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ENGL 121, 122, 223; or HONR 141, 142, and ENGL 223 are prerequisites to all upper division writing courses.
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The following courses do not apply toward an English major or minor.
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| ENGL 100 WRITING SKILLS | 4 |
Study of basic grammar, usage, and punctuation in the context of
writing; emphasis on sentence and paragraph work. Short writing
assignments on word processors required. Diagnostic test at the
beginning with a competency-based exit exam at the end. Graded S/NC
only. Required of students who do not place in
ENGL 121 or
HONR 141. Corequisite:
RDNG 100. Credit does not
apply toward graduation.
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| ENGL 121, 122 COLLEGE WRITING | 3, 3 |
Study and practice in the forms of writing necessary for all college
writing. ENGL 121 emphasizes personal and
expository writing and an understanding of the writing process;
ENGL 122 emphasizes expository and persuasive writing,
analysis, argument, and the development of a clear writing style. Must
be taken in sequence. Prerequisite: satisfactory scores on placement
tests.
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| ENGL 223 RESEARCH WRITING | 3 |
A study of library resources, information gathering techniques, and
research writing, including the ethics and style expected in the
academic community. Includes a major documented research paper aimed
at a scholarly audience. Prerequisite:
ENGL 122 or
HONR 142 and 36 hours of college classwork completed.
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| ENGL 204 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 4 |
Introduction to the art of reading and studying literature,
emphasizing the methods of analyzing poetry, stories, and drama. Will
not apply toward an English major. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 210, 211, 212 SURVEY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4, 4, 4 |
A survey of English and American literature and literary history from
Anglo-Saxon times to the present. The first quarter covers
Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and renaissance literature; the second quarter,
neoclassic and romantic literature; and the third quarter,
19th-century and 20th-century literature. Open only to English majors,
minors, and humanities majors, or by permission of the instructor.
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| ENGL 214 THEMES IN LITERATURE | 4 |
Introduction to the study of literature in a basic literary theme or
genre. Specific subjects to be studied vary from quarter to quarter;
see Class Schedule. Will not apply toward an English major. May be
repeated for credit when topics vary.
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| ENGL 215 INTRODUCTION TO FILM LITERATURE | 4 |
An introduction to the history of film development and basic
techniques of film expression leading to a study of film genres.
Intended to broaden the students? critical appreciation of literature
and to encourage responsible, mature criteria for judging film
literature. Will not apply toward an English major. (Course fee $15)
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| ENGL 257 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (OR ENGL 357) | 4 |
Study of major contemporary African-American writers in their cultural
and historical context. Credit will not be allowed for both courses.
Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 312 DEVELOPMENT OF FILM LITERATURE | 4 |
Survey of the development of film literature throughout the twentieth
century, with emphasis on the relationships between technology, film
techniques, and cultural history. Either
ENGL 312 or
ENGL 315 will apply as an elective on the
English major. Prerequisite: ENGL 215 or
qualifying exam. Offered even years only. (Course fee $15)
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| ENGL 314 ADVANCED THEMES IN LITERATURE | 4 |
Advanced study of selected literary works that develop a particular
theme or genre. Topics vary from quarter to quarter; see Class
Schedule. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Will not apply
toward an English major. Prerequisite: General Studies literature.
Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 315 GENRE FILM LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of selected films with emphasis on criticism of film form or
socio-cultural expression. Either ENGL 312
or ENGL 315 will apply as an elective on
the English major. Prerequisite: ENGL 215
or qualifying exam. Offered odd years only. (Course fee $15)
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| ENGL 316 LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST | 4 |
A study of traditional and contemporary writing set in the American
West, including the work of explorers, pioneers, mythmakers, and
contemporary writers. Emphasis on the history of the Western
environment as recorded in literature. Prerequisite: General Studies
literature. Will apply as an elective on the English major. Offered
even years only.
