2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

ENG 402 The Short Story

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. Analysis of modern short stories.

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ENG 403 Techniques of the Novel

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. A study of seven or eight important English and American novels to show different techniques used to reveal the novelists' artistic insight.

3

ENG 410 Seminar in Literary History I

Prerequisites: ENG 195 or its equivalent. This course is designed to tie together the various strands of English and American literature through an extended survey of key works of literature, historical periods, and literary themes from the beginnings to 1800.

3

ENG 411 Seminar in Literary History II

Prerequisites: ENG 195 or its equivalent. This course is designed to tie together the various strands of British and American literature through an extended survey of key works of literature, historical periods, and literary themes from 1800 to the present.

3

ENG 414 Greek and Comparative Mythology

Greek myths as an important source of literary allusion and imagery and as a comparative vehicle to show what is common to all mythologies.

3

ENG 419 English Linguistics

A survey of general linguistics as applied to the history of the English language. Includes vocabulary and dictionary study, regional and social dialects, semantics and pragmatics, childhood acquisition of language.

3

ENG 420 Special Topics in Creative and Professional Writing

Prerequisites: ENG 319. Study of language choices in a wide variety of texts that meet specific rhetorical situations. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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ENG 430 Advanced Studies in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. This course asks students to engage critically with primary and secondary texts in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

3

ENG 440 Literary/Arts Magazine Editing and Production Practicum

Prerequisites: ENG 240 and ENG 340. Advanced creative writing workshop with readings in contemporary literary/arts magazines, and a practicum in editing and producing UNC’s literary/arts magazine online, which publishes undergraduate creative writing and art.

3

ENG 441 Colloquium in Literature

Prerequisites: ENG 195 and ENG 345. Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, or theme. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

3

ENG 492 Writing Internship

Prerequisites: ENG 122 and consent of writing minor program director. One semester of full-time work in professional writing in public or private agencies, such as state government offices, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies or related organizations. Repeatable up to a maximum of three credits.

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ENG 495 Advanced Cultural Studies

Prerequisites: ENG 345 or ENG 347. An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives. Repeatable, maximum of six credits, under different subtitles.

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ENG 497 Senior Seminar

Juniors or above. Detailed investigation of a specific author, period, text, or topic in literary studies, composition and rhetoric, or linguistics. Substantial research and at least one oral presentation required. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

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