Department of English
Students are discouraged from taking more than six semester hours of coursework in English in a semester or summer term. No student may take more than nine semester hours of coursework in English in a semester.
The information in parentheses after a course number is the Texas Common Course Numbering (TCCN) designation. Only TCCN designations that are exact semester-hour equivalents of University courses are listed here. Additional TCCN information is given in Appendix A .
English: E
Lower-Division Courses
E 603. Composition and Reading in World Literature.
Reading of masterpieces of world literature and intensive training in writing and in critical analysis of literature. Three lecture hours a week for two semesters. Only one of the following may be counted: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, Tutorial Course 603A; only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, Tutorial Course 603B. Prerequisite: For 603A, admission to the Plan II Honors Program; for 603B, English 603A.
E 314J. Literature across the Curriculum.
Readings selected to highlight the connections between literary study and other fields of inquiry. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be substituted for English 316K. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
E 314L. Introduction to Literary Studies.
Emphasis on skills and methods used in upper-division English courses; intensive practice in writing; and an introduction to field-specific research. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be substituted for English 316K. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
Topic 3: Banned Books and Novel Ideas.
Topic 4: Reading Literature in Context.
Topic 5: Reading Poetry.
Topic 6: Reading Women Writers.
Topic 7: Women's Popular Genres.
E 314V (TCCN: ENGL 2351). Introduction to Literature and Culture.
Readings in minority and ethnic American literatures in their cultural contexts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be substituted for English 316K. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
Topic 1: African American Literature and Culture. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 317F (Topic 1: African American Literature and Culture). Introduces key tools of literary analysis through the study of African American literature. Drawn from a variety of genres and periods, the texts indicate the range of African American experiences and how those experiences are influenced by issues such as class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and race. Only one of the following may be counted: English 314V (Topic 1), African and African Diaspora Studies 317 (Topic 1: African American Literature and Culture), 317F (Topic 1).
Topic 2: Asian American Literature and Culture. Same as Asian American Studies 314. Explores how authors and artists over the course of the past century have imagined what it means to be Asian American. Covers a diverse range of Asian immigrant histories and the formation of Asian American identities according to ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and citizenship.
Topic 3: Mexican American Literature and Culture. Same as Mexican American Studies 314. Introductory course concerned with representative contemporary Chicano writers and genres, such as poetry, prose fiction, and theatre. May not be substituted for English 316K.
Topic 4: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. Same as Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 12: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture).
Topic 5: Native American Literature and Culture. Same as American Studies 315F. Studies Native American literature from different regions and cultures and considers this literary tradition in tribal national and United States national contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Native American Literature and Culture), 315F, English 314V (Topic 5).
E 315F. Introduction to Writing Fiction.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Large sections require an additional discussion hour a week. English 315F and 318L (Topic 1: Fiction) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
E 315P. Introduction to Writing Poetry.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Large sections require an additional discussion hour a week. English 315P and 318L (Topic 2: Poetry) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
E 316K (TCCN: ENGL 2321, ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2326, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2331, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333). Masterworks of Literature.
Three versions: World, British, American. Introduction to masterpieces of the literary tradition, emphasizing historical, generic, thematic connections. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Large sections require an additional discussion hour a week. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, Tutorial Course 603B. Only one version of 316K may be taken for credit. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
E 318M. Introduction to the English Language.
Basic linguistic concepts; phonology, syntax, and vocabulary of English; historical, regional, and social variation; applications of linguistics in educational and social action. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
E 318Q. Supervised Research.
Student-initiated research conducted with instructor supervision. Three conference hours a week for one semester. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of written application by supervising instructor and the undergraduate faculty adviser.
E 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S. Topics in English.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of English. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Upper-Division Courses
E 320L. Major Writers of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.
A study of the principal writers: Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Boswell, Burns, and others. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 321. Shakespeare: Selected Plays.
A representative selection of Shakespeare's best comedies, tragedies, and histories. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 321K. Introduction to Criticism.
Introduction to major terms, issues, and approaches in literary criticism, and their application to the reasoned discussion of poetry, fiction, and drama. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 321L. American English.
Same as Linguistics 321L. An overview of the historical development of English in the Americas. Attention to regional, social, and ethnic differences, and their implications for public education. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 321P. Shakespeare through Performance.