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| ENGL 317 PACIFIC NORTHWEST WRITERS | 4 |
Study of contemporary writing by Northwesterners, including poetry,
fiction, and non-fiction. Prerequisite: General Studies literature.
Will apply as an elective on the English major. Offered odd years
only.
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ENGL 121, 122, 223; or HONR 141, 142, 223 are prerequisites to all other writing courses.
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| ENGL 224 RESEARCH AND WRITING IN RELIGION | 3 |
Study of research and writing skills in religion, including the use of
library resources; instruction in the preparation and writing of
papers for academic, professional, and popular audiences. This course
is prerequisite to all upper-division theology seminars. Prerequisite:
ENGL 223.
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| ENGL 234 LITERARY ANALYSIS | 4 |
Instruction and practice in close analysis, interpretation, and
evaluation of literature in the major genres with an introduction to
various critical approaches and methods of research in literary
history; includes the writing of critical essays. Intended to prepare
the student for upper-division literature courses. Prerequisite:
ENGL 223 or HONR 243
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| ENGL 323 WRITING FOR ENGINEERS | 3 |
Emphasizes the research and writing techniques appropriate to
engineering. Includes a research paper and other papers for both
professional and general audiences. Corequisite courses are designated
by the School of Engineering. Prerequisite:
ENGL 122 or
HONR 142 or equivalent.
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| ENGL 324 CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | 3 |
Techniques of writing creative nonfiction in a range of styles for a
variety of audiences. Emphasizes intensive revision and the
development of critical writing and thinking. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 325 WRITING FOR THE PROFESSIONS | 3 |
Techniques of researching, writing, and presenting proposals, reports,
and other documents in such fields as law, business, science,
engineering, and education. Designed to aid students in writing papers
in their major fields and professional careers. Offered odd years
only.
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| ENGL 334 POETRY WRITING | 3 |
A writing course designed to study and apply the basic principles of
poetics. Analysis and discussion of student work.
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| ENGL 335 NARRATIVE WRITING | 3 |
Study of narrative theory and practice in the techniques of narrative
writing, including characterization, theme, and plot. Analysis and
discussion of student work.
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| ENGL 336 DRAMA WRITING | 3 |
Study of dramatic theory and practice in planning, writing, and
revising a play. The focus is primarily on the fundamentals of writing
drama.Analysis and discussion of student work. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 385 STYLISTICS | 3 |
This course will examine theories of word choice through linguistic
and grammatical exercises and discussions. It will also examine a
variety of prose texts with an emphasis on what differentiates one
style from another. Students will write papers analyzing prose styles
and will produce original work based upon traditional stylistic
exercises and mimesis. Prerequisite: ENGL 384
, or ENGL 485, or 8 hours of Latin or
Greek. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 389 WRITING THEORY | 3 |
A study of composition theory and the writing process. Through writing
practice, students study the application of this theory to their own
work and to the teaching of writing.
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| ENGL 424 DIRECTED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of essay writing skills through a writing project chosen in
consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment. Admission by
permission of instructor. Prerequisites:
ENGL 324 and a portfolio of creative
nonfiction. May be repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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| ENGL 425 DIRECTED WRITING FOR THE PROFESSIONS | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of professional writing skills through a writing project
chosen in consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment.
Admission by permission of instructor. Prerequisites:
ENGL 325 and a portfolio of professional writing. May be
repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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| ENGL 426 DIRECTED NONFICTION WRITING | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of non-fiction writing skills through a writing project
chosen in consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment.
Admission by permission of instructor. Prerequisite: a portfolio of
nonfiction writing. May be repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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| ENGL 434 DIRECTED POETRY WRITING | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of poetry writing skills through a writing project chosen
in consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment. Admission by
permission of instructor. Prerequisites:
ENGL 334 and a portfolio of poetry. May be
repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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| ENGL 435 DIRECTED NARRATIVE WRITING | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of narrative writing skills through a writing project
chosen in consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment.
