October 17, 2012
Dear English Major:
I am writing to you regarding the upcoming advising/registration period for Spring 2013 classes.
Following are listed the Advising and Registration dates, and some advising notes.
ADVISING DATES
October 22nd - November 2nd
DAY REGISTRATION STARTS:
SR – Nov 1
SO – Nov 5
JR – Nov 2
FR - Nov 6
REGISTRATION ENDS: Wednesday, November 21st at Midnight
You can check for your advisor assignment on-line via Navigator. Please make an appointment
to meet with your advisor at his/her office during your appropriate advising period.
IMPORTANT: If your free time does not coincide with your advisor’s posted hours, please
contact him/her (call during posted office hours, e-mail) to arrange an alternate appointment
time.
Do not put off your advising appointment until after the registration period.
Initiating Spring 2013 registration after Tuesday, November 21st
will result in a Late Registration Fee of $25.00.
(Except for Freshmen and Transfers)
Listed below are some descriptions by the faculty for regular offerings for Spring 2013:
ENL103 Composition II for English Majors (and others interested in literary
appreciation and analysis)
-01 MWF 12:30-1:20 MH249E Prof. Flynn (2758) (team-taught) Majors Only
-02 MWF 12:30-1:20 MH Prof. Nowka (2759) (team-taught) Majors Only
-03 MWF 12:30-1:20 MH100C Prof. Carey (2760) (team-taught) Majors Only
-04 TTH 9:25-10:40 MH101B Prof. DeFrancis (2761)
-05 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB206A Prof. Mavragis (2762)
-06 TTH 12:15-1:30 SB206A Prof. Mavragis (2763)
Required of all English and Education majors
Prerequisite: ENG101
ENL161 LITERATURE II: READING CLOSELY
*-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 MH543 Prof. Scrimgeour (2767)
**-02 TTH 9:25-10:40 SB306A Prof Fyfe (2768)
**-03 TTH 10:50-12:05 MH106 Prof. Fyfe (2769)
***-04 MWF 12:30-1:20 MH342 Prof. Theis (2770)
****-05 MWF 1:30-2:20 SB208 Prof. Simons (2771)
Required of all English majors
*Accuracy. Spontaneity. Mystery.
These are the specific qualities Elizabeth Bishop looked for
and appreciated in poems, and they help define her own poetry, an oeuvre that has become
central to American poetry. In this course, we will learn about Bishop’s life and writings, and we
will consider her work in relation to other poets and schools of poetry, from Marianne Moore
and Robert Lowell to the Beats and the New York School. We will use her poems to help us
understand poetics, and we will survey her legacy in the poetry of today. Students are
encouraged to contact Professor Scrimgeour before the semester begins to get a headstart on the
reading (jscrimgeour@salemstate.edu).
**Discover the sources and explore the depths of Dante's Inferno while acquiring essential close
reading skills in this technology-enhanced course that culminates in a final multimedia group
project. In addition to careful and multiple close readings of the poem’s text, this course will
examine relevant source materials, thematic elements, religious philosophy, Florentine culture
and politics, modern and popular culture interpretations, and literary criticism. Students will also
gain a working knowledge of literary terms and receive instruction in literary analysis and
research.
***This
course will be a thorough investigation of one of literature’s greatest works: Hamlet. We
will build upon close-reading skills developed in ENL 160 and work to explore Shakespeare’s
play inside and out. We will read from source materials that inspired Shakespeare, and we will
dig deeply into the culture of early modern England to better situate key issues that permeate the
play: political power, nature, death, madness, gender roles, family structure, and identity. Then
we will consider the cultural afterlife of Hamlet and the ways it continues to influence our
culture and inspire new adaptations and incarnations of the melancholy Dane. Texts: Hamlet,
primary historical documents, literary criticism, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Are Dead, John Updike’s Gertrude and Claudius, along with film and stage adaptations.
Students will write short reflective papers, analytic essays, and a longer research paper. Students
may also present and perform a scene from the play. Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
****Romantic Epic and Imaginative Autobiography. This semester we will focus on William
Wordsworth’s The Prelude (1799; 1805; 1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Biographia
Literaria (1816). Both works are autobiographical and imaginative records of each author’s
spiritual development; while at the same time, they shape and reflect the aesthetic, philosophic,
and historical currents of the Romantic period. Through careful close-reading and rigorous
comparative analysis, we will explore such topics as: the nature of childhood and the art of
memory; revolution and re-vision; the Sublime; German Idealism, subjectivity, and the Absolute;
the power (and limits) of the imagination; and the frontiers of visionary experience. Additional
readings will include: Wordsworth’s shorter “poems of the imagination” and selected fragments
of the Recluse project; the series of prefaces to Lyrical Ballads; Edmund Burke’s A
Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) and
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
ENL230 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 SB310 Prof. Driskill (2772)
In this course, students will learn to read, to appreciate, and to respond to poetry, and they will
have opportunities to write their own poems. Many poetic situations will be explored, along with
several poetic forms. The poems will include anonymous poetry from the 15th century, through
Elizabethan, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary poetry. We shall be able to see the common
themes expressed by poets across the ages. Students will be encouraged to write their own
poetry, which will be gently read. Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL240 BRITISH LITERARY STUDIES I
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 MH301 Prof. Balestraci (2773)
Required of all English Majors
This survey course will focus on significant literary works from the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance. We will consider the major characteristics and literary trends of each period, such
as the depiction of a chivalric code in Arthurian literature, the evolution of courtly love, and the
influence of humanism. Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton are some
of the authors whose works we will be reading. Prerequisite: ENG101,102, 102E, 103, or 106H.
