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Texas Tech University Fall 2005 2000 Level Courses in English

Department of English Lubbock, Texas 79409-3091 806-742-2501

English 2305.001

CallNumber 13342

Introduction to Poetry CourseSubtitle

MWF 8-8:50AM

Staff

Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 and 1302.

No description available. Teacher information not available.

English 2305.002

CallNumber 13343


MWF 9-9:50AM

Staff



English 2305.003

CallNumber 13344


MWF 10-10:50AM

Juliana Kristanciuk [email protected]

EN 454



mailto:[email protected]

Fall 2003 Undergraduate Courses in English 2

English 2305.004

CallNumber 13345


MWF 11-11:50AM

Juliana Kristanciuk [email protected]

EN 454



English 2305.005

CallNumber 13346


MWF 12-12:50PM

William Sandlin [email protected]

EN 469



English 2305.006

CallNumber 13347

Introduction to Poetry

CourseSubtitle

MWF 1-1:50PM

William Sandlin [email protected]

EN 469


Change of teacher 4-15-05

No description available. Please contact teacher.

English 2305.009

CallNumber 13348








CourseSubtitle

TR 2-3:20PM

Marcus Weekley [email protected]

EN 453

English 2305.010

CallNumber 20711


CourseSubtitle

TR 3:30-4:50PM

Marcus Weekley [email protected]

EN 453


Change of teacher 4-15-05


English 2306.006

CallNumber 20718

Introduction to Drama

CourseSubtitle

TR 2-3:20PM

Constance Kuriyama [email protected]

EN 428



English 2307.H01*

CallNumber 13355

Introduction to Fiction CourseSubtitle



* You need a 3.0 overall GPA to enroll in an Honors section. It puts you in a small class with other people with 3.0’s and higher. The courseload is no heavier than normal. Preparation and participation may be higher. To enroll please go to the Honors College, McClellan Hall 103.





TR R

11-12:20PM 5:30-7:00

Jen Shelton [email protected]

EN 486

English 2307.001

CallNumber 13356

Introduction to Fiction

CourseSubtitle

MWF 8-8:50AM

Meredith Doench [email protected]

EN 456



English 2307.002

CallNumber 20719


CourseSubtitle

MWF 8-8:50AM

Elizabeth Myers [email protected]

EN 418


Section added 4-15-05.


English 2307.004

CallNumber 13357


CourseSubtitle

MWF 9-9:50AM

Meredith Doench [email protected]

EN 456








English 2307.005

CallNumber 20721


CourseSubtitle

MWF 9-9:50AM

Elizabeth Myers [email protected]

EN 418


Section added 4-15-05.


English 2307.007

CallNumber 20722


CourseSubtitle

MWF 10-10:50AM

Doug Crowell [email protected]

EN 427



English 2307.008

CallNumber 20723


CourseSubtitle

MWF 10-10:50AM

John Reeve [email protected]

EN 459


Section added 4-15-05


English 2307.011

CallNumber 13360








CourseSubtitle

MWF 11-11:50AM

Doug Crowell [email protected]

EN 427

English 2307.012

CallNumber 20726


CourseSubtitle

MWF 11-11:50AM

John Reeve [email protected]

EN 459




English 2307.013

CallNumber 13361


CourseSubtitle

MWF 12-12:50PM

Dean Bowers [email protected]

EN 205



English 2307.015

CallNumber 13362


CourseSubtitle

MWF 12-12:50PM

Bethany Yates







[email protected]

EN 422

English 2307.017

CallNumber 20728


CourseSubtitle

MWF 1-1:50PM

Dean Bowers [email protected]

EN 205



English 2307.018

CallNumber 13364


CourseSubtitle

MWF 1-1:50PM

Bethany Yates [email protected]

EN 422



English 2307.021

CallNumber 13367


CourseSubtitle

TR 8-9:20AM

Beverly Hoke [email protected]

EN 460


Section added 4-15-05. Will open for enrollment later.


