• ENGL 3204: Genre Studies: Short Fiction

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Genre Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Students will explore in depth aspects of short fiction, such as plot, theme, character, setting, etc. Short fiction will be selected according to time, place, period, or theme. Students will be introduced to research and criticism as well as to the texts themselves. Also designed to expand the student's critical reading and writing skills. Students will write several critical assignments and conduct a major research project. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain various subgenres of short fiction. 2. Explain various aspects of short fiction such as plot, theme, character, setting, etc. 3. Analyze how short fiction has evolved with the modern world. 4. Assess the assigned primary texts within their historical and cultural contexts. 5. Synthesize primary and secondary sources to support original arguments about the texts read. 6. Identify major literary, philosophical, social, and historical issues in the short fiction. 7. Identify major authors of short fiction and explain the significance of their works inside and outside the cultures discussed. Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3210: Special Topics in Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period / Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Takes an in-depth and research-based approach to the study of a particular topic within literature. The focus of the course will be dependent on the instructor but will revolve around a specific topic, broadly defined (author(s), genre, theme, contemporary concern, etc.). Repeatable for up to 6 credits. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain how the assigned literature connects to various literary and cultural frameworks. 2. Analyze assigned literature carefully and make thematic and intertextual connections. 3. Produce a well-researched and well-articulated full-length argument-based research paper on the selected topic. Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3211: Period Studies: Victorian Lit

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period / Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Students will engage with the works and ideas of major writers of the period, such as Browning, Tennyson, Arnold, Swinburne, Dickens, Thackeray, Carlyle, and Ruskin, including their historical and cultural contexts. Successful students will demonstrate skill in reading different types of literature, in understanding narrative and figurative devices in using a variety of critical perspectives based on literary theory, and in sharing what they understand through both written and oral discussion. Provides opportunities for developing greater skill in the critical reading and appreciation of literature. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the importance and relevance of Victorian authors, themes, tropes, and genres. 2. Analyze individual literary works through written and oral responses. 3. Explain how Victorian writers have and continue to exert historical, social and political influence on British, American, and world culture. 4. Evaluate relevant scholarly sources and significant critical research covering Victorian literature. 5. Create publishable quality scholarly writing which synthesizes current research with student's original ideas in relevant area of Victorian literature and studies. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3212: Period/Topic: Crime Fiction & Film Noir

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period / Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other students who wish to learn about the "hard boiled" school of detective fiction and the influence it has had upon American cinema. Introduces themes, motifs and other narrative elements that distinguish the novels of Depression-era crime writers like Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Raymond Chandler. Students will analyze cinematic adaptations of these authors' works, especially those which have been cited by critics as examples of film noir. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Use concise and precise language in their writing; write with correct usage and punctuation; write thesis-driven analyses of published works. 2. Select words appropriate to their subject and audience, recognize the need for precise expression. 3. Adopt new hermeneutic strategies for interpreting cinematic and verbal texts; examine the links between American history and American popular culture. 4. Demonstrate the ability to use the MLA style of parenthetical documentation, bibliographic form, and research paper format; demonstrate the ability to synthesize research with their own ideas. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3213: Period/Topic Western Amer Lit

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period/Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Students will explore significant works of twentieth-century Western American literature. Students will write several critical assignments and conduct a major research project. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain and identify major forms, genres and themes found in Western American literature. 2. Analyze literary elements, including plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, figurative language and other literary devices. 3. Evaluate myths and ideologies (e.g. American exceptionalism, the American Dream, freedom, equal opportunity) from a Western regional perspective. 4. Create high quality researched essays that critically investigate the relations between American history and culture and regional literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3214: Period/Topic Studies: Realism/Modernism

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period / Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Students will engage with the work and ideas of major realist and/or modernist writers, such as Austen, Eliot, Dickens, Conrad, Woolf, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Students will be expected to read extensive amounts of work, write several critical assignments, conduct a major research project, and take at least two exams. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the importance and relevance of realist/modernist authors, themes, tropes, and genres. 2. Analyze individual literary works through written and oral responses. 3. Explain how realist/modernist writers have and continue to exert historical, social and political influence on British, American, and world culture. 4. Evaluate relevant scholarly sources and significant critical research covering realist/modernist literature. 5. Create publishable quality scholarly writing which synthesizes current research with student's original ideas in relevant area of realist/modernist literature and studies. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3215: Period/Topic Studies: Gender in Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a Period / Topic Studies requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies or English Education, and open to other interested students. Focuses on major theories and debates regarding gender and ramifications of gender delineations, explores definitions of the masculine as well as the feminine, and examines the function of conventional gender roles in primary literary as well as theoretical texts. Although gender will be the primary lens, includes analysis of race, class, ethnicity, social identity, and the intersections among these categories. Students will be expected to read extensive amounts of work, write several critical assignments, conduct a major research project, and take at least two exams. Offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Investigate the idea of gender development and reinforcement in a supportive, though challenging, environment through literature, by reading and examining a variety of works which might be designated as such. 2. Analyze and critique, through both verbal and written avenues, a specific literary text in a meaningful and effective fashion, doing far more than stating the obvious, while also synthesizing primary and secondary sources to support original arguments about the texts read. 3. Investigate how socio-cultural factors influence authors whom either consciously or unconsciously engage gender concepts in their writing. 4. Examine and critique intersections of gender with other cultural elements such as race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender performance, age, and/or able-bodiedness. 5. Encounter and discuss primary theoretical texts within the discipline of gender studies. 6. Develop and use a vocabulary for discussing the rhetoric of gender as found in literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3216: Depictions of the Holocaust in Literature & Film

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Suggested for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies and anyone interested in exploring the links between a historical moment--the Holocaust--and numerous creative works that have been developed in response to it, including memoir, novels, short stories, poetry, and film. Introduces themes, motifs and other narrative elements that distinguish novels, memoirs, and motion pictures produced since 1945, the year the Nazi death camps were discovered and liberated. Authors studied will include Elie Wiesel, Charlotte Delbo, Primo Levi, Thomas Keneally, Hannah Arendt, and Tadeusz Borowski. The course will also consider the ethical challenges that arise around the Holocaust and its depictions, addressing commercial novels, television productions, and motion pictures, such as The Book Thief, Holocaust, and Schindler's List, which critics have charged with exploiting human suffering for profit. Course offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Create written work that meets the professional standards of academic writing in the fields of literary and cinematic studies. 2. Make connections between their own thinking and writing and the work of secondary scholars. 3. Effectively communicate their ideas orally and in writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3217: Climate Catastrophes in Literature and Fiction

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Fulfills a requirement for a minor in Environmental Humanities, fulfills the Period/Topics requirement for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Literary Studies, and open to all other interested students. The course focuses on major themes and debates in environmental literature and climate fiction. Interdisciplinary in scope, the class engages ecocriticism (the study of literature and the environment) with such fields as feminism, postcolonialism, indigenous and race studies, climate science, globalization, migration studies, urbanism, and social justice. Students will read climate fiction and environmental literature alongside critical and theoretical essays and write several critical papers, conduct a major research project, and take exams. ** COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) ** At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Investigate and critique literature through an ecocritical lens. 2. Evaluate the intersections between the environment and such aspects as race/ethnicity, class, geography, postcolonialism, and gender. 3. Investigate effects of climate catastrophe on humans and non-humans in the Anthropocene. 4. Create high-quality researched essays on topics that pertain to environmental criticism. 5. Evaluate the significance of an environmental understanding in both literature and culture. Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher).
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• ENGL 3220: Multicultural Literature in the United States

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Required of all English majors, and open to other interested students. Examines multicultural literature by American authors and studies the contributions to American literature by African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Focuses on novels, short stories, essays, and poetry that examine the social construction of race in American society, the construction of American identity, and the intersections of race, class, and gender. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify and explain major forms, genres and themes found in multicultural American literature. 2. Analyze literary elements, including plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, figurative language and other literary devices. 3. Analyze the "myths of America" (e.g. acculturation, assimilation, language and ethnic identity) from minority points of view. 4. Create high quality researched essays on topics that pertain to multicultural American experiences in selected literature. 5. Evaluate the importance of a multicultural focus in both American literature and American culture. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). FA
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  This course is a general education course.