ENG 100 - First-Year Writing Seminar

Limited enrollment course designed to facilitate students' transition to academic writing for college. The focus is on developing college writing ability, using readings, discussion, and research as material for writing. Assignments range from personal narrative to analysis and reasoned argument. Most sections have a topic, which changes semester to semester and indicates the kind of reading and thematic exploration students will do as they work on their writing. Every semester. Credit: 4

ENG 121 - Introduction to Linguistics

This course aims to provide a framework for the discussion of various aspects of language, and introduces you to the intricacy of a behavior which you perform without conscious thought: communicating through language. Topics include language universals (what all languages have in common), language and society (how language reflects society/culture), language as a physical/psychological phenomenon (how we produce and comprehend language), how language works (the internal structures of sounds, words, phrases and sentences), and language acquisition, etc. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100. Every semester. Credit: 4

ENG 123 - Grammar: A Linguistic Approach

This course focuses on three important components of grammar: phonology (sound and sound patterns of a language), morphology (word formation of a language), and syntax (phrase and sentence structure of a language). It aims to help students understand grammar NOT as a set of rigid prescriptions focusing on correctness or incorrectness of speech, but as a marvelously intricate set of principles and rules governing what is and what is not in a language. The course not only discusses some important facts of grammar (particularly English grammar, including variations of English), but also presents a linguistic (i.e., scientific) way of thinking about grammar. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

	ENG 181 - Literary Analysis and Interpretation
	Intensive practice in reading and writing about poetry, prose fiction, and drama, with an emphasis on basic critical terms and close analysis of the text. Enrollment limited to students who will be taking a series of literature courses in their majors or concentrations. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 and declared literature or creative writing major. Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 210 - Fiction Writing
	Study and practice of the process of writing fiction. Includes discussion of student's work as well as the work of published writers. Extended individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester Credit: 4

	ENG 211 - Poetry Writing
	Through workshop discussions, reading assignments and practice, students will learn the techniques of poetry writing. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 212 - Creative Nonfiction
	A workshop approach to writing the personal essay, autobiography, biography, memoir, new journalism, and many other forms of creative nonfiction. Extended individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100;  BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 213 - Journalism
	The study and practice of journalism, with emphasis on news gathering and writing in a journalistic style. Students will get hands-on experience filing stories for UMF's campus newspaper, The Farmington Flyer. An introduction to the history and ethics of the profession is included.  Prerequisite(s): ENG 100. Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 215 - Writing for Children and Young Adults
	A workshop designed to develop the skills of writing literature for children or young adults. May include picture books, story books, young adult works, young nonfiction, or fantasy. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 217 - Feature Writing
	Study of and practice in the various forms of feature writing for magazines and periodical publication. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 218 - Writing for the Stage or Film

An introduction to various kinds of dramatic writing, including writing for stage, film, or television. Emphasizing form and technique, the workshop may cover one-act plays, feature-length screenplays, teleplays, or other dramatic forms. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Once every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 219 - Writing the Literary Novel

Writing the Literary Novel guides students through a process of discovery of the key elements of a novel, all of which center on characterization. Class exercises lead to three chapters at semester's end. The workshop format teaches revision skills. Fantasy and science fiction are not workable genres for this course. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Once every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 223 - Child Language Development

Normal children in normal circumstances learn the language of their community with ease in a relatively short period of time. Although children are not taught language in any formal way, the fabric of language is already intact by the time school begins. This course aims to provide students with an overview of language acquisition theories and controversies in language acquisition. We will focus on the central topics such as language learning process in young children, and the acquisition of sounds, words, meanings and sentences. Prerequisite(s): ENG 121. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester Credit: 4

ENG 224 - Teaching English as a Second Language

This is an introductory course for students who are new to the field of TESL/TEFL (Teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language) and for those who have practical experience but little formal exposure to the area. It is intended to present to students an overview of the contemporary ESL/EFL theories and methodologies, and at the same time encourage an analytical approach to teaching ESL/EFL. The course is designed to help students explore the underlying assumptions of the various methods, materials and techniques to be studied, and provide them with opportunities to work on ESL data, perform error analysis, and develop and teach ESL lessons. Prerequisite(s): ENG 121 or ENG 123. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit:

	ENG 230 - Writing/Teaching of Writing
	Explores the theory and practice of writing and teaching writing; fosters the ability and confidence to analyze and respond to the writing of others; and examines the pedagogical and psychological issues involved. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, sophomore standing, and permission of instructor. Every year. Credit: 4

	ENG 250H - Shakespeare
	An introductory study of Shakespeare's works with emphasis on the plays. Further considerations may include genre studies (comedy, tragedy, history, etc.) and film and stage adaptations. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 251H - British Texts and Contexts I
	A study of representative English poetry, prose, and drama from the medieval period through 1798, with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Once a year. Credit: 4

