For major requirements, see the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog.
Registration restrictions: In addition to the courses listed as required preparation, students must have satisfied the English 109 requirement before taking any 200-level English course, except English 250.
103. English for Foreign Students
Either semester. Three credits. Course may be repeated for credit. Graduate students may elect this course. English and Linguistics Staffs
Instruction in English for non-native speakers of the language.
104. Basic Writing
Either semester. Three credits. English and Linguistics Staffs
Development of essential skills in writing sentences. Based on test scores, students may be required to pass ENGL 104 before taking ENGL 105. This course may not be used to fulfill the Group III Distribution requirement and may not be taken for credit if the student has passed ENGL 105.
105. English Composition
Either semester. Three credits.
Instruction in composition through critical reading and frequent short essays.
109. Literature and Composition
Either semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 250.
Continued training in writing expository prose through the study of selections from prose, poetry, and drama.
112. Classical and Medieval Western Literature
First semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 114 at the regional campuses.
This and ENGL 113 offer a study of European literature from ancient times to the present. ENGL 112 considers ancient and medieval literature through Dante.
#112W. Classical and Medieval Western Literature
(Formerly offered as English 114 at the regional campuses.) Required preparation: ENGL 105 and 109; the latter may be taken concurrently.
113. Renaissance and Modern Western Literature
Second semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 115 at the regional campuses.
Literature in the European tradition from the Renaissance through the modern periods.
#113W. Renaissance and Modern Western Literature
(Formerly offered as English 115 at the regional campuses.) Required preparation: ENGL 105 and 109; the latter may be taken concurrently.
120. Major Works of Eastern Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105.
Important works of poetry, drama, and literary prose from the Middle East, South Asia, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. All works are read in translation.
127. Major Works of English and American Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 128 at the regional campuses.
Includes important works from the major genres and historical periods since Beowulf.
#127W. Major Works of English and American Literature
(Formerly offered as English 128 at the regional campuses.) Required preparation: ENGL 105 and 109; the latter may be taken concurrently.
146. Creative Writing I
Either semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105.
First course in creative expression in fiction, poetry, and other forms.
193. Foreign Study
Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head or advisor may be required prior to the student's departure.
Special topics taken in a foreign study program.
200. Children's Literature
Either semester. Three credits.
The best literature available to children, including works by major writers and forms such as fable, folk tale, fairy tale, nursery rhyme, and short story.
201. Literature for High School Students
Either semester. Three credits. Designed primarily for English education majors. May not be used to meet the English major requirement.
An introduction to the guidance of high school reading in literature.
204. Milton
Either semester. Three credits.
The lyric, epic and dramatic poetry of Milton, with some consideration of his prose writing.
205. British Literature I
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Required preparation: English 105 and 109.
British literature, medieval through 18th century. Intended to provide preparaton for more advanced courses in British literature. This course is strongly recommended for English majors.
206. British Literature II
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Required preparation: English 105 and 109.
British literature, 19th to 20th centuries. Intended to provide preparation for more advanced courses in British literature. This course is strongly recommended for English majors.
209W. Advanced Composition for Prospective Teachers
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Designed primarily for English education majors. May not be used to meet the English major requirement.
Advanced training in composition, with consideration of the problem of teaching writing.
210. Poetry
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
A study of the techniques and conventions of the chief forms and traditions of poetry in English.
211. Modern Poetry in English
Either semester. Three credits.
Poetry of the 20th century, from the major modernist innovators to significant contemporaries.
212. The Modern Novel
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Major twentieth-century novels.
216. The Short Story
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
The short story as a literary form with study of significant Continental, British, and American writers.
217. Studies in Literature and Culture
Either semester. Three credits. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Open to sophomores.
An examination of social and culture aspects of printed literature and of its relationship to other media. Contents will vary by section.
218. Literature and Culture of the Third World
Either semester. Three credits. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Open to sophomores.
The literature of regions outside North America and Europe. Contents of the course will vary according to regional focus.
219. Drama
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
An introduction to the chief forms and traditions of dramatic literature through the study of a broad range of major works.
220. Medieval English Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Readings in the literature of the English Middle Ages lyrics, narratives, dramas, and didactic forms.
220W. Medieval English Literature
221. Renaissance English Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Writers studied include More, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton.
221W. Renaissance English Literature
222. Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Includes such writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Burney, and Austen.
# English 112W, 113W, 127W, and 230W are offered at regional campuses
only.
223. Romantic and Victorian English Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Includes such writers as Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, the Brontes, G. Eliot, and Arnold.
223W. Romantic and Victorian English Literature
226. Modern English Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Modern literature from the British Isles, including such writers as Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Lessing, and Shaw.
226W. Modern English Literature
227. World Literature in English
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 279.
English language literature from Africa, India, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, and other areas outside of the United States and the British Isles. Writers may include Soyinka, Gordimer, Walcott, Achebe, Markandaya, Atwood, White, Emecheta, Rushdie, Naipaul, Kincaid, and others.
227W. World Literature in English
230. Shakespeare I
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 229 at the regional campuses.
Romantic comedies and principal tragedies.
#230W. Shakespeare I
(Formerly offered as English 229 at the regional campuses.) Open to sophomores.
231. Shakespeare II
Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: ENGL 230.
The early plays, problem plays, and late plays.
232. Chaucer
Either semester. Three credits.
The Canterbury Tales and other selected works, and such attention to the Middle English language as is necessary to an understanding of the text.
233. Early and Modern Irish Literature
Either semester. Three credits.
Irish literature in English to 1939: fiction, drama, and verse, including such early Irish myth as the Tain bo Cualnge and such writers as Mangan, Somerville & Ross, Yeats, Gregory, Synge, Joyce, and O'Connor.
234. Contemporary Irish Literature
Either semester. Three credits.
