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Introduction to Children's Literature ENG 250 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
A survey of major writers and trends in children's literature from classic to contemporary. Writers studied include Andersen, the Brothers
Grimm, Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, E.B. White, Beatrix Potter and Shel Silverstein. Students may elect to do a creative project: poetry for
children, fairy tales or stories.
Introduction to Drama ENG 252 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Reading a variety of plays with attention to special characteristics of drama.
Ashland Theatre Festival ENG 258 1.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Field trip to Ashland, Oregon to see classical, period, modern and Shakespearean plays. Students study plays prior to the field trip, discuss
productions and write brief reviews of the plays.
Intro to Poetry ENG 261 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Elements of poetry, its basic types and forms, representative poets in English.
Psychology and Literature ENG 264 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
An examination of major works of literature to discover the correlation between their universal themes and the theories of psychology as
they relate to the human experience.
Introduction to Women and Literature ENG 267 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
A consideration of women as writers and as characters in literature. Readings are drawn from poetry, drama, fiction and biography.
Introduction to Shakespeare ENG 271 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval
Shakespeare's principal plays read for their social interest and their literary excellence. Selections from comedies, tragedies and histories.
Contemporary Literature ENG 275 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
The reading of recent literature of various types to acquaint students with contemporary writers.
Introduction to Language ENG 281 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Nature and function of language, including an introduction to the linguistics subsystem of Modern English and the development of the
English language. Transfers to UNR/UNLV as a general elective.
Introduction to Language and Literary Expression ENG 282 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
The forms and function of language with special application to literary study.
Multicultural Literature ENG 288 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
A survey of authors from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Readings include biography, essays, poetry, novels, drama, and short
fiction.
Intro to Women's History and Literature in the Us ENG 294 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
This interdisciplinary survey course examines women's history and literature in the United States form the colonial period to present. It
explores the dynamics and cultural construction of race, ethnicity, class and gender in women's historical experience as well as in the
portrayal of women in literature, and to a lesser extent, in art, music, and film. Multi-cultural perspectives will be included through
examination of African American, Native American, and Latina writers.
Reading and Interpreting ENG 297 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Methods for creating personal, critical responses to literature representing a range of time periods and genres. Based on a thematic
approach.
Writing About Literature ENG 298 3.00
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or ENG 113 or instructor approval.
Introduction to literary study--literary terms, genre, time periods, and analysis.
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* This course might not transfer to a baccalaureate degree of art or science within the universities in the Nevada System of Higher Education
(NSHE). If you plan to pursue a four-year degree, check with the institution where you intend to transfer to learn whether this course will count
toward the degree you intend to seek.