ENL241 BRITISH LITERARY STUDIES II
-01 TTH 8:00-9:15 MH106 Prof. Taylor (2774)
-02 TTH 9:25-10:40 MH106 Prof. Taylor (2775)
Required of all English Majors
This is a survey course, beginning with English literature of the eighteenth century and
concluding with contemporary writing. It is a foundation course, involving reading major
writers and works, understanding historical periods, and developing methods for critical analysis.
Papers will encourage close reading, careful writing, and some comparison among writers and
their times. Prerequisite: ENG101,102, 102E, 103, or 106H.
ENL250 AMERICAN LITERATURE I
-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 SB205 TBA (2776)
Required of all English Majors
Prerequisite: ENG102, 102E, 103, or 106H
ENL251 AMERICAN LITERARY STUDIES II
-01 TTH 12:15-1:30 SB209 Prof. Riss (2777)
-02 TTH 1:40-2:55 SB209 Prof. Riss (2778)
-03 W F 11:00-12:15 MH238 TBA (2779)
Required of all English Majors
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL255 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE I
-01 TTH 8:00-9:15 SB209 TBA (2780)
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL256 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE II
-01 MWF 8:00-8:50 SB209 Prof. Carter (2781)
-02 MWF 9:00-9:50 SB209 Prof. Carter (2782)
-03 TTH 8:00-9:15 SB205 Prof. TBA (2783)
-04 MWF 3:30-4:20 SB301 TBA (2784)
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL263 CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE II
-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 SB202 Prof. Elia (2822)
Required of all English majors
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL265H SOPHOMORE HONORS LITERATURE II
-01 TTH 9:25-10:40 SB202 Prof. Elia (2823)
-02 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB202 Prof. Elia (2824)
Readings from major European writers from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Writers: Voltaire,
Flaubert, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Chekhov, Cavafy, Borges, Neruda, and Marquez. We will do close
readings of the texts, dealing major themes that beset these centuries. Prerequisite:
ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL271 FILM ANALYSIS
-01 Thurs 12:15-2:45 MH120 Prof. Sheehan (2825)
This course introduces students to (1) concepts of film studies; (2) methods of film analysis; and
(3) issues in film theory. We will “read” a series of paired films to address a number of
aesthetic, generic and thematic concerns. Tentative topics and films include: Non-linear
Narrative: Possible Worlds (Robert LePage, dir., Canada, 2000;), and Memento (Christopher
Nolan, dir., 2000); Intertextuality and Filmic Time: The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton,
dir., 1955), and Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, dir., 1989); Genre: The Western: The Searchers
(John Ford, dir. 1956), and The Ballad of Little Jo (Maggie Greenwald, dir., 1993); and Genre:
The Documentary: Harlan County U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple, dir., 1976), and Waltz with Bashir
(Ari Folman, dir., Israel, 2008). Required textbooks: Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to
Writing about Film, (8th ed.) Longman, 2011; and Bill Nichols, Engaging Cinema: An
Introduction to Film Studies, Norton, 2010. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL273 LITERATURE AND FILM II
-01 W F 11:00-12:15 MH120 Prof. Carey (2826)
This course will look closely at the short film, both narrative and experimental models, taking
particular interest in story development and craft. We will view and discuss short films by
Polanski, Goddard, Brackhage, Truffaunt, Scorcese, Jordan, Chaplin, Campion and others. We
will also explore the short film comparatively, that is, how it relates to the short story, reading
and discussing Dubus, O’Connor, Hemingway, Oates, Chekhov, Cheever, Baldwin and others. In
the first half of the course we will analyze and critique different storytelling devices which we
will then put to practical use in the second half of the course, both by writing a short film script,
and by creating a short film project. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL281 DRAMA II
-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 SB310 Prof. Jaros (2827)
This course presents a survey of primarily western drama from the 17th century to the present,
and is the second part of a two-semester sequence. Although certainly not cumulative, it
attempts to expose students to a wide range of dramatic literature that emerged from a series of
different socio-historical contexts. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL300 ADVANCED WRITING
*-01 TTH 1:40-2:55 MH320 Prof. Taylor (2828)
**-02 MWF 2:30-3:20 MH120 Prof. Bouman (2829)
-03 MWF 12:30-1:20 TBA MH219 (2930)
(Required of all English majors except for those with a concentration in Professional Writing.)