Admission by permission of instructor. Prerequisites:
ENGL 335 and a portfolio of narrative writing. May be
repeated for credit up to 3 hours.
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| ENGL 436 DIRECTED DRAMA WRITING | 1-2; 3 |
Refinement of drama writing skills through a writing project chosen in
consultation with the instructor. Limited enrollment. Admission by
permission of instructor. Prerequisites:
ENGL 336 and a portfolio of dramas. May be
repeated for credit up to 3 hours. Will be offered 2004-2005.
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| ENGL 498, 499 WRITING SEMINAR | 2, 1 |
As the culmination of the writing concentration, this course will
guide students through the preparation and completion of their senior
writing portfolio of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Students may
have a general portfolio or one that concentrates on one genre. A
bound copy of the senior portfolio remains with the English
Department. Each student in this course will give a public reading
during the studentŐs last quarter.
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Unless otherwise stated, ENGL 234 or permission of instructor is prerequisite to all literature courses listed below.
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| ENGL 344 MEDIEVAL LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of English literature from its origins to about 1500. Literature
in Old and Middle English to be read in translation; ChaucerŐs works
to be read in the original Middle English. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 345 RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of the major authors and literary movements of the English
Renaissance. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 346 RESTORATION AND NEOCLASSIC LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of selected works of important seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century English authors, including Dryden, Swift, Pope and
Johnson. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 354 ROMANTIC ENGLISH LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of major romantic English authors, including Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 355 VICTORIAN LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of representative works of major nineteenth-century British
poets and prose writers (1830-1870), including Tennyson, Browning,
Hopkins, Carlyle, Arnold, Newman, Ruskin. Also includes one or two
Victorian novels. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 356 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of English literature 1914-1965; significant works studied in
relation to intellectual and historical developments. Offered odd
years only.
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| ENGL 357 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (OR ENGL 257) | 4 |
Study of major contemporary African-American writers in their cultural
and historical context. Credit will not be allowed for both courses.
Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 358 CLASSICAL LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of Greek and Roman literature, emphasizing classical legend and
thought in its cultural context. Prerequisite: General Studies
literature or ENGL 234 or
ART 324, 325. Offered
even years only.
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| ENGL 359 WORLD LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of selected literary masterpieces. Emphasizing works outside of
the anglo-American tradition. Prerequisite: General Studies literature
or ENGL 234. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 360 SHAKESPEARE AT ASHLAND | 2 |
Study of three or four Shakespeare plays (typically one tragedy, one
or two comedies, one history play). Students read the plays and write
one-page essays on each beforehand and then attend
lectures/discussions and performances of the plays at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, Ore.) in August. A paper is required,
due by September 15. Prerequisites: ENGL 234
and ENGL 210, 211,
212 or permission of instructor.
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| ENGL 364 ROMANTIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of major romantic American authors, including Emerson, Thoreau,
Hawthorne and Melville. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 365 REALISTIC AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of major American authors who typify realism and naturalism of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Offered even years
only.
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| ENGL 366 MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of American literature 1900-1965; significant works studied in
relation to intellectual and historical developments. Offered even
years only.
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| ENGL 368 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | 4 |
Study of English and American literature since 1965; significant works
studied in relation to intellectual and historical developments.
Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 384 ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMARS | 3 |
Study of traditional, structural, and transformational grammars;
taught especially for prospective teachers and writers. Prerequisites:
ENGL 121, 122,
223; or HONR 141,
142, ENGL 223.
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| ENGL 394 DIRECTED READING | 1, 2; 3 |
Independent reading for upper-division students who wish to continue
broadening their knowledge of literature in a particular area by
extensive reading. Prerequisites: General Studies literature or
ENGL 234; admission by permission of instructor.
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| ENGL 415 DIRECTED FILM STUDY | 1-2 |
Directed study for students who wish to continue broadening their
knowledge of film literature in a particular area by extensive viewing
and analysis. Admission by permission of instructor. Prerequisite:
ENGL 312 or ENGL 315. Will apply
as an elective on the English major.
