DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

COURSE DESCRIPTION BOOKLET SUMMER 2013 February 13, 2013 Available on the World Wide Web at http://english.unl.edu/courses/index.html

Because of the long lead time, the descriptions should be considered to be rather tentative. Although it is assumed that most instructors will be offering the courses as described here, students should be aware that some changes are possible.

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Level of Courses

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Independent Study

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English Majors

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Student Appeals Committee

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Guide to The English Department's Curriculum

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Course Descriptions

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HOW TO USE THIS BOOKLET This booklet should be used with the Schedule of Classes issued online by the Office of Registration and Records. The English Department Course Description Booklet contains as many descriptions of courses as were available as of February 13, 2013. The Booklet may include descriptions of some courses that are not found in the official Schedule of Classes. If the course is described in this Booklet, but not in the Schedule of Classes, it should be assumed that the course will be offered as described in this Booklet. In every case the student should remember that in the interval between now and the start of the next semester, changes are inevitable, even though every effort is made to describe accurately in this Booklet what the Department intends to offer. LEVEL OF COURSES Students should not take more than six hours at the 100 level. These courses are intended for beginning students; upperclass students should take courses on the 200, 300, and 400 level. Course numbers with a middle digit of 5 mark writing courses, which are required in some colleges. Consult your college bulletin. INDEPENDENT STUDY Independent Study is intended for students who want to undertake readings or similar projects not available through regular course offerings. Students may do up to six credit hours of Independent Study with a member of the professorial staff. Before registering for Independent Study, students must complete an Independent Study Contract form, available from the English Advising Office, 201 Andrews, which describes the reading list, written work, times of meeting and the basis of the grade. The Contract Form must be signed by both the student and the supervising professor and a copy submitted to the Chief Advisor for department records. The student may then obtain the class number for the appropriate Independent Study course -- 199, 299, 399, 399H, or 497. The registration of any student who has not filed the contract with the Chief Advisor by the end of Drop/Add period will be canceled. ENGLISH MAJORS All Arts & Sciences College English majors (including double majors) should see their advisors every semester. For further information see the Chief Advisor, in Andrews 201. STUDENT APPEALS COMMITTEE Students wishing to appeal a grade may address their grievances to the Department of English Appeals Committee. Under ordinary circumstances, students should discuss problems with their teachers before approaching the Committee. Inquire in the English department main office, Andrews 202, for the name and office of the Appeals Committee chair. Students may inform the Chair of the Department, Andrews 204A, of cases where the content of courses materially differs from the description printed in the Course Description Booklet. Questions or complaints concerning teachers or courses should also be addressed to the Chair of the Department. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a public university committed to providing a quality education to a diverse student body. It is the policy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln not to discriminate based on gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation. This policy is applicable to all University administered programs including educational programs, financial aid, admission policies and employment policies. Complaints, comments, or suggestions about these policies should be addressed to the Chair of the Department.

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GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM The English Department offers a great many courses, more than are listed by title in the University Bulletin. These include courses in British and American literature, women's literature, other literatures in English, some literatures in translation, minority literatures, composition, creative writing, linguistics, film, popular literature, and English as a Second Language. Knowing something about the organization of the curriculum may help majors or non-majors who are trying to find courses. The numbering system provides some guidance, first by levels: Courses numbered from 100 to 151 are first-year composition courses. English 180 and 200-level courses are considered entry-level courses, for majors and non-majors alike. 300-level courses are historical surveys of literature, advanced author courses, or advanced writing or rhetoric or linguistics courses. 4/800-level courses are combined senior/graduate classes and are more professional in their approach. The numbering system provides additional guidance to types of courses. For example, middle-digit 5 courses, like 150, 252, 354, are all writing courses, including creative writing. Here is a quick guide to the numbering system: A middle digit of "0" indicates courses in types of literature, such as short story (303), poetry (202), drama (4/801), or fiction (205). A middle digit of "1" indicates special thematic courses or courses examining literature in relation to particular issues (several women's literature courses, Plains Literature, Illness and Health in Literature, for example). A middle digit of "2" indicates language and linguistics courses. A middle digit of "3" indicates courses focusing on authors (Shakespeare, The Brontës, Major American Authors). A middle digit of "4" indicates ethnic minority courses, courses in translation, and courses that represent literature written in English in countries other than the United States and Britain (Judeo-Christian Literature, Canadian Literature, African-American Literature, for example). A middle digit of "5" indicates creative writing or composition courses. A middle digit of "6" indicates a historical survey of literature. A middle digit of "7" indicates courses in criticism, theory, rhetoric (Literary/Critical Theory, Film Theory and Criticism). A middle digit of "8" indicates interdisciplinary courses (Contemporary Culture). A middle digit of "9" indicates special and professional courses. Note: Film courses are spread throughout the numbering system, by analogy with literature courses. Thus Writing for Film and TV is numbered 259; Film Directors, 239; and so on. The practical lesson from this numbering system is that if you find one course that interests you, you may be able to find others by looking for similar numbers at different levels. As may be clear from these examples, there is a lot of repetition in the English Department curriculum. (Anyone interested in a list of English courses by categories can obtain one from the Chief Advisor in 201 Andrews Hall.) 3

