Featured Courses
UNH English Upper-level Courses for Fall 2012
Unless otherwise indicated, the only prerequisite is E 110 Composition and Literature
E 201/01 Early World Literature—Prof. Richard Farrell—TR 1:40-2:55
Selected world classics of prose, poetry, and drama from ancient times through the sixteenth century, written in or translated into English. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E 220/01 Writing for Business and Industry—Prof. Neil Sherman—online
Upper-level, “real-world” writing course with intensive focus on the various types and formats of business writing used by executives, business people, and business professionals. (CC 1.2, English writing elective, or free elective)
E 225/01 Technical Writing and Presentation—Prof. Neil Sherman—TR 1:40-2:55
Upper-level, “real-world” writing course with intensive focus on the various types and formats of technical writing used by business people, scientists and technology professionals. (CC 1.2, English writing elective, or free elective)
E395/01 American Realism—Dr. David Sloane—online
Readings in the works of such major realists as Howells, Twain, and James and important naturalist successors such as Norris, Crane, and Dreiser. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E 477/01—American Literature between the World Wars—Dr. Diane Russo—TR 12:15-1:30
Generation Lost, veterans wondering what the violence of war meant, flappers daring to be different, jazz musicians playing the chaos of the times, expatriates fleeing America to find solace in distance, writers struggling for expression—these are the figures whose yearning the course explores. Covering the literature of the 1920s and 1930s from the post-war disillusionment through the Great Depression and the advent of World War II, the course offers a broad spectrum of fiction, poetry, and drama to celebrate the period's multiple voices of unrest and measured solace. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E481 /01H Special Topics (Honors): Irish Emigrants and Exiles: Writing the Nation—Dr. Christopher Dowd—TR 3:05 -4:20 (restricted to students in the Honors program)
A study of the relationship between Irish literature, Irish ethnic identity, and Irish nationalism, the course will cover a selection of Irish and Irish-American writers including Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eugene O’Neill, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, and Flann O’Brien. Particular attention will be given to the impact of Irish emigration after the Great Famine and the impact that this had on Irish identity and culture in Ireland and abroad. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E 481/ 02H Special Topics (Honors): From Slowdown, to Strike, to Sabotage, to Solidarity: American Labor History and Literature— Dr. Pam Asmus and Dr. Catherine Page—MW 9:25-10:40 (restricted to students in the Honors program)
This course will focus on the effects of the changes in the relationship between the worker and the employer. By reading and discussion both history and literature, the class will explore the ways in which women, immigrants, and minorities have struggled to maintain their dignity and to exert a measure of control in workplaces that became progressively less human and more depersonalized. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E 481/ 03H Special Topics (Honors): Twilight of the Gods: The Music & Lyrics of the Beatles—Prof. Wes Davis and Dr. Guillermo Mager—MW 3:05-4:20 (restricted to students in the Honors program)
The Beatles are the most popular, influential, and critically lauded music act of the 20th century. Indeed, their album Beatles 1 (with 21 of their #1 singles) was the biggest seller of the first decade of the new century, making them still the most popular band in the world—forty years after they officially broke up. This course will examine the Beatles music and lyrics: their origins, musical background, struggle for fame and success, their musical influences, their unparalleled success as performers and writers, their effect on world popular culture beyond their music, and most of all, the body of work--the songs written and performed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The course will also encompass the forty more years of music the Beatles have created alone, sometimes working together, and in partnership with other musicians up to the present day. No previous music or lyric study is required; the elements of popular music and lyric writing will be introduced to give students a basic musical and literary vocabulary with which to discuss and analyze the songs. This course is cross-listed with MU 451 01H. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E481/50H Special Topics: Poetry in Motion (HONORS)—Dr. Randall Horton and Dr. Todd Jokl—R 4:30-7:10 (restricted to students in the Honors program)
"Poetry In Motion" is a creative writing course within an art studio setting that focuses on student writing projects that are developed into digital artworks, incorporating motion, audio, and/or interactivity and exhibited on screen. This course is cross-listed with DAD450 50H. (English writing elective or free elective)
E482/01 Special Topics: Prison Literature—Dr. Randall Horton—TR 10:50-12:05
This class will focus on the Prison Industrial Complex and literature produced from the prison experience. A sample of the books in this class includes George Jackson’s Soledad Brother, Assata Shakur’s Assata and Miguel Pinero’s play Short Eyes. Will also look at Angela Jackson’s Are Prison Obsolete?, Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Carl Upchurch’s Convicted in the Womb among other critical works to help frame the discussions. (CC 1.2 or 6, English literature elective, or free elective)
E 491/01 Special Topics: Production Dramaturgy—Dr. Meg Savilonis—MW 12:15-1:30
The job of the dramaturg is multi-faceted and flexible. In this course, students will learn about the various roles a dramaturg can play, from serving as a literary manager to working as part of a team (along with directors, designers, and performers) on productions of plays, from classics to works in development. Students will have hands-on experience, engaging in dramaturgical practice in relation to the University Theatre Program’s spring 2013 production, working with student playwrights in T350 (Playwriting) on the development of new scripts, and crafting individual and group projects. Texts include scripts by William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde, Ann-Marie MacDonald, W.S. Gilbert, and others. (English writing elective, Theatre elective, or free elective)
E 491/50 Special Topics: Creative Writing: Writing Crime Fiction—Dr. Christopher Dowd—R 6:30-9:10 p.m.
A study of the genre of Crime Fiction that includes both a creative writing workshop component and a seminar-style investigation of the elements of crime fiction. Students will produce a portfolio of short stories and/or excerpts from a novel or novella. (English writing elective or free elective)