* This is primarily a writing workshop course in nonfiction prose. Classes will involve some free
writing, some exercise work on style, analysis of lessons learned from reading published
material; regular, open discussion of students’ writing, and private discussions with the
instructor. This course will require regular writing, reading, and editing of class essays and a
minimum of twenty pages of finished prose written during the course and submitted in the final
portfolio. As E. B. White says, “It is probably no harder to eat a woodchuck than to construct a
sentence that lasts a hundred years.” Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
**ENL300-02 is an advanced workshop-based writing course in which students will practice and
produce several different forms and genres of nonfiction prose. We will explore writing that
seeks to develop and deepen the writer’s own understanding of a topic; writing that asks a writer
to explain and expand a topic for readers; and writing intended to move an audience toward a
particular action or belief. Students can expect to read and write in multiple genres as they
develop and refine their own writing through whole-class discussions, writing workshops, and
one-on-one conferences. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL306 GRAMMAR AND STYLE
-01 W F 11:00-12:15 SB209 TBA (2831)
Elective for all English majors. Alternative to ENG 423 Linguistics as a requirement for those with a minor in
Secondary Education
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H, and a working grasp of grammar principles.
ENL307 INTRODUCTION TO ESL
-01 W F 11:00-12:15 MH249E Prof. Minett (2832)This course introduces students to
theories of, approaches to, and possibilities for teaching English as a Second or Foreign
Language (ESL or EFL). Students will actively and critically explore the ways that first and
second languages are learned and become familiar with an interactive approach to language
pedagogy. In addition, this course will invite students to critically consider the wide variety of
contexts in which ESL and EFL are taught: from Sheltered English Immersion programs in K-12
schools, to volunteer literacy centers, to refugee and immigrant language programs, to programs
related to Peace Corps, the military, and other international organizations and settings. The
course will feature multiple guest speakers, stories of English language learners and teachers
from around the world, and service learning opportunities for tutoring in our local community.
Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: ENG 102, 102ESL, 103, or 106H.
ENL310 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL WRITING
-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 MH249E Prof. Flynn (2833)
-02 MWF 10:00-10:50 MH249E Prof. Flynn (2834)
A general introduction to the large field of professional writing focusing on the many different
types of writing and the specific requirements for each area – business, technical, journalism,
internet, media, etc. This course will include classroom analysis and lectures from professionals
in the field, with dome practical writing assignments due through the course. Prerequisite:
ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL316 TRAVEL WRITING
-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 MH249E Prof. Flynn (2837)
Travel writing allows us to journey the world through words. This course requires you to pack a
sense of wonder, a critical eye and a storyteller’s delight in recanting what you experience on the
road. You’ll be sightseeing as well as getting to understand and feel various local cultures.
Through the life filtering lenses of custom, gender, politics, traditions, environments, and
personal observation, we’ll observe a variety of landscapes. This course is run in conjunction
with the school sponsored Spring Break trip to Lisbon, Portugal, organized by the Geography
Department. Because of this you are able to obtain financial assistance for part your travel
expenses if enrolled in this course. Although the trip to Portugal is not required, we will all
travel during Spring break – be it Lisbon, New York, Boston, or Rockport. Please see Prof.
Regina Flynn – if you have any questions. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL317 INTERNET WRITING
-01 WWW Prof. Branscomb (2838)
The Internet has been called “a new kind of book” and citizens of the 21st century need to know
how to write for it. This new course is a hands-on introduction to the special types of writing
found on the ‘Net: email, IMs and chats, social networks like Facebook, listservs, blogs, wikis,
and podcasting. Special attention will be paid to writing for the Web. We will compose
webpages, collaborate on wikis, and keep running blogs. We will study the history and specific
conventions of each Internet medium and how they differ from the older print media. For more
information see Professor Branscomb in MH 104 or his website :
http://www.salemstate.edu/~rbranscomb/. Also see the department's English@SSC Facebook
page for updates.
This course may be used to satisfy one of the requirements for the English Department’s
Professional Writing Concentration as well as the ITAS (Information Technology for the Arts
and Sciences) minor. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL320 CREATIVE WRITING
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB305A Prof. O’Neil (2839)
-02 MWF 1:30-2:20 MH100C Prof. Ramos (2840)
-03 MWF 2:30-3:20 MH219 Prof. Ramos (2841)
-04 TTH 3:05-4:20 HB117 TBA (2842)
Elective for all English majors. Pre-requisite for all upper level creative writing workshops
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL322-01 CRAFT OF POETRY
-01 TTH 12:15-1:30 SB210 Prof. Kessler (2843)
The assignments in this class enable students to learn about and experiment with such
components of written narrative as dialogue, dramatic tension, character development, point of
view, voice, and syntax. In addition to readings about the craft of fiction, we will occasionally
read one another's writing and the works of exemplary fiction writers. Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H, ENL300 (or permission).
