Georgia College

ENGL 5011 Advanced Scriptwriting

Prerequisite: Admission to MFA Program. A workshop intensive course in the practical study of the techniques, craft, and meaning of scriptwriting for stage, film, and video.

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ENGL 5012 Adv Creative Nonfic Writing

Prerequisite: Admission to MFA Program. A workshop intensive course in the practical study of the techniques, craft, and meaning of creative nonfiction writing, including the personal essay, memoir, and other forms. This course is repeatable for credit.

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ENGL 5021 Advanced Poetry Workshop

Prerequisite: Admission to MFA program. A workshop intensive course in the practical study of the techniques, craft, and meaning of poetry. This course is repeatable for credit.

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ENGL 5022 Advanced Fiction Workshop

Prerequisite: Admission to MFA program. A workshop intensive course in the practical study of the techniques, craft, and meaning of short fiction, designed to prepare the student for completion of a creative thesis in fiction. This course is repeatable for credit.

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ENGL 5110 Literary Criticism

Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program in English. A study of literary criticism from Aristotle to the present, with particular emphasis on recent applications of contemporary theories.

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ENGL 5115 Hist of the English Language

A study of the development of the English language from its Indo-European roots to its present status as a world language.

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ENGL 5116 Structure of Present-Day Eng

A comprehensive study of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of present-day English, with reference to standards, variations, and pedagogy.

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ENGL 5220 Medieval English Literature

A study of selected works in Old or Middle English, read in the original language.

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ENGL 5223 Chaucer

A study of selected works from Chaucer, read in the original language

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ENGL 5225 English Renaissance Literature

A study of selected works from the English Renaissance.

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ENGL 5226 Shakespeare

A study of selected topics, genres, or issues in Shakespeare; may be linked with a Shakespearean production staged by the Departments of Theatre.

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ENGL 5227 Milton

A study of selected major and minor works of Milton.

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ENGL 5228 Development of English Drama

A study of the development of English drama from the Middle Ages through the early modern period.

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ENGL 5330 Restoration & 18th Cent Lit

A study of selected British Restoration/eighteenth-century works.

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ENGL 5331 Eighteenth-Cent English Novel

A study of the development of the English novel in the eighteenth century.

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ENGL 5335 English Romanticism

A study of selected British Romantic works.

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ENGL 5337 Victorian Literature

A study of selected British Victorian works.

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ENGL 5338 Nineteenth-Cent English Novel

A study of the development of the British novel in the nineteenth century

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ENGL 5440 Modern Drama

A study of selected modern plays in English.

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ENGL 5441 Twentieth-Cent British Fiction

A study of selected works of twentieth-century fiction from the British Isles.

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ENGL 5445 Literary Women

A multi-cultural study of the contributions of women writers and critics to the development of literature.

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ENGL 5446 Modern Poetry

A study of selected modern poetry in English.

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ENGL 5447 Comparative Literature

A comparative study of texts from different backgrounds and cultures. This course is repeatable for credit.

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ENGL 5448 Adolescent Literature

Prerequisites: ENGL 2110, IDST 2305, or permission of the instructor. A comprehensive overview of adolescent literature, its history and genres, the issues and approaches it has generated, and its links with the major literary movements in adult literature. Other areas of focus are the problems and questions unique to adolescence and how these are reflected in the literature for this audience.

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ENGL 5449 Great Books of the Western Wrl

A study of selected influential texts of literature, history, science, etc.

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ENGL 5451 African Literature

In-depth study of African literature, with attention to its social, political, historical, and economic backgrounds. Attention to the historical development of African literature and aesthetics, and the differences and continuities between Anglophone and Francophone writers.

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ENGL 5452 African Women Writers

A course concerned with the African woman writer’s preoccupation with the condition of African womanhood. It will look at these writers’ treatment of issues like motherhood, polygamy, marriage, changing roles, the exploitation of women, the education of women, women in politics, and women and tradition.

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ENGL 5550 American Literature to 1865

A study of selected American works before 1865, emphasizing literary romanticism.

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ENGL 5555 Am Literature From 1865-1920

A study of selected American works from 1865 to 1920, emphasizing literary realism.

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ENGL 5662 Southern Literature

A study of selected works from the modern South.

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ENGL 5664 Flannery O'Connor

A study of short stories, novels, and critical essays of Flannery O’Connor, with access to the O’Connor collection.

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ENGL 5665 Am Lit from 1920 to the Presen

A study of selected American works from 1920 to the present, emphasizing the literary modernism and post-modernism.

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ENGL 5667 African-American Literature

A study of selected works of African-American literature.

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ENGL 5669 Multi-Cultural Amer Literature

A study of American literature arising from ethnic or immigrant experience.

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ENGL 5671 Studies in Native American Lit

In-depth study of selected works of Native American literature, with attention to socio-cultural context. Specific focus may vary from semester to semester (e.g. "’Contemporary Native American Women Writers" or "Native American myths and traditional literature") so that students might take the course for credit more than once with permission of the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

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ENGL 5673 Topics in Child/Adol Lit

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ENGL 5770 Studies in Folklore

Study of major areas, genres, and branches of folklore, along with historical and theoretical trends in the discipline. Specific focus may vary or be specialized in certain semesters (e.g. folk narratives, material culture, women’s folklore, or history and theories of folklore) so that students may take the course for credit more than once with permission of the instructor.

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