An intensive study of the plays of William Shakespeare, with emphasis on performance as a means of interpretation and an aid to comprehension. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional laboratory hours as required. English 321P and 379M (Topic 4: Shakespeare through Performance) may not both be counted. Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing, and consent of instructor.
E 322. Literature in Translation.
World literatures in English translation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 322 and 324 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen. Same as Scandinavian 323 (Topic 2: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 14: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen). Men and women in their public and private lives.
Topic 23: Dante. Same as Italian Civilization 349 (Topic 2: Dante).
Topic 37: The Russian Novel. Same as Russian 356 (Topic 1: The Russian Novel) and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 9: The Russian Novel). Only one of the following may be counted: English 322 (Topic 37), European Studies 361 (Topic: The Russian Novel), Russian 356 (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 9).
E 323L. English as a World Language.
Same as Linguistics 323L. An account of the spread of English around the world; national, social, and regional varieties. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 324. Topics in Language and Literature.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 322 and 324 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 324, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 325. Creative Writing.
Detailed study and practice of the techniques of creative writing; includes reading and analysis of contemporary models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 325F. Fiction Writing.
Detailed study and practice of the techniques of fiction writing; includes reading and analysis of contemporary models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 325 (Topic 1: Creative Writing: Fiction) and 325F may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 325P. Poetry Writing.
Detailed study and practice of the techniques of poetry writing; includes reading and analysis of contemporary models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 325 (Topic 2: Creative Writing: Poetry) and 325P may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 326K. The Literature of the Middle Ages in Translation.
Romances, chronicles, legends, tales, and plays by English, Celtic, and Continental writers. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 326L. Survey of Middle English Language and Literature.
Language and literature from 1100 to 1500. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 327. The English Novel in the Eighteenth Century.
Representative novels and novelists from 1700 to 1832, including typical works of Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, and Scott. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 328. The English Novel in the Nineteenth Century.
Representative works by such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, George Eliot, Meredith, and Hardy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 329R. The Romantic Period.
The prose and poetry of writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Shelley, and others. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 329K and 329R may not both be counted. English 329L and 329R may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S. Topics in English.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of English. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
E 336E. British Literature: Beginnings through the Renaissance.
A survey of major writers, poetry, and prose. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 336E and 379N (Topic: British Literature: Beginnings to the Renaissance) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 337. American Literature: From the Beginnings to 1865.
A survey of major writers, poetry, and prose. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 337E. British Literature: The Restoration through the Romantic Era.
A survey of major writers, poetry, and prose. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 338. American Literature: From 1865 to the Present.
A survey of major writers, poetry, and prose. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 338E. British Literature: The Victorian Era through World War II.
A survey of major writers, poetry, and prose. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 340. The American Novel before 1920.
Representative novels by such writers as Brown, Melville, Fern, Hawthorne, Twain, Crane, James, Wharton, and Dreiser. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 341. Short Story Workshop.
Practice in writing the short story, with study of contemporary models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: English 325F.
E 341L. Poetry Workshop.
Practice in writing poetry, with study of contemporary models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: English 325P.
E 342. Life and Literature of the Southwest.
Verse, fiction, travels, and memoirs, to acquaint students with the literature reflecting the social inheritance of Texas and the neighboring territory. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 1: Life and Literature of the Southwest--Mexican American. Same as Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 2: Life and Literature of the Southwest--Mexican American).
E 343L. Modernism and Literature.
Strands of thought and literature that form the network of modernist writing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 343P. Postmodern Literature.
Survey of postmodern writing. As a period, the postmodern extends roughly from the era after World War II, and follows the modern, a term often applied to literature produced since the start of World War I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 344L. Twentieth-Century Literature and Other Media.
A study of the relationship between literary forms and other media (film, television, music, the visual arts). Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
Topic 4: Australian Literature and Film.
E 348. The Twentieth-Century Short Story.
Extensive readings and analyses of stories by major modern writers such as Faulkner, Hemingway, Joyce, Chekhov, and Kafka, as well as contemporary writers. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 349S. Topics on Major Authors.
Intensive study of the works of a single major author or two major authors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 349S, 370W, 376L, 376M, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English.
Topic 1: Jane Austen.
Topic 2: The Brontes. English 349S (Topic 2) and 370W (Topic: Brontes: Self and Society) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: James and Wharton.
Topic 4: James Joyce.
