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English Graduate Courses Spring 2011

EngL

ENGL 4232 American Drama by Writers of Color

74093 -001 LEC , 09:45 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. , Tu,Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 340 , Lee,Josephine D (Morse Alumni Award, Grad and Profl Teaching Award) , 3 credits
This course will concentrate on selected works by African American, Latino, American Indian, and Asian American playwrights. Readings will focus on plays by writers such as Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, Suzanne Lori-Parks, Luis Valdez, Cherrie Moraga, David Henry Hwang, and others. Our central question will be how racial and ethnic differences are integral to shaping different visions of "American theater". We will also examine larger issues such as the history of minority and ethnic theaters, the politics of casting, and the mainstreaming of the minority playwright.
Meets with: AAS 4232 section 001

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ENGL 4603 World Englishes

( credit will not be granted if credit received for: EngL 3603W, EngL 5603; meets Lib Ed req of Writing Intensive)
73478 -001 WKS , 12:20 P.M. - 02:15 P.M. , Tu,Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Escure,Genevieve J , 4 credit

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ENGL 5090 Readings in Special Subjects

(max crs 9; 3 completions allowed; Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: ENGL 5100; prereq grad student or instr consent )
67846 -001 LEC , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 207A , TCEASTBANK , Garner,Shirley Nelson , Memoir , 4 credits
Meets with: ENGW 5130 section 002

70603 -002 LEC , 02:30 P.M. - 03:45 P.M. , Tu,Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , AmundH 124 , TCEASTBANK , Allen,Joseph R , Work of Translation: Theory, Function and Practice , 3 - 4 credits
Meets with: CSCL 5910 section 003, CL 5910 section 003, ALL 5261 section 001, GER 5610 section 001, FREN 5350 section 001

71083 -003 LEC , 04:40 P.M. - 07:10 P.M. , M (01/18/2011 - 02/07/2011) , AkerH 215 , TCEASTBANK , Elfenbein,Andrew ) , 04:40 P.M. - 07:10 P.M. , M (02/14/2011 - 05/06/2011) , AkerH 317 , TCEASTBANK , Elfenbein,Andrew , Interdisciplinary Studies in Reading Comprehension , 3 credits

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ENGL 5711 Introduction to Editing

( credit will not be granted if credit received for: 5401)
63066 -001 WKS , 05:30 P.M. - 07:10 P.M. , Tu,Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 303 , TCEASTBANK , Tortorello,Michael , 4 credits
If the media doomsayers are right, editing is a dying craft. Right now, polytechnic institutes are training the next generation of copyeditors in Bangalore. Newspapers are shedding weight like dueling celebs in an US photospread. Bloggers are proving that no one need come between a rant and a reader. (Granted, they're doing it one typo at a time.) But someone, somewhere, has to generate that alumni magazine, the St. Paul Saints season guide, and the co-op newsletter. In other words, a demand persists in the American marketplace for someone who knows how to turn slop into steak. In this class, we'll study editing as a process, a protocol, and a philosophy. To elaborate, we'll study the conventions of editing (grammar, story, and style) and we'll meet professionals who do it well. (Fall '08 guests included the editor in chief of the Minnesota Historical Society Press, the art director of City Pages, the media analyst at MinnPost, and an executive employment lawyer at U.S. Bancorp.) We'll analyze why creative collaboration can feel like a playground brawl. Mostly, using real, raw manuscripts from newspapers, magazines, and books, we'll practice how to screw up the written word--with the ultimate goal of screwing up a little less.

ENGL 5805 Writing for Publication

(prereq Grad student or instr consent ; credit will not be granted if credit received for: EngL 8621)
73880 -001 SEM , 02:30 P.M. - 05:00 P.M. , F (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 315 , TCEASTBANK , Ross Jr,Donald , 3 credits
Meets with: WRIT 5270 section 001

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ENGL 5992 Directed Readings, Study, or Research

(max crs 45; 15 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent , college consent )

Each instructor has a section. See class schedule.

