103 221 222 223 224 225 226 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 Appreciation of Poetry Workshop Fiction Workshop Nonfiction Workshop Screenwriting Workshop Advanced Writing for ish Majors This class will focus on the enjoyment of reading and interpreting literature. Topics will vary. This course will cover This course will cover This course will cover This course will cover This course will cover This course will cover This gateway course prepares students. Students will be introduced to three different creative writing genres. Students will study and practice the craft of poetry. Students will study and practice the craft of fiction. Students will study and practice the craft of expository writing. Students will study and practice the craft of screenwriting. This course is a. 300 300 300 300 221 222 223 224 225 226 299 302 317 311 312 320 Survey of World to 1650 Survey of World since 1650 Survey of American Lit to the Civil War Survey of American Lit since Civil War Survey of British Lit to 18th Century Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period Literary Interpretation Introduction to Creative Writing Beginning Poetry Workshop Beginning Fiction Workshop Beginning Screenwriting Workshop Advanced Writing for Majors Prose, poetry, and drama. Prose, poetry, and drama Prose, poetry, and drama Prose, poetry, and drama Prose, poetry, and drama. Prose, poetry, and drama. A gateway course that prepares students for upper- division course work in ish by emphasizing the methods of close reading and textual analysis and by developing students' writing and research skills. The course is required for all ish majors. This class is designed to introduce students to the three genres of poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Students will examine many technical aspects of craft and engage in exercises designed to improve their ability to create meaningful works of art. An introduction to poetry through reading and writing poems An introduction to fiction through reading and writing short stories. An introduction to the craft of screenwriting through reading and writing A structured, writing- intensive workshop designed to prepare ish majors to write analytical essays and interpret literary works in a variety of forms and genres.
306 307 309 Eng 310 311 312 History of the ish Language Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory Genre Introduction to Cinema Studies Cinema /Media Genres Cinema /Media History This course is a This course is an overview of influential movements in literary criticism and theory. This course is an overview of cinema history and an introduction to the study of cinema form and criticism. It is a lecture course with weekly film showings. History of the ish General introduction to the history of the 431 Language I ish language. Readings in criticism and theory. A writing- Junior Seminar: Literary intensive course that includes literary 398 Criticism terminology and research. 353 Introduction to Film Study of film technique and terminology, as well as various approaches to film criticism. A lecture course with weekly showing of films. Eng 313 This course is a study of world cultures through cinema and/or other media. All films are subtitled in ish. May be repeated for credit if topic 361 Introduction to World Cinema A study of world cultures through film. All films are subtitled in ish. Seminar discussion with weekly screenings of films. Specific offerings may concentrate on a country, language style, religion, or movement. Mlll 361 314 316 317 318 319 The Cinematic South Introduction to Medieval Studies Chaucer Medieval Romance This course is an examination of Southern culture as perceived in film, television, documentaries and/or other forms of visual media. Students will be introduced to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and to the pronunciation, syntax, and vocabulary of Middle ish. This course is an introduction to and survey of major works of medieval romance. 375 Medieval Drama An introduction to Medieval drama. Medieval Studies This course introduces students to medieval culture and to seminal works of medieval literature. Mlll 375
320 321 The Heroic Age of Medieval Europe This course is an introduction to the vernacular literary traditions and cultures of early Medieval northwestern Europe. Old ish, Old Irish, Middle Welsh, and Old Norse texts will be read in modern ish translation. Students will examine European literary tradition from late antiquity through the late middle ages; works from several languages will be read in translation. 322 Medieval This course is an intensive study of a Medieval ish author, genre, or literary tradition. May be repeated for credit if topic 354 Topics in Medieval & Culture Topics in the literature, culture, and religion of the Middle Ages. The medieval texts covered include literary works, devotional works, and excerpts from important scientific, theological, historical, and philosophical works. May be repeated once with a change in topic. 324 326 327 Early Modern Genres and Forms Students will study the major plays. This course is an interdisciplinary approach to this era in European history through a study of its literature, religion, economic conditions, artistic and scientific achievements, as well as its politics, geographical exploration, colonization, and slave trade. This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic 385 376 Shakespeare Renaissance and Early Modern Studies A study of the major plays. Interdisciplinary approach to this era in European history through a study of its literature, religion, economic conditions, artistic and scientific achievements, as well as its politics, geographical exploration, colonization, and slave trade. Required of all Renaissance and Early Modern Studies minors but open to all students. HIS 376/Ml ll 376 328 Early Modern 330 18th Century 332 This course is an intensive study of genres, 18th Century subgenres, or forms. May be repeated Genres and Forms once for credit if topic