Topic 5: Toni Morrison. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 1: Toni Morrison) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 46: Toni Morrison). An examination of select novels by the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist focuses on the positional uniqueness that womanism shares with a predominant feminism, which surfaces in historicized familial relationships. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 1), 374F (Topic: Toni Morrison), English 349S (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Toni Morrison), 345 (Topic 46).
Topic 6: Walt Whitman.
Topic 7: Oscar Wilde.
Topic 8: Virginia Woolf. Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 40: Virginia Woolf). Examines critical and fictional works of Virginia Woolf and the author's continuing legacy and influence. Explores the value and limitations of high modernism; English literary heritage and tradition; feminism; creative and critical definitions of gender and sexuality; intellectual activism, including Woolf's critiques of patriarchy, war, and fascism; and Woolf and imperialism and colonialism. Only one of the following may be counted: English 349S (Topic 8), 370W (Topic 10: Virginia Woolf), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 40).
E 350E. Topics in Language and Literature: Beginnings to 1630.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 350E, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 1: Classical and Scriptural Backgrounds of Literature.
Topic 2: Saracens in Medieval Literature. Same as Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 18: Saracens in Medieval Literature). Muslims, Arabs, Turks, Persians, Berbers, and Moors were often identified in literature and historical texts under the invented group name Saracens. Course explores who, and what, a Saracen is. Includes selected readings of literature, historical documents, and critical scholarship on Saracens in European medieval romances and epics, crusade literature, travel narratives, maps, and polemical treatises. For critical contrast, readings also include Islamic texts on, or by some of the most famous (or infamous) Saracens known to medieval Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350E (Topic 2), 379N (Topic: Saracens in Medieval Literature), Middle Eastern Studies 321K (Topic: Saracens in Medieval Literature), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 18).
E 350M. Topics in Language and Literature: 1630 to 1830.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 350M, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 1: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers. Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 7: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers). Women writers in the early 18th-century canon. Argues for a historical perspective that demonstrates the centrality of early 18th-century women writers to the western canon. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350M (Topic 1), 376L (Topic: Aphra Behn and 18th Century Women Writers), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 7).
E 350R. Topics in Language and Literature: 1830 to 1940.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 350R, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 1: Law, Society, and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Britain.
E 355K. Advanced Creative Writing.
A third-semester seminar-style workshop in poetry and/or fiction for experienced creative writers. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: English 341 or 341L.
E 356. The European Novel.
Same as European Studies 347 (Topic 7: The European Novel). Selected masterpieces of Continental fiction in English translation: representative novelists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 358J. The Bible as Literature.
Same as Religious Studies 355. In-depth literary study of the Bible, with emphasis on the formal features of narrative, hymn, prophecy, apocalypse, gospel, and epistle. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Comparative Literature 315, English 603B, 316K, or Tutorial Course 603B.
E 358K. The Bible in British and American Literature.
Same as Religious Studies 355K. The reading of biblical masterpieces as literature; consideration of different versions of the Bible and their influence on English and American literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 358Q. Supervised Research.
Student-initiated research conducted with instructor supervision. Three conference hours a week for one semester. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: Completion of at least sixty semester hours of coursework, including at least six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; a University grade point average of at least 3.00; and approval of written application by supervising instructor and the undergraduate faculty adviser.
E 359. English Drama from 1660 to 1900.
Representative drama texts from the Restoration to the beginnings of modern theatre, including Behn, Sheridan, Wilde, and Shaw. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 360K. English Grammar.
The study of traditional and transformational grammar. Attention to social differences in language relevant to the teaching of English. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 360K and Linguistics 360K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 360L. English as a World Literature.
English literature from around the world, including Canada, Australasia, Africa, and India. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 360L, 360S, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 2: Caribbean Literature. Same as Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 6: Caribbean Literature) and African and African Diaspora Studies 374F (Topic 7: Caribbean Literature).
E 360R. Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English.
Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate. The principles and practices of teaching literature in secondary schools. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 360S. Literature and Global Society.
Contexts for the study of literature, and for the study of pressing issues through literature, in an age of globalization. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 360S, 376L, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 1: Literature and Social Justice. English 360L (Topic 1: Literature and Social Justice) and 360S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Literature of AIDS in Africa. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic 1: Literature of AIDS in Africa). Examines the emerging cultural representations of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa through journalistic, social science, and historical accounts. Examines the difficulty of representing the various aspects of a public-health crisis. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic 1), 374C (Topic: Literature of African AIDS), English 360S (Topic 2), 376L (Topic: Literature of African AIDS).