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS SUMMER 2013 First-year English ........................... 5 Summer Pre-Session ......................... 7 Engl 205 – 20th Century Fiction ..... 7 Engl 206 – Science Fiction ............ 7 Engl 216 – Children’s Literature ... 8 Engl 254 – Writing & Communities8 Engl 261- American Lit since 18658 Engl 269 - Film Period – “’You Say You Want a revolution’: Filming/Film in 1968” ................ 9 Engl 303 - Short Story ................... 9 Engl 315B - Women in Pop Culture .................................................. 10 Engl 4/839 - Film Directors -"Outlaw Filmmakers: the 1960’s and 70’s" ................................... 10

Engl 4/859 - Writing for Film -"Screenwriting Bootcamp" ....... 10 1st Five-Week Summer Session...... 12

Engl 857B - Neb Writing Project. 15 Engl 957B - Neb Writing Project. 16 2nd Five-Week Summer Session ..... 17

Engl 206 – Science Fiction .......... 12 Engl 208 - The Mystery & the gothic Tradition ................................... 13 Engl 216 – Children’s Literature . 13 Engl 245N – Intro to Native American Lit............................. 13 Engl 252 – Introduction to Fiction14 Engl 254 – Writing & Communities .................................................. 14 Engl 315B - Women in Pop Culture .................................................. 15 Engl 333 – American Authors since 1900 .......................................... 15

Engl 206- science fiction ............. 17 Engl 208- The mystery & the Gothic Tra ............................................. 17 Engl 244 - African-American Lit . 17 Engl 254 - Writing&Communities18 Engl 386 - Shakespeare's Dramatic Arts ........................................... 18 Engl 854 – Adv. Writing Projects 18

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FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH NOTE: 100-level English courses will be open only to freshman and sophomore students. Students in Arts and Sciences who have not completed the Communication requirement and have 65 credit hours or more should choose English 254 or 354 (or both) to complete this requirement. (In unusual cases, exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Chief Advisor, English Department.) Advanced students in other colleges who want or need a composition course should also choose 254 or 354. English 101, including honors variations, English 150, and English 151 are first-year English composition courses, designed to help students improve their writing by study and practice. Since reading and writing are closely related, several of the courses involve reading, and students can expect to do a substantial amount of writing -- some formal, some informal, some done in class and some at home. Ordinarily students take 100-level courses in the first year. Students registered in the College of Arts & Sciences are required to take any two of the following courses. Students in other colleges should check their college's bulletin or with an advisor, since different colleges have different requirements. NOTE: English 101, 150 and 151, including honors variations, are self-contained courses. They are not designed to be taken in any particular sequence.

English 101 — Writing: Rhetoric & Reading This is a first-year English composition course that focuses on composing practices and critical reading strategies through the analysis of literature. Students can expect to produce the equivalent of 25 double-spaced pages of polished prose (a minimum of three writing projects) during the semester. The kinds of writing may vary from section to section, but all sections assume that reading and writing well are closely connected. This course is recommended for students who wish to improve their writing and reading skills through the study of literature. English 101H — Honors Writing: Rhetoric & Reading NOTE: This course is intended for students who have had significant prior experience and success in English classes. Admission is by invitation or application only. See the Department of English Chief Advisor, Andrews 201, for more information. This course shares the same focus and goals as English 101 and requires an equivalent amount of reading and writing. English 150 — Writing: Rhetoric as Inquiry This is a first-year English composition course that engages students in using writing and rhetorical concepts such as purpose, audience, and context to explore open questions — to pose and investigate problems that are meaningful in their lives and communities. Students can expect to produce the equivalent of 25 double-spaced pages of polished prose (a minimum of three writing projects) during the semester. This course is recommended for students who wish to improve their writing, reading and inquiry skills (such as learning to identify relevant and productive questions, learning to synthesize multiple perspectives on a topic, etc.) English 150H — Honors Writing: Rhetoric as Inquiry This course is intended for students who have had significant prior experience and success with English classes and/or contexts that require writing, revision and analysis. Admission is by invitation or application only. Contact the Department of English Chief Advisor for more information. This course shares the same focus and goals as English 150 and requires an equivalent amount of reading and writing.

