2019-2020 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Department of English and Foreign Languages
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Dr. Paul D. Mahaffey, Chair
Comer Hall, Second Floor
Alex Beringer, English Graduate Coordinator
Comer Hall, Second Floor
Leonor Vazquez-Gonzalez, Spanish Graduate Coordinator
Comer Hall, First Floor
Mission
The Department of English and Foreign Languages contributes to the University of Montevallo’s undergraduate liberal arts curriculum through its programs in literature, languages, and philosophy. The Department endeavors to produce critical, creative, and syncretic readers, writers, thinkers, and communicators, while promoting social awareness and expanding intellectual and cultural horizons. The faculty, dedicated to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and creative and professional activities, seeks not just to prepare students for graduate studies and a host of careers but also to enrich their lives.
The focus of the English program is “to teach the reading, writing, and analysis of texts in English, to contribute to knowledge about the reading, writing and analysis of such texts, and to make the knowledge of the discipline accessible to and useful for the larger community.” The Foreign Languages program must, by nature, play a key role in the University’s mission of providing to students a “higher educational experience of high quality, with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal studies.” Foreign Language study also complements the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences, which is “Educated Citizens Prepared for a Changing World.” Thus, the primary objective of the study of a foreign language is “to prepare students for living and contributing to the global community with language skills and cultural awareness.”
English
The English Program offers the Master of Arts in English as well as courses in support of the Masters of Education in Secondary Education (6-12) with certification in English/Language Arts. Students who have taken courses at the undergraduate level may not also receive credit for the cross-listed courses, at the graduate level, with the exception of internships, directed readings, and special topics. For information on the M.Ed. programs, refer to the appropriate section under Department of Teaching, Leadership, & Technology
Foreign Languages
The Foreign Languages program does not offer a graduate degree. However, the program offers courses in support of the Masters of Education in Secondary Education (6-12) with certificaiton in Foreign Languages-Spanish. Students who have taken the courses at the undergraduate level may not also receive credit for the cross-listed courses at the graduate level, with the exception of internships, directed readings, and special topics. For information on the M.Ed. programs, refer to the appropriate section under Department of Teaching, Leadership, & Technology . In addition to the general requirements for admission to the M.Ed. program, students must successfully complete an interview in Spanish with the Foreign Language faculty, pass the World Language Praxis Exam, and complete four graduate courses in the Spanish teaching field.
Courses in English and Foreign Languages
ENG 500 - Introduction to Graduate Studies
3 credit hours
The course introduces beginning M.A. students to the content and relational knowledge expected of a successful graduate student in literary studies. This course is normally taken during the first semester of enrollment.
ENG 504 - Literature for Young Adults
3 credit hours
A study of classical and modern literature dealing with stages of adolescent development. Selections include a variety of genres with special attention to the young adult novel. Cross-listed with ENG 404.
ENG 505 - Studies in One or Two Authors
3 credit hours
Close study of selected texts by a single figure (e.g. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Austen) or comparison of texts by a pair of writers (e.g. Barrett Browning and Dickinson). May be repeated for credit as authors vary. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 or consent of instructor. Cross-listed with ENG 405.
ENG 508 - Practicum in Writing Center Tutoring
1-3 credit hours
This course combines study of major scholarship on writing-center theory and practice with firsthand observations of tutoring sessions, followed by direct tutoring experience. It is intended for prospective and practicing Harbert Writing Center tutors, as well as for non-tutoring students who expect to teach writing during their careers. Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 (or 103), 102 (or 104), 231 (or 233), and 232 (or 234), or consent of instructor.
ENG 511 - Studies in Drama
3 credit hours
Study of the formal and generic features of drama. May emphasize development of dramatic form and content, a group of writers (the Irish Literary Revival), a period (Elizabethan and Jacobean), or a sub-genre (tragedy). Cross-listed with ENG 411.
