Some Expanded Course Descriptions English and Modern Languages Maymester, Summer, and Fall 2015

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1 1 Some Expanded Course Descriptions English and Modern Languages Maymester, Summer, and Fall 2015 MAYMESTER 2015 English 2328: Introduction to Literature and Creative Writing. MTWRF 8-11:45 a.m. May A special twoweek intensive version of English 2328 on reading and writing poetry and short fiction. Laurence Musgrove. SUMMER I 2015 English 2324: Readings in World Literature. MTWRF 10-11:45 am. This section of Readings in American Literature explores the American pursuit of happiness and the quest for meaning as depicted in great works written since the Civil War. Practicing multiple critical approaches, students will develop critical reading and thinking skills as they discover the relevance of literature to their own lives. Featured authors include Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, and Lynn Nottage. Chris Ellery. English 2325: Readings in World Literature. MTWRF 10-11:45 a.m. This course fulfills the core curricular requirement in Language, Philosophy, and Culture and provides abundant opportunities for reading, analyzing, and discussing a variety of literary texts important to the development of Western culture. In addition, these opportunities will develop in students an understanding of some of the historical, cultural, and formalistic aspects of the works, an ability to form aesthetic judgments, and the opportunity to develop appreciation for the literary arts. English 2340: Introduction to the Study of Language. MTWRF 8-9:45 a.m. This course surveys the social and cultural contexts of languages throughout the world. It examines the ways in which a human language reflects the ways of life and beliefs of its speakers, contrasted with extent of language's influence on culture. A wide variety of cultures and languages are examined to focus on topics such as identity, social factors of language use, language vitality, language structures and issues of globalization. Each language is a repository of history and knowledge as well as the culture of a group of speakers. Languages and cultures from around the world will be discussed, with special focus on endangered languages. In addition, this course will cover basic linguistic concepts. Jeffrey Schonberg. English 3351: Technical Writing. MTWRF 10-11:45 a.m. This course will focus on creating practical, workplace documents, such as resumes, proposals, instructions, definitions, and statements of purpose. Special attention is given to document design, audience-awareness, multicultural concerns, and graduate school preparation. At the end of the semester, students (especially in the sciences and the technical fields) should feel comfortable being able to successfully communicate their subject matter expertise to a variety of audiences. The required textbook is the second edition of Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century. Kevin Garrison. SUMMER II 2015 English 2324: Readings in American Literature. MTWRF 8-9:45 a.m. As ASU s course catalog explains, English 2324 is a study of diverse works by American writers. Emphasis on reading, comprehending, appreciating, and thinking critically about the selected works within the context of American culture and literary history (269). The selected texts for this section of the course represent four major movements in American literature: romanticism, realism, naturalism, and modernism. And it covers four literary genres: novels, drama, short fiction, and poetry. Required textbooks: Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter (1850), Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Kate Chopin s The Awakening (1899), Eugene O Neill s The Iceman Cometh (1940), Katherine Anne Porter s Collected Stories (1965), and Rita Dove s Thomas and Beulah (1986). Linda Kornasky.

2 2 English 2325: Readings in World Literature. MTWRF 12-1:45 p.m. The main goal in this World Literature class (English 2325) is to familiarize students with some of the major periods, authors and literary movements in European literature and to illustrate the impact they have had on American (popular) culture. We will focus on selected British, French and German texts that have inspired American writers, artists, poets, rock musicians and filmmakers. This class will begin with literary text written at the eve of the French Revolution, at the intersection of Enlightenment and Romanticism and will end with the analysis of modernist texts. To come to a better understanding of these texts, historical, social and cultural background information will be provided. We will analyze these texts using different methodological approaches, which will also help us understand why and how these texts influenced American culture. Christine Muelsch. English 3351: Technical Writing. Online. This course will focus on creating practical, workplace documents, such as resumes, proposals, instructions, definitions, and statements of purpose. Special attention is given to document design, audience-awareness, multicultural concerns, and graduate school preparation. At the end of the semester, students (especially in the sciences and the technical fields) should feel comfortable being able to successfully communicate their subject matter expertise to a variety of audiences. Nicole Dilts. English 3352: Business Communication. Online. This course focuses on the creation and design of workplace related documents, with a special emphasis on correspondence and reports. Emphasis is placed on audience analysis, analyzing workplace scenarios and addressing these situations through communication, selecting appropriate communication genres, and document and presentation design. Students will learn to select a manner to address workplace issues through writing or oral presentations, select the most appropriate type of communication, and to successfully create a deliverable that will communicate their solution or response to the chosen audience. Nicole Dilts. English 4381: Special Topics: Dunces, Lovers, and Fools: Satire in Literature. MTWRF 12-1:45 p.m. The course will cover literary satire in drama, poetry, and prose, from its early roots in Ancient Greece to its full-flowering in the Age of Satire of the 17 th and 18th centuries. Writers will include Moliere, Voltaire, and Swift, among others. Mark Hama. FALL 2015 