Same course description as ENG 217. Same course description as ENG 220. A study of descriptive and analytical grammar with an investigation of traditional and linguistic study of usage. A critical examination of the work of modern and contemporary poets as well as the cultural context in which they produced their work. Students will call into question interpretive assumptions past and present, and will approach selected texts from a variety of critical perspectives.
Students do a critical examination of the works of a selected author or authors.
In addition to some short critical essays, students produce a major research paper. Senior standing or permission of the instructor. Under the direction of a member of the English faculty, a student researches and writes a substantial thesis, defending it orally to a faculty committee.