Spring 2013 Courses
ENG
100-level Courses
ENG 101 - Academic Writing and Research (4 credits)
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Intensive instruction in academic writing and research. Basic principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument. Instruction and practice in critical reading, including the generative and responsible use of print and electronic sources for academic research. Exploration of literate practices across a range of academic domains, laying the foundation for further writing development in college. Continued attention to grammar and conventions of standard written English. Most sections meet in computer classrooms.
For further information about the First-Year Writing Requirement, see http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/fwp/NewFrWrReq.htm.
200-level Courses
ENG 208 - Studies In Fiction (3 credits)
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Representative examples of novels and short stories from different periods, emphasizing understanding and appreciation of fiction as a genre, a knowledge of the features and techniques of fiction, and a sense of the development of the genre.
ENG 209 - Introduction to Shakespeare (3 credits)
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Shakespeare for non-English majors. Seven to ten major plays, including representative comedies, such as The Taming of the Shrew; histories, such as Richard III; tragedies, such as Hamlet; and romances, such as The Tempest.Does not satisfy requirements for English major.
ENG 220 - Studies in Great Works of Western Literature (3 credits)
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Readings, in English translation, of Western literary masterpieces, from the beginnings of literacy in the Middle East and Europe towards the present, including such authors as Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Ovid, Augustine, Danta, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Moliere, Voltaire, Goethe, Austen, Flaubert, Dickinson, Tolstoy, Kafka, and Woolf.Credit will not be given for both ENG/FL 220 and either ENG/FL 221 or ENG/FL 222.
ENG 223 - Contemporary World Literature I (3 credits)
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Twentieth-century literature of some of the following cultures: Russian, Eastern European, Western European, Latin American, Canadian, Australian.
ENG 224 - Contemporary World Literature II (3 credits)
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Twentieth-century literature of some of the following cultures: Asian, Arabian, African, Caribbean, Native-American.
ENG 232 - Literature and Medicine (3 credits)
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Study of literature about illness, epidemics, and the science and practice of medicine. Readings will include works by authors such as Boccaccio, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, William Carlos Williams, Susan Sontag, and Tony Kushner.
ENG 249 - Native American Literature (3 credits)
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A survey of Native American literatures from before contact with Europeans to contemporary culture. Writers may include: Apess (Pequot), Ridge (Cherokee), Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Momaday (Kiowa), Power (Sioux) Gunn Allen (Laguna-Sioux), Harjo (Creek), and Erdrich (Anishinaabe).
ENG 251 - Major British Writers (3 credits)
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Significant British authors chosen from among such figures as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Pope, Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Browning, Bronte, Dickens, Joyce, Eliot, Woolf, and Yeats.Credit will not be given for both ENG 251 andeither ENG 261 or 262.
ENG 252 - Major American Writers (3 credits)
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Significant American authors chosen from among such figures as Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Morrison.Credit will not be given for both ENG 252 and either ENG 265 or 266.
ENG 261 - English Literature I (3 credits)
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A survey of English literature to 1660, including Old English, Middle English, and Renaissance writing, focusing on such central authors as Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, and Milton. Credit will not be given for both ENG 261 and ENG 251.
ENG 282 - Introduction to Film (3 credits)
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Examination of basic film techniques and basic methods of film analysis. Emphasis on understanding and appreciating film as a major art form.
ENG 287 - Explorations in Creative Writing (3 credits)
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Introduction to the basic elements and principles of three genres of creative writing: poetry, fiction and drama. Reading and class discussion of student work. Recommended for students with no prior experience in creative writing.
ENG 288 - Fiction Writing (3 credits)
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Experience in writing short prose fiction. Class critiquing of student work and instruction in techniques of fiction.
ENG 298 - Special Projects in English (1-3 credits)
- Maria T Pramaggiore
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Independent study. English majors work with a faculty mentor to develop a course of independent study and research on an English Studies topic. Forms for proposing independent study courses may be obtained from Shirley Jones in Tompkins 246.
300-level Courses
ENG 330 - Screenwriting (3 credits)
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Prerequisite: two film and/or creative writing courses (6 hours total)
In this writing workshop, students will develop skills in narrative structure, screenplay
format, and story elements (character, dialogue, scene construction). In the first portion of
the course, we focus on structure, character and dialogue. The remainder of the course is
devoted to the writing and critique of full-length original screenplays.
ENG 331 - Communication for Engineering and Technology (3 credits)
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Staff
Preq: Junior standing
This course is aimed primarily at students in engineering and other technological fields. Students may take only ONE of the following courses: ENG 331, ENG 332 or ENG 333. In this course, students become familiar with written communication in industrial and technical organizations. Students are encouraged to adapt writing assignments to their own work experience, professional goals, and major fields of study. Instruction covers all phases of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, and critiquing other people's work). Emphasis is placed on organizing for the needs of technical and management readers; concise, clear expression; and the use of visual aids. Typical assignments include job application letters and resumes, progress reports, proposals, technical instructions, and at least one oral presentation.
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ENG 332 - Communication for Business and Management (3 credits)
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Staff
Preq: Junior standing
This course (formerly ENG 221) is aimed primarily at students in business-, administration-, and management-related fields. Students may take only ONE of the following courses: ENG 331, ENG 332 or ENG 333. This course introduces students to the more important forms of writing used in business and public organizations. Students are encouraged to adapt writing assignments to their own work experience, professional goals, and major fields of study. Instruction covers all phases of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, and critiquing other people's work). Emphasis is placed on organizing for the needs of a variety of readers; concise, clear expression; and the use of visual aids. Students practice writing tasks dealing with the routine problems and details common in a work environment and more specialized writing such as problem analyses and sales and administrative proposals. Each student also gives one or two oral presentations related to the written work.
ENG 333 - Communication for Science and Research (3 credits)
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Staff
Preq: Junior standing
This course is aimed primarily at students who plan careers in scientific research. Students may take only ONE of the following courses: ENG 331, ENG 332, or 333. This course introduces students to the more important forms of writing used in scientific and research environments. The course explores the relationship between research and writing in problem formulation, interpretation of results, and support and acceptance of research. Students are encouraged to adapt writing assignments to their own work experience, professional goals, and major fields of study. Instruction covers all phases of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, and critiquing other people's work). Emphasis is placed on organizing for the needs of a variety of readers; concise, clear expression; and the use of visual aids. Typical assignments include proposals, journal articles, and at least one oral presentation.
400-level Courses
ENG 486 - Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays (3 credits)
- Brian Blackley
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Shakespeare's major works before 1600, focusing on his comedies and histories, and examining how Shakespeare's texts take meaning in performance. Plays to include Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, I Henry IV, and Henry V. Quizzes, two tests, presentation, and paper.
ENG 492 - Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres (3 credits)
- Joseph Santos Escobedo Palis
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Modern Asian Cinema
This is a survey of the development of cinema in Asia—focusing on the filmic traditions of specific countries in Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia. The course spotlights histories of cinematic institutions from studios and filmmakers to actors whose contributions left lasting legacies in the cinematic history of the region.
The aim of the course is to showcase the varying cinematic articulations with a focus on specific countries from the aforementioned Asian regions. Textual analysis and the political economies involved in co-production, distribution, circulation and consumption of the film product will be given emphasis. Theories of national cinema and the ‘Asian’ image will be analyzed in the context of the globalization, diaspora and various conceptions of nation and national identity. Focus will be on films that show how the nation is idealized, perceived and socially constructed. The chosen films will likewise be compared and contrasted to the aesthetic and commercial sensibilities of Hollywood as well as to investigate genre, auteur and the screen performers.
Class discussions will revolve around the viewed films and the issues associated with their production and textual meanings.
ENG 498 - Special Topics in English (1-6 credits)
- Maria T Pramaggiore
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Advanced Independent Study. The student works with an instructor to develop a syllabus of readings and written assignments for the in-depth study of a specific topic at an advanced level. To enroll in ENG 498, the student should bring the signed Special Topics/Independent Study Proposal form (see Shirley Jones in Tompkins 246 for the form), attach a copy of the proposed syllabus, and submit this to Shirley Jones for approval by the Associate Head.
500-level Courses
ENG 558 - Studies In Shakespeare (3 credits)
- Brian Blackley
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Shakespeare's major works before 1600, focusing on his comedies and histories, and examining how Shakespeare's texts take meaning in performance. Plays to include Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, I Henry IV, and Henry V. Quizzes, two tests, presentation, and paper.