English 2323: Readings in British Literature. MWF 9-9:50 a.m. and 11-11:50 a.m. The journey is the destination. The various readings in English 2323 will in some way relate to the theme of Taking the Journey. We will read poetry and two novels, taking our own journey to discover the treasure trove of ideas found in literature from the 19 th and 20 th centuries that come to us from across the pond. You might be surprised to find how often you will see yourself, your friends, or your family in these stories and poems from British literature. Mary Hartje. English 2324: Readings in American Literature. MWF 9-9:50 and 11-11:50 a.m. As ASU s course catalog explains, English 2324 is a study of diverse works by American writers. Emphasis on reading, comprehending, appreciating, and thinking critically about the selected works within the context of American culture and literary history (269). The selected texts for this section of the course represent four major movements in American literature: romanticism, realism, naturalism, and modernism. And it covers four literary genres: novels, drama, short fiction, and poetry. Required textbooks: Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter (1850), Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Kate Chopin s The Awakening (1899), Eugene O Neill s The Iceman Cometh (1940), Katherine Anne Porter s Collected Stories (1965), and Rita Dove s Thomas and Beulah (1986). Linda Kornasky. English 2324: Readings in American Literature. Online. Truth is Stranger than Fiction. In this course, you will not read anything fake or fabricated. Every single thing we will read will be based solidly in reality, and has been written by real American people (both average and famous) dealing with monumental and trivial conditions of being human, riding the roller coaster of the challenges and meteoric victories of our daily lives. We ll explore

3 3 everything from those dudes who came up with utopian ways to live in the 19 th Century, to what addled the Beat Generation in the conservative 1950s & 60s, while also looking at the heart-wrenching angst of the mostly women Confessionalist poets who just had to get it all out around that same period because they felt so stifled by society s limited options for what women were allowed to do. We re going to tackle some unsafe, gritty, no-holes-barred notorious works like Truman Capote s In Cold Blood, Ken Kesey s One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest, Sylvia Plath s The Bell Jar, and Tim O Brien s In the Lake of the Woods. Julie Gates. English 2324: Readings in American Literature. MWF 8-8:50 a. m. The topic for this course will be Truths of Human Experience. Using short stories, a novel or two, a play or two, and perhaps a little poetry, students will explore truths of human experiences revealed in American literature. Throughout this literary journey, students will also review key literary terms, an understanding of which leads to a deeper understanding and appreciation of literature and what it reveals about human nature and American culture. Music, fine art, and film may serve as supplemental material that will enhance that understanding and appreciation. Terry Dalrymple. English 2325: Readings in World Literature. MWF 8-8:50 a.m. and 10-10:50 a.m. Authors whose works we ll read include Sophocles, Aristophanes, Voltaire, Tolstoy, and Dinesen. This course fulfills the core curriculum requirement in Philosophy, Language, and Culture. Mark Jackson. English 2325: Readings in World Literature. TR 11 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. Magic happens especially in English 2325! The readings in this class come from international authors, and the stories and poems in some way relate to the theme of Magic in our Midst. We will read short fiction, poetry, and two novels from the 19 th and 20 th centuries that will surprise and amaze you. Mary Hartje. English 2325: Readings in World Literature. TR 8-9:15 a.m. and 9:30-10:45 a. m. Based on the theory that literature is a discourse on values, this class will combine close reading with creative reflection on some of the foundational texts of western civilization. Students will gain a better understanding of themselves and of the broader cultural identity to which they belong as they retrace the steps of heroes epic, tragic, and comic from ancient times to the birth of modernity. Featured works will likely include the Odyssey, Oedipus the King, Lysistrata, Perceval, and Don Quixote. Chris Ellery. English 2328: Introduction to Literature and Creative Writing. MWF 9-9:50 a.m. and 11-11:50 a.m. In this course, students will take their imaginations for a walk as they discover a variety of principles and techniques for creative reading and writing. They will learn to interpret and appreciate great works of literature with a writer s insight. And they will practice, at an introductory level, methods for discovering insights of their own and bringing them to the page in a variety of forms. Chris Ellery. English 2328: Introduction to Literature and Creative Writing. TR 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 12:30-1:45 p.m. This course focuses on the mechanics that help shape the magic of poetry and fiction. It emphasizes the elements of each genre which ultimately create a whole larger than the sum of its parts. Students will read a variety of poems and short stories as well as write their own original imaginative pieces. All assignments for the class are aimed at enhancing students abilities to read and compose effective creative writing. Terry Dalrymple. English/Linguistics 2340: Introduction to the Study of Language. MWF 8-8:50 a.m. and 10-10:50 am. This course surveys the social and cultural contexts of languages throughout the world. It examines the ways in which a human language reflects the ways of life and beliefs of its speakers, contrasted with extent of language's influence on culture. A wide variety of cultures and languages are examined to focus on topics such as identity, social factors of language use, language vitality, language structures and issues of globalization. Each language is a repository of history and knowledge as well as the culture of a group of speakers. Languages and cultures from around the world will be discussed, with special focus on endangered languages. In addition, this course will cover basic linguistic concepts. Jeffrey Schonberg.

