Course Descriptions: Summer 2009

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 3243.01 Literary Analysis and Criticism.  Summer I.  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: Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice by Charles E. Bressler (4th edition.  370 pages.  Pearson.  2007.  ISBN: 0-13-153448-3) and They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein (W.W. Norton. ISBN: 0393924092)

ASB 105.  M-Th. 1-3 p.m. 8 June-9 July.  10 July is the final exam.

ENG 3203.01 Advanced Grammar and Composition.  Summer II. 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 textbook: Grammar and Usage in the Classroom by Mark Lester (546 pages,  Longman.  2nd edition.  ISBN: 978-0205306558).

HDB 101. M-Th. 10:10 a.m. -12:10 p.m. 13 July-12 August.  Final exam is 14 August.

Last updated: 2 April 2009