ENG 512 - Studies in Poetry
3 credit hours
Study of the forms and conventions of poetry. May emphasize a poetic kind (the lyric, the dramatic monologue, the elegy), a group of writers (Pope and his circle), a period or culture (contemporary Caribbean poetry), or a recurrent theme (country and city). Cross-listed with ENG 412.
ENG 513 - Studies in the Novel
3 credit hours
Study of the formal and generic features of the novel. May emphasize the origins and development of the novel, a group of writers (contemporary African-American novelists), a period or culture (novels of the American South), or a sub-genre or kind (the Bildungsroman or picaresque). Cross-listed with ENG 413.
ENG 514 - Studies in Short Fiction
3 credit hours
Study of the formal and generic features of the short story. May emphasize the origins and development of the short-story form, a group of writers (Latin American “magical realists”), or a period or culture (Southern Gothic). Cross-listed with ENG 414.
ENG 515 - Studies in Non-Fiction
3 credit hours
Study of various forms of non-fiction prose (biography, autobiography, diaries and other forms of personal writing, journalism, polemical writing, the essay, etc.). Cross-listed with ENG 415.
ENG 519 - Special Topics in Genre
3 credit hours
Exploration of a selected problem in genre. May consider history and uses of a formal device (meter), a theoretical problem (the ideology of the sonnet), a historical problem (the relationship between the novel and emerging national identities), or a cultural-studies issue (constructions of race and gender in Early Modern English drama.)
ENG 523 - Medieval Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in literature of the Middle Ages (750-1500). May include Beowulf, Chaucer, Petrarch, Dante, Marie de France. Cross-listed with ENG 423.
ENG 524 - Early Modern Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in literature of the Renaissance and seventeenth century (1500-1660). May include Spenser, Donne, Jonson, Marvell. Cross-listed with ENG 424.
ENG 525 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in literature from the “long Eighteenth Century” (1660-1790). May include Dryden, Etherege, Bunyan, Defoe, Pope, Swift, Johnson. Cross-listed with ENG 425.
ENG 526 - The Romantic Period
3 credit hours
Studies in literature of the Romantic period (1790-1832). May include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, the Shelleys, Keats. Cross-listed with ENG 426.
ENG 527 - The Victorian Period
3 credit hours
Studies in literature of the Victorian period (1832-1900). May include Carlyle, Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, the Rossettis, Hopkins, and Hardy. Cross-listed with ENG 427.
ENG 528 - Modern Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in literature of the twentieth century. Aspects of modernism examined through texts of one or several genres. Cross-listed with ENG 428.
ENG 531 - American Literature to 1865
3 credit hours
Studies in colonial and nineteenth-century American literature. May include Bradford, Bradstreet, Franklin, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson. Cross-listed with ENG 431.
ENG 532 - American Literature After 1865
3 credit hours
Studies in American literature from the late nineteenth century through the present. May include Twain, James, Chopin, Crane, Dreiser, Steinbeck, Williams, Barth. Cross-listed with ENG 432.
ENG 539 - Special Topics in Literature of a Region, Culture, or Period
3 credit hours
Exploration of a selected topic in a period or culture. May consider a historical problem (did women have a Renaissance) or the literature of a period and/or subculture (the Harlem Renaissance, Southern Literature). May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
ENG 552 - Studies in Critical Theory
3 credit hours
A study of both ancient and modern critical concepts that attempt to discover meaning in or impose meaning on literary texts. Cross-listed with ENG 452.
ENG 554 - Studies in Composition and Rhetoric
3 credit hours
Focused studies in specific areas of research in composition (e.g., studies in the composing process and rhetoric (e.g., classical rhetoric, rhetoric of particular genres). Cross-listed with ENG 451.
ENG 555 - Style and Editing
3 credit hours
Provides a standard framework for identifying and authoritatively discussing the grammatical forms and constructions of Standard English. Cross-listed with ENG 455.