ENL331 SHORT STORY II: (Twentieth Century)
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB306A TBA (2844)
-02 TTH 1:40-2:55 SB202 TBA (2845)
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL334 LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES
-01 MON 4:30-6:50 SB300 Prof. Giso (2846)"Students in this undergraduate course study
classic and contemporary literature for children in grades one through six. Emphasized in this
study are the origins and genres of children’s literature; literary elements; strategies for teaching
children’s literature; and key issues in the field, such as cultural and gender stereotyping and the
treatment of sensitive subject matter such as adoption, divorce, homelessness, etc. Students may
receive credits for EDU 334 or ENG 334, but NOT for both. This course is not open to students
who have received credits for EDU 321." Prerequisite: ENG102, 102E, 103, or 106H
ENL336 ART OF THE ESSAY
-01 MWF 2:30-3:20 MH101A Prof. Peary (2847)
Essay comes from "essai"--or to wander. In this course, we explore the creative potential of the
dynamic literary essay in a journey that's a far cry from the five-paragraph essay that has
cramped so many possibilities. All of the "rules" for essay-writing are up for debate. We study
the essay as a literary genre, focusing on its origin, development, and aesthetics by reading
essayists such as Michel de Montaigne (the "father" of the modern essay), Sei Shonagun,
Virginia Woolf, John McPhee, John D'Agata, and David Rakoff. Then we discuss the changing
role of the essay in Internet publications. Students will gain first-hand experience with
the aesthetics of the genre through creative exercises and essay assignments and will also learn
how to submit essays for publication. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who
have received credit for ENG350. Prerequisite: ENL102, 103, or 106H.
ENG339 POETRY II (Contemporary)
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 MH100C Prof. Taylor (2849)
In the second half of the twentieth century, poets continued to experiment with and even to
subvert traditional forms and poetic expectations. They tested altered states of consciousness,
made personal revelations, defined their work as it was informed by gender, race, ethnicity,
class, and sexual orientation. They explored the distinction between “high” and “popular”
culture, expanded even further poetry’s possible subjects, opened themselves to new options for
delivery, and continued to test the limitations of language itself. We will read and listen to such
poets as Bishop, Lowell, Plath, Ashbery, Ryan, Collins, Hip Hop and Slam performers, and poets
gathered in Salem for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL340 SHAKESPEARE I
-01 MWF 10:00-10:50 MH342 Prof. Theis (2850)
Students will read both history and comedy plays by Shakespeare along with one of his narrative
poems. Students will attend a performance of a Shakespeare play, write at least two papers, and
take a midterm and final exam. Working from close analysis of Shakespeare's language, students
will engage and discuss important issues like gender roles, the uses of power, role playing, and
the intersection of early modern English culture and larger questions regarding the human
condition. Prerequisites: ENG102/103 or 106H
ENL341 SHAKESPEARE II
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB206 Prof. Buchanan (2851)
-02 TTH 9:25-10:40 SB206 Prof. Buchanan (2852)
Students may take Shakespeare II without having taken Shakespeare I. Shakespeare II will focus
on the tragedies and romances and to a lesser extent upon the sonnets. We will look at
Shakespeare’s progression as a playwright while examining major themes and structural devices.
Discussion topics on Canvas guide students to key elements in the plays. In addition, students
will be asked to view film versions (from libraries or rental services) on their own in order to
facilitate understanding how the texts should sound and how productions affect our
interpretations.
N.B. English majors seeking Secondary Education licensure must take at least one semester of
Shakespeare. For all majors, ENL 340 or 341 fulfills the following categories: Pre-19th century
British Literature; Topic, Genre, Period, Major Author. Prerequisites: ENL 102/103 or 106H
ENL353 LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS
-01 TTH 8:00-9:15 MH246 Prof. DeFrancis (2853)
Required of students with a minor in Education.