333 334 335 337 338 339 340 341 343 Early American Early American Genres and Forms Transatlantic Lit to 1900 Romanticism Victorian Victorian Genres and Forms Antebellum American Lit American Lit 1860-1900 19th Century This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic This course is a study of literatures within a transatlantic frame. May be repeated once for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic 380 British Lit of the Romantic Period Survey of the principal works of major authors of the Romantic Period in British literature (roughly 1789-1832). Authors to be covered may include William Blake, William Wordsword, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Matthew G. Lewis, Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. 344 346 This course is an intensive study of genres, 19th Century subgenres, or forms. May be repeated Genres and Forms once for credit if topic 20th & 21th Century British Lit
347 348 349 350 352 354 355 357 359 361 362 363 20th & 21th Century US Lit Transatlantic Lit, 1900- present Modern/Contemp orary Genres Modernism Contemporary Southern African American Genres This course is a study of literatures within a transatlantic frame. May be repeated once for credit if topic This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic Students will examine selected prose, poetry, and/or drama from roughly 1950- present. May be repeated once for credit if topic Students will examine selected literature from roughly 1950- present. May be repeated for credit if topic Students will examine selected Southern literary texts of early settlement to the present day, with an emphasis on the development of regional culture in the South. This course is.. Students will study selected Native American literature from before contact to the present day. Students will examine Students will examine. This course is an intensive study of genres, subgenres, or forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic 351 368 310 325 322 323 Topics in Contemporary Survey of Southern Women in the South Survey of Native American African American Lit Survey to 1920 African American Lit Survey Since 1920 Content varies; may be repeated once for credit. The development of regional culture will be traced through Southern writers, with special emphasis on 20th- century literature. A study of the experience of women in the South as revealed primarily through their writings and other expressions. Selected African American prose, poetry, and drama from early settlement to the 20th century. Selected African American prose, poetry, and drama of the 20th century. G ST 310 AAS 341 AAS 342
364 African American Lit 365 in Prison Students will examine writers of literary significance, covering a range of history and genres. It is a writing- intensive course that is taught in Mississippi prisons. 366 367 Students will examine 343 324 African American Science Fiction Lit Blues Tradition in American African American science fiction and speculative fiction. This course will examine how writers have translated the oral culture and social milieu of blues musicians into a range of literary forms, including epigrams, poems, stories, novels, plays, folkloric interviews, and autobiographies. AAS 343 370 World s Students will examine transational or comparative approaches to literature from a variety of national traditions. May be repeated once for credit if topic 371 372 Anglophone Survey of Irish Students will examine ish- language literature that may include texts from the British Isles, Ireland, the United States, Africa, South Asia, Australia, and Zealand. May be repeated once for credit if topic Students will examine selected Irish literature within the context of Irish history. 374 Irish The development of a distinctively Irish literature in the 20th century, studied in the context of Irish history and of the political, social, and cultural forces that have shaped modern Ireland. 373 Comparative Black Lit Students will examine various black literatures, including African, African- American, and African- Caribbean, in a comparative, socio- cultural context. May be repeated once for credit if topic
