ENGL602 TOPICS IN ADOLESCENT LITERATURE (3 sh)
A professional study of young adult literature designed for teachers, librarians, and others who use literature in dealing with adolescents and who desire to strengthen their expertise.  In addition to a critical survey of young adult literature, consideration is given to advanced techniques for using these materials in middle, junior, and senior high schools and solving problems regarding their use, particularly questions about appropriateness and censorship.

ENGL608 TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING (3 sh)
An advanced writing class involving upper-level craft lessons and workshops in fiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, and creative nonfiction.

ENGL628 HUMANITIES SEMINAR:  TOPICS IN LITERARY STUDY (3 sh)
A thematic or topical approach to literature, with emphasis on close textual analysis and an exploration of the relationship between literature and the historical or social contexts.  Texts might be drawn from American, British, or world literature, and could include poetry, prose, drama, or nonfiction.  Topics might include, among others:  images of women, representations of the American West, medical themes in literature, novels about war, domestic fiction, or literary realism.

ENGL635 MAJOR BRITISH WRITERS (3 sh)
Focuses on the major works of from one to three major British writers for an in-depth study.  In addition to a study of the primary texts, the course may also include an examination of relevant historical, biographical, and critical materials.

03/26/2010