English 2307.024






CallNumber 20729


TR 9:30-10:50AM

Madonne Miner [email protected]

EN 483 or 211B


Revised 3-31-05. In this section of Introduction to Fiction we will consider various formal features of short and long fiction: point of view, characterization, plot, setting, and so on. We will pay special attention to experiments in form. What happens to the implied ‘contract’ between writer and reader when short stories and novels push fictional boundaries, employ shifting perspectives or are delivered by unreliable narrators? We most likely will begin with a nineteenth-century novel, probably Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” coupled with a twentieth-century re-writing: “Wide Sargasso Sea.” We will move to several stories that employ a range of narrative perspectives (included in an anthology, “Points of View,” and then return to novels, most likely Art Speigelman’s “Maus,” and Elie Weisel’s “Night.” Before the end of the semester we’ll cover more short fiction and another pair of novels that reflect very contemporary revisions of the genre. Students will complete many short response papers, at least three mid-length essays (somewhere in the 5-7 pp. range) and one longer essay. We most likely will make use of TOPIC or Web-CT; students will engage in peer-review of fellow students’ writing and participate in an on-going written dialogue about class assignments. Expect frequent reading quizzes, a mid-term and final. Attendance is an important component of this primarily-discussion-based class. I will start counting absences from the day a student registers for the class. vMore than two absences will lower a student’s course grade.

Texts: In addition to the texts named above, we will read at least two more novels. Expect a total of six novels and many, many short stories.

English 2307.026

CallNumber 13371


“’The Truth About Stories’: Journeys through Time and Place”

TR 9:30-10:50AM

Karen Clark


Thomas King asserts that “the truth about stories is that that’s all we are.” The Anishinabe writer Gerald Vizenor reminds us that “you can’t understand the world without telling a story.” And Leslie Marmon Silko maintains that stories “aren’t just entertainment./Don’t be fooled./ …You don’t have anything,/if you don’t have the stories.”

This course will introduce students to a variety of stories, in a variety of forms (the novel, the fable, the short story), from a variety of times, places, and cultures. For instance, we will consider stories of madness and love told by women of the Victorian period, both in England and the USA. We will explore stories of silence and oppression, as told by a contemporary South African writer as he “writes back”



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EN 478

and oppression, as told by a contemporary South African writer as he “writes back” to the nineteenth-century classic story of Robinson Crusoe. We will experience stories that try to come to terms with the horrors of the twentieth-century, especially those of World War II, and we will examine the ways in which WWII asks us to reconsider the types of stories we tell. We will also encounter an Haida/Haisla story of loss, transformation, and shapeshifters, taking place on the Pacific Northwest Coast. We will even have the opportunity to read stories told by authors who are teaching right here at Texas Tech. From a variety of perspectives, then, fiction will allow us to journey through many worlds and our journeys through this material should ultimately reveal the importance of stories—sometimes entertaining, sometimes dangerous—as they engage with the political, personal and social spheres which we inhabit.

Work required of students: Active and engaged class participation, inksheds, reading quizzes and attendance form the daily work of this course. Formal writing assignments include two short response papers, and a longer analytical paper. There will also be a short oral presentation, a mid-term examination, and a final examination.

Attendance Policy: Three absences are allowed without penalty. Each subsequent absence will reduce a final grade by 5 percentage points. Excessive absences—more than 6 in total—may result in failure of the course, regardless of other grades earned. Absences accrue from the first day of class.

Texts:

Bock, Dennis. The Ash Garden. Mariner Books, 2002.

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1847. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Coetzee, J. M. Foe. King Penguin, 1988.

Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. Toronto: VintageCanada, 2001.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. 1977. New York: Penguin, 1986.

Short fiction will be available on e-reserve, and will include works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Stephen Graham Jones, Thomas King, Alistair McLeod, Amy Tan & Alice Walker.