374 375 376 377 378 380 Survey of Caribbean Survey of African Asian National Traditions Postcolonial Lit Literary Criticism & Theory This course is a survey of Caribbean literature from pre- Columbian cultures to the present. This course is a. This course is an introduction to contemporary Asian literature in cultural context. Texts may include examples from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, and other Asian nations. May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic 373 371 372 370 Caribbean African South Asian and Empire A survey of Caribbean literature from pre- Columbian cultures to the present. Emphasis on the development of Caribbean literature in the context of Caribbean history and of the political, social, and cultural forces that shaped different Caribbean societies. A survey of the development of African literature in the context of African history and of the political, social, and cultural forces that have influenced various African countries. A survey of the literatures of South Asia, from ancient Hindu and other writings to postcolonial literatures in the present. Accordingly, texts will include, but not be limited to, major Indian and Anglo- Indian writers. This course is an introductory survey of postcolonial literature and theory. Course materials include literature as well as nontextual media including film, music, and oral traditions. AAS 373 AAS 371 382 383 384 385 Intro to Gender and Sexuality Studies Gender and Feminism Gay & Lesbian Lit/Theory This course is an introduction to the theory, scholarship, and critical approaches to the study of gender and sexuality studies. This course studies gay and lesbian representations in literature and other media. May be repeated for credit if topic This course is 365 360 Gay and Lesbian and Theory Women in A study of the theoretical perspective involved in the analysis of gay and lesbian representations in literature and other media. A study of the images of women in British and American literature. Content will vary. G St 365 G St 360
386 Gender on Film Students examine issues of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality within racial and national identity as represented in mainstream or independent films. 388 British Environmental Lit This course is a study of major works of poetry and prose. May be repeated for credit if topic 363 British Environmental Lit 1800- Present British literature from Romanticism to the present with special attention to nature and to the ways the Industrial Revolution shaped the natural and social environment in Great Britain. 389 391 393 395 396 397 398 American Environmental Lit Environmental Genres and Forms Popular Culture Counter- Canons and Crit. Issues Studies on Location Studies Abroad This course studies major works of poetry and prose. May be repeated for credit if topic This course is an intensive study of genres and forms. May be repeated once for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic This special topics course is led by ish department faculty in locations outside the university. May be repeated with departmental approval. Students complete departmentally approved advanced studies at a foreign university. May be repeated with departmental approval. 362 352 393 395 American Environmental Lit 1850- Present Selected Topics in Popular on Location I Topics in ish Abroad I A survey of major works. less traditional literary forms and themes that reflect popular culture, such as science fiction, the "Western," the literature of war, etc. Content varies; may be repeated once for credit. Special topic classes taught by ish department faculty in locations outside the United States. May be repeated once for credit, with approval of department chair. Students do departmentally approved course work at a foreign university. May be repeated with permission of chair of the Department of ish. 399 Internship Students may earn up to three hours of ish elective credits for career- related experience with approval of Director of Undergraduate Studies. Z- grade. 300 Internship in ish Internship with publishing house, library, or other organization related to literary studies or creative writing. Z- grade
400 401 402 403 404 405 407 409 411 412 413 414 417 Advanced Nonfiction Workshop Creative Writing Literary Theory Genre Special Topics Cinema/Media Studies Sp Topics Cinema/Media Theory, History Media/Cultural Studies the Cinematic South Early Middle ish This course is an advanced study and practice of the craft of poetry. This course is an advanced study and practice of the craft of fiction. This course is an advanced study and practice of the craft of non- fiction/expository writing. This course is an. This course is an.. none May be repeated for credit if topic This course is a critical analysis of Southern culture as perceived in cinema, documentaries, television plays, and/or other forms of visual media, and (when relevant) their literary sources. May be repeated for credit if topic This course is an introduction to ish literature in the vernacular from the period between the Norman Conquest and Chaucer (1100-1300) in its dialectical and generic variety. 301 Advanced Poetry 419 Workshop 302 Advanced Fiction 424 Workshop 303 THEA 305 or 304 418 423 448 420 468 467 Writing Expository Prose Advanced Screenwriting Workshop Nature Writing Contemporary Literary Theory Topics in Film Studies The South in Film Emphasis on nonfiction writing. Advanced study and practice of the craft of screenwriting. Advanced study and practice of creative nonfiction exploring the natural environment. Current issues and intellectual trends in literary theory. Advanced study of specific genres, historical periods, directors or themes. Content varies; may be repeated once for credit. A historical examination of Southern culture as perceived in the American film. Comparative analysis of motion pictures, television plays, and their literary sources.
