University of St. Thomas

4 Credit Hours

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or 121. This course replaces ENGL 112 as the second course in the core Literature and Writing sequence. ENGL 190 students should take an ENGL 205 or above literature course to satisfy the core Literature and Writing requirement.

4 Credit Hours

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or 121. This course replaces ENGL 112 as the second course in the core Literature and Writing sequence. ENGL 190 students should take an ENGL 205 or above literature course to satisfy the core Literature and Writing requirement.

4 Credit Hours

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or 121. This course replaces ENGL 112 as the second course in the core Literature and Writing sequence. ENGL 190 students students should take an ENGL 205 or above literature course to satisfy the core Literature and Writing requirement.

4 Credit Hours

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or 121. This course replaces ENGL 112 as the second course in the core Literature and Writing sequence. ENGL 190 students students should take an ENGL 205 or above literature course to satisfy the core Literature and Writing requirement.

4 Credit Hours

This course will survey representative fiction writers of early American literature, with particular emphasis in the early stages of the course on the development of the "romance." Throughout the semester, we will read and discuss a remarkable group of writers (e.g. Iriving, Hawthorne, Poe, Chesnutt, Chopin) who saw themselves as seers, sages, and social critics. Their work addressed the major concerns of their age and helped to lay the foundation for the way we still think about those spiritual, personal, cultural, and political concerns brought out in their fiction. This course satisfies both the Early Literature and American Literature distribution requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 111/121 and ENGL 112/201-204 or ENGL 190.

4 Credit Hours

This course will survey representative fiction writers of early American literature, with particular emphasis in the early stages of the course on the development of the "romance." Throughout the semester, we will read and discuss a remarkable group of writers (e.g. Iriving, Hawthorne, Poe, Chesnutt, Chopin) who saw themselves as seers, sages, and social critics. Their work addressed the major concerns of their age and helped to lay the foundation for the way we still think about those spiritual, personal, cultural, and political concerns brought out in their fiction. This course satisfies both the Early Literature and American Literature distribution requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 111/121 and ENGL 112/201-204 or ENGL 190.

3 Credit Hours

This course will survey representative fiction writers of early American literature, with particular emphasis in the early stages of the course on the development of the "romance." Throughout the semester, we will read and discuss a remarkable group of writers (e.g. Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Chesnutt, Chopin) who saw themselves as seers, sages, and social critics. Their work addressed the major concerns of their age and helped to lay the foundation for the way we still think about those spiritual, personal, cultural, and political concerns brought out in their fiction. This course satisfies the pre-1900 American Literature distribution requirement.

3 Credit Hours

This course will survey representative fiction writers of early American literature, with particular emphasis in the early stages of the course on the development of the "romance." Throughout the semester, we will read and discuss a remarkable group of writers (e.g. Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Chesnutt, Chopin) who saw themselves as seers, sages, and social critics. Their work addressed the major concerns of their age and helped to lay the foundation for the way we still think about those spiritual, personal, cultural, and political concerns brought out in their fiction. This course satisfies the pre-1900 American Literature distribution requirement.

4 Credit Hours

The course provides students with intensive practice in writing, enabling them to adapt to the demands of differing rhetorical contexts. Emphasis on understanding writing processes and learning to respond thoughtfully to writing at various stages. Critical reading will be practiced as an integral part of the writing process. Prerequisite: participation in the Academic Development Program

4 Credit Hours

The course provides students with intensive practice in writing, enabling them to adapt to the demands of differing rhetorical contexts. Emphasis on understanding writing processes and learning to respond thoughtfully to writing at various stages. Critical reading will be practiced as an integral part of the writing process. Prerequisite: participation in the Academic Development Program

4 Credit Hours

The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule

4 Credit Hours

The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule