Students discuss works by writers such as Dickinson, James, Adams, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, and Twain. 5 CR Surveys 20th-century American literature, emphasizing the expatriates and the experimental. Students discuss works by Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, O'Connor, Stevens, Eliot, Roethke, Lowell, Plath, Barth, and Pyncheon. Writing 5 CR Provides experience in problem-solving, research, organization, and expression of ideas in typical business and consulting reports. Students focus on audience awareness, analytical skills, style, documentation, and document design.
Computer use is required.
I 5 CR Builds on the writing skills learned in ENGL 101 or 102. Students work on personal essays, information and opinion papers, reviews, profiles, articles based upon interviews, or other projects. CR Continues ENGL 271, developing more advanced writing skills. 5 CR Focuses on the creative process in general. 5 CR Focuses on the craft of writing poetry.