English 2307.027

CallNumber 20730


"Real Fiction"

TR 11-12:20PM

Michael Holko [email protected]

EN 477


This introductory course will explore various literary works to investigate the degree to which there is "truth" in "fiction". Course work consists of daily journal entries, two "close-reading" assignments (900 word minimum each), and two "comparative" essays (1500 word minimum each). Required texts are Nadine Gordimer's Telling Tales [ISBN 0312424043], Beverly Lawn's Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2nd Edition) [ISBN 031241305X], Kate Moses’ Wintering: a novel of Sylvia Plath [ISBN 1400035007], and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar [ISBN 0060930187].

English 2307.030





CallNumber 20732


CourseSubtitle

TR 12:30-1:50PM

Anne Hiemstra [email protected]

EN 416



English 2307.031

CallNumber 20733


"Real Fiction"

TR 12:30-1:50PM

Michael Holko [email protected]

EN 477


This introductory course will explore various literary works to investigate the degree to which there is "truth" in "fiction". Course work consists of daily journal entries, two "close-reading" assignments (900 word minimum each), and two "comparative" essays (1500 word minimum each). Required texts are Nadine Gordimer's Telling Tales [ISBN 0312424043], Beverly Lawn's Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2nd Edition) [ISBN 031241305X], Kate Moses’ Wintering: a novel of Sylvia Plath [ISBN 1400035007], and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar [ISBN 0060930187].

English 2307.032

CallNumber 13373


CourseSubtitle

TR 12:30-1:50PM

Beverly Hoke [email protected]

EN 460


Section added 4-15-05. Will open for enrollment later.


English 2307.033

CallNumber 20734


TR 2-3:20PM

Shital Dahal


Section added 4-15-05. Description revised 5-2-05.

The course will cover a range of fiction, in content and in styles. We will begin by exploring the nature of prose fiction: its elements and techniques. We will seek ways of correlating stylistics and thematics. The general objective of this course is to acquire some of the basic skills on how to read and write about fiction. In the first couple of weeks, the course will help equip students with tools necessary for a close and critical reading of short stories and novels Students will learn to observe some





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EN 412

and critical reading of short stories and novels. Students will learn to observe some of the formal elements of the genre of prose fiction such as setting, event, plot, character, theme, narrator, point of view, etc., and use them in their reading and writing of fiction. Toward the middle of the semester, students will learn and demonstrate the skill of interconnecting the features and use them for analytical purposes. For example, in our discussion of characterization as well as theme, we will discuss the issue of identity, particularly how it runs through several texts. This example will give us some idea about sketching a tie between two or more texts with relation to other issues. At the end, students, as active readers, will exhibit how, just by picking up one or more formal elements and by way of interpreting certain passages with reference to social and cultural issues, they can draw similarities and differences among two or more works of fiction and arrive at a meaningful conclusion.

Students will write 5 short response papers. There will be in-class and out-of-class assignments. The length of these short response papers will be 1-2 pages. Of the two analytical papers, you will turn in the first one at the end of the 1st month and the second at the end of the 2nd month. In the first paper, you will analyze one or more stories, and, in the second, you will analyze a novel. Each analytical paper is expected to be about 5-6 pages (double spaced). You could base your term paper (7-8 pages) on the 2nd analytical paper, but you must include another novel or two or more stories of your choice from the reading list. The skills that you have learned in the course should guide your term paper. Except the short response papers, all papers must pass through peer and instructor reviews at least at its two developmental phases before developing it into a final draft. The term paper is due one week before your final exam. The final exam will be a combination of objective and essay type questions. This course does not require library research. All students are required to attend all of the classes offered. An unexcused absence will affect your grade allocated for Attendance and Participation by 5%. Under any circumstances, students will not be excused for more than 3 absences. More than 6 absences will result in grade “F.” The counting of the attendance begins from the first class.

Texts:

X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. An Introduction to Fiction. 9th ed. (Longman). ISBN 0-321-20940-0.

Albert Camus. The Outsider (Penguin). ISBN 0-141-18250-4.

John Steinbeck. The Pearl. (Penguin). ISBN 0-140-17737-X.