418 Advanced Studies in Chaucer This course usually focuses on Troilus and Criseyde and/or the earlier works. Attention may be given to Chaucer criticism and scholarship, to issues in medieval historiography, or to Chaucer in the ish or European literary tradition. 405 Chaucer The major works. 419 14th Century ish Students examine major figures of the age of Chaucer- - excluding Chaucer himself but including Langland, Gower, and the Gawain- poet- - and the problems in the relation of literary to intellectual, social, and cultural history that they raise. Eng 317, 318, or 319 420 421 422 423 424 Anglo- Saxon and Celtic the of Medieval Europe of Medieval Piety Medieval Medieval Forms and Genres This course is an advanced study of the vernacular poetic traditions of the British Isles in the early Middle Ages. Topics vary and may include Old ish, Old Irish, Middle Welsh, or Old Norse texts in modern ish translation. May be repeated once for credit. This course is an advanced study of European literary tradition from late antiquity through the late middle ages. Students examine works from several languages that will be read in translation. This course is a study of orthodox and popular religious texts, practices, and artifacts. This course is an intensive study of the techniques and themes of Old and/or Middle ish literature and culture in historical context. May be repeated once for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic 406 Medieval Intensive study of the techniques and themes of Old ish/middle ish literature and culture in historical context. Content May be repeated once for credit.
426 427 428 431 434 435 438 439 442 443 445 448 450 452 This course is an intensive.. 324 439 Special Topics Early Modern 18th Century Lit Special Topics Early American Lit This course is a. May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic Transatlantic Lit to 1900 May be repeated for credit if topic Romanticism May be repeated for credit if topic Victorian Lit Antebellum American May be repeated for credit if topic Special Topics American Lit 1860-1900 19th Century Lit Sp Top 20th & 21st Century May be repeated for credit if topic British Lit Sp Top 20th & 21st Century May be repeated for credit if topic American Lit Transatlantic Lit 1900- Present 408 481 459 440 455 463 450 461 Seminar on Shakespeare Shakespeare on Film Renaissance Topics in Early American the Romantic Period Victorian Writers of the American Renaissance 20th Century British Contemporary American Fiction Intensive study of Shakespeare's plays in their cultural and historical context. Prerequisite requirements for this course may also be satisfied by consent of instructor. The study of Shakespeare's plays in action through an analysis of film. Studies of a major theme or problem. Content varies; may be repeated once for credit. Selected topics in Early American literature. Content May be repeated once for credit Authors may include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and others. Content May be repeated once for credit.