This course is a study of contemporary literature for young adults. In this course, we will
investigate how the young adult novel has grown from a mostly didactic text to a sophisticated
genre which has a valuable place in the curriculum. In addition to reading a variety of young
adult novels, we will explore several key issues in the field, such as censorship, gender, and
multicultural concerns. We will also consider how to teach these novels most effectively in light
of current pedagogical theories. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL362WOMEN AND FICTION
-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 MH344 Prof. Stephenson (2854)
This course will focus on the life experiences of American women and interracial dating as seen
through the lens of contemporary women authors writing in fiction and fact. It wasn't until 1967,
in the Supreme Court Case of Loving vs. Virginia that interracial marriage became federally
legal in the U.S. Maria P. P. Root, scholar on multiracial families and multiracial identity, argues
that intermarriage “is a symbolic vehicle through which we can talk about race and gender and
reexamine our ideas about race.” In her novel, The Blindfold, Siri Hustavedt says “our lives are
infected by fiction.” What sources do we use to interpret the interracial couple? What do the
fictional representations of this relationship symbolize compared to what society tells us about
the “realities” of race, gender, and sexuality? What does the status of the interracial couple have
to say about the 21st Century color line? In order to explore these and subjugate questions, the
class will take a look at the romantic relationship between blacks and whites from the
perspective of the female fiction writer and scholar, including Erica Childs, Melissa Dubban,
Harriet Jacobs, and Lisa Teasley. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have
received credit for ENG360. Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL364 NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN NOVEL
-01 TTH 12:15-1:30 SB305A Prof. Balestraci (2857)
The novel became an extremely important genre during the nineteenth century. As both a
popular and influential literary genre, novels became touchstones of social attitudes and often
reflected the many changes that were taking place during this pivotal time in history. This course
will explore some of the major trends in the novel that took place throughout the nineteenth
century, among which are the evolution of the marriage plot, the novel of personal development
or bildungsroman, and the influence of realism. We will be reading the works of novelists such
as Hugo, Brontë, Flaubert, Dickens, Eliot, Tolstoy, and Hardy. Prerequisites: ENL102, 103 or
106H.
ENL368 MYSTERY FICTION
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 MH101A Prof. Branscomb
Study the greatest mystery and detective stories in English. EN368 is an introduction to the genre
of mystery fiction, from its beginning with the early stories of Edgar Allan Poe through the best
fiction being written today by such writers as Dennis Lehane, and Michael Connelly. Discover
the real Sherlock Holmes; examine the place of hard-boiled classics The Maltese Falcon and The
Big Sleep in 20th century American culture. Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL371 WOMEN IN LITERATURE AND FILM II
-01 Tues 12:15-2:45 MH120 Prof. Sheehan (2856)
This course continues the sequence's focus on “women in the two media.” We will explore
issues concerning female "authorship" in literature and film. Required books (print): Daughters
of the Dust: The Making of An African American Woman’s Film by Julie Dash; Personal
Velocity by Rebecca Miller; The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve; Women's Cinema: The
Contested Screen by Alison Butler; and Women without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran by
Shahrnush Parsipur.. Films include: How Men Propose (Lois Weber, dir., 1913); A House
Divided (Alice Guy, dir., 1913); L'invitation au voyage (Germaine Dulac, dir. France,1927);
Merrily We Go to Hell (Dorothy Arzner, dir.; 1932); Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren and
Alexander Hammid, dirs., 1943); Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, dir. 1991); The Weight of
Water (Kathryn Bigelow, dir., 2000); Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (Rebecca Miller, dir.;
2002; and Women without Men (Shirin Neshat, dir., 2009). Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or
106H.
ENL411 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING: (2858)
-01 TTH 1:40-2:55 MH219 Prof. Glasser
Magazine Feature Writing
For students who have always confronted the blank page as a personal interior challenge or an
academic exercise, it may come as a shock to realize that writing is a business. Editors have little
in common with patient teachers assisting writers in honing their skills. They want what they
want, they want it immediately, and they want it to meet specs because time is money.
In ENL411-01 we will explore that business relationship by first become familiar with the
demands of the market for magazines learn the demands of closed and open circ periodicals,
learn how front and back of book work differs from the feature well, and learn how successful
assignments are developed and assigned but rarely arrive fully grown over the transom. This
course will be about the writer as entrepreneur. We will learn how professionals conduct
effective interviews; we will cover the magazine universe from The Atlantic to Vogue. We will
conduct idea meetings; we will produce effective query and pitch letters. CAVEAT: We will not
be writing first-person experience articles, memoirs, or fiction.
The instructor, Perry Glasser, for more than seven years served as a features editor, managing
editor, and editor in chief of nationally distributed open and closed circ magazines. He still
serves as a Contributing Editor of a literary journal, The North American Review, and this year
was named a 2012 Fellow of the Massachusetts Cultural Council for Nonfiction. He will conduct
class along professional standards.
Taste the real world—if not now, when?
Prerequisites: ENG101, 102/103 or 106H, six credits in English beyond ENG102, and Junior
standing. May be repeated for credit once.