J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. (Little Brown). ISBN 0-316-76948-7.

Some texts in the Library Reserve

English 2307.034

CallNumber 20735


CourseSubtitle

TR 2-3:20PM






EN 416

English 2307.036

CallNumber 20737


“’The Truth About Stories’: Journeys through Time and Place”

TR 3:30-4:50PM

Karen Clark [email protected]

EN 478


Opened 4-1-05. Thomas King asserts that “the truth about stories is that that’s all we are.” The Anishinabe writer Gerald Vizenor reminds us that “you can’t understand the world without telling a story.” And Leslie Marmon Silko maintains that stories “aren’t just entertainment./Don’t be fooled./ …You don’t have anything,/if you don’t have the stories.”

This course will introduce students to a variety of stories, in a variety of forms (the novel, the fable, the short story), from a variety of times, places, and cultures. For instance, we will consider stories of madness and love told by women of the Victorian period, both in England and the USA. We will explore stories of silence and oppression, as told by a contemporary South African writer as he “writes back” to the nineteenth-century classic story of Robinson Crusoe. We will experience stories that try to come to terms with the horrors of the twentieth-century, especially those of World War II, and we will examine the ways in which WWII asks us to reconsider the types of stories we tell. We will also encounter an Haida/Haisla story of loss, transformation, and shapeshifters, taking place on the Pacific Northwest Coast. We will even have the opportunity to read stories told by authors who are teaching right here at Texas Tech. From a variety of perspectives, then, fiction will allow us to journey through many worlds and our journeys through this material should ultimately reveal the importance of stories—sometimes entertaining, sometimes dangerous—as they engage with the political, personal and social spheres which we inhabit.

Work required of students: Active and engaged class participation, inksheds, reading quizzes and attendance form the daily work of this course. Formal writing assignments include two short response papers, and a longer analytical paper. There will also be a short oral presentation, a mid-term examination, and a final examination.

Attendance Policy: Three absences are allowed without penalty. Each subsequent absence will reduce a final grade by 5 percentage points. Excessive absences—more than 6 in total—may result in failure of the course, regardless of other grades earned. Absences accrue from the first day of class.

Texts:

Bock, Dennis. The Ash Garden. Mariner Books, 2002.

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1847. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Coetzee, J. M. Foe. King Penguin, 1988.

Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. Toronto: VintageCanada, 2001.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. 1977. New York: Penguin, 1986.

Short fiction will be available on e-reserve, and will include works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Stephen Graham Jones, Thomas King, Alistair McLeod, Amy Tan & Alice Walker.




English 2307.037

CallNumber 20738


CourseSubtitle

TR 3:30-4:50PM

Shital Dahal [email protected]

EN 412


Section added 4-15-05. Description revised 5-2-05.

The course will cover a range of fiction, in content and in styles. We will begin by exploring the nature of prose fiction: its elements and techniques. We will seek ways of correlating stylistics and thematics. The general objective of this course is to acquire some of the basic skills on how to read and write about fiction. In the first couple of weeks, the course will help equip students with tools necessary for a close and critical reading of short stories and novels. Students will learn to observe some of the formal elements of the genre of prose fiction such as setting, event, plot, character, theme, narrator, point of view, etc., and use them in their reading and writing of fiction. Toward the middle of the semester, students will learn and demonstrate the skill of interconnecting the features and use them for analytical purposes. For example, in our discussion of characterization as well as theme, we will discuss the issue of identity, particularly how it runs through several texts. This example will give us some idea about sketching a tie between two or more texts with relation to other issues. At the end, students, as active readers, will exhibit how, just by picking up one or more formal elements and by way of interpreting certain passages with reference to social and cultural issues, they can draw similarities and differences among two or more works of fiction and arrive at a meaningful conclusion.

