Offered by Department of English
College of Fine Arts and Humanities
ENG Courses
- ENG 803 - Descriptive Linguistics - 3 hours
- An introduction to descriptive linguistics with emphasis on phonology, syntax, and morphology, as they apply to the
study of English as a language.
- ENG 804P - History of the English Language - 3 hours
- Development of English language as reflected in the language of writers from the Anglo-Saxon time to the present.
- ENG 805 - The Teaching of Composition - 3 hours
- Study of topics and issues related to rhetorical theory and the teaching of expository writing in college classrooms.
- ENG 806 - Principles of Literary Criticism - 3 hours
- An application of literary theories to selected literary works.
- ENG 807 - History of Literary Criticism - 3 hours
- This seminar investigates the connections and discontinuities found in literary criticism from Plato to present-day
critical theory. By observing the shifts in various theoretical interests, critical theory will be seen as part of a
larger intellectual and cultural history.
- ENG 814 - Writing Tutorial - 3 hours
- Individual or group tutorial focusing on macro elements of discourse, including but not limited to aims and purposes;
argumentation and categories of argument; strategies of arrangement and emphasis; coherence and cohesion. The tutorial
primarily serves the needs of students working on written projects, especially theses. Elective. Repeatable.
- ENG 822P - Poetry Writing - 3 hours
- Prereq: consent of instructor
An opportunity for students to write their own poetry, to investigate what it means, and to develop poetic touchstones
by studying a few outstanding poets of the Western tradition.
- ENG 823P - Fiction Writing - 3 hours
- Prereq: consent of instructor
A study of the techniques of prose fiction, primarily through an examination of student manuscripts written for the
class. The class may also study prose techniques in some published contemporary short fiction.
- ENG 824 - Drama Writing - 3 hours
- An advanced course in drama writing. Formal requirements of the drama are studied extensively while writers also
concentrate on the methods and principles of literary adaptation.
- ENG 825 - Creative Nonfiction - 3 hours
- This course examines the concept and contemporary forms of creative nonfiction, including memoir, biography, essay,
letter, journal, prose poetry, and combined forms, as well as crossover with fiction in both writing techniques and
content shaping. Students will be expected both to critically examine and to write nonfiction.
- ENG 826 - Prosody: The Music of Poetic Form - 3 hours
- A course devoted to the art of versification, including a study of metrical structure, rhyme, stanza forms and their
relationship with the ideas of poems.
- ENG 827 - Colloquium: Creative Writing - 3 hours
- ENG 832 - Colloquium: World Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 833 - Nonfiction Seminar - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission into the MFA in Writing program
An individualized course in nonfiction writing. Taken 4 times, the seminar offers practical instruction in nonfiction
writing and criticism. Using distance technology, student and instructor work through independent projects designed to
sharpen the student's writing skills to a professional edge. Student will compose both original nonfiction and critical
analyses of nonfiction by other writers both peer and professional preparatory to submitting an original book-length
manuscript of publishable quality by their final semester's work.
- ENG 834 - Fiction Seminar - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission into the MFA in Writing program
An individualized course in fiction writing. Taken 4 times, the seminar offers practical instruction in fiction writing
and criticism. Using distance technology, student and instructor work through individualized writing projects designed
to sharpen the student's writing skills to a professional edge. Students will compose both original fiction and critical
analyses of fiction preparatory to submitting an original book-length manuscript of publishable quality by their final
semester's work.
- ENG 835 - Poetry Seminar - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission into the MFA in Writing program
An individualized course in poetry writing. Taken 4 times, the seminar offers practical instruction in poetry writing
and criticism. Using distance technology, student and instructor work through independent projects designed to sharpen
the student's craft skills to a professional edge. Students will compose both original poetry and critical analyses of
poetry preparatory to submitting an original book-length manuscript of publishable quality by their final semester's
work.
- ENG 836 - Residency Session - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission into the MFA in Writing program
A ten-day colloquium presenting lectures, classes, workshops, readings and individual conferences with seminar faculty.
Taken 4 times, the Residency Session ends one seminar session and begins the next. The session afford students
intensive contact with faculty and peers before returning to their writing projects.
- ENG 841P - Language for the Elementary Teacher - 3 hours
- This course is a practical survey of the current findings in language as they pertain to the Language Arts teacher. The
topics it examines have been under discussion for some time and form a solid part of the developing body about the
English language, particularly as related to the traditional responsibilities of the Language Arts teacher.
- ENG 843P - Reading Problems in Secondary Schools - 3 hours
- This course proposes to enable teachers of English and other context areas to deal with those students who have reading
problems as well as to increase reading ability in all students.
- ENG 844 - Teaching English in the Community College - 3 hours
- The identification, analysis, and evaluation of the special place of the English instructor and the teaching of English
in the junior college as delineated in recent research and literature.
- ENG 845 - Creative Writing for Public School Teachers - 3 hours
- This course will emphasize the teaching of creative writing and the basic craft of writing poetry and short stories.
Prospective and practicing teachers will examine selections from contemporary literature as creative writing models.
- ENG 847/847P - Children's Literature - 3 hours
- Establishing criteria for selecting, evaluating, and reading a wide range of literature for children.
- ENG 848/848P - Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
- An exposure to and evaluation of the literature genres appropriate for study in secondary schools.
- ENG 851P - The Literature of Puritanism and Early American Nationalism - 3 hours
- A study of the emergence and development of American national literature from the Colonial period to the early nineteenth
century. Selected authors and works may differ from semester to semester in accordance with specific instructional
emphases.
- ENG 852P - The Literature of the American Renaissance - 3 hours
- A study of American literature from the early nineteenth-century to the pre- Civil War period. Authors and works under
study may change from semester to semester depending on the organizational design of the course.
- ENG 853P - The Literature of American Realism - 3 hours
- A study of American Literature from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. Authors and works
may vary according to instructional emphasis.
- ENG 854P - Modern American Literature - 3 hours
- The seminar covers the literature of the period roughly from the turn of the century through World War II, focusing on
the later development of realism and naturalism and the rise of modernism. Authors, genres, and approaches may vary
from term to term.
- ENG 855P - Contemporary American Literature - 3 hours
- The seminar examines the literature from World War II to the present, focusing on the later development of modernism
and the rise of postmodern literature. Authors, genres, and approaches may vary from term to term.
- ENG 856 - Literature of the American West - 3 hours
- Examines folklore, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry by Western and Plains writers selected from a time period
beginning with presettlement literature to contemporary writings and including works by Native American, Chicano, and
women writers. Several Nebraska authors will be included. The class focuses on the distinctive features of each genre
as well as their similarities of theme and symbol, especially those myths based on the frontier experience and the
"Sense of Place."
- ENG 857 - Colloquium: U.S. Literature through 1855 - 3 hours
- ENG 858P - Great Plains Studies - 1-3 hours
- Great Plains Studies offers the opportunity to reflect on life through the literature and other lore of the Great
Plains. Through a different subject focus each offering, the course integrates literary, historical, and
paleontological investigations around issues affecting the plains, with a special focus on "prairie." May be offered
independently or, as the Prairie Institute, offered interdisciplinary as 1 credit each in English, History, and
Geography (with which it is cross-listed). Credit for the Institute requires reading and writing assignments completed
outside the contact hours of the Institute. Repeatable for credit.
- ENG 859 - Colloquium: U.S. Literature: 1855-Present - 3 hours
- ENG 871P - Language and Composition in the Secondary School - 3 hours
- Study of topics and issues in rhetorical, linguistic, and literacy theory as related to the teaching of language arts.
- ENG 872P - English Literature to 1500 - 3 hours
- Study in-depth of one or more major British authors of the period, to be chosen by the professor. The authors studied
will change from semester to semester.
- ENG 873P - The Literature of the English Renaissance - 3 hours
- Study in-depth of one or more major British authors and genres of the period, to be chosen by the professor. The
authors studied may change from semester to semester.
- ENG 874P - The Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
- A study in-depth of one or more major British authors of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, 1667-1770. The authors
studied will change from semester to semester.
- ENG 879P - The Literature of the Romantic Period - 3 hours
- A study of the poetry and/or prose of English writers in the Romantic period from 1789-1830. The course may be
organized by author, theme, or genre, and the authors and works may change from semester to semester.
- ENG 880P - The Literature of the Victorian Period - 3 hours
- Study in-depth of one or more major British authors of the period, to be chosen by the professor. The authors studied
will change from semester to semester.
- ENG 881P - Modern British and Commonwealth Literature - 3 hours
- This seminar investigates the modernist movement in British and Commonwealth literature, covering the period from
1890-1940. Emphasizing self-conscious and non-representation as modes of both style and content, this aesthetic and
historic movement is marked by its persistent experimentalism. Course content might focus on individual writers,
political or historical influences, or genre study.
- ENG 882P - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature - 3 hours
- While the scope of this course will be on literature from 1950-present, the major emphasis will be on living authors
and works produced within the last decade. Individual authors, works, and topics will alter each semester.
- ENG 883 - Colloquium: British Literature through 1700 - 3 hours
- ENG 884 - Colloquium: British Literature: 1700-Present - 3 hours
- ENG 890P - Ft. Kearney Writers' Workshop - 1-3 hours
- [1-hour Directed Readings (ENG 895) can supplement these hours with related study.]
A workshop in creative writing for those who would like to improve their abilities in writing poetry, fiction, and drama.
- ENG 892P - Plains Literature Institute - 1-3 hours
- This course proposes to study major Western and Plains writers either individually, by theme, or by genre. Writers
might include Nebraskan or regional writers.
- ENG 895 - Directed Readings - 1-3 hours
- Individual research under the guidance of a graduate faculty member. Proposals for Directed Readings must be approved
in advance by the Graduate Director and Department Chair.
- ENG 896 - Thesis - 3-6 hours
- ENG 897P - Film Institute - 1-3 hours
- A study of the film in both its aesthetic as well as historical dimensions. Students will examine the development of
film as both art and mass entertainment in addition to studying the various critical methods of interpreting the
film.
- ENG 899 - Special Topics - 1-3 hours
- This course is intended to provide opportunity for the offering of literary topics not covered by the regular
curriculum. Topics are not limited to but can include the study of a single author, a particular genre or theme, and/or
comparative or world literature.