	ENG 252H - British Texts and Contexts II
	Study of representative texts of British literature from the Romantic Period (roughly 1798-1832), the Victorian Period (roughly 1832-1901), and the twentieth century with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Once a year. Credit: 4

	ENG 263H - Studies in Twentieth Century American Literature
	Study and discussion of representative twentieth century American writers, including such authors as Cather, Steinbeck, Hemingway and Bellow. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

ENG 265H - African American Literature and Culture

An interdisciplinary study of African American literature examined in the context of music, art, film, and other media representations of African American life that will include a wide range of literary, historical, and cultural materials (from ancient African folk tales to contemporary black writers, performers, and artists). Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years.   Credit: 4

	ENG 266H - American Short Story
	A study of the development of the short story in America from its beginning in 1820 to the present. Investigations into the genre and into the works of a wide variety of short story writers. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) May term only. Credit: 4

	ENG 267H - Twentieth-Century American Poetry
	Beginning with a study of backgrounds of American poetry in the twentieth century, students in this course will examine the work of selected modern and contemporary poets in America. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 272H - American Texts and Contexts

A study of representative American literature from pre-Colonial and Colonial to Contemporary, with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. This course will be attentive to the study of the cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity of American literary voices. Individual sections of the class may focus on a particular literary theme or tradition. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. Every semester. Credit: 4

ENG 273H - American Poetry to 1900

This course will introduce students to wide range of American poetry from its beginnings in the literature of exploration in the early seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century. We will be spending most of the course investigating the richness of the early American poetic tradition that provides an important backdrop to the emergence of better-known American poets, such as Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman, or Emily Dickinson. Throughout the course, we will consider how poetry reflects and considers contemporary concepts of gender, race, class, sexuality, and national identity. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. At least once in a three-year cycle. Credit: 4

	ENG 277 - Topics in English
	Study of an author, a literary form, a sequence of texts, or specific area or genre of creative writing, or some other special topic not included in the regular curriculum. Prerequisite(s): To be determined for each course. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

ENG 279H - Multicultural Literature and Film

In this course we will study a diverse range of representations of ethnicity in literature and film. The course will likely include the study of several filmed adaptations in conjunction with their literary sources. The course will also likely require some attendance at films outside the regular class meeting times (possibly a screening of a recently released movie or possibly in conjunction with a campus film series or a nearby film festival). Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Once every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 283H - Fiction by Women
	Study of selected fiction by nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and British women. This course explores women's literary traditions from feminist perspectives. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181.(Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 287H - Poetry by Women

A study of poetry that constitutes a literary tradition for women, beginning with tribal poetry and Enheduannas hymns to Inanna and progressing to the work of contemporary women poets. Considerable class time will be devoted to close reading of individual poems and their gendered relationship to the cultures they both mirror and reinvent. Students will undertake an in-depth study of a contemporary poet and will develop a portfolio that defines their own poetic heritage. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years.   Credit: 4

	ENG 291H - Twentieth-Century Short Story
	Study of the development of the short story, from writers such as Chekhov and Conrad to contemporary writers. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 293H - Literary Nonfiction
	A brief history of literary nonfiction, especially the essay, will lead to an examination of the most important modern and contemporary writers of what John McPhee has called "the literature of fact." Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 296H - Postcolonial Literature
	Study of literature in English by writers from formerly colonized regions, such as Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia, with some attention to the context of colonization and decolonization. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 301 - Advanced Composition
	This course is designed to extend writing skills through the study and application of rhetorical and stylistic principles in nonfiction prose. The concept of the essay, formal and informal, is the centerpiece. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

ENG 310 - Advanced Fiction Writing

This course deepens and extends the understanding of fictional form and the writing process as studied in the earlier course. Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite(s): BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, and ENG 210 ENG 219 or HON 275H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

	ENG 311 - Advanced Poetry Writing
	Further development of poetry writing skills learned in ENG 211. Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite(s): BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA,concentration, and ENG 211, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail.) Every year. Credit: 4

ENG 312 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing

Offers the opportunity to polish, practice, and develop the processes and techniques of creative nonfiction as learned in the earlier course. Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credits. Prerequisite(s): BFA, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, and ENG 212 or ENG 217 or ENG 213, or permission of instructor.  (Pass/Fail option) Every year. Credit: 4

	ENG 340 - Medieval Literature
	Works from the Anglo-Saxon period through the fifteenth century, including Beowulf, the Norse Eddas, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Book of Margery Kemp, Everyman, the Mystery Plays, and selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181, and either ENG 251H or ENG 252H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 341 - English Renaissance Literature
	A study of representative poetry, prose, and drama from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Selected writers may include Elizabeth I, Marlowe, Jonson, Lanyer, Webster, Philip and Mary Sidney, Donne, Bacon, and Milton. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181, and either ENG 251H or ENG 252H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 344 - Eighteenth-Century English Literature