Irish literature in English since 1939: fiction, drama, and verse by such writers as Beckett, Bowen, O'Brien, Friel, Murdoch, O'Faolain, McGahern, McGinley, Heaney, Muldoon, and Doyle.
236. Modern Drama
Either semester. Three credits.
Modern British, American, and Continental drama, with the reading and discussion of some 25 representative plays.
242. The English Language
First semester. Three credits.
A descriptive study of modern American English: constituent sound (phonology),
structure of words
(morphology), and syntax, with some attention to lexicography and usage.
244. The History of the English Language
Either semester. Three credits.
Readings in Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern with a survey of the main developments in the language since Anglo-Saxon times.
246. Creative Writing II
Either semester. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
For student writers of proved ability who wish training in techniques of fiction or verse. Emphasis on poetry.
247. Writing Workshop
Either semester. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor or Department Head. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
For student writers of proved ability who wish training in techniques of fiction or verse. Emphasis on prose fiction.
248W. Writing Tutorial
Either semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. This course may be taken only in conjunction with specially designated sections of English courses numbered 200 or above and may be repeated once for credit in conjunction with a different course.
Intensive supervised practice in writing about literature.
249S. Advanced Expository Writing
Either semester. Three credits. Three class periods.
Writing on topics related, usually, to students' individual interests and needs.
249W. Advanced Expository Writing
Honors Course Sequence
The Honors course sequence, English 250 through English 258, is recommended for students in the Honors Program but is also open to other qualified students. Most courses are weekly seminars on major writers and topics relating to intellectual and cultural backgrounds of English and American literature.
250. Honors I: Approaches to Literature
First semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. May be used to satisfy the ENGL 105 and 109 requirements. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 109. May not be used to meet the English major requirements.
Study of a variety of approaches to literature and of their critical assumptions.
251W. Honors II: American Literature
Second semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Early writers and Romantics through Twain and James.
252W. Honors III: American Literature
First semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Realism, naturalism, modern American authors.
253W. Honors IV: English Literature
First semester, alternate years. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor. Hours by arrangement.
Medieval through Jacobean literature.
254W. Honors V: English Literature
First semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Seventeenth and eighteenth century to Romantics.
255W. Honors VI: English Literature
Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Nineteenth century literature.
256W. Honors VII: English Literature
Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Twentieth century literature.
258. Honors VIII: Honors Thesis
Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. All Honors students writing an Honors Thesis must register for this course in their last semester after consultation with the director of their thesis and the English department advisor to Honors Students, who is the instructor of record.
264. Studies in Individual Writers
Either semester. Three credits.
Concentrated study in one or two authors writing in English. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
266. Studies in Criticism
Either semester. Three credits.
Studies in the history and theories of literary criticism.
267. Studies in Literature
Either semester. Three credits. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
Advanced exploration of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester.
268W. Seminars in Literature
Either semester. Three credits. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
Intensive study of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester. Small classes with an emphasis on writing.
270. American Literature to 1880
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
American literature from the beginnings: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Douglass, Stowe, Dickinson, Twain, and others.
270W. American Literature to 1880
271. American Literature Since 1880
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Modern and contemporary American literature: James, Wharton, Dreiser, Cather, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Morrison, and others.
271W. American Literature Since 1880
272. Native American Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Tilton, Makowski
Examination of the literatures of pre-contact, post-contact, and contemporary indigenous American cultures.
274. Asian American Literature
Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Chow
Literature, theatre, film about Asian American communities and culture in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
276W. Black American Writers I
First semester. Three credits.
Critical and historical examination of the literature of black American writers from Phyllis Wheatley to the present.
# English 112W, 113W, 127W, and 230W are offered at regional campuses only.
277W. Black American Writers II
Second semester. Three credits.
Extensive readings in the works of four or five contemporary black American writers.
278W. Ethnic Literatures of the United States
Either semester. Three credits.
The literatures of ethnic American authors. Writers may include Natachee Scott Momaday, Maxine Hong Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, Rolando Hinojosa, Bernard Malumud, Nicholasa Mohr, John Fante, among others.
285. Women in Literature Before 1900
First semester. Three credits.
Analysis of the representation of women in a variety of works from different countries.
286. Women in Twentieth-Century Literature
First semester. Three credits.
Analysis of the representation of women in a variety of works from different countries.
291. Literature and Other Disciplines
Either semester. Three credits. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
The relationship of literature to other fields of study. Course content will vary by section.
292. Studies in Britain
Second semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor.
Studies in the British Isles during the intersession, supplemented by weekly seminars in Storrs. Direct experience with aspects of English literature in its social and artistic milieu.
293. Foreign Study
Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of department head required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.
Special topics taken in a foreign study program.
294C. Publishing
Either semester. Three credits. Required preparation: ENGL 105.
An introduction to publishing and to writing for publication in this, the Information Age. Topics include desktop publishing, web-page design, and the presentation of materials on the Internet. No previous experience with computers is required.
295. Variable Topics
Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topics, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites, required preparation, and recommended preparation vary.
296. Writing Practicum
Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic.
A concentrated introduction to (or review of) a particular aspect of composition. Courses will focus on such topics as writing and publishing on the Internet, legal writing, grammar review, grammar by computer, business writing, and web-page design.
=297. Writing Internship
Either semester. Credit and hours by arrangement, not to exceed six credits per semester. With a change of placement, may be repeated once for credit. Open only with consent of instructor. No more than three credits may be counted towards completion of requirements for the English major.
Training in writing in a supervised field placement.
298. Special Topics
Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites, required preparation, and recommended preparation vary.
299. Independent Study
Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor and approval of either the department head, or the department undergraduate coordinator. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic.
Supervised reading and writing on a subject of special interest to the student. (Recommended for distinction candidates in English.)