan legacy or the wilderness and the frontier. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsPredominantly short fiction and prose from the middle of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Topics may include the American self or the rise of industrialization and cities. English majors only or permission of instructor.
4 creditsPoetry, fiction, prose, and drama from the early twentieth century to the present. Topics may include lost generations or forming an American identity. English majors only or permission of instructor.
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2 creditsSenior project for English majors to integrate their knowledge and skills in the discipline.
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4 creditsA study of the birth and early development of the English novel with attention to the early masterpieces of Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, and Sterne. Occasional emphasis on fictional precursors or special issues in prose fiction.
4 creditsStudy of the English novel from the Brontës, Dickens, and Eliot through Trollope and Hardy. Traces changes in the way meanings are made manifest through various narrative structures. The course is occasionally organized by generic concerns.
Eng 419/519 The British Novel: The Twentieth Century
4 creditsJoseph Conrad; the Edwardians (Bennett, Galsworthy, Wells, other transitional figures); the experimental novelists (Joyce, Woolf, Richardson, D. H. Lawrence); the reaction against experiment, or return to realism and storytelling (C. P. Snow, Kingsley Amis, Graham Greene).
4 creditsFocuses on collections of stories by individual authors some of them American and most of them twentieth century.
4 credits eachA limited number of Shakespearean plays are intensively studied with textual focus. Plays are chosen to correlate with Oregon Shakespeare Festival offerings. (Cross listed with TA 436/536, 437/537, 438/538.)
4 creditsStudy of the history, principles, and practices of various aspects of literary criticism.
4 creditsStudy of the underlying social, economic, and political philosophies of an age as they find expression in the dominant literary forms and theories that characterize it. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
4 creditsConcentrated study of the canon of one or two major writers, including detailed analysis of at least one of the authors' major works. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
4 creditsExplores the genre of the literary essay. Chosen texts explore human interactions with the objective world. Deals with certain issues of science and environmental history as useful peripheral knowledge but centers on matters of language, image, and voice. Typical authors: Lopez, Dillard, Abbey, Graves, Austin, Doig, Matthiessen, Stegner.
4 creditsReadings from African American, Asian American, Hispanic, and Native American literature.
4 creditsSelected literary works in English translation from Asian and African countries studied in relation to cultural upheavals of the twentieth century. Works are chosen from such countries as China, Japan, Korea, India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and countries in the Middle East. Region to be studied is announced in the class schedule. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
4 creditsSelected plays by various playwrights. Attendance at a live performance is sometimes required. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
4 credits A study of poetry by various poets. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
4 creditsThe study of significant aesthetic, philosophical, and cultural ideas affecting the development of the novel in the United States.
4 creditsThe study of the directions of the naturalistic and modern novel in the United States.
4 creditsThe study of diverse issues in the novels of the last fifty years.
4 creditsMethods of teaching literature in elementary and secondary language arts classes utilizing current theories and applications. Emphasizes rationales, strategies, and projects for literature curriculum development and enrichment.
4 creditsSurvey of young adult novels. Emphasis on selection and evaluation of books, adolescent reading interests, and reading guidance for curricular and personal needs.
4 creditsBeginning course in linguistics introducing basic principles of oral and written communication, the sound system of English, dialects, usage problems, competing grammars, development and change in language, problems in semantics, and acquisition of language and reading skills by young children.
4 creditsHistorical view of the growth of the English language from its beginnings to the present.
4 creditsComparison of traditional, structural, and transformational models of English grammar with emphasis on transformational. Grammatical differences in various dialects of American English are explored.
4 creditsStresses theories of structure and meaning in language with emphasis on the English language. Studies of recent developments may include acquisition of language in early childhood with implications for preschool and school curricula, sexist and racist language, contemporary grammatical theory and research, and similar topics.
4 creditsInterpretation of films using the techniques of modern literary criticism. Typical offerings: surveys of film history, studies of particular types, close analysis of selected directors.
4 credits each topicSelected topics from women's writing. The following and other topics are offered on the basis of interest and need. Repeated credit is allowed for different topics.
Ethnic Women Writers
Works by Latin American, African American, Native American, Jewish American, and Asian American women writers.
Women Science Fiction Writers
Visions of women in the future as they illuminate the real lives and ideas of women of all times. Novels and short stories by writers as diverse as Lessing, Le Guin, McCaffrey, Wilhelm, Russ, and McIntyre.