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English 151 — Writing: Rhetoric as Argument This is a first-year English composition course that engages students in the study of written argument: developing an informed and committed stance on a topic, and using writing to share this stance with particular audiences for particular purposes. Students can expect to produce the equivalent of 25 double-spaced pages of polished prose (a minimum of three writing projects) during the semester. This course is recommended for students who wish to improve their writing and reading skills through the study and practice of argument. English 151H — Honors Rhetoric as Argument This course is intended for students who have had significant prior experience and success with English classes and/or contexts that require writing, revision and analysis. Admission is by invitation or application only. Contact the Department of English Chief Advisor for more information. This course shares the same focus and goals as English 151 and requires an equivalent amount of reading and writing. English 180 — Introduction to Literature NOTE: This course does not fulfill any part of the freshman composition requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences. This course is intended to introduce first and second-year students to examination of reading, especially the reading of literature. In order to examine the process of reading, students can expect to explore literary works (poems, stories, essays, and drama), some works not usually considered literary, and the students' own reading practices. The course will deal with such questions as how do we read, why do we read, and what is literature and what are its functions. English 140 — Advanced Academic Writing & Usage English 141 — Advanced Academic Reading English 142 — Advanced Academic Listening & Speaking Skills English 186 — English as a Second Language/Language Skills (3 credits) English 187 — English as a Second Language/Introduction to Writing (3 credits) English 188 — English as a Second Language/Advanced Communication Skills (3 credits) NOTE: Admission to these courses is by placement examination required of all newly admitted non-native speakers. See the Coordinator of ESL Program, Michael Harpending, Nebraska Hall Rm. 513E, for more information. English 188 applies to the composition requirement in Arts and Sciences, and in some other colleges.

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Summer Pre-Session ENGL 205 – 20TH CENTURY FICTION Time 0930-1220p

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Sec 301

Faculty Végsö, R

Class# 2725

Aim: The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the most important genres and literary trends of twentieth-century fiction. The course will be organized as a selective “survey” that will examine a variety of forms of fiction from different geographical areas (United States, Europe, Middle-East, Latin America, Asia). The three weeks of the course will be broken down into three major sections: Modernism, Post-Modernism, and PostColonial Literature. During our discussions, we will try to contextualize our readings by introducing parallel developments in related artistic media (painting, cinema, etc.); and we will examine products of popular culture as well as a few classics of Western literature.

Teaching: Lectures; in-class discussions; online discussion board; Requirements: Students will be required to keep up with the readings; participate in online discussions; and turn in three short take-home exams; Tentative Reading We will discuss short pieces by authors like: Edgar Allen Poe, Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Lu Xun, Marcel Proust, John Barthes, Jorge Louis Borges, Garcia Marquez, Thomas Pynchon, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Mahasweta Devi, Marjane Satrapi.

ENGL 206 – SCIENCE FICTION Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Oleson, W

Class# 7929

Aim: Beginning with the artificial life in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Sandman (1816) and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), this course will explore the development and evolution of science fiction in literature and film throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Requirements: Thorough reading of assigned texts, thoughtful class participation, two short papers, regular reading quizzes, and a group presentation.

Tentative Reading List: Possible novels include H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, Lowry’s The Giver, and Ishiguro’s Never Let me Go; stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia Butler, Nathaniel Hawthorne, E.T.A. Hoffman, and H.G. Lovecraft; theory by Carl Jung, Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag, and Donna Haraway; and films such as Scott’s Blade Runner, Spielberg’s E.T., and Cameron’s Aliens.

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ENGL 216 – CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty White, L

Class# 7930

Aim: This course will explore the genre of children's literature, its origins and its development through the early twentieth century. Children’s literature is a genre which mostly came into being in the nineteenth century; we will focus on this literature's mirroring of such transatlantic cultural concerns as the nature of childhood, the threats of modernity, gender's obligations, imperialism and "other worlds," and religion. Texts will be mostly British, but we will also read some foundational European texts (e.g., by Hoffmann, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Anderson) and some key American children's literature (i.e., Tom Sawyer, Little Women, Uncle Remus). Teaching Method: Some lecture, mostly discussion. Requirements: Short papers, quizzes, comprehensive take-home final. Tentative Reading List: Nursery rhymes; selected fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson; Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-glass; Alcott, Little Women; Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Harris, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Stories; Baum, The Wizard of Oz; selected stories from Kipling, Just So Stories and Stalky & Co.; Stevenson, Treasure Island; selected tales from Beatrix Potter; Burnett, The Secret Garden; Barrie, Peter Pan; Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ENGL 254 – WRITING & COMMUNITIES Time 0930-1220p

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Sec 301

Faculty Menting, M

Class# 2728

Aim: English 254 extends students' opportunities for writing and inquiry by engaging them in the study of writing within "communities." There are numerous ways to address notions of community. In this class, we will investigate and explore, read and write about communities that are both familiar and unfamiliar to us. We will especially focus on communities of the strange or the peculiar—that is, communities that form around goals, beliefs, practices, professions, and other activities deemed by a larger majority as obscure, even "odd." We will research these communities, formulate a working definition of "the peculiar" and "the odd" and consider how these labels are created and how they operate inside and outside communities. We will research and write about the odd in the ordinary and the ordinary in the odd. This course provides students with extended practice in writing and rhetorical practice in a supportive, student-centered environment. Teaching Method: Discussion, group work, small group presentations, and lecture. Requirements: Essay project portfolio, research & writing proposal, profile piece assignment, a group project & presentation, regular attendance, reading & writing responses, and participation. ENGL 261- AMERICAN LIT SINCE 1865 Time 0930-1220p

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Sec 301

Faculty Reynolds, G

Class# 2738

Aim: This course will introduce students to a wide and interesting range of key American works from the past 130 years. The aim is to give students a sense of the diversity and imaginative range of US literature.

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Teaching Method: Small group discussion, class discussion, mini-lectures, and occasional use of film and TV resources. Requirements: Students will keep a journal based on their reading and classwork, and there will be two research papers based on works studied. Tentative Reading List: key works from the late nineteenth-century (Realism and Regionalism); from the Modernist era; the Harlem Renaissance; and from post-war and post-modern writing. ENGL 269 - FILM PERIOD – “’YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION’: FILMING/FILM IN 1968” Time 0100-0400p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Abel, M

Class# 3376

Special fee=$30.

Aim: By examining how international cinema depicted the revolutionary events of "1968" and their aftermath responded to them (both at the time and from greater historical distance), this course aims to give students the opportunity not only to learn something about (film) history but also to think about what kind of images we might need today in order to act upon our crisis-ridden time by countering it for the benefit of a (better) time to come. Teaching Method: Mini lectures; lots of discussion. Vast majority of films to be screened in class. Requirements: 3 short papers (one/week): a close aesthetic analysis of one film covered in week 1; a comparative analysis of two films covered in week 2; and a reflective analysis of three films you did not cover in the first two papers. No external research required (you will draw on the readings I provide for research purposes). Tentative Reading List: We will likely watch (most of) the following films: The Dreamers (B. Bertolucci); La Chinoise & Week-end (both J-L Godard); If (L. Anderson); Antonio das Mortes (G. Rocha); Compañeros (S. Corbucci); Ice (R. Kramer); Zabriskie Point (M. Antonioni); WR: Mysteries of the Organism (D. Makavejev); Society of the Spectacle (G. Debord); United Red Army (K. Wakamatsu); The Baader Meinhof Complex (U. Edel); Good Morning, Night (M. Bellocchio); Regular Lovers (P. Garrel). The films will be supplemented by brief readings on the films and/or the revolutionary events they depict. ENGL 303 - SHORT STORY Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Montes A

Class# 2734

Aim: This seminar will provide an in-depth examination of the narrative genre of the short story, as represented by stories from the 19th and 20th centuries, including contemporary (21st century) American authors. We will focus on the short story as a distinctive form and on the ways these stories represent the many varied perspectives of the American experience; we will pay careful attention to the craft of writing the short story (structure, character development, dialogue, setting, pt. of view etc.) and students will have the opportunity to wrote a brief short story (flash fiction!) Teaching Method: lecture, class discussion, group work Requirements: readings, quizzes, presentations, the writing of one brief short story 9

Tentative Reading List: Best short story anthologies 20th and 21st centuries, stories on Blackboard, literary criticism. ENGL 315B - WOMEN IN POP CULTURE Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Dreher K

Class# 9833

Aim: Teaching Method: . Requirements Tentative Reading List:

ENGL 4/839 - FILM DIRECTORS -- "OUTLAW FILMMAKERS: THE 1960’S AND 70’S" Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Dixon, W

Class# 2746/2755

Special fee - $30.

Aim: To explore the most adventurous and dynamic films of the 1960s, with screenings on a daily basis of some of the most important films of the era. Directors include Corman, Scorsese, Bogdanovich, Hopper, Peckinpah and others. Please see the list of films below. Teaching Method: Daily screenings, lectures, readings, three 5 page papers. For 839 students, the three papers will be 10 pages long. Requirements: Daily attendance for all classes, take notes on the film, read the textbook as assigned on a daily basis, write three 5 page papers for the course. For 839 students, the three papers will be 10 pages long. Required Text: "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind (paperback edition)." ISBN-13: 978-0684857084. Films screened in class include: THE TRIP, THE WILD ANGELS, TAXI DRIVER, BONNIE AND CLYDE, 2001, TARGETS, EASY RIDER, RAGING BULL, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE WILD BUNCH, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE DRIVER, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, DUEL, all on the big screen for maximum impact.

ENGL 4/859 - WRITING FOR FILM -- "SCREENWRITING BOOTCAMP" Time 0930-1220p

Days MTWRF

Sec 301

Faculty Foster, G

Class# 2747/2756

Aim: This is a three-week screenwriting “boot camp” experience. Students learn the basic techniques of screenwriting as well as advanced skills such as flashbacks, montages, voice-overs, match-cuts, etc. Students have an opportunity to try their hand at writing brief silent films, sound films, etc. A number of exercises are used to generate ideas. Previous experience writing screenplays is not necessary. Teaching Method: For the most part, students spend their time working on their own writing. Some time is also spent in brief lectures, small group workshops, large group readings and watching short films as examples. 10

Students write very brief scripts using loose parameters. For example, a film with no dialogue; a film from the point of view of an inanimate object; a parody of a fairy tale, etc. Requirements: Students complete a portfolio of work at the end of the class. The portfolio includes about seven scripts of about five pages in length. Students are required to write at the computer using Final Draft screenwriting software. This class is designed to help you master the craft of the short film. We do not write feature-length films in this class. Tentative Reading List: Elements of Style for Screenwriters: The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, 1st Edition, by Paul Argentini, plus handouts given during class. These brief handouts demonstrate techniques such as flashbacks, action sequences, match cuts, etc.

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1st Five-Week Summer Session ENGL 206 – SCIENCE FICTION Time ARR

Days ARR

Sec 700

Faculty Hill, A

Class# 7936

Aim: Science Fiction is a genre that, while set in the future, is also largely about the present and the past. SciFi can include aliens, androids, space travel, advanced personal technology, mind control, black holes, and even places that are not all that different from the contemporary world. This class goes beyond the “bug-eyed monster” and into the heart of Sci-Fi’s civilizations, traditions, cultures, heroes, villains, ordinary people, and infinite possibilities. Through novels, short stories supplemental material, and BB discussions we’ll examine the past, present, and future of Sci-Fi. We will create a lively virtual community (how futuristically appropriate!). During the course of this class you should develop familiarity with the genre, understand the context of various pieces of Sci-Fi, and be able to discuss the success of Sci-Fi work as well as the failures of imagination that make some pieces of Sci-Fi feel like the 60s cartoon “The Jetsons.” Teaching Method: This course is taught online with various reading and composition goals and deadlines to meet throughout the course of the session. I’ll post introductions and relevant information for the primary texts. You must have access to BB and the internet. You are welcome and encouraged to meet with me via Skype, chat, phone or by coming by my physical office in Andrews 305. Requirements: 5 responses (roughly two double spaced pages each) A minimum of 20 comments on other students’ responses (a brief paragraph each) 1 final paper (10-15 pages double spaced) Tentative Reading List: This course includes multiple works by female writers and writers of color. Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (Excerpts) Eric S. Rabkin Bloodchild and other stories Octavia E. Butler Brave New World Aldous Huxley The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell

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Supplemental short stories and essays. ENGL 208 - THE MYSTERY & THE GOTHIC TRADITION Time 1100-1235p

Days MTWRF

Sec 501

Faculty Harris, J

Class# 7919

Aim: Explore the darker side of literature in English from the late 18th Century to the present, surveying the Gothic and mystery tradition in novel, novella, and short story form with readings discussed in their historical, biographical, and cultural context. Teaching Method: Lectures, class discussion, in-class activities, and student presentations. Requirements: Daily attendance, in-class participation, reading, quizzes, presentations, examinations and writing assignments. Please be warned that this class makes heavy demands in terms of the amount of assigned reading. Tentative Reading List: Texts we read as a class will be likely be a selection from the following: The Monk, Frankenstein, selected tales by Edgar Allan Poe, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, selected Sherlock Holmes stories, Dracula, The Turn of the Screw, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Sleep, and The Haunting of Hill House. Students may also be required to independently read an additional assigned book on their own to present on in the class.

ENGL 216 – CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Time 0530-0935

Days MW

Sec 501

Faculty White, L

Class# 7937

Aim: This course will explore the genre of children's literature, its origins and its development through the early twentieth century. Children’s literature is a genre which mostly came into being in the nineteenth century; we will focus on this literature's mirroring of such transatlantic cultural concerns as the nature of childhood, the threats of modernity, gender's obligations, imperialism and "other worlds," and religion. Texts will be mostly British, but we will also read some foundational European texts (e.g., by Hoffmann, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Anderson) and some key American children's literature (i.e., Tom Sawyer, Little Women, Uncle Remus). Teaching Method: Some lecture, mostly discussion. Requirements: Short papers, quizzes, comprehensive take-home final. Tentative Reading List: Nursery rhymes; selected fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson; Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-glass; Alcott, Little Women; Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Harris, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Stories; Baum, The Wizard of Oz; selected stories from Kipling, Just So Stories and Stalky & Co.; Stevenson, Treasure Island; selected tales from Beatrix Potter; Burnett, The Secret Garden; Barrie, Peter Pan; Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ENGL 245N – INTRO TO NATIVE AMERICAN LIT Time ARR

Days ARR

Sec 700

Faculty Kaye, F

Class# 7921

AIM: The purpose of this class is to introduce students to a number of different kinds of writing by American Indian and Canadian First Nations writers. While we will be concentrating on contemporary literature in English, we will also look at traditional and sacred narratives and at contemporary film. We will also try to develop a 13

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TEACHING METHOD: This class is exclusively an online class, so each student can expect to share writings and to participate in a discussion board with the professor and other class members. In addition, there will be short video lectures and material presented via Facebook and Blackboard. You will need access to a reasonably good computer and internet connection. REQUIREMENTS: Intelligent, well-prepared participation in discussion boards and responses to written materials.. Each student will prepare a reader's notebook for each of our major texts and one short reflective paper. There will be numerous assignments to post on Facebook and Blackboard. TENTATIVE READING LIST: We will read all or parts of six books, LaFlesche, Middle Five; Ortiz, Woven Stone, Silko, Ceremony, Northrup, Rez Road; Van Camp, Lesser Blessed; Baca, A Place to Stand; various traditional and sacred narratives. We will watch several documentaries and feature films. Each student will be expected to attend at least one event relating to Native American Studies in the community where the student is living for the duration of the course. ENGL 252 – INTRODUCTION TO FICTION Time ARR

Days ARR

Sec 700

Faculty Kostelnik, K

Class# 10114

Aim: will introduce students to the craft and forms of fiction writing. In addition to drafting imaginative writing, students will practice critical reading and writing skills that will enable the analysis and interpretation of texts by published authors and peers. Students will learn how to discuss—both informally in online discussion and through formal critical writing assignments—conventions of form, the writing process, elements of craft, the purpose of creative writing, and how to bring the creative writing curriculum into conversation with other disciplines. We will focus our investigation by working with short stories. Another key component will be writing reflectively about our writing histories, goals, and individual voices. Teaching Method: Online: discussion, generative exercises, peer commenting/critical analysis, quizzes, midterm, and final project Requirements: Participation in discussion, willingness to analyze and comment on the work of peers, and completion of ENGL250 Tentative Reading List: Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway, 8th Edition