Topic 3: Envisioning Muslims: The Middle Ages and Today. Same as Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 17: Envisioning Muslims: The Middle Ages and Today). Covers the representation of Muslims in the dominant cultural media of the European Middle Ages and in the contemporary world of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Modern cultural media includes film and digital visual media. Readings are selected to show how Europeans envisioned Muslims, and how Muslims envisioned themselves. Only one of the following may be counted: English 360S (Topic 3), 379N (Topic: Envisioning Muslims), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Envisioning Muslims), Middle Eastern Studies 321K (Topic: Envisioning Muslims), 342 (Topic 17).
E 361K. English Drama to 1642.
A survey of early English drama, usually including works by Marlowe, Kyd, Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster, and Middleton. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 362L. The British Novel in the Twentieth Century.
Representative novels, including those of Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 363. The Poetry of Milton.
All the poetry of Milton, with particular attention to Comus, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 363K. Classic to Romantic.
The theory and practice of Classicism in literature and other arts; the rise of the Romanticists in the eighteenth century. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 364D. Topics in Diverse Perspectives on Language and Culture.
Studies in English with particular attention to linguistic and cultural diversity. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 364M. History of the English Language.
Same as Linguistics 364M. Development of sounds, forms, and vocabulary of the English language from its origins to the present. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 364P. Old English.
An introduction to Old English with sufficient grammar for a reading knowledge of Old English texts. A course in language, not in linguistics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 364P and 395N (Topic 1: Old English) may not both be counted. May be counted as the equivalent to English 364M in fulfilling the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in linguistics. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 364S. Language and Gender.
Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 17: Language and Gender). Linguistic, social, and political dimensions of gender-related speech differences. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: English 346S, Linguistics 373 (Topic: Language and the Sexes), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 17). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 364T. The English Language and Its Social Context.
English language history, theory, and research for students of literature and rhetoric. May include such topics as language diversity and variation, linguistic attitudes, language variety and education, and language and public policy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: English 364T, 376L (Topic: The English Language and Its Social Context), 376L (Topic: The English Language in Its Social Context). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 366K. Shakespeare: Selected Tragedies.
A representative selection of Shakespeare's tragedies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 367C. Conference Course in Literature and Language.
For students who wish to work under supervision on specific projects in literature or language. Three conference hours a week for one semester. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: Completion of at least sixty semester hours of coursework, including at least six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; a University grade point average of at least 3.00; and approval of written application by supervising instructor and the undergraduate faculty adviser.
E 367E. English Internship.
Research and staff experience working in an appropriate agency or private business. At least twelve hours of fieldwork a week for one semester. May not be counted toward the thirty-three hours of English and rhetoric and writing required for the English major. May not be repeated for credit. Offered on the pass/fail basis only. Prerequisite: Completion of at least sixty semester hours of coursework, including at least six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; a University grade point average of at least 3.00; and approval of written application by the undergraduate faculty adviser.
E 367K. Conference Course in Creative Writing.
For advanced students already proficient in writing who wish to work under supervision on specific and fairly extensive projects. Three conference hours a week for one semester. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: English 325 with a grade of A; completion of at least sixty semester hours of coursework, including at least six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; a University grade point average of at least 3.00; and approval of written application by supervising instructor and the undergraduate faculty adviser.
E 369. Twentieth-Century Drama.
Ibsen and other major dramatists; tradition and innovation in the substance and form of selected modern plays. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 370. Victorian Prose: Essays and Ideas.
The prose writer as artist and sage in the cultural, political, religious, and scientific controversies that influence the modern tradition. Representative writers: Carlyle, Mill, Newman, Arnold, Darwin. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 370W. Literature, Culture, and Gender.
Gender as a category of literary and cultural analysis. Texts may include literature, film, popular culture, and other forms. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 349S, 370W, 376L, 376M, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 2: Contemporary Women Authors. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374F (Topic 4: Contemporary Women Authors) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 15: Contemporary Women Authors).
Topic 8: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 30: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture).
Topic 9: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration. Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 39: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration). Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration), English 370W (Topic 9), 370W (Topic: Cultures of Immigration and Dislocation), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 39).
E 371K. Twentieth-Century Poetry.
Poets studied include Eliot, Auden, Stevens, Thomas, Bishop, Rich, and Merwin. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 372L. The American Renaissance.
Selected writers of the pre-Civil War Romantic movement, including Emerson, Douglass, Fuller, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Whitman, and others. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 372M. American Realism.