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| ENGL 444 MAJOR AUTHOR | 3 |
Advanced study of the work of a major author or group of authors of
English, American, and world literature. Specific authors to be
studied vary from quarter to quarter. May be repeated for credit when
topics vary. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 445 SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
Advanced study of selected plays and poems of Shakespeare. Offered
even years only.
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| ENGL 454 LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE (OR RELB 454) | 4 |
Study of biblical poetry and prose from a literary perspective.
Prerequisite: General studies literature or
ENGL 234. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 455 BOOK OF JUDGES: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH (OR RELB 455) | 4 |
An interdisciplinary approach to the Book of Judges, including
historical, literary, theological, archaeological, and anthropological
methods. The course is designed to model various scholarly methods in
the study of a biblical text. Prerequisite: One general education
literature course and one biblical studies course, or permission of
instructor. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 456 AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ART | 4 |
Study of the relationships between American literature and art from
the early national period to the early modern period. Prerequisite:
General Studies literature or ENGL 234.
Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 464 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH DRAMA | 3 |
Survey of the development of English drama from the medieval mystery
plays to the twentieth century. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 465 MAJOR BRITISH NOVELS | 4 |
Survey of major British novels from the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries, concentrating on the nineteenth century. Authors generally
represented include Fielding, Smollett or Goldsmith, Scott, Austen,
the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 470 LITERARY AND CRITICAL THEORY | 4 |
Study of the history, theory and practice of literary criticism, with
an application to selected works of literature. Includes a survey of
the principal genres of criticism from classical to postmod ern, and
representative theoreticians from those genres.
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| ENGL 484 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
Study of premodern and early modern English, with reference to
Indo-European antecedents. Intended to illuminate major trends in
English language history. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 485 LINGUISTICS | 3 |
Survey of approaches to modern linguistic science, with emphasis on
the materials and methods of descriptive linguistics in phonology,
morphology, syntax and semantics. Offered even years only.
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| ENGL 496, 497 SEMINAR | 1, 2 |
Required of English majors in the senior year. Includes studying
research methods, giving oral reports, and writing a major scholarly
paper. Research projects relate to a common topic chosen by the
instructor.
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| ENGL 374 LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN | 3 |
Study of literature for children from early childhood through
elementary school. Emphasizes literary and artistic quality and
appeal to children. Requires extensive reading of childrenŐs books and
writing of critical analysis. Will apply toward an English minor.
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| ENGL 375 LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS | 3 |
Study of literature appropriate for junior high and high school
students. Emphasizes literary and artistic quality as well as theory
of response to literature. Requires extensive reading of literature
for young adults and writing of critical analysis. Will apply toward
an English minor. Offered odd years only.
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| ENGL 395 METHODS OF TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH | 3 |
A study of objectives for and methods of teaching language,
composition, literature, drama, and media in grades seven through
twelve. Students prepare and present lessons, evaluate student work,
and create units of study. Prerequisites:
ENGL 375, 384,
389. Will not apply toward an English minor.
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| ENGL 494 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION | 0-2 |
Individual contract arrangement involving student, faculty, and a
cooperating organization. Students will develop learning objectives
with the employer and academic adviser. Weekly summaries of learning
experiences will be submitted. Evaluations by the employer and
academic adviser are made at the completion of the co-op experience.
Permission of academic adviser required for enrollment. (Does not
apply to the English major or minor.) Prerequisites: 32 quarter hours
including either ENGL 121,
122, or ENGL 141,
142.
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| ENGL 495 ENGLISH COLLOQUIUM | 0 |
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A series of lectures, programs, discussions and other activities
designed to explore specific issues in literary and language study and
enrich the professional preparation of students in English. Four
quarters required of English majors, at least one of which must be
during the senior year. Graded S or NC.
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