Courses

    Studies literary, philosophic, and religious traditions of the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian worlds, with close analysis of major texts in translation. Compares ancient and modern texts where feasible. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) English (ENGL) or Humanities (HUMN) majors only.
    Surveys literary achievements of the Judeo-Christian tradition as represented by the Bible. Same as JWST 3310. Formerly ENGL 3312. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
    Studies special topics in multicultural literature; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Prereq., sophomore standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
    Selected prose and non-dramatic poetry from Skelton and More through Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Formerly ENGL 4523. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Selected prose and poetry by Donne, Jonson, Bacon, and their successors. Formerly ENGL 4533. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Surveys eighteenth-century English literature, including Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Gray, Johnson, Boswell, and others. Formerly ENGL 4544. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.
    Selection of Chaucer's works, including The Canterbury Tales and other shorter poems. Includes an introduction to Middle English. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
    Shakespeare's poetry and drama. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL), Humanities (HUMN), Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors only.
    Surveys British Romanicism, including Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, and Byron. Formerly ENGL 4564. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.
    Focuses on Shakespeare the dramatist through the study of the three Shakespeare plays produced in the summer by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. In addition to exploring the text, the historical context and performance conventions c. 1600, students meet the CSF teams (professional directors, dramaturgs, designers and actors) of the three plays and the Producing Artistic Director of the CSF. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
    Milton's poetry and selected prose. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) English (ENGL) or Humanities (HUMN) majors only.
    Focuses on one major author of the medieval or early modern period, such as William Langland, John Lydgate, Edmund Spenser or Ben Jonson. Course content varies with instructor and may include literary influences, contemporary writers, and historical influences as necessary to understanding the writer. May be repeated for a total of 9 units for different topics. Recommended prereqs., ENGL 2503 and 3533 or 3563. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Surveys main currents of Victorian thought in prose and poetry. Formerly ENGL 4604. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.
    Provides an in-depth study of the work of one or two major American authors. Explores the range, influences, and development of a writer over his or her life. May be repeatable for a total of 9 units for different topics. Recommended prereq., ENGL 2000 or ENGL 2102. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
    Explores the Jewish-American experience from the 19th century to the present through writers such as Sholom Aleichem, Peretz, Babel, Singer, Malamud, Miller, Ginsberg, and Ozick. The Jewish experience ranges from the travails of immigration to the loss of identity through assimilation. Same as JWST 3677. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
    Surveys theoretical, critical, and historical writings in the context of lesbian, bisexual, and gay literature. Examines relationships among aesthetic, cultural, and political agendas, and literary and visual texts of the 20th century. Same as LGBT 3796. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
    Studies special topics in genre studies; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours for different topics. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) English (ENGL), Humanities (HUMN), Film (FILM or FMST) or Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors only.
    Provides academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to work in public or private organizations on projects related to students' career goals and to relate classroom theory to practice. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

    Under faculty supervision, students participate in a service project correlated with the academic subject. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

    Introduces students to Old English, the ancient ancestor of Modern English (as Latin is the ancestor f Spanish and Italian, distinct from both). Course will focus on reading knowledge through grammar study and translation, and to a lesser extent on pronunciation. Provides basic parsing and translation skills and an introduction to the history, culture, and literature of Anglo-Saxon England.

    Continues development of skills in Old English reading and translation. Translation and literary study of one longer work and a number of shorter related works. Repeatable course rotates on a three-year basis, for instance, year 1 may focus on Beowulf and shorter heroic elegies; year 2 may involve prose such as legends and saints' lives; year 3 may involve religious poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 4003 (minimum grade C-).
    Studies special topics that focus on transnational and global issues in the 20th- and 21st-century literature. For instance, the emergence of globalization, the impact of cross-cultural exchanges, the increase of migration, or the legacies of imperialism. Topics vary each semester. Specially designed for English majors. May be repeated for a total of 6 units for different topics. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Advanced course in poetry writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ENGL 1191, ENGL 2021 and ENGL 3021 (all minimum grade B-). Restricted to Creative Writing minor students or students with a sub plan of Creative Writing.
    Studies theoretical and historical approaches to genre, media, and writing at the advanced level. May be repeatable for a total of 9 units for different topics. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Concerned with developments in the study of literature that have significantly influenced our conception of the theoretical bases for study and expanded our understanding of appropriate subject matter. May not be repeated. Formerly ENGL 4038. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

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