ENGL 254 – WRITING & COMMUNITIES Time 1100-1235p

Days MTWRF

Sec 501

Faculty Babine, K

Class# 2729

Aim: This course will investigate the relationship of place and community, a lens through which we will develop a way of looking at what and who surround us, physically, intellectually, and emotionally. Throughout the class, as you study, read, and write about issues important to you, you’ll develop three writing projects through which you will 1) represent a community through your experience of it primarily as a place; 2) represent a community through your study of it primarily as a tribe; 3) represent the combination of personal inquiry and researched inquiry in a final writing project that investigates how humans have shaped this place—and how has it shaped us, the community who lives there? What are the issues important to the stakeholders in this community (which includes you)? Our purpose in this class is to develop a greater understanding of the ways place influences our community identity, to actively inquire into the ways that community is formed and expressed, and to communicate what we have learned in modes that best suit our audience and purpose. 14

ENGL 315B - WOMEN IN POP CULTURE Time 0915-1050a

Days MTWRF

Sec 501

Faculty Lacey, K

Class# 2736

Aim: To study the representation of women in popular culture through various mediums like women's magazines, romance novels, reality television, film, and literature. Teaching Method: Short lectures, large group & small group discussion, viewing of television and film clips Requirements: 2 medium-length essays; 4 short response papers; short pop culture presentation Tentative Reading List: Reality Bites Back, Jennifer Pozner; The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins; The Rise of Enlightened Sexism, Susan Douglas; Female Chauvinist Pigs, Ariel Levy; Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers, Guerrilla Girls; a woman's magazine, a romance novel. ENGL 333 – AMERICAN AUTHORS SINCE 1900 Time ARR

Days ARR

Sec 700

Faculty Payne, K

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Aim: Family dynamics and family life have long been favored subjects of authors. American authors particularly have relied on the subject of family to comprehend larger historical, national, social, and political phenomena. Consider, for instance, popular depictions of America’s founding fathers, the nuclear family, or the notion of American family values. In this course, we will read and discuss literary representations of the American family from 1900 to 2012, taking on some of literature’s most enduring themes: death and dying; brotherly love and jealousy; violence and retribution; individual ambition and family loyalty. Each week’s readings will include fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by representative 20th and 21st century American authors. Teaching: Online discussions and occasional short lectures. Requirements: Regular critical response using Blackboard, two formal papers (one primary source essay, one essay incorporating secondary sources), one online group presentation. Tentative Reading List: William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930); John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952); Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960); Louise Erdrich, The Round House (2012); Natasha Tretheway, Native Guard (2006); and selected poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction. ENGL 857B - NEB WRITING PROJECT Time 0830-1200p

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Sec 591

Faculty Griffin, J

Class# 7922

PREQ: Permission. Class meets from June 10- July 28, 2013. Obtain call number from instructor, 2-1807 or

This course is offered as one of the Nebraska Writing Project summer institutes and is open to teachers of all grade levels. Past participation in a NeWP Summer or Rural Institute is preferred. This Institute explores the relationship between writing and technology. Participants in the institute will: •participate in technology that promotes writing and thinking. •share their best teaching practices for writing through technology; •engage in research into aspects of technology.

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Institute activities include: guided exploration of software that supports writing-primarily on Macs, discussion of questions regarding the relationship between writing and technology, shared readings of selected research on teaching writing through technology, small group discussions of writing, readings, and classroom projects.

Direct any questions to: Robert Brooke [email protected] , 402-472-1807. ENGL 957B - NEB WRITING PROJECT Time 0900-0300p PREQ:

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Permission.

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Faculty Brooke, R

Class# 2769

Class meets from June 10- July 5, 2013.

Obtain call number from instructor, 2-1807 or

[email protected] This course is an invitational summer institute open only by application to the Nebraska Writing Project. The institute brings together up to 20 teachers, kindergarten through college, with expertise to share in the teaching of writing. Interested teachers should contact the program director, Robert Brooke, at 472-1807 or [email protected]. Further information about the institute and application materials can be found on the NeWP website at http://www.unl.edu/newp.