Students will write 5 short response papers. There will be in-class and out-of-class assignments. The length of these short response papers will be 1-2 pages. Of the two analytical papers, you will turn in the first one at the end of the 1st month and the second at the end of the 2nd month. In the first paper, you will analyze one or more stories, and, in the second, you will analyze a novel. Each analytical paper is expected to be about 5-6 pages (double spaced). You could base your term paper (7-8 pages) on the 2nd analytical paper, but you must include another novel or two or more stories of your choice from the reading list. The skills that you have learned in the course should guide your term paper. Except the short response papers, all papers must pass through peer and instructor reviews at least at its two developmental phases before developing it into a final draft. The term paper is due one week before your final exam. The final exam will be a combination of objective and essay type questions. This course does not require library research. All students are required to attend all of the classes offered. An unexcused absence will affect your grade allocated for Attendance and Participation by 5%. Under any circumstances, students will not be excused for more than 3 absences. More than 6 absences will result in grade “F.” The counting of the attendance begins from the first class.

Texts:

X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. An Introduction to Fiction. 9th ed. (Longman). ISBN 0-321-20940-0.

Albert Camus. The Outsider (Penguin). ISBN 0-141-18250-4.

John Steinbeck. The Pearl. (Penguin). ISBN 0-140-17737-X.

J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. (Little Brown). ISBN 0-316-76948-7.

Some texts in the Library Reserve

English 2307.038



CallNumber 25208


The Ghost Story

TR 3:30-4:50PM

Jennifer Frangos [email protected]

EN 479


Section added late August.

This course will be an introduction to the study of fiction. We will focus on stories about ghosts and other apparitions, from early reports like the sighting of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the 16th century, through gothic novels of the 18th century and Victorian Christmas tales, to contemporary ghost stories and film. Students will be expected to maintain regular attendance, actively participate in course discussions and activities, create weekly informal response papers and four short essays (900–1200 words each). Students are allowed 3 absences before their final grade for the course is affected; each subsequent absence will lower the final grade. Absences begin to accrue on the first day of class.

Texts:

Short selections will include Daniel Defoe’s “Apparition of Mrs. Veal”; Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost; writing by J.S. LeFanu, W.W. Morton, and Edgar Allan Poe; and stories from Texas and the Southwest.

Longer texts will include A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.

We’ll also watch the films The Blair Witch Project, The Sixth Sense, and The Others, in order to consider the relationships between prose fiction and film.

English 2307.161

CallNumber 13375


CourseSubtitle

TR 9:30-10:50AM


EN 416

Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 and 1302. This is a mega-section and is not Writing Intensive.


English 2307.163

CallNumber 20739


CourseSubtitle

TR 12:30-1:50PM

James Whitlark






[email protected]

EN 464

English 2308.H01*

CallNumber 20929

Introduction to Nonfiction CourseSubtitle

TR 2-3:20PM

Bryce Conrad [email protected]

EN 312C


“Well, then, is the American, this new man?” asks J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, the author of Letters from an American Farmer (1782). That same question had been posed in various ways ever since the discovery of the new world, a place that to the European mind was, as William Carlos Williams would put it many years later, “beyond the sphere of all things known to history.” In some senses, Americans – whether Native Americans, African Americans, or European newcomers – have had to invent their answers to that question through the stories they have told of themselves and each other and their experience of this place. In indigenous creation stories, in tales of discovery and exploration, in histories of settlements and towns, in letters sent back across the Atlantic, in autobiographies and records of personal experience, in the narratives of fugitive slaves, we have collectively given shape and form to the cultural identity of Americans. This course will be devoted to readings from this rich body of American non-fiction, covering a variety of texts that will range from the late 15th century up through the period of the Civil War.

English 2308.002

CallNumber 13380


MWF 10-10:50AM

Monica Norris [email protected]

EN 468



English 2308.003

CallNumber 20741


MWF 11-11:50AM

Monica Norris







[email protected]

EN 468

English 2308.004

CallNumber 20742

Introduction to Nonfiction Memoir

MWF 12-12:50PM

Gail Folkins Koehler [email protected]

EN 417


In creative nonfiction, writers find what’s extraordinary in the everyday and beyond. This course focuses on memoir and the way lives are written. We will investigate approaches that include journalistic, lyrical, travel, and humor. In addition, we will explore memoir through writing activities. Assignments include four short essays, a final exam, and informal reading responses throughout.

