LLE 001 Developmental English
6.0 hr.
LLE 003 Developmental English
6.0 hr.
LLE 100 Introduction to English
Composition (annual)
Intensive practice in the composition
of three-paragraph essays, with special emphasis on writing in response
to selected readings. (Placement by departmental examination). 3 credits.
LLE 101-102 English Composition
I, II (annual)
Extensive practice in the composition
of clear, concise, and grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs with
special emphasis on the five-paragraph essay and the research paper. (Admission
by assignment following placement test.) 3 credits each.
LLE 201 Advanced Expository Writing
(upon request)
Intensive practice in expository
writing, with special emphasis on the preparation and composition of research
papers. 3 credits.
LLE 202 Creative Writing
(bi-annual O)
The writing of short fiction: study
of writing techniques in contemporary literature; class discussion and
analysis of student manuscripts. 3 credits.
LLE 203 Report Writing (annual)
Extensive study of writing clear,
accurate and persuasive business reports. Emphasis on researching, organizing
and presenting information. 3 credits.
HML 101-102 Greek and Roman Literature;
Medieval Literature (annual)
See "Humanities". (Offered in conjunction
with the Department of History HMH 101-102).
3 credits each.
HML 201-202 Renaissance-Modern
European Literature (annual)
See "Humanities". (Offered in conjunction
with the Department of History HMH 201-202).
3 credits each.
LLE 211 Modern Drama (bi-annual
E)
Plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg,
Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, et al.
3 credits.
LLE 220-221 Survey of Modern
Literature (annual)
A two semester survey of Modern
literature from the classical through the modern eras. First semester readings
include: Sophocles, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Cervantes, and Moliere. Second semester readings include: the Romantic
Poets, Ibsen, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Kafka, Melville, Faulkner,
Beckett, and Camus. Not to be taken after HML 101, HML 102, HML 201, or
HML 202.
Prerequisite: LLE 102 or exemption.
3 credits each.
LLE 222 Shakespeare (bi-annual
E)
A critical introduction to representative
dramatic works by Shakespeare.
Prerequisite: HML 102. 3 credits.
LLE 301 Anglo-Saxon And Medieval
Literature (bi-annual O)
Readings from the major authors,
works, and genres of English literature from its beginnings to the fifteenth
century.
Prerequisite: HML 101 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 302 Chaucer (bi-annual
E)
The poetic works of Chaucer, with
particular attention to the Canterbury Tales.
Prerequisite: HML 101 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 315 Tudor and Stuart Drama
(upon request)
The poetry and prose of the English
Renaissance: More, Shelton, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, et al.
Prerequisite: HML 102 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 332 Milton (bi-annual
O)
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained,
Samson Agonistes, and selections from the important prose tracts.
Prerequisite: HML 102 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 333 Seventeenth Century Literature
(upon request)
The major poets, including Donne,
Herbert, Marvell and Johnson, and the development of seventeenth century
prose.
Prerequisite: HML 102 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 345 Restoration and Eighteenth
Century Drama (upon request)
The development of English drama
from the reopening of the theaters in 1660 to the masterpieces of Sheridan
and Goldsmith.
Prerequisite: HML 102 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 346 Restoration and Eighteenth
Century Literature (bi-annual E)
Tradition and innovation in the
Augustan age, with emphasis on Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson.
Prerequisite: HML 102 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 351 Romantic Poetry
(bi-annual E)
The major English poets of the
Romantic movement: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 352 Victorian Literature
(bi-annual E)
English literature between 1830
and 1900, with special attention to Dickens, Arnold, Browning, and Tennyson.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 361 The Modern British Novel
(bi-annual E)
The major works of Conrad, Forster,
Joyce, and Woolf.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 371 American Literature Before
1900 (bi-annual O)
Representative works from the colonial
period to the end of the 19th century, with concentration on such later
writers as Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, and Twain.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 372 The Modern American Novel
(bi-annual E)
Major twentieth-century novelists,
with emphasis on James, Dreiser, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 373 Modern American Poetry
(bi-annual E)
The poems of Whitman, Frost, Cummings,
Stevens, Williams.
Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission
of the instructor. 3 credits.
LLE 481-482 Independent Study
(upon request)
Prerequisite: Department and Dean's
permission. Credits by arrangement.
LLE 493 Advanced Topics in English
(bi-annual E)
Prerequisite: Senior status or
Department permission. 3 credits.
LLE 494 Senior Honors Project
in English (upon request)
Prerequisites: LLE 493 and departmental
permission. 3 credits.