ENGL 100 Critical Thinking and Writing (5)

Study of essential rhetorical patterns to help students develop effective college level writing skills. Frequent short papers in a variety of essay modes. Frequent exercises to review fundamentals of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and syntax. Prerequisite: English Placement Test score of between 142 and 154.

ENGL 101 Introduction to Literature: Texts and Contexts (5)

An introduction to major literary works as they embody traditional forms and enduring themes and as they occur in social, historical, or aesthetic contexts. Includes the study of the four basic genres (poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction prose), specific critical approaches to literary analysis and interpretation, and the use of basic research techniques to achieve an understanding of the ideas and methods implicit in great literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or the equivalent. This is a writing intensive class. (CAN ENGL 4)

ENGL 110 Writing and Research (5)

Practice in expository writing, including the college term paper. Frequent writing assignments. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 with a grade of "C-" or better or equivalent; CEEB-APT score of 3, 4, or 5 earns credit for and exempts students from English 110 and 101; CEEB Achievement Test in English essay score of 600 or above; SAT verbal section score of 470 or above; ACT English Usage test score of 23 or above (taken prior to October 1989); ACT Enhanced English Usage test score of 25 or above (taken October 1989 or later); CSU-EEE score of "Pass" or "EPT-Exemption"; or CSU-EPT score of 155 or better. Library Research Skills – Laboratory required (5 one-hour and twenty minute sessions per term).

ENGL 200 The English Major and Career Opportunities (1)

Introduction to requirements for the major and for the English Teacher Preparation Program. In addition, an exploration of career opportunities for English majors in a variety of professions, including teaching at all levels, writing, publishing, public relations, and others. Required for majors. Offered on a credit, no-credit basis only.

ENGL 205 Introduction to the Study of American Literature (5)

American literature from colonial times to the present. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 207 Ethnic-Minority American Literature (5)

An introduction to a body of literature that is not often included in the traditional American literature curriculum. Major works of African-American, Asian-American, Native American, and Chicano literatures. Some study of the social and cultural contexts out of which this literature emerges will be included. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 208 Major British Writers (5)

The study of selected works of classic British literature. Representative writers may include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Boswell, the Romantic poets, Tennyson, Browning, and selected moderns. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 235 Shakespeare’s World (5)

An introduction to the world in which Shakespeare lived and wrote. Using an interdisciplinary approach which brings together English literature, theatre, and media (videotapes of the plays), the class is designed to examine Renaissance England’s historical, social, artistic, literary, theatrical, moral, and ethical milieu through a detailed study/video-viewing of five selected plays. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 272 Reading and Writing Poetry (5)

Contemporary poetry from 1960 to the present. Reading and studying various contemporary poets and then using the knowledge gained to develop individual poetic styles. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL 289 Experiential Prior Learning (variable units)

Evaluation and assessment of learning which has occurred as a result of prior off-campus experience relevant to the curriculum of the department. Requires complementary academic study and/or documentation. Available by petition only, on a credit, no-credit basis. Not open to postgraduate students. Interested students should contact the department office.

ENGL 290 Introduction to World Literature (5)

An introduction to the study of world literature in English translation. Texts will represent a variety of authors and eras, cultural contexts, and the major genres—drama, fiction, and poetry. Readings from such authors as Sophocles, Dante, Cervantes, Mishima, Kawabata, Borges, Dinesen. Fundamental emphasis will be placed on method—the techniques of comparative analysis and interpretation.

ENGL 294 Masterpieces of Early Western World Literature: The Greeks to the Renaissance (5)

Representative masterworks from key periods of western culture from the Greeks to the Renaissance (including all the major genres—poetry, fiction, drama) studied from the vantage point of both their historical significance and their enduring esthetic significance. Discussion and application of critical techniques to enlarge the student’s understanding and appreciation of literature and to increase skill in interpretation. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 295 Masterpieces of Late Western World Literature: The Enlightenment to the Present (5)