Texts:

A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway

The Storyteller’s Daughter, Saira Shah

Where Rivers Change Direction, Mark Spragg

A Girl Named Zippy, Maven Kimmel

Tell It Slant (Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola)

English 2308.005

CallNumber 13381

Introduction to Nonfiction Memoir

MWF 1-1:50PM

Gail Folkins Koehler [email protected]

EN 417


In creative nonfiction, writers find what’s extraordinary in the everyday and beyond. This course focuses on memoir and the way lives are written. We will investigate approaches that include journalistic, lyrical, travel, and humor. In addition, we will explore memoir through writing activities. Assignments include four short essays, a final exam, and informal reading responses throughout.

Texts:

A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway

The Storyteller’s Daughter, Saira Shah

Where Rivers Change Direction, Mark Spragg

A Girl Named Zippy, Maven Kimmel

Tell It Slant (Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola)

English 2308.007

CallNumber 20835


TR 9:30-10:50AM

Sharon Miller







[email protected]

EN 404

English 2308.008

CallNumber 20836


TR 11-12:20PM

Sharon Miller [email protected]

EN 404



English 2311

Introduction to Technical Writing


English 2311 assists students in developing the writing ability required by their future professions. Six to nine writing assignments are required. Students in this class will analyze the communication situation fully and accurately (needs, audiences, uses, and constraints); gather, interpret, and document information logically, efficiently, and ethically; develop professional work and teamwork habits; and design usable, clear,

Instructor Section Day Time Call Number Arthur Fricke

[email protected]

EN 408 002 MW 8-9:20AM 13384

J. Still

Email not available

Office number not assigned 004 MW 9:30-10:50AM 13386

Natalia Matveeva

[email protected]

EN 458

005 MW 9:30-10:50AM 13387

Nicole Madison

[email protected]

EN 457

006 MW 9:30-10:50AM 13388

Amber Lancaster

[email protected]

EN 457 007 MW 9:30-10:50AM 13389








Arthur Fricke

[email protected]

EN 408

008 MW 11-12:20PM 13390

Amber Lancaster

[email protected]

EN 457 010 MW 11-12:20PM 13392

Arthur Fricke

[email protected]

EN 408 011 MW 12:30-1:50PM 13393

Nicole Madison

[email protected]

EN 457 012 MW 12:30-1:50PM 13394

Susan Youngblood

[email protected]

EN 475 013 MW 12:30-1:50PM 13395

Dmitri Stanchevici

[email protected]

EN 454 014 MW 12:30-1:50PM 13396

J. Still

Email not available

Office number not assigned 015 MW 2-3:20PM 13397

Susan Youngblood

[email protected]

EN 475 016 MW 2-3:20PM 13398

Natalia Matveeva

[email protected]

EN 458 017 MW 2-3:20PM 13399

Arthur Fricke

[email protected]

EN 408 018 MW 3:30-4:50PM 13400

J. Still

Email not available

Office number not assigned 019 MW 3:30-4:50PM 13401

Dmitri Stanchevici

[email protected]

EN 454 020 MW 6:30-7:50PM 13402












Jurgen Heise

[email protected]

EN 411 022 TR 8-9:20AM 13404

William Carney

[email protected]

EN 470 023 TR 8-9:20AM 13405

Jurgen Heise

[email protected]

EN 411 024 TR 9:30-10:50AM 13406

William Carney

[email protected]

EN 470 025 TR 9:30-10:50AM 13407

Jurgen Heise

[email protected]

EN 411 028 TR 11-12:20PM 13410

Anastasia Coles

[email protected]

EN 453 030 TR 12:30-1:50PM 13412

Jurgen Heise

[email protected]

EN 411 031 TR 12:30-1:50PM 20692

Anastasia Coles

[email protected]

