English

English - Undergraduate Courses 

E 211 Early British Writers
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important British writers from the beginning of literature in English through the Neoclassic era. 3 credit hours.

E 212 Modern British Writers
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of important British writers from the Romantic era to the present. 3 credit hours.

E 217 African-American Literature I
Prerequisite: E 110. A survey of African-American writers from the late 1700s to 1940. Texts selected from a variety of genres with emphasis on the African-American experience and heritage. 3 credit hours.

E 218 African-American Literature II
Prerequisite: E 217 or permission of instructor. A survey of African-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Texts selected from a variety of genres with emphasis on the African-American experience and heritage. 3 credit hours.

E 275 Popular Lyrics
Prerequisite: E 110. Popular lyrics have always reflected the shifting values and concerns of American life from the songs of the Jazz age, the Depression, and World War II to rock n roll and the music video revolution of today. Through printed lyrics, recordings, and videos, such topics as The American Dream, love and relationships, war and protest are traced in the songs of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Ira and George Gershwin; Broadway and Tin Pan Alley; the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon; rhythm blues, and country western; to folk, rock, and rap. 3 credit hours.

E 290 The Bible as Literature
Prerequisite: E 110. A study of literary genres in the Bible: narrative, drama, poetry, wisdom literature, books of prophecy, letters. Extensive readings in both the Old and New Testaments. 3 credit hours.

E 406-409 International Literature
Prerequisite: E 110. Selected poetry, drama, and fiction, in translation, from one of the following nations: Russia, France, Germany, Spain. Topic to be announced for each semester. 3 credit hours each course.