Intensive practice intended to develop a high level of competence in writing expository prose. The course is designed for but not limited to prospective teachers of English. Intensive practice in writing objective descriptions and narrative of first-person accounts, with special emphasis on style. A practical course in composition of prose fiction. A practical course in poetry writing.
Major history plays, comedies, and tragedies.
American poetry and prose with special attention to Twain, James, Dickinson, Henry Adams, Crane, and Dreiser. I with special attention to Eliot, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, O'Neill, Stevens, Faulkner, and Nabokov. An examination of how literature and related arts intersect in a particular cultural milieu. Emphasis on texts by other than British and United States authors. Completion of general education literature requirement highly recommended.