English

An interdisciplinary seminar that introduces students to the concept of American Studies and applies various disciplinary perspectives to a focused topic announced at registration.

An interdisciplinary seminar that requires students to integrate understanding from the various disciplines represented in the study of American culture. Serves as the capstone for the American Studies major but is open to students from all disciplines with an interest in the field.

Develops satisfactory college-level proficiency in basic skills of composition and reading comprehension. Students must demonstrate their ability to produce a portfolio of literate, reasonably logical, and perceptive short themes. Grades given are A, B, C, or X (conditional incomplete, to be satisfied by repeating the course). All students must be enrolled in ENG111or ENG112 until they have successfully completed the freshman writing sequence. For a student to drop ENG111, the drop slip must be signed by either the Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator. The Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator may waive this continuous enrollment policy as appropriate.

Introduces research techniques and instruction in the principles of documentation and scholarship as well as continues a concern with rhetoric, style, clear thinking, reading comprehension, and successful communication. Orients the student to computer literacy and the use of the library. All students must be enrolled in ENG111or ENG112 until they have successfully completed the freshman writing sequence. For a student to drop ENG112, the drop slip must be signed by either the Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator. The Chair of the English Department or the Writing Program Coordinator may waive this continuous enrollment policy as appropriate.

Chronological survey of no fewer than three successive periods of literature. Topic and specific course content to be determined by professor and announced at advanced registration. Offered exclusively as a Foundations 112 course.

Provides an intensive introduction to the research techniques and practices of disciplinary writing along with continued attention to developing composition, reading, and argumentative skills. May be used to fulfill the English 112 requirement.

Chronological survey of English literature from Beowulf through Milton.

Chronological survey of English literature from the Restoration through James Joyce.

Introduction to the skills and methods of literary analysis. Designed to supplement the introductory English literature survey courses. Must be taken prior to or concurrently with the major’s first 300- or 400-level literature class in English. Student majoring in English should enroll in this course as early as possible. Minors are also encouraged to enroll.

Chronological survey of world literature in translation from antiquity to the seventeenth century.

Chronological survey of world literature in translation from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Studies in the original language of English poetry, prose, and drama, excluding Chaucer.

Literature of the English Renaissance, excluding the works of Shakespeare and Milton.

Drama, prose, and poetry of representative figures of England’s Age of Enlightenment.

A survey of British poetry and prose composed between 1789 and 1832, with emphasis on the six major Romantic poets.

A survey of British poetry, drama, and fiction written between 1832 and 1900.

The novel as a prose form, from its introduction to the beginning of the twentieth century.

A survey of modern poetry, drama, and fiction written during the first half of the twentieth century.

A survey of Native American literature from indigenous oral traditions through contemporary works.

A survey of African-American literature from 1745 to the present.

History and interpretation of American literature from John Smith to Walt Whitman.

History and interpretation of American literature from Emily Dickinson through the twentieth century.

The novel in America, from the beginnings to the late twentieth century.

The novel as representative of the culture of the American South, from the beginnings to the late twentieth century.

Principles and problems of news and feature writing for print media.

Instruction and experience in the major elements of editing and publishing a magazine.

English language and grammar compared to other languages and their dialects based on structural and transformational principles to facilitate understanding of language arts. May include language acquisition, psycholinguistics (and its parallels to computational linguistics), sociolinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

A chronological survey of women writers across three successive cultural eras, epochs, or movements. 

Introduces students to poetry writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their writing and the writing of others. In addition, there will be in-depth discussions of some classic and contemporary work by established writers. Repeatable to 9 hours.

Introduces students to fiction writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their own writing and the writing of others. Repeatable to 9 hours.

Combines reading and writing in creative nonfiction. Students will explore contemporary examples in the field, examining literary techniques while developing their own writing. Students will work within several sub-genres, including memoir, travel writing, and interview/feature writing. Students work within a workshop atmosphere, providing and accepting critiques of their writing and the writing of others. Repeatable to 9 hours.

Special topics in literature; use of one-onone tutorial method of instruction adapted from humanities courses at Oxford University.

A study of the genre of poetry from 1900 to the present.

A study of the development of the genre of fiction, including the short story, the short novel, and the novel, from 1900 to the present.

A study of the development of modern drama from Henrik Ibsen to the present.

A study of the works of Chaucer, particularly the Canterbury Tales, with emphasis on Chaucer’s contribution to the development of the English language.

Shakespeare’s art and craft through study of important plays: comedies, tragedies, and histories.

Critical study of Milton’s major and minor works to estimate his present day literary and political significance.

Selected studies in medieval and/or Renaissance literature. Specific topics to be announced during advanced registration.

Selected topics in Romantic and/or Victorian literature, announced at advanced registration.

The study of a body of literature, organized around a single theme, announced at advanced registration.

Readings in Irish literature, with emphasis on Yeats and Joyce.

With the approval and permission of a member of the English faculty and the Chair of the English Department, students may undertake independent reading and research on a topic of their own choosing.

Extensive study of a selected genre, announced at advanced registration.

Studies in literature by multiethnic American writers, on a topic announced at advanced registration.

Investigation of problems and developments in the study of the English language.

Students may receive graduation credit for internships with appropriate disciplinary content that meet the faculty-approved criteria for academic internships. Such experiences include a significant reflective component and must be supervised by a full-time member of the Georgetown College faculty.

The study of a body of literature, announced at registration, with special emphasis given to an analysis of the techniques of the writers studied.

Senior capstone course for the English major.

Independent Study.

A chronological, interdisciplinary survey of women’s major cultural and artistic contributions. Offered only as a Foundations 112 course.

An interdisciplinary study of women and gender viewed through historical and contemporary readings. Emphasizes analysis of new and traditional representations and interpretations of women’s experiences.

Same as REL341.

Independent Study.

Senior research seminar for students minoring in women’s studies. Non-minors may take the course with the approval of the program coordinator.

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