English poetry, prose, and drama of the Restoration and the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on satire and other forms of moral and social commentary. Texts chosen from the works of writers such as Congreve, Dryden, Behn, Addison, Swift, Pope, Goldsmith, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Burney, and others. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181, and ENG 251H or ENG 252H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 345 - Romantic Era
	Study of representative literature from 1798 to 1832, with an emphasis on the development of lyric poetry. Texts are chosen from the works of writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Austen, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181 and ENG 251H or ENG 252H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 346 - Victorian Literature

Study of English literature written during the period from the first Reform Bill (1832) through the death of Queen Victoria (1901). Texts chosen from the works of writers such as the Brontes, the Brownings, Carlyle, Dickens, George Elliot, Gaskell, Hopkins, Christina Rossetti, and Tennyson. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181 and either ENG 251H or ENG 252H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 350 - English Novel

Study of selected English novels from the beginning of the eighteenth century through the present, with particular attention to the emergence and historical development of the novel as a form. Eight or more novels chosen from the works of Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Burney, Austen, the Brontks, Eliot, Dickens, Hardy, Conrad, Forster, Lawrence, Woolf, Joyce, and others. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181 and ENG 251H or 252H. (Pass/Fail option) Once every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 366 - Early American Novel, 1780-1900

This course studies the rise of the novel in the United States from the Revolutionary Period to the late nineteenth century. We will consider the possibilities of the novel as a vehicle of republican ideas, investigate the initial resistance to the genre among the literary elite, and trace the socio-political establishment of the novel as an American genre through the nineteenth century. Authors may include, but are not limited to, Susanna Rowson, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Louise May Alcott, and William Dean Howells. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181, and ENG 272H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 367 - American Auto/Biography

An overview of American autobiographical and biographical writing and of theories of the self. We will explore various forms of life writing (such as confession, slave narrative, testimonio) and a range of writers such from classic to contemporary, with an emphasis on exploring the role gender and ethnicity play in shaping representations of the American self. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100, ENG 181, ENG 272H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 377 - Advanced Topics in English
	Intensive study of a single author or special topic, or intensive workshop study of a specific area or genre of creative writing. Prerequisite(s): Varying, but usually ENG 100, ENG 181, and ENG 251H, ENG 252H or ENG 272H, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years variable: topics rubric Credit: 4

	ENG 396 - Writing Apprenticeship
	Practical work in writing, editing, or publishing outside of the classroom, supervised by a member of the writing faculty. Prerequisite(s): Writing major and permission of writing faculty. (Pass/Fail option.) Every semester. Credit: 4

	ENG 397 - Independent Study in English
	This course provides superior advanced students the opportunity to study in depth topics in literature and language of special interest to them. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 and permission or instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every semester Credit: 16-4

ENG 401 - Seminar in Writing

Students will choose a genre of writing in which to execute a major writing project. Through workshop discussions, reading assignments and practice, they will extend their awareness of the genre they have chosen, and compile a polished portfolio. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, and BFA major, or permission of instructor. Every semester. Credit: 4

ENG 449 - Twentieth-Century British Literature

Focused study of twentieth-century British literature, concentrating on one or more aspects of it and its cultural context with an emphasis on texts that stretched literary and social conventions. Texts chosen from the works of writers such as Conrad, T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, and Yeats. Prerequisite(s):ENG 100, ENG 181, either ENG 251H or ENG 252H, and one 300-level ENG course in literature, or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

ENG 455 - Literary Theory and Cultural Studies

Study of various theoretical approaches (psychoanalysis, feminism, ethnic studies, etc.) used in the analysis of literature, with the emphasis on contemporary developments in literary theory and cultural studies. Texts will include an anthology of literary theory, one major literary work, and various examples drawn from contemporary popular culture. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; ENG 181; ENG 251H, 252H, or 272H; and one 300-level literature course. (Pass/Fail option) Every two years. Credit: 4

	ENG 477 - Seminar Topics in English
	Intensive study of a single author or special topic, in a seminar format, with students presenting materials and leading portions of class discussion. Students will also undertake independent research projects under the guidance of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): Varies, but usually one 300-level literature course. (Pass/Fail option) Variable. Credit: 4

ENG 481 - Early European Literature

Seminar on early European and Mediterranean literatures in translation, including some classical antecedents (Virgil, Ovid, etc). Writings from Italy (Dante, Petrarch, Boccacio, Machiavelli), France (Rabelais, Montaigne), Spain (Cervantes, Lope de Vega), North Africa (Leo Africanus), and elsewhere. Prerequisite(s): One 300-level literature course. (Pass/Fail option) Once every two years.  Credit: 4