Women and Madness in Literature
Madness as a revolutionary motif in fiction by women is explored in works by writers such as Atwood, Piercy, Lessing, Plath, Rhys, and Allen.
Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism
Feminist literary theorists from Virginia Woolf to Olsen, Rich, Russ, Spender, and contemporary academic critics.
Graduate Courses
1Eng
501 Research Credit to be arranged
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1Eng
505 Reading and Conference Credit to be arranged
1Eng
507 Seminar Credit to be arranged
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1Eng 501, 505, 507 limited to 9 credits singly or in combination.
Note: Advising for lower division writing courses is through the Colloquium Office.
4 creditsFor students whose native language is not English. To be taken during the first quarter of a student's program. Focus is on U.S. culture, reading, writing, and grammar. Credit applies toward electives only.
4 creditsTo be taken during the second quarter. Grammar and reading are covered but emphasis is on the patterns of writing. Prerequisite: Wr 101 or instructor's approval. Credit applies toward electives only.
2 creditsTo be taken during the third quarter. Emphasis is on library and research skills. Prerequisites: Wr 101 and 102 or instructor's approval. Credit applies toward electives only.
4 creditsGeneral course in rhetoric with emphasis on exposition. Focus is on organization and effective expression of ideas. To be taken freshman year.
4 creditsWritten composition with emphasis on argumentation. To be taken freshman year. Prerequisite: Wr 121 or equivalent.
4 creditsWritten composition with emphasis on research and writing. A research project is formulated and research techniques, such as finding and narrowing a topic of interest, are included. To be taken freshman year. Prerequisite: Wr 122 or equivalent.
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4 creditsWritten composition. An introduction to research techniques and writing with an emphasis on technical and scientific writing. Prerequisites: Wr 121, 122. Equivalent to Wr 123.
4 creditsIntroduces students to creative writing's elements and traditions through various readings. Students react to these readings through a variety of exercises. Prerequisite: Wr 122 or Core 102 or equivalent.
4 creditsUpper Division CoursesIntroduces students to creative writing's elements and traditions through various readings. Students react to these readings through a variety of exercises. Prerequisite: Wr 241 or permission of instructor.
Note: Wr 123, 227, Eng 298 or permission of instructor is a prerequisite for all upper division writing programs.
4 creditsDesigned to prepare students for the variety of problem-solving situations faced by professionals. In addition to a term project designed to meet the needs of the individual student, areas covered include memos, résumés, professional correspondence, job interviews, in-house reports, graphics, and audience analysis.
4 creditsFor students interested in writing the short story, novella, or novel. Analysis and discussion of student work. Prerequisite: Wr 242.
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Practice in verse writing and study of verse forms. Analysis and discussion of student work. Prerequisite: Wr 242.
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4 credits
Advanced instruction and practice in the field of writing, with some attention to the rules of composition. This is the writing intensive course for English majors. Students registering at the 414 level must be English majors and have permission of instructor.
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undergraduate credits
Tutors are given training tutoring students of all disciplines. They are responsible for giving writing assistance on a one-on-one basis or in groups. Prerequisite: good writing and interpersonal communication skills.
4 credits
Intensive workshop emphasizing the particulars of the short story. Students are expected to complete and submit one story. Students are required to make copies of and read from their work. Prerequisite: Wr 330.
4 credits
Intensive workshop emphasizing the particulars of the novel. Students are expected to complete the first twenty-five pages of a novel and a prospectus of the entire work. Students are required to make copies of and read from their work. Prerequisite: Wr 330.
4 credits
Intensive workshop emphasizing the particulars of writing and compiling a collection of poetry. Students are expected to complete a book-length manuscript of poetry with writing and revising involved in the process. Prerequisite: Wr 341.
4 credits
A nonfiction writing course designed to lead students through the steps of publication. Prerequisite: Wr 123 or 227. May be repeated once for credit with the instructor's permission.
4 credits
For teachers of middle-school through college level freshman composition. Emphasis is on recent theory and research in the teaching of writing. Class members will model desirable writing and learning behaviors.
4 credits
Examines a wide range of rhetorical theories from Aristotle to Bakhtin as they affect the composing process. Prerequisite: Wr 123 or Wr 227 or Eng 298.
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Credit to be arranged maximum 15 graduate credits
Tutors are given training tutoring students of all disciplines. They are responsible for giving writing assistance on a one-on-one basis or in groups. Prerequisite: good writing and interpersonal communication skills.