ENL420 SCRIPTWRITING
-01 Thurs 4:30-6:50 MH219 Prof. Glasser (3541)
Study will focus on the principles and practices of modern dramaturgy. Characters, story, plot
structure, and dialogue will be discussed and analyzed in contemporary works, and in the
developing work of students. We will focus on dramatic commercial film and development of
scripts from treatments, to scenarios, to storyboards, to a shooting script, as well as fourth wall
drama and teleplays. Prerequisite: ENL300 or ENL320 and acceptable written portfolio, OR
permission of the instructor.
ENL421 CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Non-Fiction
-01 TTH 10:50-12:05 SB210 Prof. Kessler (2859)
Members of this workshop class, by critiquing one another’s work-in-progress and by examining
the course readings, will sharpen their skills as writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Class
members, given a theoretical grounding provided by the course text, will analyze published
work, submit original manuscripts, and participate in workshop discussions. Each student is
responsible for keeping sessions lively and sophisticated. Our emphasis is on improving a
workshop member's latest draft by commenting in helpful ways. Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or
106H.
ENL424 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING
-01 FRI 1:30-4:00 MH106 Prof. O’Neil (2860)
*-02 MON 1:30-4:00 MH106 Prof. Kessler (2861)
* In this hands-on seminar, student writers experience the world of literary publishing by
constituting the editorial board of Soundings East, the nationally known literary magazine
published at Salem State. Seeking magazine-staff experience? Curious to be part of what
happens after a writer’s manuscript arrives in a magazine’s mailbox? This seminar is for you.
Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL445 ENGLISH ROMANTICISM
-01 MWF 9:00-9:50 SB202 Prof. Elia (2862)
ENGLISH ROMANTICISM is a study of the major English Romantic writers of the early 19th
century, focusing on the major poems and essays of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley,
Keats, and Hazlitt. Major themes to be discussed are: the Romantics preoccupation with the
creative process, with expressivism, with the name and nature of poetry, and with the emergence
of a newer audience. Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL450 EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE
-01 TTH 9:25-10:40 SB209 Prof. Riss (2863)
In this seminar we will explore the origins of this nation’s literary history, focusing on the period
between the European Invasion and Revolution/Enlightenment period. In particular, we will
explore what it means that the United States was the first modern nation, the first state to be
deliberately (and violently) created. We will ask who was included and who was excluded from
this construction and what role literature played in the invention of the story of “America.” The
issues covered will include the New World as New Jerusalem, Settler-Native American
relationships, the jeremiad, Salem witchcraft, the Great Awakening, the rhetoric of Reason and
Revolution, African-American and Native American autobiography, and women's writing.
Prerequisite: ENL102/103 or l06H.
ENL458 JACK KEROUAC & THE BEAT WRITERS
-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 SB205 Prof. McHale (2692)
During the Spring Semester, retired Professor Jay McHale is scheduled to teach “Jack Kerouac
and the Beat Writers” In early May 2013, the University and the English Department plan to
celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1973 “Kerouac Symposium.” This event featured poets
Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso as well as John Clellon Holmes, the author of the first Beat
novel, Go (1952). Plans are in the offing for three major events: (1) A panel discussion involving
some recognized scholars on the Beats; (2) A original piano recital inspired by the poetry of
Gregory Corso; (3) A showing of the movie version of On the Road, scheduled for release in
December.
A field trip to Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell is also planned for April as part of the class.
Keeping in mind that the dedication of the Kerouac Commemorative took place 25 years ago on
June 25, 1988, some interaction with those involved is also anticipated.
Students in the course will a have a unique opportunity to meet and talk with Kerouac
biographers and scholars in discussions accessing the importance of Kerouac and the Beat
Writers on American Literature.” Prerequisites ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENL480 TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH DRAMA
-01 WED 4:30-6:50 MH246 Prof. Jaros (2865)
This course explores the development of British drama in the 20th and early 21st century. By the
end of the semester, students will have gained a basic appreciation for how drama has responded
to the massive changes that have shaped (and un-shaped) Great Britain in the twentieth century.
Students shall become particularly familiar with how theatre has responded to Britain’s
relationship to its empire (and the end of that empire), various definitions of the nation and
nationhood, the so called "post-war dream," class and gender warfare, and finally Britain’s often-
vexed relationship with Europe and European history. Playwrights to be covered include: Noel
Coward, Oscar Wilde, Tom Stoppard, Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Timberlake
Wertenbaker, Mark Ravenhill, David Hare, Howard Brenton, and Sarah Kane, among others.
Prerequisite: ENG102, ENG102E, ENG103, or ENG106H.
ENL490 CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY
Topic: Trauma, Memory, and Atrocity
-01 TTH 1:40-2:55 MH249E Prof. Young (2866)
The Holocaust, Communism, Vietnam, Rwanda, Darfur. The list of traumatic world events that
have occurred since the mid-twentieth century are too long to list here, but the texts and art
created in response to these events is an ever-growing body of work that is fascinating for its
diversity and mind-blowing for the way it attempts to depict events that are seemingly beyond
representation.