4 4 English/Linguistics 3323: English Phonology and Morphology. TR 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. This course explores speech sounds as physical entities (phonetics), as linguistic units (phonology), and the formation and internal structure of words (morphology). In viewing sounds as physical elements, the focus is on articulatory description: How are speech sounds made? What types of movements and configurations of the vocal tract are used to produce sounds in the world's languages? In the first half of the course, the goal is to learn to produce, transcribe, and describe in articulatory terms many of the sounds known to occur in human languages. In the second half of the course, the focus is on the structure of morphemes and the processes affecting them. The goal here is to learn to transcribe and describe the structures and processes of linguistic change. Class sessions will consist of lectures, phonetic and morphemic practice, and discussion of phonological and morphological data sets. Prerequisite: English/Linguistics 2340 or English/Linguistics Jeffrey Schonberg. English 3309: Victorian Literature. TR 2-3:15 p.m. What could life in 21 st century America possibly have in common with life in 19 th century Britain? You would be amazed by the parallels between the two! Through a variety of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction readings from the Victorian Era in Britain, you will find these parallels that are so clearly reflected by our own experiences. In this course, you will find that we have a great deal to learn about ourselves from our friends in the 19 th century! Mary Hartje English 3315: Modern British Literature. MWF 10-10:50 a.m. The course will cover the period from , focusing on movements such as Imagism and Cubism, the impact of the Great War and the works of the War Poets, and developments in fiction and poetry. Writers will include Conrad, Joyce, Pound, Eliot, and Woolf, among others. Mark Hama. English/Linguistics 3328: Psycholinguistics. TR 8-9:15 a.m. This upper-division course is an introduction to psycholinguistic theory and covers the core areas: language as human attribute, language and the brain, vocabulary storage and use, language and memory, the four skills (writing, reading, listening, speaking), comprehension, language impairment and deprivation. This course is required for Spanish certification majors, and is very highly recommended for all elementary, ESL, bilingual, and special education majors as well as English secondary certification majors. It is also recommended for students interested in nursing, pre-med, psychology, speech pathology and biology. Karen Cody. English 3333: British Literature to TR 11 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Organized chronologically, this course will concentrate on Old English poetry, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Milton, Swift, and Pope, for their approaches to such wide-ranging topics as religion and politics, love and courtship, and war and revolution. It fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors. Mark Jackson. English 3351: Technical Writing. Multiple Sections. This course will focus on creating practical, workplace documents, such as resumes, proposals, instructions, definitions, and statements of purpose. Special attention is given to document design, audience-awareness, multicultural concerns, and graduate school preparation. At the end of the semester, students (especially in the sciences and the technical fields) should feel comfortable being able to successfully communicate their subject matter expertise to a variety of audiences. The required textbook is the second edition of Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century. English 3352: Business Communication. Multiple Sections. This course focuses on the creation and design of workplace related documents, with a special emphasis on correspondence and reports. Emphasis is placed on audience analysis, analyzing workplace scenarios and addressing these situations through communication, selecting appropriate communication genres, and document and presentation design. Students will learn to select a manner to address workplace issues through writing or oral presentations, select the most appropriate type of communication, and to successfully create a deliverable that will communicate their solution or response to the chosen audience. English 3353: Web Publishing. TR 12:30-1:45 p.m. This course focuses on writing for the web and creating effective websites and web documents. The topics covered include audience analysis, organization techniques,