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2nd Five-Week Summer Session ENGL 206- SCIENCE FICTION Time 0930-1220p

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Sec 601

Faculty Hilton, J

Class# 7940

Aim: To introduce students to a variety of science fiction texts from the 20th century; to explore science fiction not as a genre but as a mode where other genres intersect; to examine dominant science fiction themes, including utopias/dystopias, technological progress, the fictions of time, genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, etc. Teaching Method: Class discussion, mini-lectures, group presentations, and small-group work. Requirements: Writing responses, group presentation, mid-term paper (5 pages), and a final research project. Tentative Reading List: The Time Machine (H.G. Wells), Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin), Kindred (Octavia Butler), Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) ENGL 208- THE MYSTERY & THE GOTHIC TRA Time 1100-1235p

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Sec 601

Faculty Andrews, L

Class# 7923

Aim: This class aims to introduce students to the literary field of the American Gothic by focusing on the major tenets of the genre. Topics covered may include the psychological terror, haunted houses, ghosts, the macabre, and post-modern monsters. Unique to our focus will be intersections between disciplines—using a combination of textual and visual media—to help illuminate major themes. Teaching: Some lecture, but mostly guided discussion Requirements: Daily reading, weekly response papers Tentative Reading: Novels may include Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, Stephen King’s IT or The Mist, stories by Poe, Hawthorne, James, Wharton, O’Conner, and Faulkner. Films include: The Crucible, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and others. ENGL 244 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT Time 1100-1235p

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Sec 601

Faculty Dawes, K

Class# 8091

Aim: A survey of some of the major works of literature including poetry, fiction and drama in African American literature that frames this body of work within the larger context of slavery, Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Blues Era, The Great Migration, The Harlem Renaissance, the Jazz Age, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Arts Movement, and the Hip Hop Generation. The course will make use of art, film, music, television and elements of popular culture to examine the work of some of America's most important authors.

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ENGL 254 - WRITING&COMMUNITIES Time 0915-1050a

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Sec 601

Faculty Meyer, K

Class# 2730

Aim: Students will engage advanced writing topics and revision processes in a course centered on community. The course explores texts and writing through a social justice lens; this will include memoir and creative nonfiction texts, as well as inquiry-based readings of critical texts across disciplines, and writing that reaches across these genres. Teaching Method: Student-centered classroom with discussion about readings and social issues, weekly meetings with small writing groups, conferences with instructor, and student presentations. Requirements: Students are responsible for course reading, participation in weekly writing groups, a presentation , and submission of a portfolio of writing, which includes a researched essay. Tentative Reading List: Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, the collaboratively authored The Pact, Mary Pipher’s Writing to Change the World and assorted other materials posted in BB.

ENGL 386 - SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC ARTS Time 1100-1230p

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Sec 601

Faculty Turner, K

Class# 3417

Study abroad is required. This course is part of the Nebraska at Oxford Study Abroad Program.

Prereq: Students must be enrolled in the Nebraska at Oxford study abroad program. Lecturers and tutors for the two courses are from Oxford University faculty and staff. Field trips and cultural excursions will supplement the course lectures and tutorials. Shakespeare and the well-known literature of England since the Middle Ages. ENGL 854 – ADV. WRITING PROJECTS Time 0430-0830p

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Sec 601

Faculty Waite, S

Class# 10178

Aim: Annie Dillard writes, “When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner’s pick, a woodcarver’s gouge, a surgeon’s probe. You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory . . . The writing has changed, in your hands, and in a twinkling, from an expression of your notions to an epistemological tool.” This course invites students to explore their own writing as an “epistemological tool”—a set of specialized and direct practices that inform their understanding of their forms, their subjects, and themselves. The course is designed specifically for graduate students who have a significant writing project in mind, or in process, at the start of the course. The course is scheduled for four-hour stretches of time to allow for discussion, workshop, and writing itself to be part of the schedule. The goals of the course include not only for students to set writing goals and accomplish those goals in the weeks of the course, but also include the investigation of writing and composition as a process, and the cultivation of graduate student writing communities. Ideally, students in the course will come from several departments or sub-disciplines of English, and the course will highlight the particular creative and critical possibilities of each student’s approach to their own writing. 18

Teaching Method: Primarily a discussion-based course, writing workshop, and writing lab.

Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, one course project to be scaffolded and designed by each student in the course, reading the work of other students, and 3-4 short readings.

Tentative Reading List: There will be no purchase of books necessary for this course.

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