EN 453 033 TR 2-3:20PM 20694

English 2351.001

CallNumber 13415

Introduction to Creative Writing CourseSubtitle

MWF 9-9:50AM

Mathew Purdy [email protected]

EN 456









English 2351.002

CallNumber 13416


MWF 10-10:50AM

Mathew Purdy [email protected]

EN 456



English 2351.003

CallNumber 13417


MWF 11-11:50AM

Sara Bailey [email protected]

EN 402


“Easy reading is damn hard writing” – Nathaniel Hawthorne. This course will serve as an introduction into the art of writing, concentrating primarily on the genres of fiction and non-fiction. We will be looking at texts, not in terms of their literary significance, but instead in terms of their mechanics, i.e., What makes one story work over another? How does each author create plot, setting, characterization, etc.? In addition to course readings, a series of writing assignments will also be required. Possible writing assignments may include composing original short works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, as well as book reviews.

Reading List:

Goat - Brad Land

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen – Alix Kates Shulman

Identity – Milan Kundera

The Roald Dahl Omnibus – Roald Dahl

Mystery of Manners – Flannery O’Connor

The Complete Stories – Flannery O’Connor

Writing With Style – John Trimble

Travels – Michael Crichton

*I recommend finding these used at amazon.com.

English 2351.004

CallNumber 13418


MWF 12-12:50PM






Marco Dominguez [email protected]

EN 456

English 2351.005

CallNumber 13419


MWF 1-1:50PM

Marco Dominguez [email protected]

EN 456



English 2351.006

CallNumber 20701


MWF 2-2:50PM

Patrick Whitfill [email protected]

EN 404



English 2351.007

CallNumber 13420


TR 9:30-10:50AM

Patrick Whitfill [email protected]

EN 404








English 2351.008

CallNumber 13421


TR 9:30-10:50AM

Lynn DiPier [email protected]

Office number not assigned



English 2351.009

CallNumber 13422


TR 11-12:20PM

Brian Thornton [email protected]

EN 460



English 2351.010

CallNumber 13423


TR 12:30-1:50PM

Sara Bailey


“Easy reading is damn hard writing” – Nathaniel Hawthorne. This course will serve as an introduction into the art of writing, concentrating primarily on the genres of fiction and non-fiction. We will be looking at texts, not in terms of their literary significance, but instead in terms of their mechanics, i.e., What makes one story work over another? How does each author create plot, setting, characterization, etc.? In addition to course readings, a series of writing assignments will also be required. Possible writing assignments may include composing original short works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, as well as book reviews.




[email protected]

EN 402

Reading List:

Goat - Brad Land

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen – Alix Kates Shulman

Identity – Milan Kundera

The Roald Dahl Omnibus – Roald Dahl

Mystery of Manners – Flannery O’Connor

The Complete Stories – Flannery O’Connor

Writing With Style – John Trimble

Travels – Michael Crichton

*I recommend finding these used at amazon.com.

English 2351.011

CallNumber 13424


TR 12:30-1:50PM

Lynn DiPier [email protected]

Office number not assigned



English 2351.012

CallNumber 13425


TR 3:30-4:50PM

Brian Thornton [email protected]

EN 460



English 2351.013

CallNumber 24618







TR 3:30-4:50PM

Jerome Stueart [email protected]

EN 404



English 2351.01

CallNumber 24619


TR 6-7:20PM

Jerome Stueart [email protected]

EN 404




English 2371

Language in a Multicultural America


Course not offered this semester.

English 2388.161

CallNumber 13427

Introduction to Film Studies CourseSubtitle

TR 3:30-4:50PM

Scott Baugh [email protected]

EN 463



English 2391.001






CallNumber 13428

Introduction to Critical Writing CourseSubtitle

MWF 1-1:50PM

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English 2391.003

CallNumber 13430


MWF 2-2:50PM

Marliss Desens [email protected]

EN 429



English 2391.005

CallNumber 20745


TR 2-3:20PM

Brian McFadden [email protected]

EN 430





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