5 5 basic coding and design techniques, ethics for online writing, and copyright and fair use considerations. Students will learn to write for both web 1.0 and 2.0 environments, including traditional webpages, blogs, and social media. Nicole Dilts. English 4322: Teaching Writing in the Secondary Schools. TR 12:30-1:45 p.m. In English 4322, students will be introduced to and experience various approaches, strategies, and processes to support writing instruction in secondary schools. They will also become familiar with the state-mandated writing competencies and will deconstruct the composition tests in order to develop lessons for mastering the required competencies. The course will include review of basic grammar concepts. Laura Behrens. English 4329: Studies in Short Fiction. MWF 11-11:50 a.m. This course takes an international journey through the art of short fiction. Students will study numerous short fictions by masters from around the world and from throughout the past, with the heaviest emphasis on American works of the 19 th and 20 th centuries. A majority of class time will be devoted to discussion rather than lecture. Terry Dalrymple. English 4360: Professional Editing. TR 2-3:15 p.m. In this course, students will learn how to edit documents, both traditional and digital. Topics will range from proofreading and copyediting concerns (such as editing for consistency, punctuation, style guide usage, and more) to more global-level concerns (editing for rhetorical effectiveness, stylistic preferences, and more). Throughout the semester, we will listen to presentations from practicing editors, learn both past and contemporary ways to mark copy, grapple with what it means to be a professional, and finish the semester by editing a project for a local client. The required textbook is Carolyn Rude and Angela Eaton s Technical Editing. Kevin Garrison. English 6307: British Poetry. M 6-8:45 p.m. This course will examine English poetry of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The poetry we study will comprise mostly short lyrics; however, we ll venture into some long-form poetry, too. We also will examine modern critical and scholarly works. Emphasis will fall on John Donne, Ben Jonson, and their heirs. Mark Jackson. English 6331: American Literary History. T 6:00-8:50 p.m. English 6331 explores the development of Romanticism, Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism, and Modernism in American literature. Featured authors will include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, Eugene O Neill, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, and Sandra Cisneros. Linda Kornasky. Linguistics 3315: Contrastive Linguistics. TR 9:30-10:45 a.m. This upper-division course is designed to help students examine the structure of the Spanish language and its differences from English, with an emphasis on applied linguistics. While it is assumes little previous knowledge of linguistics, the study of the six interdependent systems that make up all human language (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, semantics, pragmatics), we will examine linguistic elements with a view toward teaching Spanish to English-speaking students. Particular consideration will be given to the areas likely to be tested for Texas teacher certification. Prerequisite: Spanish 2312 (suggested prerequisite: Ling 2340 or 3320). Karen Cody. Spanish 3301: Advanced Spanish Grammar for Conversation. TR 2-3:15 p.m. In this course, third-year students will better understand some of the more difficult grammatical concepts and utilize them more accurately in writing (there will be two essays) and in conversational practice (with the whole class, in small groups, and in paired practice). Vocabulary will also be expanded throughout the semester. David O Dell. Spanish 3314: Advanced Spanish Conversation. TR 11 a.m. 12:15 p.m. A third-year Spanish course designed to improve the student s conversation skills and fluent use of the language. To support the development of their oral/aural skills, students will read various types of texts (comics, newspaper articles, opinion pieces, short stories, and poems) and watch short videos, all of which have been produced by native Spanish speakers for native speakers. This will expose students to a wide range of vocabulary and idioms as well as cultural practices from

6 6 throughout the Spanish-speaking world. In addition, grammatical concepts will be reviewed in support of the communicative goals of the course, which include describing, narrating in the present and the past, expository speaking and speaking persuasively. Students will be evaluated on their performance on on-line homework exercises, 6 oral exams, 1 oral presentation, 3 compositions, in-class participation and quizzes. Prerequisite: SPAN2312 or equivalent. David Faught. Spanish 3342: Spanish Civilization. TR 12:30-1:45 p.m. A third-year advanced course which focuses on Spanish culture and civilization. Required text - Culturas de España, 2ª edición, is designed to encourage critical thinking about traditional notions of culture and history. The text examines the major historical periods and cultural movements of Spain from prehistoric times to the present day. (Culturas de España, 2ª edición, page xv). Culturas de España, 2ª edición is supplemented by a text-specific website. The site features web-based research topics that allow students to explore and expand their understanding of the chapter under discussion. Additional links to recommended web-sites are also provided (xvii). Students will have an opportunity to practice the four language skills (listening/understanding, speaking, reading, and writing) by doing oral presentations, writing term papers and participating in class discussions and conversations related to the various topics presented in class and in the text. Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid.