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English Dr. John Holmes, chairman Concentrations in Literature, Drama, and Writing At Franciscan University, we take good literature seriously. Through our English program, you’ll gain a broad understanding of the Western literary tradition. You’ll see how ancient, medieval, and contemporary literature have shaped the English-speaking world, and you’ll learn how to critically evaluate literature and drama. If you choose writing as your concentration, we’ll help you develop and refine your writing skills so that you can write clearly and concisely. Or, if drama is your interest, you’ll not only study the world’s best dramatic literature, but participate in its production. For a real intellectual challenge, you can study in our rigorous Honors Program. Through eight seminar courses, you’ll read and vigorously discuss many of the great works of Western civilization. You’ll come to a deeper understanding of reality and your place and purpose before God, the world, and the human community. The Honors Program can be integrated into any course of study for a comprehensive liberal arts education. Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (Program of Study) FRESHMAN YEAR
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*The choice of English electives is regulated by the department. Students are required to complete Eng 325 Shakespeare's Tragedies and Tragi-Comedies, 9 additional hours in British literature, and 3 hours in American literature. **Eng 400 Internship may be applied for here. English Drama Major Requirements Eng 111, 112, 281, 325, 351, 412, 413, 431, 434, 460, 9 credits in British literature, and 3 credits in American literature; 6 credits of intermediate-level foreign language. Drama Minor Eng 111, 112, 266, 281, 325, and 412. Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (Program of Study) FRESHMAN YEAR
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*The choice of English electives is regulated by the department. The department requires at least 9 hours in British literature and 6 hours in American literature. **Eng 400 Internship may be applied for here. English Literature Major Requirements Eng 226, 325, 434, 9 credits in British literature, 6 credits in American literature, 2 upper-level English courses; 6 credits intermediate-level foreign language. Literature Minor Eng 325; Eng 300 or 301 or 302 or 415, and Eng 324 or 331 or 335 or 336 or 340 or 447; and three of the following: Eng 226, 300, 301, 302, 331, 335, 336, 340, 345, 346, 350, 404, 409, 410, 415, 430, 440, 445, 447, 449. Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (Program of Study) FRESHMAN YEAR
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*A student must take these courses unless exempted through placement scores; nevertheless, 124 hours of course work must be completed for graduation requirement. **Eng 400 Internship may be applied for here. The choice of English electives is regulated by the department according to department selection procedure. Literature courses are to be chosen from among the offerings listed under "Concentration in Literature." The department requires that each student take Shakespeare's Tragedies and Tragi-Comedies (3 hours), 6 hours of British literature, 6 hours of American literature, and 3 hours from the modern or contemporary period. The choice of English writing electives is regulated by the department from among the following courses: Business and Professional Writing (Eng 320), Rhetoric (Eng 322), Grammar and Its Teaching Methods (Eng 327), and Playwriting (Eng 408). English Writing Major Requirements Eng 103, 104, 225, 321, 325, 332, 406 or 407, 434, 15 credits in literature courses, 9 credits in writing courses, a 3 credit 200-level English course; 6 credits of intermediate-level foreign language. Writing Minor Eng 225, 321, 332, 406, or 407 and 6 additional hours of other writing courses at the 300-400 level, excluding Eng 328. Eng 103 and 104 may be counted as writing electives if they were required for the student. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Franciscan University offers a course in English as a Second Language every fall semester as a special topics course (Unv 095). This course is open to foreign students as a review of the fundamentals of English before going on to Freshman English (Eng 103). COMPOSITION COURSES ENG 103 FRESHMAN ENGLISH I is designed to introduce students to effective writing and rhetoric through the study of representative epic literature from the Western canon. Epic narratives from the classical, biblical, and medieval eras, as well as later literary periods, are studied as a source of inspiration for thinking and writing. The writing process may involve pre-writing strategies, revising, and conferences. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 104 FRESHMAN ENGLISH II is designed to expose students to effective writing and rhetoric through the study of representative dramatic works of the Western canon. (English 103 should be taken as preparation for this course.) Plays from the classical, Elizabethan, and subsequent literary periods are studied as a source of inspiration for thinking and writing. The process of research imparts the skills of arguing from authority, marshaling evidence, or presenting scholarly perspectives on research topics. Computer-assisted instruction as a tool in the writing process may be introduced. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 225 ADVANCED COMPOSITION I offers an intense practice in the process of exposition. Students will work with audience and purpose, along with the rhetorical devices used both in argumentative and persuasive writing. Both analytical writing and an advanced research study will complete this course. Computer-assisted instruction is utilized as a tool in the writing process. (Communications Core) Prerequisites: Eng 103 -104 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 320 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING deals with the genre of informational writing found in scientific prose and in business communication. Not only are composition and format skills stressed, but the strategy behind this writing is also studied, especially with the job-packet section (résumé/interview). A foundation of composition knowledge is necessary for this course. Computer-assisted instruction as a tool in the writing process is optional. Prerequisites: Eng 103-104 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 321 ADVANCED COMPOSITION II continues with the argumentative process where audience analysis becomes a focus and where the appeal to both logic and emotion is studied and modeled. Students should know composition techniques and should have a command of the research process. Computer-assisted instruction as a tool in the writing process is utilized. Prerequisite: Eng 225 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 322 RHETORIC covers the study of syllogistic/logical strategy, persuasive writing, and the principles involved not only in rhetoric, but also in the rhetorical act. Focus on fallacious argumentation in political and advertising rhetoric alerts students to manipulative techniques. Critical thinking, writing, and speaking skills are the main ingredients of this class. Students need a thorough understanding of research and composition skills before taking this course. Prerequisites: Eng 103 or Eng 104; Eng 225; or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 327 GRAMMAR AND ITS TEACHING METHODS is designed to meet the needs of students who will teach English on the secondary level or who will continue with graduate studies in English. The study of grammar includes traditional, structural, and transformational terminology and characteristics. The methodology includes sentence expansion, sentence combining, and other classroom teaching strategies. Grammar will be approached as a functional and rhetorical device to the writing process and not in total isolation. Students who register for this course should have some general knowledge of grammar. Prerequisites: Eng 103-104 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 328 TEACHING WRITING AS A PROCESS is designed to meet the needs of those students who are working on secondary certification. Since composition theory is part of the high school curriculum, students can concentrate on methods of teaching composition. The nucleus of this course focuses on the stages of the writing process, along with various teaching techniques. Students have the opportunity to simulate a classroom situation where they will present a lesson in composition study so that different methods can be critiqued for their effectiveness. Prerequisites: Eng 103-104 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 332 CREATIVEWRITING provides training and practice in the creative aspects of imaginative writing, which may include sketches, short fiction, poems, or dramatic works. Consideration will be given to elements of form, plot, image, logic, and other elements of craft. A workshop approach may be used. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 406 FICTION WRITING offers intense practice in the writing of fiction: short story or the novel. Focus is on clarity and development of plot, characterization, quality of thought, and clarity and beauty of language. Examples of great fiction will be used as models. Prerequisite: Eng 332 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 407 POETRY WRITING offers intense practice in the writing of poetry. Focus is on the logic of images, the style of a line, rhythm, and quality of thought and choices. Many poems will be used as models. A workshop approach may be used. Prerequisite: Eng 332 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 408 PLAYWRITING is an introduction to the development of narrative line, character, and dialogue in an original dramatic text. By the end of the semester, the student will have completed a short play, which will receive a staged reading and open critique. Prerequisite: Eng 332 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours LITERATURE COURSES ENG 203 STUDIES IN POETRY is designed to improve the student's ability to read and appreciate poetry. By studying representative poems, the student can acquire knowledge of various kinds of poems, learn and practice a technique of critical reading, and understand the unique power that poetry exercises over the hearts and minds of men. (Humanities Core) (Does not meet upper-level major requirement.) 3 credit hours ENG 204 STUDIES IN FICTION is designed to improve the student's ability to read and appreciate fiction. By studying representative stories, the student can understand how different aspects of fiction (conflict, plot, characterization, style, point of view, etc.) illuminate themes and ideas that often elude a casual reading. (Humanities Core) (Does not meet upper-level major requirement.) 3 credit hours ENG 205 STUDIES IN DRAMA is designed to improve the student's ability to read and appreciate dramas. Since nearly all dramas are intended for enactment on a stage, the reader's imaginative powers are required to fully appreciate the playwright's intent. By studying representative plays, students gain insight into the richness and diversity of drama and enhance their capacity to appreciate live dramatic productions. (Humanities Core) (Does not meet upper-level major requirement.) 3 credit hours ENG 226 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY is a background course in Greek and Roman mythology. Readings will be taken from classical literature in translation as well as from later compilations. Attention will be given to the many ways in which classical mythology still touches our culture in art, music, and literature. The implications of various myths for psychology, anthropology, theology, philosophy, and history will be discussed. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 300 AMERICAN POETRY surveys the ideas, images, legends, and verse method that form American poetry from colonial times to the early 20th century. Attention is given to the English and traditional quality of the poetry as well as the desire to forge a new literature based on the sense of America as a unique experiment. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 301 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865 studies the origins and development of American literature including the study of 16th century Spanish voyages of discovery, colonial puritanism, and the Civil War period. Emphasis is given to the development of literary forms such as the sermon, the puritan hagiography, the novel, the short story, and the corresponding evolution of myths of American identity. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 302 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 concerns the literary reflections on the cataclysmic events of the American Civil War and its aftermath in modern America. Attention is given to the polemical language and imagery that led to the Civil War, as well as later literary forms such as the novel, autobiography, and short story. This course examines how the nation's premier writers and poets attempt to define American identity within the crises of the modern world. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 324 SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES AND COMEDIES explores Shakespeare's development as a writer of comedies and historical dramas. By studying plays representative of different phases in Shakespeare's career, students gain an appreciation of his growing mastery over the genre of comedy and historical plays. Attention is given to Shakespeare's development in plotting, characterization, and style from his early plays to the maturity of the high comedies. While this course primarily enables students to deal with the plays as literature, attention is also given to their nature as theatrical productions. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 325 SHAKESPEARE: THE TRAGEDIES AND TRAGI-COMEDIES explores Shakespeare's development as a writer of tragedies and romances. The nature of tragedy is explored as Shakespeare's growing mastery over this genre is traced—from the early, derivative plays to the pinnacle of achievement in this form, and beyond. By studying Shakespeare's romances, students gain an appreciation of his "last phase," the period of the tragi-comedies. While this course primarily enables students to deal with the plays as literature, attention is also given to their nature as theatrical productions. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 326 ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD studies English literature from its beginning to about 1485. Works such as The Dream of the Rood; The Wanderer; Beowulf; Bede's Ecclesiastical History; and Mallory's Le Morte de Arthur will be read in translation. Middle English works will be read in their original forms. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 331 STUDIES IN CHAUCER affords students the opportunity to appreciate the richness and variety of the "Father of English Poetry." Chaucer's writings will be examined as exemplary works of Christian humanism. Working in the poet's own Middle English (itself a rewarding challenge), students experience the moral complexity and timelessness of The Canterbury Tales as well as several lesser-known works such as The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, or Troilus and Cressida. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 335 THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE studies the major literature in English from 1485 to 1650. Particular emphasis will fall on the extraordinary luxuriance of literary works that examine religious and political issues near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I—the period that produced Lyly, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Marlowe, and Jonson. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 336 THE METAPHYSICAL POETS examines the tendency in the late 16th and early 17th centuries to create a poetry that fused the earthly and the transcendental, the human and the divine. Attention will be given to such poets as Donne, Crashaw, Herbert, Vaughan, Traherne, and Marvell. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 340 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE actually begins in 1660 with the restoration of Charles II to the English throne. Writers in this period actively engaged in the great struggles over religion, politics, and philosophy. Consequently, some of the greatest satires in the English language emerged, typified by the works of John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope. This course emphasizes these writers, but also examines new literary expressions of the period such as Restoration Comedy, the periodical essay, the mock-epic, the biography, and literary criticism. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 345 THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT explores the poetic reaction to the so-called "Age of Reason" and the Industrial Revolution, attempting to balance reason with spirit and imagination, and industrialization with a renewed emphasis on nature. The poetry of this period (1798-1832), particularly the works of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, will be read and analyzed. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 346 THE VICTORIAN PERIOD is a survey of the literature of England after the Romantics and before the 20th century, the period of Victoria's reign (1837-1901). A study of the nonfiction prose of this period gives the student a background of the major ideas of the period, which tried to yoke the spiritual/creation power of the individual to social forms including the rise of democracy, the advent of evolutionary theory, the waning of religious faith, and experiments with socialism—all of which will offer background to the major poetry of the era. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 350 MODERN DRAMA concentrates on the revolution in the theater that occurred with the establishment of the so-called "people's theater" in France, in Germany, and in Russia during the late 19th century. By exploring the themes, characterizations, and styles (both literary and theatrical) of playwrights such as Ibsen, Chekov, Strindberg, Shaw, O'Casey, Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Sartre, Beckett, Brecht, and Arthur Miller, students will appreciate the diversity and the difficulty in understanding what is "modern" in modern drama. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 404 ENGLISH DRAMA traces the development of the drama in England from its beginnings in Medieval liturgy through the Elizabethan Period (excluding Shakespeare) and the Restoration. Because the Elizabethan theater was rich in both number and quality of plays, that period (1556-1603) will constitute a major focus of the course. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 409 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL studies the novel as a genre from its beginnings to about 1850. Major writers such as Bunyan, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, and the Brontë sisters will be considered as examples of major concerns and ideas. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 410 THE MODERN BRITISH NOVEL analyzes works of selected major writers from the mid-19th century to the present. Primary attention is given to the ideas that emerge from the conflict of a religiously ordered society with a modern vision based on determinism in Dickens, the Brontës, Hardy, Ford, Joyce, Waugh, and Greene, among others. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 415 THE AMERICAN NOVEL concerns the genesis of the novel in American literature. Attention is given to the evolution of the American novel from various myths and images of American history. Representative masterpieces by writers such as Cooper, Cather, Faulkner, O'Connor, Ellison, Percy, and others will be studied. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 430 LITERARY CRITICISM undertakes a detailed analysis of statements from the Classical Period to the present using established theoretical and aesthetic standards. Students will explore not only the nature of literature, but also the very nature of the true and the beautiful, as well as of taste. They will test their criteria for evaluating works of literature against those of the most celebrated literary theorists and practitioners. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 434 SENIOR THESIS requires all English majors to write a thesis on an approved English literary problem. Guidance and supervision will be provided by an assigned departmental advisor. 1 credit hour ENG 440 MODERN POETRY treats British and American poetry since the late 19th century. It focuses on the elements that define American poetry and modernity, as well as the fundamental shifts that cause us to call poetry modern. Major figures includes Pound, Eliot, Yeats, and Frost and many other British and American poets. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 445 MODERN SHORT FICTION explores the nature of "modernism." By examining selected novellas and short stories by writers such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, James, Kafka, O'Connor, Bellow, Baldwin, Ellison, Gaines, Joyce, Faulkner, and Hemingway, attention is given to both thematic and stylistic features in order to better understand what is "modern" about modern fiction. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 447 MILTON is designed to survey the development and variety of John Milton (1608-1674) through a close study of his major poetry and prose works. A thorough reading of his epic Paradise Lost will crown the course, though a study of his earlier poetic development will illuminate that masterpiece for the student, and his prose pamphlets in support of the Puritan revolution will offer some historical and intellectual background to the period. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 449 MODERN CRITICISM concerns itself with the major literary theorists of the 20th century. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours DRAMA COURSES ENG 111 THEATER HISTORY I surveys the major developments of theater history in Western civilization from its ancient beginnings up to the Renaissance. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 112 THEATER HISTORY II continues the study of the development of Western theater from the Restoration to the present day. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 261 INTRODUCTION TO THEATER introduces students to a wide range of theatrical information, including the basic elements and terminology of theater in such areas as acting, directing, and stagecraft. Dramas of representative playwrights from major periods of Western theater are read in conjunction with the study of the theater of the time. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 266 STAGECRAFT is an introduction to the materials and tools used in the technical areas of the theater including set building, painting, lighting, sound, costuming, makeup, stagemanaging, housemanaging, and publicity. Laboratory hours in which the student works on University productions are required. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 281 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING I introduces the beginning student to the problems, theories, and techniques of acting using a Stanislavski-based acting method, which utilizes improvisation and scene study as primary pedagogical tools. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 282 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING II is a continuation of the study of fundamentals of acting, with an emphasis on improvisation and the presentation of scenes from selected plays. Beginning work on characterization is also stressed. (Communications Core) Prerequisite: Eng 281 3 credit hours ENG 290 SPEECH COMMUNICATION is a fundamental course in the principles of effective communication, including intrapersonal and interpersonal communication as a basis for effective public speaking. Work on development of the speaking voice, correct diction, and enumeration is stressed. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 316 ORAL INTERPRETATION focuses on the art of presenting literature. Preparation will include the study of the form and content of each work performed, including prose, poetry, and drama. Teachers and broadcasters, especially, may profit from this course. (Communications Core) 3 credit hours ENG 317 ADVANCED ORAL INTERPRETATION is a study of programing and performing literature for communication by groups: novel, short story, verse, and drama. Laboratory experience in Readers' Theater and Chamber Theater is also included. (Communications Core) Prerequisite: Eng 316 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 351 DESIGN FOR THE THEATER is an introduction to scenic, lighting, costume, prop, and sound design for the theater. (Communications Core) Prerequisite: Eng 266 3 credit hours ENG 352 THEATER PRACTICUM allows students to participate in technical support or performance roles for University-sponsored dramatic productions and other theater-related projects. Drama concentration students are required to participate in at least two University productions during the completion of the degree, in which they can earn a maximum of 6 credit hours. Individual responsibilities and academic objectives are to be arranged by the instructor and the student. This course is evaluated on a pass/fail system. 1-3 credits per production ENG 385 THEATER LITERATURE I analyzes the major theatrical literary works from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Plays that will be read and studied include the comedies and tragedies of the Greek and Roman period, the anonymous church dramas of the Medieval age, and theater literature from the Spanish Golden Age, Elizabethan England, the Italian Renaissance, and Neoclassical France. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 386 THEATER LITERATURE II continues the study of the major theatrical literary works from the English Restoration to the present day. Emphasis is placed on the works of the 18th and 19th centuries, early American plays, and the contemporary playwrights. (Humanities Core) 3 credit hours ENG 412 PRINCIPLES OF DIRECTING provides an introduction to text analysis, blocking, mapping dramatic action, and other fundamental tasks of the director. (Communications Core) Prerequisite: Eng 281 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 413 ADVANCED DIRECTING addresses the student's directing skills on three primary levels: the directing process, communicating with actors, and the study of various directing methods. Laboratory hours in which the student directs scenes from plays are required. Prerequisite: Eng 412 3 credit hours ENG 414 ADVANCED ACTING: CHARACTERIZATION involves a study of the psychophysical process of creating a character. Using scenes from great dramas, students will do an in-depth study and analysis of the plays and the characters they choose to work on during the semester. (Communications Core) Prerequisites: Eng 282 or permission of the instructor 3 credit hours ENG 431 PRODUCTION serves as a capstone to the drama concentration student's work. During the course, students will assume the role of designer-director and prepare a one-act text or an equivalent cutting from a longer play for presentation before the University community. The student will meet for a regular class and will direct the one-act play in a separate laboratory time. (Communications Core) Prerequisite: For senior drama concentration students only 3 credit hours ENG 434 SENIOR THESIS requires the student to research and write a thesis on an approved theater-related topic. Guidance and supervision will be provided by one of the drama faculty. 1 credit hour ENG 460 THEORY OF THEATER examines the works of theater critics and practitioners from classical antiquity to the 20th century including Plato, Aristotle, Hans Urs von Balthazar, Jean Cocteau, and Jerzy Growtowski. The purpose of the class is to challenge students to formulate a personal theater aesthetic as they develop a philosophical understanding of the role of theater in society. 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