Representative masterworks from key periods of western culture since the Enlightenment (including all the major genres—poetry, fiction, drama), studied from the vantage point of both their historical significance and their enduring esthetic significance. Discussion and application of critical techniques to enlarge the student’s understanding and appreciation of literature and to increase skill in interpretation. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 299 Individual Study (variable units)

Upper Division

ENGL 300 Approaches to Literature (5)

A seminar in the practical application of various critical approaches to the study of poetry, fiction, and dramatic literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 304 Technical and Report Writing (5)

Extensive practice in writing clearly and persuasively in technical and specialized forms such as reports of experiments, abstracts, business reports and proposals, letters, and memoranda. Cross-listed as COMM 304. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 or the equivalent with a grade of "C-" or better, and upper division standing. Fulfills the GWAR. Does not count toward the major or minor.

ENGL 305 Modes of Writing (5)

An online course in effective expository writing. Emphasis on writing as a process. Prerequisite: Grade of "C-" or better in ENGL 110 or the equivalent, upper division standing, and Internet and word processing skills. Fulfills the GWAR. Counts towards the Teacher Preparation Programs in English, Liberal Studies, and Child Development. Does not count toward the major or minor.

ENGL 310 Advanced Writing (5)

Comprehensive study of the techniques of effective expository writing. Emphasis on development of prose style. Frequent writing exercises both in and out of class. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent, and upper division standing. Fulfills the GWAR. Does not count toward the major or the minor.

ENGL 311 Writing Literary Analysis (5)

This course is designed to assist majors in developing their skills in writing in the discipline, specifically, writing literary analysis and criticism. The course also serves as a companion and supplement to ENGL 300; thus both courses serve as co-requisites. ENGL 311 can prepare students for English 300 by introducing them to the written practice of criticism, and can also serve as a follow-up by allowing students to apply the knowledge of theory and criticism acquired in ENGL 300 for the practice of written analysis. Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Co-requisite: ENGL 300.

ENGL 315 English Literature Survey I (5)

Analytical survey of major works and major writers from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Restoration. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 316 English Literature Survey II (5)

Analytical survey of major works and major writers from the Restoration through the modern era. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL/LING 319(a) Structure of English (3)

An introduction to fundamental concepts in phonology and morphology including phonemes, morphemes, and word classes. This course corresponds to only the phonology and morphology components of 319, but provides numerous drills and exercises for students. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 319(b) Structure of English (3)

An introduction to the fundamental concepts in syntax, including phrases and clauses and their functions in sentences. This course corresponds to only the syntax component of 319 but provides numerous drills and exercises for students. Prerequisite: English 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 319 Structure of English (5)

A systematic examination of Modern English phonology, morphology and syntax. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent.

ENGL 320 Medieval English Literature: 450-1500 (5)

English literature from the beginning to the close of the Middle Ages. Old English poetry in translation, including Beowulf and shorter poems; Middle English prose and poetry exclusive of Chaucer, such as works of the Gawain poet, anonymous lyrics, Malory; the beginnings of the English drama. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 325 Chaucer (5)

Selections from The Canterbury Tales and shorter poems and/or Troilus and Criseyde. Since the works are read in the original Middle English, some attention is given to the nature and development of the English language in the Middle Ages. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 330 Renaissance English Literature: 1500-1660 (5)

The Renaissance in England, the classical revival, Wyatt and Surrey, Sidney, Spenser, Milton—the exploratory age, classical, heroic, nationalistic. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 335 Shakespeare I (5)

Selected readings in the tragedies, comedies, histories, and poems. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 336 Shakespeare II (5)

Selected readings in the tragedies, comedies, histories, and poems. Selections different from those read in ENGL 335, which is not prerequisite. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 337 Milton (5)

A study of the artistic development and cultural contexts of John Milton, whose writing in poetry, politics, and religion span the late Renaissance, the Interregnum, and the Restoration periods. Emphasis is on his major poems, especially his epic verse. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 340 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature: 1660-1785 (5)

Literature of Neoclassicism and of sensibility in England. Satire, drama, poetry, the novel, the essay. Selected studies in Dryden, Behn, Congreve, Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Addison and Steele, Richardson, Johnson, Gray, Cowper, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 350 Romantic English Literature: 1785-1837 (5)