454 457 458 460 461 Modernism Contemporary Lit Southern Environmental Southern Students will examine selected prose, poetry, and/or drama from roughly 1900-1950. May be repeated once for credit if topic Students will examine selected prose, poetry, and/or drama from roughly 1950- present. May be repeated once for credit if topic Students will examine. This course is a study of the major texts. May be repeated for credit if topic L 475 466 476 Southern Environmental Writing Faulkner Southern Fiction, non fiction prose (including travel writing and memoir as well as nature writing) and poetry written about the human and nonhuman ecologies of the South. Reading and study of selected fiction. 462 the Global South This course will cover transnational and/or comparative approaches to literatures of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, focusing on historical, social, and cultural connections involving the U.S. South. May be repeated once for credit if topic 465 468 469 472 Native American Lit African American Lit Seminar in Counter- Canons/Crit. Issues This course is a. May be repeated for credit if topic 465 490 Major African American Writers Counter- Canons and Critical Issues A comparative look at the development and impact of African American writers. This seminar focuses on emerging and alternative canons, with attention to the conditions that shape the production, dissemination, and critical reception of these texts. Topics vary by semester, and this course may be repeated once for credit. AAS 420
473 474 476 478 479 481 483 486 488 489 490 World s Anglophone Irish Special Topics Comparative Black Lit Special Topics Caribbean African Postcolonial Studies Special Topics Gender/Sexuality Studies Queer Theory May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic This course is a.. May be repeated for credit if topic 422 473 441 471 358 421 Prison & the Literary Imagination Irish Comparative Black s The Idea of the Postcolonial Power, Knowledge, and Gender Queer Theory Students will explore how writers of twentieth- century African American literature depict prison life, and issues related to the U.S. criminal justice system. Selected topics in Irish literary studies. A study of various black literatures, including African, African- American, and African- Caribbean, in a comparative, socio- cultural context. produced by writers in previously colonized countries; including a study of critical arguments suggesting that these texts contribute to a distinct literary theory. Critical, interdisciplinary examination of identity as related to sex, race, and class and as imbricated in knowledge and power, through a study of literary, cultural, and intellectual history. This course will trace major movements in the development of queer theory from the 1970s to the present. AAS 422 AAS 441 G St 354; MLLL 354 G St 444
491 493 494 495 498 499 500 501 502 Gender and Race and Ethnicity Environmental Studies and the Nonhuman Literary Studies Senior Thesis Studies on Location Studies Abroad May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic May be repeated for credit if topic Students conduct a significant investigation under the supervision of a faculty member. Instructor approval required; may be repeated for credit. This special topics course is led by ish department faculty in locations outside the university. May be repeated with departmental approval. Students complete departmentally approved advanced studies at a foreign university. May be repeated with departmental approval. Students conduct an independent study under faculty supervision. Instructor approval required; may be repeated for credit. 494 449 447 L 399 499 493 495 496 Seminar on & Gender Environmental Animals in Special Topics Senior Thesis on Location II Topics in ish Abroad II Directed Reading Images of women and men in literature by women and men, the special role of the woman writer, recurrent formal and contextual convention in literature written by women, and feminist critical theory. Content May be repeated for credit. This course traces historical changes in the representation of animals in literary and cultural texts like film. Content May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 hours. A significant investigation under the supervision of a major professor. Special topic classes taught by ish department faculty in locations outside the United States. May be repeated once for credit, with approval of department chair. Students do departmentally approved course work at a foreign university. May be repeated with permission of chair of the Department of ish. Independent study restricted to advanced majors. Topics, texts, and requirements will vary; substantial reading list and significant writing component required. See director of undergraduate ish for further requirements. G ST 494