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ENGL 8090 Seminar in Special Subjects

66386 -001 SEM , 11:00 A.M. - 01:30 P.M. , F (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Brown,Tony C. , Philosophical Backgrounds in Modern Lit Theory , 3 credits
Meets with: EMS 8500 section 008

ENGL 8120 Seminar in Early Modern Literature and Culture

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed; A-F)
74855 -001 SEM , 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M. , Tu (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , HellerH 1024 , TCEASTBANK , Watkins,John , Spenser and Milton , A-F , 3 credits
Meets with: EMS 8500 section 004

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ENGL 8170 Seminar in 19th-Century British Literature and Culture

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed)
73837 -001 SEM , 02:30 P.M. - 05:00 P.M. , Tu (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , STSS 420A , TCEASTBANK , Hancher,Michael , Constructing English in India and Great Britain , 3 credits

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ENGL 8300 Seminar in American Minority Literature

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed)
68455 -001 SEM , 02:30 P.M. - 05:00 P.M. , Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , JonesH 35 , TCEASTBANK , Lee,Josephine D , Race and Performance , 3 credits

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ENGL 8444 FTE: Doctoral

(No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent)
65702 -001 THE (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , TCEASTBANK , 1 credit

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ENGL 8510 Studies in Criticism and Theory

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed)
73838 -001 SEM , 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M. , W (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Craig,Siobhan S , The Shattered Screen: Historiography & Spectacle , 3 credits

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ENGL 8530 Seminar in Feminist Criticism

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed)
73839 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , W (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Tinsley,Omise'eke Natasha , Postcolonial Feminisms , 3 credits

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ENGL 8666 Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits

(max crs 12; 2 completions allowed; No Grade Associated; prereq Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr)
54819 -001 THE (01/17/2012 - 05/04/2012) , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 6 credits

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ENGL 8888 Thesis Credit: Doctoral

(max crs 100; 10 repeats allowed; No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required)
54820 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 24 credits

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ENGL 8992 Directed Reading in Language, Literature, Culture, Rhetoric, Composition, or Creative Writing

(max crs 15; 15 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent, dept consent)

Each insturctor has a section. See class schedule.

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EngW

ENGW 5130 Topics in Advanced Creative Writing

(max crs 16; 4 completions allowed; prereq instr consent )
65508 -002 WKS , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 207A , TCEASTBANK , Garner,Shirley Nelson , Memoir , 4 credits , Topic prereq - grad student.
Meets with: ENGL 5090 section 001

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ENGW 5993 Directed Study in Writing

(max crs 18; 18 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent)
57211 -001 DST (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 4 credits
59766 -002 DST (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 4 credits

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ENGW 8110 Seminar: Writing of Fiction

(max crs 16; 4 repeats allowed; prereq dept consent )
65697 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Th (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Baxter,Charles , Plot: Artistry & Potboilers , 4 credits

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ENGW 8120 Seminar: Writing of Poetry

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq dept consent )
65667 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , W (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , FordH B60 , TCEASTBANK , Glasgow,Kathleen A (Outstanding Service Award), Rawson,Joanna Erin , Your 20 Favorite Poems and My 2 , 4 credits

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ENGW 8170 MFA Practicum: EngW 1101W

(S-N only; prereq Creative writing MFA student, instr consent )
67831 -001 PRC , 01:00 P.M. - 02:15 P.M. , W (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , LindH 207A , TCEASTBANK , Malloy,Brian , 3 credits

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ENGW 8333 FTE: Master's

(No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Master's student, adviser and DGS consent)
59932 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 credit

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ENGW 8990 MFA Creative Thesis

(max crs 48; 24 repeats allowed; prereq 8140, 8150, 8160, creative writing MFA student, instr consent)
58567 -001 THE (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , TCEASTBANK , 2 - 8 credits
59767 -002 THE (01/18/2011 - 05/06/2011) , TCEASTBANK , 2 - 8 credits

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