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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
EH 301 Fiction Workshop (1)
The writing of original short prose fiction taught by the workshop method. The course
may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: EH 205.
EH 302 Poetry Workshop (1)
The writing of original short poetry taught by the workshop method. The course may be
repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: EH 205.
EH 303 Advanced Prose Workshop (1)
Study of and practice in the development of style in writing, with general and
professional applications.
With the permission of the English faculty, students may enroll
more than once for credit, providing that the focus of the course is different.
Prerequisite:
Any 200-level writing course.
EH 305 Journalism Workshop (1)
Reading and practice in forms of journalism, including literary journalism, arts reviews,
feature writing, editorials, and interviewing. Prerequisite: EH 204 or EH 208.
EH 325 Natural, Wild, and Free: American Environmental Literature (1)
An investigation of American environmental literature and nature writing. The course
gives particular attention to literature and film that examine the consequences of human
activity on natural systems and engage in conversations about human connections to the
environment, nature, wilderness, conservation, and preservation. Prerequisite: EH 102 or
EH 208.
EH 329 Slavery and the Literary Imagination (1)
An exploration of American slavery through literary representations of the “peculiar
institution.” The first half of the course focuses on pre-1900 works, including slave
narratives, abolitionist fiction, and post-bellum recasting of the institution by southern
apologists. In the second half, students will read a variety of modern writers trying to
come to terms with the legacy of slavery and employing literary forms unimaginable to
their nineteenth-century counterparts. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course.
(Category 1)
EH 330 Major Authors (1)
A focused study of the works of one to three authors. Recent offerings have included
Dante, Hawthorne, Hemingway, Morrison, Woolf, and Yeats. With the permission of the
English faculty, students may enroll more than once for credit, providing that the focus of
the course is different. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 2)
EH 349 Literature and the Arts (1)
A survey of the relationships among the art forms of a particular culture or historical
period. Emphasis is placed on how literary works influenced or were influenced by larger
cultural movements manifested in music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Fulfills the
pre-1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course.
(Category 1)