The literature of the "age of revolutions" in England. Selected studies in Wollstonecraft, Blake, Smith, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 351 Victorian English Literature: 1837-1901 (5)

Studies in Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, the Pre-Raphaelites, Wilde, and other major figures. Literature, criticism, and social history. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 360 Modern English Literature: 1901-1945 (3)

The literature of the Edwardian and Georgian period in post-Victorian England. The novel, drama, and poem as instruments of artistic and social comment. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 361 Contemporary English Literature: 1945 to the Present (5)

The literature of the post-World War II era of social and political analysis and change. The novel, drama, and poem as instruments of artistic and social comment. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 362 Literature as Mirror of Society: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (5)

An intensive critical examination of the major social themes and ideas explored in major contemporary fiction. Texts chosen will include examples from both western and non-western literatures. Application of selected critical techniques to broaden understanding of the themes integral to these great works of literature and enhance the appreciation of literature in a broad context. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 363 Literature and Technology (5)

A study of the interrelationships between literature and the post-modern American culture and technology. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 364 Studies in Fiction: The African-American Experience (5)

An intensive examination of the African-American experience as portrayed in fiction and critical essays. Such themes as slavery, alienation, religion, the triumph of the spirit will be explored. Texts chosen will include works by and about African-Americans, for example, W.E. DuBois, Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 365 Slave Literature (5)

Intensive critical examination of major themes and ideas explored in literature by and about African-American slaves, including slave narratives by Ouladah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, William Wells Brown, Harriet Wilson, and Harriet Tubman; anonymous sermons, songs, and spirituals, and selected writings of David Walker, Heny Highland Garnet, Phyllis Wheatley, Nat Turner, and Martin Delany, among others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 366 Ethnic American Literature (5)

Comparative analysis of principal works of American literature by Native American, African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American authors, with emphasis on twentieth century writers. Examination of the cultural and rhetorical elements defining both the "ethnicity" and the "Americanness" of the works, with focus on their enduring value as literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 370 Literature by Women of Color (5)

An extensive examination of the experiences of women of color as portrayed in their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and as interpreted in feminist and ethnic literary theory and criticism. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 372 Studies in Chicano Literature (5)

Extensive examination of the experiences of Chicana and Chicano writers as portrayed in their fiction, drama, poetry, and film and as interpreted by current ethnic literary theory. Course also includes study of the socio-cultural milieu from which the literature emerged. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 373 Women in Literature and Film (5)

The depiction of women in representative works of literature and film, focusing on the perceptions of women writers and film makers about roles, functions, and societal expectations that influence women’s goals and self concepts. Students of both sexes are welcome to participate. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 375 Studies in a Major Author or Group (5)

Intensive study of the works of a single major author or of a group of closely associated writers. Specific topic determined by instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. May be repeated for different course content.

ENGL 380 Major American Authors to the Civil War (5)

May include Taylor, Franklin, Thoreau, Melville, Poe, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 381 Major American Authors from the Civil War to 1900 (5)

May include Twain, Dickinson, Crane, Norris, Chopin, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 382 Major American Authors from 1901 to the Present (5)

May include Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Frost, Eliot, Pound, Pynchon, Malamud, Walker, and Morrison. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 383 American Literature Survey I (5)

Study of the development of American poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose from the Pre-Colonial period to the Civil War. The course may include traditional canonical writers such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Edwards, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Whitman, Crane, Twain, and Dickinson. May also include pro- and anti-slave literature, slave narratives, and Southwestern cuentos. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 384 American Literature Survey II (5)

Study of the development of American poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose from the Civil War to the present. May cover traditional canonical writers such as Frost, Eliot, Cummings, W. C. Williams, Lowell, Plath, Rich, O’Neill, Albee, Anderson, Stein, Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Pynchon, and Updike, as well as selections from Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Dubois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Leslie Silko, Sandra Cisneros, David Henry Hwang, and Amy Tan. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 391 Bible as Literature (5)

Extensive readings from both the Old and New Testaments designed to prepare the student to recognize and understand Biblical allusions in later European literature, to appreciate the texts as literature, and also to show the differences between ancient Hebrew rhetoric and our own. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 392 International Folk Narrative (5)

A survey of the various genres of oral narratives and an examination of their historical and social significance as well as their influence on literature. Emphasis on studying the universal motifs of folk narratives and contrasting the folk narratives of different cultures. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent.