504 505 This course is a. This course is a 306 or graduate standing 501 502 Descriptive Grammar Historical Linguistics A structural examination of ish grammar, with special attention to usage on different levels, formal and informal, standard and nonstandard, written and spoken; emphasis on phonology, morphology, and descriptive theories of grammar. Study of words, speech languages, and language changes from the point of view of evolution in the course of time, particularly in Indo- European languages Ling 501 Ling 502 506 507 This course is a. L 503 Same This course is a. 506 504 Old ish I Old ish II An introduction to the Old ish language - - phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary - - and to Old ish literature, with special attention to translating prose. A study of Beowulf; historical context, manuscript, translation, and interpretation. Ling 503 508 This course is an. 306 or graduate standing 505 History of the ish Language II Advanced study of the history of the ish language. LING 505 509 This course is a study of word meaning in human languages, especially ish, history, issues, and theories of semantics. 504 or 592 L 506 Semantics Meaning of the linguistic form at its various levels. LING 335 510 This course is an. 592 Modern ish Grammar Advanced treatment of syntactic structures, with special attention to current interpretations; emphasis on morphology and generative transformational theories of syntax. Ling 592, Tesl 592 511 512 580 595 World ishes Seminar in Linguistics This course will investigate the spread and development of ish throughout the world. Content Ling 580 513 This course is. LING 313 or graduate standing 510 Old Norse An introduction to the Old Norse language - - phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary - - and to Old Norse literature, with special attention to translating prose. Ling 510
514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 Faulkner Non Fiction Workshop Poetry Workshop This course is Students create individual writing projects. May be repeated for credit. This course is an This course is an. Students learn This course is an.. 401 or graduate standing 566 521 535 536 588 507 520 598 599 Faulkner Studies Non Fiction Writing Fiction Workshop Poetry Seminar Writing Theory Teaching ish Grammar Teaching Writing for Thinking Topics for ish Teachers ish A study of the relationship between Faulkner s novels and the geography, history, and people of North Mississippi. Direction of individual writing projects. May be repeated once for credit. Advanced workshop intended for graduate students. Advanced workshop intended for graduate students. This course examines theories of rhetoric and composing as they conflict and converge to form our prevailing theories of writing. Following a brief survey of rhetorical theory, ancient to modern, the course focuses on contemporary theories of composing written discourse. Methods for teaching grammar to secondary school students. Will not count for credit for M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. in ish. This course examines current theories and practices of teaching writing. The course focuses on the process theory of writing to foster thinking and learning in subject areas, collaborative learning, and error analysis and grammar instruction. Intensive study of a special topic in ish designed for secondary school teachers. Emphasis on research and writing, pedagogy and classroom resources. May not be applied toward the M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. in ish. May be repeated once for credit. Content May be repeated once for credit. DELETED L COURSES
# Title Cross- listing Survey of Roman 301 CLC 308 303 Greek and Roman Tragedy CLC 303 Greek and Roman 304 Comedy CLC 304 Topics in Classical 305 Mythology CLC 305 307 Survey of Greek CLC 307 309 Greek and Roman Epic CLC 309 Introduction to Linguistic 313 Science ANTh 313; LING 313 314 Phonology Ling 314 315 Morphology Ling 315 316 Syntax Ling 316 Poetry and Politics at 333 Rome CLC 333 340 Renaissance Epic 341 Renaissance Drama Excl of Shakespeare 355 Sociolinguistics Ling 320 356 Landscape in Medieval Sex and Gender in 359 Medieval G St 359 378 Origins of the Eighteenth Century Novel 390 Jr Seminar: Major Authors of British Lit 391 Jr Seminar: Major Authors of Amer Lit
392 Jr Seminar: Major Authors of World Lit 396 Junior Seminar: Drama 397 Junior Seminar: Poetry Advanced ish 401 Grammar Ling 401 402 Greek Tragedy in ish Translation 403 American Lit Culture since 1800 I 404 American Lit Culture since 1800 II 409 Greek Drama in ish Translation 410 The Novel 412 20th Century Poetry in ish 414 Renaissance Poetry 415 Approaches to Discourse 425 Modern American Drama 426 Modern British Drama 427 Medieval Drama 430 Pragmatics Ling 530; TESL 530 434 Dialects of American ish 435 Major Author of the 18th Century 436 Major Author of the 19th Century
Major Author of the 20th 437 Century Language and Gender 438 Latina and Latino 442 s Contemporary British 451 Fiction 18th Century 452 and Culture Gothic 454 the Victorian 456 Novel Restoration & 18th 457 Century British Lit Restoration & 18th 458 Century British Drama American Fiction 1919 to 460 1940 American Novel to 1920 462 a Major Author 480 of Renaissance Renaissance Women G St 482 482 Writers Renaissance Lit and the 483 Environment Seminar in ish 498