Current and Upcoming Classes

Spring 2009

ENGL 504-01, Practicum in the Teaching of English Composition I
TR 5 – 6:20
Instructor:  Dr. Lizbeth Bryant

Prepares new Graduate Aides in the Department of English and Philosophy to teach Freshman English. Orients new Graduate Aides to issues in college and provides practice in applications of those issues. This course is not, however, a part of master’s degree requirement. Note: OFFERED AT CALUMET ONLY

ENGL 506-01, Introduction to English and General Linguistics
M 5:00 – 7:50
Instructor:  Dr. Mohammed Errihani

General study of language and linguistic theory with emphasis on English. Problems and methods in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Current techniques of linguistic analysis.

ENGL 541-01 Studies in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
W 5:00- 7:50
Instructor:  Dr. Colin Fewer

Critical reading of The Canterbury Tales and related works in Middle English, with attention to the literary cultural background and to secondary studies.

Engl 596A-01 Modern American Women’s Fiction
T 5:00 – 7:50 PM
Instructor:  Dr. Jane Campbell

Taught for the first time ever, Modern American Women’s Fiction will focus on novels and short stories. Although literary historians sometimes limit the Modern Period to the years 1910 to 1945, more recent scholars have noted that the Contemporary Period probably does not begin until about 1970. That is to say, writers between 1910 and 1970 share more fictional traits than those writing within the last forty years or so. Therefore, the course will cover fiction by women between 1910 and 1970, including such authors as Edith Wharton, Dorothy Parker, Zora Neale , Hurston, Nella Larsen, Flannery O’Conner, Carson McCullers, Ann Petry, Djuna Barnes, Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty, and Dorothy West.

Requirements include weekly writing assignments, a presentation, and a 15-20-page critical paper. The course is recommended for graduate students and junior and senior English majors.