ENGL 393 Classical Mythology (5)

Homer, Virgil, and Ovid are analyzed to show the development of various kinds of mythical discourse and the changing nature of "myth" itself. The recurrence of ancient myths in modern thought and literature stressed. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 396 Gothic Worlds (5)

Macabre, gloomy, and violent literature from different cultures and periods in prose and poetry. Passion and superstition challenge boundaries set by reason and moral laws. Death, decay, and eerie contact with worlds beyond the grave, ruined castles, imprisoned heroines, evil monks, uncontrollable science, and corpses. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.

ENGL 404 Creative Writing (5)

Experimental writing, investigation, and discussion of creative writing and the creative process, with individual and group analysis of student work. Course will focus on either poetry, fiction, or drama. May be repeated for credit.

ENGL 410 Writing for Teachers (5)

This course will teach the concepts of good writing, based on current research in the field, and then help the students discover effective strategies for teaching these concepts. It will focus primarily on expository writing, with some emphasis on adjusting different purposes for writing to specific audiences. This course is required for all students who plan to teach English in California secondary schools and does not satisfy the GWAR. The course is open only to students in the English single-subject program.

ENGL/LING 414 History of the Language (5)

The development of English phonology, morphology, syntax, spelling, and vocabulary from the Old English period to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b).

ENGL/LING 415 General Linguistics (5)

Basic concepts, theories, and issues in the study of language, with emphasis on the sound system, principles of word formation, and the semantic and syntactic patterns of English; consideration is given to the relationship between language and culture. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or the equivalent or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b).

ENGL/LING 416 Phonology (5)

Theoretical analysis of phonetics and phonology including distinctive features, patterns, systems, and processes of language within the framework of current generative phonological approach. Examples will be drawn from English and other languages. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 417 Syntax (5)

This course provides an introduction to generative syntactic theory. Students will learn to draw tree diagrams and write transformation rules for sentences according to Chomsky’s Aspects model. Toward the end of the course, students will learn the basic principles of the Government-Binding model. There will be a heavy emphasis on analyzing syntactic data—some from languages other than English. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENGL/LING 418 Second Language Acquisition (5)

This class discusses the conscious or unconscious process of learning a second language after the first language has already been acquired, and examines some of the major theories that have been advanced to support second language acquisition. These theories include cognitive style, interlanguage, linguistic universals, and acculturation. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or the equivalent.

ENG/LING 419 Interlanguage

An examination of the grammars of second language learners as independent, yet systematic, language systems. Stress on how interlanguages evolve over time and the roles of such factors as language transfer, universal grammar, and markedness. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 319 or 319(a) and 319(b) or ENGL/LING 415 or its equivalent. ENGL/LING 418 is recommended.

ENGL/LING 420 Sociolinguistics: Language, Society, and Education (5)

Examination of the relationship between language and such social variables as sex, economic class, race, and ethnicity. Topics include social dialects, linguistic stereotypes, code-switching, and the educational problems of language minorities. A thorough linguistic comparison between one non-standard dialect and Standard American English will be included. Prerequisite: ENGL/LING 414 or 319 or ENGL/LING 319 (a) and (b) or 415 or permission of instructor.

ENGL 460 History of Film (5)

History of film from the Edison Kinetoscope through Citizen Kane. Industrial, social, stylistic, and theoretical aspects in a variety of national and cultural contexts. Emphasis on commercial and avant-garde forms and their connection to twentieth-century aesthetic, economic, and political currents. Cross-listed as COMM 460. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or the equivalent. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGL 469 Modern African Literature (5)

An examination of the works of contemporary African writers. Selected literary works of such authors as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Yambo Ouologuem studied. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or the equivalent or one course from ENGL 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295.