The Department of English offers the following English graduate courses in rotation.

ENG 5331 Creative Writing: Fiction. A graduate writing workshop, this course emphasizes the writing and revision of fiction and creative nonfiction.

ENG 5332 Creative Writing: Poetry. A graduate writing workshop, this course emphasizes the writing and revision of poetry. (Offered Fall 2011 Instructor: Melissa Morphew)

ENG 5333 Practicum: Editing and Publishing. In this course, students study and apply current scholarship in editing and publishing. They have the opportunity to work both on and off campus as writers and editors in various professions. (Offered Fall 2011. Instructor: Paul Ruffin)

ENG 5335 Workshop in Teaching Writing. This course supports the Sam Houston Writing Project, an intensive workshop in writing and the teaching of writing. It emphasizes applications of current writing theory and research.

ENG 5339 Directed Study of Selected Topics in Literature and Language. This course, which may be taken only with the approval of the Department Chair, allows a student to engage a specialized topic in literature or language under the direct supervision of a graduate faculty member. A student may take no more than six credit hours of directed study during his or her graduate career.

ENG 5367 Practicum in Teaching College Composition. This course studies modern rhetorical principles and methodologies used in teaching college-level writing. (Offered Fall 2011. Instructor: Bill Bridges)

ENG 5368 Literary Criticism and Theory. This course studies various theories and theorists of literary interpretation, with application and practice in writing criticism.

ENG 5369 Studies in the Novel. This course studies the emergence and development of the novel as a distinct literary genre. It is designed to allow for reading of the novel in various contexts, from various nations and historical ages, and according to various theoretical emphases. (Offered Summer I 2011: Instructor: Paul Child -- "The Early English Novel: Defoe to Dickens.")

ENG 5370 Studies in Multicultural Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literatures of underrepresented groups of the Western Hemisphere, including African Americans, Latinos, Chicanos, Caribbeans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The class, which will explore these literatures within their historical and cultural contexts, may feature various critical approaches and pursue various thematic and aesthetic emphases. (Offered Summer II 2011. Instructor: Diane Dowdey)

ENG 5371 Studies in Modern World Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of world literature from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The course is designed to allow for reading both works in translation and Anglophone literatures.

ENG 5372 Early American Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of early America.

ENG 5374 Studies in Women’s Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of selected women writers from various historical ages, genres, and nationalities. Emphases may vary each semester.

ENG 5375 Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of Restoration and 18th-century Britain.

ENG 5376 The Classical Tradition. This course studies the Greek and Roman literary heritage and its influence upon subsequent literature. Students read ancient and classical works in translation and study the current literature in the field. (Offered Fall 2011. Instructor: Darci Hill)

ENG 5377 Studies in Early and Middle English Literature. In this course, students must read and analyze selected literary works in Old and / or Middle English. (Offered Fall 2011. Instructor: Kimberly Bell)

ENG 5378 Studies in Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century British Literature. In this course, students must read and analyze the literature, writers, movements, and genres of 16th- and 17th-century Britain. Topics may include studies in Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton.

ENG 5379 Studies in Romantic Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of the British Romantic age.

ENG 5380 Studies in Victorian Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of the Victorian age.

ENG 5381 Studies in British Literature, 1900-Present. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of 20th- and 21st-century Britain.

ENG 5383 Studies in English Linguistics. A thoroughgoing graduate introduction to English linguistics, this course features study in sociolinguistics, dialectology, lexicography, stylistics through linguistic analysis, principles of semantics, and linguistics in relation to the teaching of English.

ENG 5384 Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Theory. This course studies selected topics in historical and contemporary rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and composition theory. Students will apply current theory and research in rhetoric and composition.

ENG 5385 Studies in American Literature, 1800-1860. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1800 to 1860. (Offered Fall 2011. Instructor: Julie Hall)

ENG 5386 Studies in American Literature, 1860-1920. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1860-1920.

ENG 5387 Studies in American Literature, 1920-the Present. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1920 to the present. (Offered Summer I 2011. Instructor: Melissa Morphew)

ENG 5388 The Study of Major Figures in American Poetry. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the writers and movements contributing to the development of American poetry.

ENG 5389 History and Development of the English Language. This course is an investigation of the English language from its Indo-European roots to today’s English via Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English. The focus is on changes in phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon.

ENG 5390 Studies in Technical and Professional Writing. This course engages students in in-depth study of current issues in technical and professional communication. Students examine the field and conduct primary research.

ENG 6330 Special Topics in English. In this elective course, students will apply current research to an analysis and understanding of a special topic in English language, literature, theory, and/or a writing discipline. The contents and approaches to the materials vary from term to term. (Offered Summer II 2011: Instructor: Douglas Krienke -- "Shakespeare and Marlowe: Repositioning the Question of Influence.") (Offered Fall 2011: Instructor: Robert Donahoo -- "Literature of the American South.")

ENG 6397 Methods of Research and Bibliography. Required of all English majors under MA Plan I and MA Plan II, this course introduces students to graduate-level research methods in literature and to the study of the book. (Offered Fall 2010. Instructor: Drew Lopenzina)

ENG 6398 Thesis I. In this first semester of graduate thesis, the student works under close faculty supervision to produce a thesis prospectus approved by all members of the reading committee and submits a draft of the introduction. (Offered Each Term)

ENG 6399 Thesis II. In this second semester of graduate thesis, the student works under close faculty supervision to complete the thesis. The student must enroll in this class from term to term until the thesis is completed. (Offered Each Term)