ENL490 is a new course offered by the English Department which examines a range of critical
literary responses to traumatic events through such media as fiction, creative non-fiction, critical
theory, poetry, eye-witness testimony, and documentary and feature films. Through the lens of
contemporary theorists of memory and atrocity such as Pierre Nora, Judith Butler, and Marc
Augé, (and some precursors such as Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud) we will concentrate primarily
on post-WWII texts which are concerned with how to write the unthinkable and how to put
horrific events of the past and the present into some kind of understandable framework.
Readings, films and other artistic representations such as photography will be drawn from
various world regions including the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Films may
include Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005, Palestine), No Man’s Land (Danis Tanović,
2001, Bosnia), and The Official Story (Luis Puenzo, 1985, Argentina).
Students from all majors are welcome to take this course as an elective. This class fulfills the
English major requirement for “Approaches to Theory.” Prerequisites: ENL102 and 161. Please
email Stephenie Young [syoung2@salemstate.edu] if you would like further information.
ENL502 WRITING CENTER PRACTICUM
-01 WED 1:30-3:30 MH218 Prof. Lindholm (2867)
Permission only. In this course students will learn composition/rhetorical theory and practical
strategies that will enable them not only to become more effective writing tutors, but also to
become better writers. Class sessions will consist primarily of large and small group discussions
based on course readings and students' experience in the Writing Center. In addition to
completing assigned readings, students will regularly complete informal writing assignments
based on course readings and/or their work in the Center, write two short papers, and tutor three
sessions per week in the Writing Center. Students taking the Practicum may also have the
opportunity to work additional PAID hours in the Center if they are interested in doing so. For
further information please contact Jan Lindholm at extension 6847 or in MH220. Students may
take this practicum only if they have completed Composition II and if they are a Secondary
Education minor in English, or have received a faculty recommendation. Prerequisite:
ENG102/103 or 106H.
ENG508 INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH
-01 ARRANGED TIME Prof. Glasser (2868)
Fulfills the Capstone Requirement in English
English majors or minors with junior or senior status and at least six (6) completed credits of
courses are eligible for experiential learning—and in this economy, this may be the right move
for everyone. Get that all-important line on your resume! Best practice is for students to register
in October and meet with Prof. Glasser in late Fall for assistance with job placement and
obtaining interviews; ultimately landing a position is the student’s responsibility.
While each internship is different, in general, students can expect to fulfill a contract that in a
semester calls for between 80-100 hours of work in an environment where their writing and
editing skills will be applied to paper or electronic media. More or fewer hours can mean more
or fewer credits. In addition to job responsibilities, students will maintain a journal and complete
a self-analysis of their time in ‘the real world.” We can assist students with placement and have
many contacts at interesting and rewarding venues both on and off campus. Hours are arranged
with an employer, so Internship fits any schedule. Students may view by appointment Internship
Portfolios in MH228. Prerequisites: ENG101, 102/103 or 106H, and completion of at least six
(6) credits of English elective credits.
ENL510 PORTFOLIO SEMINAR
-01 Thurs 9:25-10:40 MH101A Prof. Glasser (2869)
Required of Professional Writing Concentrators
Juniors and seniors who have had ENG 301 students will prepare a Portfolio of their work for the
“real world.” After preparing resumes and job or graduate school applications, class is
conducted as a weekly workshop, with students dusting off work they have prepared in the past
and want to make even better, working as peer editors by using an online central repository. In
addition, students frequently opt to write a new piece or two in preparation for law school,
graduate English studies, or aimed at freelance magazine careers. Students may be admitted by
special permission, so ask if you think you are ready to take your place at the seminar table.
Prerequisite: ENG102/103 or 106H, ENG301 or completion of at least six (6) credits of
English.
ENG530 SEMINAR: LITERATURE I – GRAPHIC NOVELS
-01 MWF 12:30-3:30 MH101A Prof. Carter (2870)
We will be looking at how graphic novels differ from other novels, how they work and how to
analyze and judge them. We will be starting with three different versions of Batman and
examining what they have in common and what clearly distinguishes each from the other. Some
of the other works to be explored are Art Spiegelman's Maus, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, and
Daniel Clowes's Ghost World. Prerequisite: ENG102, 103 or 106H
EDU335 SECONDARY METH/MTLS IN TEACHING ENGLISH
-01 MWF 1:30-2:20 SB301 Prof. Damon-Bach ()
(Required of all English majors with a minor in Secondary Education.)
Required of all English majors with a minor in Secondary Education, this course is the capstone
of the five pedagogical courses required for licensure prior to the student teaching practicum. It
is offered spring only, and permission is required to enroll. During the course students will
investigate current curriculum and teaching materials in schools in the region, survey recent
research in the teaching of English, study and practice pedagogical options, and prepare detailed
lesson plans as well as a complete unit plan. 25 pre-practicum observation hours, minimum, are
required during the course.
