Course Descriptions: Fall 2008

Please note that these course descriptions are preliminary only and subject to change before the course begins. Check my web site at www.russellgreer.com for updates before the courses begin.  

ENG 3203.01 Advanced Grammar and Composition.  Catalog Description: "Concentration on the basic terminology and procedures of English grammar, rhetoric, and composition, with intensive practice.  Prerequisites: Nine hours of English.  Three lecture hours a week.  Credit: Three hours."  Required textbooks: (1) Grammar and Usage in the Classroom by Mark Lester (546 pages,  Longman.  2nd edition.  ISBN: 978-0205306558)  and (2) They Say/I Say by Gerald Graff (81 pages.  W.W. Norton. ISBN: 0393924092) .  We will not have required readings from a handbook, but for reference purposes only, you should also purchase or have access to a traditional English handbook such as The Bedford Handbook (7th edition) by Diana Hacker (Bedford/St. Martins, 2006.  ISBN: 978-0312419332 ).  This class will be taught in the traditional lecture and group discussion format and will include in-class writing opportunities.  The class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in ASB 303.

ENG 3243.01 Literary Analysis and Criticism.  Catalog Description: "Analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama, using representative historical periods and contemporary texts. Focus on literary history, schools of criticism, literary terminology, genres, principles of analysis with intensive writing practice. Prerequisites: Nine hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours." Required textbooks: (1) Theory Into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism by Ann B. Dobie (345 pages.  Wadsworth.  2nd edition.  ISBN: 978-1-4282-1198-8); (2) They Say/I Say by Gerald Graff (81 pages.  W.W. Norton. ISBN: 0393924092); (3) A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams and Geoffrey Harpham (393 pages. Wadsworth.  9th edition. ISBN: 978-1413033908); (4) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (475 pages. Bedford. ISBN: 978-0-312-19192-4).  This class will be taught in the traditional lecture and group discussion format and will include in-class writing opportunities.  The class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. ASB 204.

Last updated: 25 July 2008