Selected writers of the post-Civil War realistic movement: Howells, Twain, James, Jewett, Freeman, Crane, and others. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 374G. Beowulf.
A word-by-word, line-by-line translation, with special attention to language and context. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 374G and 379N (Topic: Beowulf) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: English 364P.
E 374K. Elizabethan Poetry and Prose.
Renaissance thought and culture as revealed in the lyric and narrative poetry and in the prose masterpieces. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 374L. The Earlier Seventeenth Century: Donne, Jonson, and Their Contemporaries.
Poetry and prose, 1600 to 1660: the metaphysical and other leading traditions in poetry; the early poems of Milton; the essay, the character, and other prose forms. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 375K. English and American Satire.
Theory of satire, with readings in the works of such representative figures as Chaucer, Dryden, Pope, Byron, Twain, and Thurber. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 375L. Victorian Literature.
Poetry and prose, 1832 to 1901; parallel reading in the novel and drama, and attention to the social and intellectual background of the period. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 376. Chaucer.
Introduction to Chaucer's narrative and poetic art, as shown in a selection from the dream poems, Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 376M. Studies in Ethnic American Literature.
Approaches to the literatures of the ethnic American cultural experience, including topics related to African American, Asian American, Mexican American, and Native American literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 349S, 370W, 376L, 376M, 379M, 379N. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 3: Writing Slavery. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374F (Topic 6: Writing Slavery).
Topic 4: Mexican American Modernism.
Topic 5: Contemporary Asian American Novels. Same as Asian American Studies 320 (Topic 3: Contemporary Asian American Novels). Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic 3), English 376M (Topic 5), 379N (Topic: Contemporary Asian American Novels).
Topic 6: Contemporary Native American Literature. English 376M (Topic 6) and 379N (Topic: 20th-Century Native American Literature) may not both be counted.
E 376R. African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance.
Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 4: African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance). A survey of African American writing, including autobiography, poetry, fiction, and drama. Authors may include Douglass, Jacobs, Frances E. W. Harper, Chestnutt, Du Bois, Hurston, and Hughes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 4), 374 (Topic 2: African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance), 374F (Topic 1: African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance), English 376R. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 376S. African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance.
Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 5: African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance). The development of African American poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction since the Harlem Renaissance. Authors may include Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Malcolm X, Baraka, Morrison, Shange, and Charles Johnson. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 5), Studies 374 (Topic 3: African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance), 374F (Topic 2: African American Literature since the Harlem Renaissance), English 376S. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 377K. The American Novel after 1920.
Representative works by such writers as Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Larsen, Hurston, Morrison, Bellow, Erdrich, and Tan. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 678S. Shakespeare at Winedale.
Study and readings of selected works and criticism, culminating in public performance of the plays. For English 678SB, students are required to be in residence at Winedale near Round Top, Texas. For 678SA, the equivalent of five lecture hours a week for one semester; for 678SB, fifteen to eighteen hours of work a day, including weekends. Offered in the summer session only. English 678S and 379M (Topic 2: Shakespeare at Winedale) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: For 678SA, consent of instructor; for 678SB, English 678SA and consent of instructor.
E 379. American Literature and Thought: 1600-1840.
Early American literature as an embodiment of American thought and experience. Such topics as European ideas in the New World; the political ideas of Hamilton, Jefferson, and Jackson; nationalism; industrialism. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 679H. Honors Tutorial Course.
Research into and development of a thesis topic and proposal followed by the writing and defense of a thesis. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters. Prerequisite: For 679HA, enrollment in or completion of at least one honors section of an English course, admission to the English Honors Program, and consent of the honors adviser; for 679HB, English 679HA.
E 379K. American Literature and Thought: 1840-1920.
Such topics as transcendentalism, manifest destiny, Utopian thought, and the impact of the theory of organic evolution. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 379L. Contemporary Drama.
Major playwrights since 1950, such as Williams, Shepard, Beckett, Stoppard, Churchill, Fugard, and Pinter. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 379P. Drama in Performance.
Intensive study of drama through active performance as a means of interpretation and an aid to comprehension. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. English 379M (Topic 6: Modern Drama in Performance) and 379P may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
E 379R. Research Seminar.
Intensive study of selected topics in English. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some sections require additional time for film screenings. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: English 320M, 376L, 379M, 379N, 379R, 379S. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English.