EDU498PS STUDENT TEACHING PRACTICUM – SECONDARY
-1 WED 4:30-6:50 MH320 Prof. Damon-Bach ()
EDUCATION/ENGLISH
(Required of all English Majors with a minor in Secondary Education.)
Required of all English Majors with a minor in Secondary Education, this permission-only
course is a full-time supervised practicum in an English classroom, within grades 8-12.
Admission to the practicum requires an application, with pre-practicum documentation attached,
submitted through to the Office of Licensure and Field Placement, Sullivan Building 113B
(within the School of Graduate Studies office). Undergraduate practicum applications for Spring
2010 are available now at this link: http://www.salemstate.edu/academics/schools/1643.php.
Completed applications need to be signed by the program coordinator and are due by October 30,
2012. Please note: Students enrolled in the Practicum are also required to attend a weekly
seminar on campus each Wednesday.
ENGLISH SOCIETY
The English society is an organization of both English and non-English majors who share an
interest in literature and writing about literature. The Society meets regularly (usually bi-weekly
on Mondays) to hold discussions and to prepare for undergraduate research events that take place
during the Spring semester. The Society also collaborates to publish a collection of studentwritten essays that focus on analyzing literature. The faculty advisor of the Society is Scott
Nowka: Email: snowka@salemstate.edu. Office: MH236A, Ext. 7183.
RED SKIES
Red Skies is the online magazine by the students of Salem State University. It is published under
the auspices of the Professional Writing Program of the English Department. The primary
mission of Red Skies is to promote and showcase the artistic works of our students. Through this
online journal we hope to encourage, inform, awaken and rouse all who read it. We also believe
it is our charge to enlighten and contribute to not only the Salem State University Community
but to the community at large. We welcome new staffers and new submissions of poetry,
opinion, photography, artwork, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama. For those interested in
working on Red Skies, please contact Regina Flynn in MH247, leave a message at extension
6886, or via e-mail redskies@salemstate.edu.
SOUNDINGS EAST
Soundings East, the literary magazine of Salem State University, invites submissions of poetry,
short stories, and creative non-fiction for the Fall 2010 issue. Please include a self-addressed
stamped envelope for the return of your submission. Submissions may be dropped off in the
English Department (MH249). For those interested in working on Soundings East, please call
the office at (978) 542-6205, or speak to the advisory editor, Rod Kessler, SB208A., ext. 7270,
or e-mail him at rkessler@salemstate.edu
WRITERS’ SERIES
Remaining Events:
Thursday October 18
Steve Almond and January Gill O’Neil
7:30 p.m. MLK, Jr. Room
Thursday, November 8
Alexandria Peary, Enzo Silon Surin Ayshia Stephenson
7:30 p.m. MLK, Jr. Room
Monday, December 3
Annual Undergraduate Reading
11:00 a.m., MLK, Jr. Room
Readings are free and open to the public. For more information call (978) 542-6494.
ADVISING NOTES
1.
Students should officially declare a minor by the end of their Sophomore year. The
forms are available in the Registrar's Office (Administration Building) and the English
Department (MH249).
2.
If you plan to teach English in grades 8-12 through our Secondary Education Minor,
make sure you speak with Prof. Lucinda Damon-Bach as soon as possible for information
about program requirements, including specific coursework, MTEL examinations, and
other Massachusetts teacher licensure regulations. Her office is located in SB207C,
extension 6377, and her e-mail address is ldamonbach@salemstate.edu.
3.
English majors may declare Communications as a minor, but you must be careful not to
include any COM courses as part of the English major.
4.
Self-service ADD-DROP begins Thursday, January 10th and ends Friday, January 18th
at 12:00 midnight.
5.
New transfer students, freshmen, and students who have changed their major to English
have been assigned permanent faculty advisors. You can find your advisor’s name online via Navigator. Faculty office hours, office locations, extensions and e-mail
addresses are also posted on the bulletin board to the right of the English Dept. office
(MH249). If you have a question about who your advisor is, please see Prof Scott
Nowka, MH236A, or contact him at ext. 7183, or at snowka@salemstate.edu.
6.
REMINDERS
a. Directed Study/Internship forms must be signed by the Department Chair and
returned to the Registrar's Office by the student no later than the second week of
classes.
b. If a section of ENG101 that you want is closed you may not add into it through the
Dept. Chair. We do not overload Composition classes. English and Education
Majors must take ENG103 Composition II for English Majors.
c. Juniors and Seniors will not be able to register for ENG101 or ENG103 until after
Freshman registration.
Sincerely,
Nancy L. Schultz
Chairperson
English Department
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