ENG 556 - The Writing Process: Theories and Practices
3 credit hours
This course explores and synthesizes theories and practices related to writers’ processes and the teaching of writers. In addition to providing a foundation upon which students may develop strategies for improvising as writers, the course also will foster the kinds of skills needed for successfully assigning, analyzing, and responding to the writing of others. Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 (or 103), 102 (or 104), 231 (or 233), and 232 (or 234). Cross-listed with ENG 456.
ENG 557 - Professional and Technical Writing
3 credit hours
Appropriate for students interested in writing-intensive professions in both the humanities and the sciences, this course offers an overview of commonly encountered genres in both technical and professional writing, including memos, proposals, technical reports, and oral presentations. Cross-listed with ENG 457.
ENG 561 - Advanced Creative Writing
3 credit hours
In-depth workshop of poetry and/or creative prose. May focus on a particular genre or theme (the long poem, memoir, creative nonfiction). Includes readings in contemporary literature and at least one extended writing project. Limited enrollment. May be repeated with consent of instructor. Prerequisite(s): ENG 361 or equivalent (or consent of instructor). Cross-listed with ENG 461.
ENG 571 - African-American Literature
3 credit hours
Historical perspectives on issues, themes, and distinctive literary strategies in African-American literature. Cross-listed with ENG 471.
ENG 572 - Literature from the Margins
3 credit hours
Studies in literature written by groups traditionally marginalized either within or beyond national boundaries. Explores racial, ethnic and cultural plurality. Cross-listed with ENG 472.
ENG 573 - Postcolonial Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in literature arising from colonialism and the dissolution of European empires, including works from Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Cross-listed with ENG 473.
ENG 574 - Anglophone Literature
3 credit hours
Study of literature from settler countries, including Canada, South Africa, and Australia. Cross-listed with ENG 474.
ENG 575 - Literature of Sexuality and Gender
3 credit hours
Study of literature that explores human Sexuality and gender from a variety of perspectives. May include literature by LGBTQ+ individuals or recently recovered or understudied women. Cross-listed with ENG 475.
ENG 589 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language
1-6 credit hours
A special-topics course designed to meet a particular program or student need; the number of credit hours is determined by the faculty member teaching the course, in consultation with the department chair.
ENG 590 - Graduate Seminar
3 credit hours
ENG 599 - Independent Study
3-6 credit hours
Students will work with a faculty member to plan and execute an independent study course in English. Departmental approval is required. Course requirements to be determined by the faculty member.
ENG 699 - Thesis
3-6 credit hours
This class will be taken as hours in which the student is planning, researching, and completing a Master’s Thesis in English under the supervision of their thesis adviser. Students will have the option of a critical thesis, creative thesis, or internship thesis, as outlined in the English department graduate program handbook.
FL 595 - Study Abroad
6 credit hours
Immersion study of literature, culture, and civilization in the target language. Cross-listed with FL 495.
PHIL 565 - Special Topics in Aesthetics
3 credit hours
This course offers in-depth exploration of the philosophical positioning within specific artistic fields (i.e., music, literature, and the visual arts). May be repeated for up to nine (9) credit hours if topic is different. Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level PHIL course or equivalent or consent of instructor.
SPN 530 - Contemporary Spanish and Latin-American Literature
3 credit hours
Studies in Spanish and Latin American literature from 1900 through the 21st century. At the instructor’s discretion, this course may emphasize a group of writers, a period, a subgenre, a theme, or may explore a special topic. Graduate standing required.
SPN 540 - Advanced Topics in Culture and Civilization
3 credit hours
Studies in the politics, social structures, and traditions of Spain and Latin America. At the instructor’s discretion, this course may emphasize contemporary life, social movements, regional trends, cultural icons or symbols, or may explore a special topic. Graduate standing required.
SPN 550 - Hispanic Presence in the U.S.
3 credit hours
Studies in the cultural production, social and political trends of the Hispanic population residing in the U.S. Specific topic may vary at the discretion of the instructor. Graduate standing required.
SPN 570 - Special Topics
3 credit hours
Advanced investigation of selected topics or themes drawn from culture, history, literature or the arts. Graduate standing required. Cross-listed with SPN 470.
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