English

Department of English
Hill Hall, Room 503
Phone:  973/353-5279, x503
Fax:      973/353-1450
http://english-newark.rutgers.edu

SEE ALSO: ENGLISH, AMERICAN LITERATURE & ENGLISH, COMPOSITION & WRITING

FICTION INTO FILM (3 cr.)
21:350:205:H1:92239
DAY: 7/6-8/12
MTWTh 10:15-12:00  
CATALANO          ENGELHARD 213

The responses of the English language and its literary conventions to the special demands of film.

SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (3 cr.)
62:350:221:H6:92701
EVE: 7/6-8/12
MW 6:00-9:30
ELIAS              CONKLIN 319

Literature of the British Isles, from its beginnings to the 20th century.

FOUNDATIONS OF LITERARY STUDY (3 cr.)
62:350:308:BQ:92671 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 6:00-9:45
LAPOINTE             CONKLIN 345

Writing Intensive.

Provides English majors with a firm foundation in the terms, concepts, and issues of literary analysis. Reading includes selections from the major genres (poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction prose) together with a variety of critical and historical approaches. Projects introduce students to the goals and methods of literary research, including the use of computers, and provide practice in writing about literature.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR (3 cr.)
21:350:310:B1:91861 (CANCELLED)
DAY: 5/26-7/2
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
ELIAS                    CONKLIN 349

This is a hands-on course in which we study the use of standard grammatical forms in creating both LOGIC and STYLE in thinking, speaking and writing. To this end, students learn how to identify grammatical units through the ancient art of 'imitation' of samples from an array of writing styles—from the academic disciplines to 'creative' poetry and prose. All of this work is done 'communally', in class, four days a week for six weeks. By the end of the course, students will have developed a mastery of identifying grammatical forms and applying them in their own writing—and in reading and analysis of texts as well. In addition to the daily class work, there is a weekly 'review' test in class and an in-class final exam. The Term Project has two parts: first, students 'imitate' all or part of an essay, a group of poems or a short story; second they write an essay in which they describe the style that they have discovered in their imitation by way of a complete grammatical analysis. THIS IS NOT A REMEDIAL COURSE. It is designed for students who have a strong interest in the subject and who want to polish their skills.

SHAKESPEARE (3 cr.)
62:350:319:B6:94245
EVE: 5/26-7/2
TTh 6:00-9:30
ELIAS                  CONKLIN 319

A sampling of history, tragedy, comedy, and romance in plays representing the span of Shakespeare's creative life.

TOPICS IN LITERATURE: HORROR FICTION (3 cr.)
21:350:337:T1:94247
DAY: 5/26-8/12
SATURDAY 9:00-1:00
ROSETTI                HILL 103

Fear is one of the most primal of human emotions. Descriptions of excellent writing often refer to the baring of the writer's soul. The combination of terror and vulnerability has resulted in some of our most treasured literature. This course delves into the realm of horror in fiction literature, exploring the origins of horror writing, its evolution through the literary eras, and its impact upon modern society. Shelley to Stoker, Lovecraft to Jackson, Poe to King. By studying these artisans of the macabre - among other - we will achieve a fuller understanding about horror fiction, its place in the world of academia, and its ongoing appeal for a cross-section of American readers.

WOMEN IN LITERATURE (3 cr.)
21:350:361:B1:94248
DAY: 5/26-7/2
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
TIGER              HILL 217

Selected literature by women that focuses specifically on women; works by Kate Chopin, Charlotte Bronte, Mary Wollstonecraft, Paule Marshall, Pat Barker and Dorothy Allison. Emphasis on changing and continuous notions of womanhood and their formal representation in fiction; particular paradigms employed are female identity and the novel of female development.

THE SHORT STORY (3 cr.)
21:350:381:T1:94249
DAY: 5/26-8/12
SATURDAY 9:00-1:00
SOHRAWARDY       HILL 115

Reading and critical study of classical, medieval, and modern short stories; discussion of predominant techniques and theories.

AUTHORS (3 cr.)
62:350:419:B6:94246 (CANCELLED)
EVE: 5/26-7/2
MW 6:00-9:45
HADAS             HILL 204

In this course we will read deeply in the works of two of the most important English Romantic poets, Wordsworth and Keats.  In addition to these poets' major works, we'll be attending to some of the prose in which they set forth their ideas; to the elements of poetry; to major critical approaches; and to the intellectual and cultural background of Romanticism.

INTERNSHIP (3 cr.)
21:350:458:T1:91798
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

By permission only.

Placement in an appropriate publishing, public relations, or media firm; a journal reflecting each working day's activities plus a paper to be agreed upon by the academic supervisor and the intern.

CREATING WRITING: FICTION (3 cr.)
21:350:462:B1:94250 (CANCELLED)
DAY: 5/26-7/2
MWTTh 10:15-12:00
ZEUGIN              CONKLIN 344

Advanced course in recognizing and applying the elements of fiction and shaping them into various forms of story.