English (ENGL) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-3310.

 

Course Listings

Course#                    Course Title (Credit Hours)                      CRN       Day/Time      Location    Session  Instructor

95-011* Writing for Show: Grammar Workshop (1) 20572 Online   Second Gallagher
183-010 Independent Study (1-4) 20132 Hours arranged   First Staff
183-011 Independent Study (1-4) 20269 Hours arranged   Second Staff
187-010 Classic Westerns (4) 20219 Online   First Gallagher
189-010 What's the Truth Got to Do With It (4) 20223 Online   First Skutches
189-011 History by Hollywood (4) 20573 Online   Second Gallagher
281-010 Writing Internship (1-4) 20211 Hours arranged   First Kroll
281-011 Writing Internship (1-4) 20270 Hours arranged   Second Kroll
282-010 Professional Internship (2-4) 20214 Hours arranged   First Kroll
282-011 Professional Internship (2-4) 20271 Hours arranged   Second Kroll
301-010 Early American Scandals (4) 20224 Online   First Gallagher
301-011 Early American Scandals (3) 20742 Online   First Gallagher
388-010 Independent Study (1-4) 20215 Hours arranged   First Staff
388-011 Independent Study (1-4) 20272 Hours arranged   Second Staff
391-010 Literature and the World-Wide Web (4) 20743 Online   Second Whitley
391-011 Literature and the World-Wide Web (3) 20574 Online   Second Whitley
400-010 Supervised Teaching (1) 20216 Hours arranged   First Staff
400-011 Supervised Teaching (1) 20274 Hours arranged   Second Staff
479-010 Twentieth-Century World Literature (3) 20273 Th 4-7:00pm DR 102 Second Fifer
495-010 Independent Study (3) 20217 Hours arranged   First Staff
495-011 Independent Study (3) 20275 Hours arranged   Second Staff

Course Descriptions

95. Writing for Show: Grammar Workshop: Feeling a little shaky about editing your written work? Don't have the confidence in your knowledge of grammar that you need to be a complete writer! This online course aims to help. We'll work together on a series of widely recognized common grammar errors as well as focusing individually on your personal problem spots. Gather some of your recent writing for diagnostic purposes. Compile a list of grammar questions. Appropriate for anyone -- staff as well as students -- needing a refresher or a brush-up. Drills and exercises, yes, but personal comfort, consolation, and consultations with Conan, the Grammarian assured. May be repeated for credit.  *Online section requires use of Blackboard.

183. Independent Study: Individually supervised study of a topic in literature, film, or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of the department chairperson. HU

187-10. Classic Westerns: Gunfighter Nation: America in the Western Film:  The killer as hero.  The coupling of progress and violence.  In the western film irreconcilable cultural differences unavoidably thrust a good man with a gun into a fight-to-the-death showdown with “savages,” be they Indians, Mexicans, lower-class whites, or whomever.  We will examine the mythic role of the gunfighter in classic westerns starring icons like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.  A Literature and Social Justice presentation by the Department of English.           

189-010. Fiction vs. Non-Fiction:  What's Truth Got to Do with It?:  Conventional thinking holds that nonfictional stories are about the “real world” and true, while fictional literature is “made up” and therefore not true. As a nontraditional study of literature, the course will explore this thinking to see how it holds up to thoughtful consideration of both fictional and nonfictional texts. Along the way, the idea of truth itself will be up for grabs. Texts may include Capote’s In Cold Blood, Kerouac’s On the Road, O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, and Frey’s A Million Little Pieces, along with short stories and several films. There will also be some scholarly work on narrative such as Jerome Bruner’s Making Stories: Law, Literature, and Life.    

 

189-011. History by Hollywood:   All of us learned history in the classroom from "certified" History teachers and from "official" history books.  But millions of people have had their sense of history shaped by such films as JFK, SCHINDLER'S LIST, AMISTAAD, and W.  In fact, such American film-makers as Frank Capra, John Ford, and Oliver Stone are self-conscious if "unofficial" historians.  This course will examine the versions of history presented in a series of classic American films by our most influential directors.  A Literature and Social Justice presentation by the Department of English.  

281. Writing Internship: Projects on- or off-campus in professional, governmental, or service organizations. Experience must include extensive writing that can be submitted for review. Enrollment limited to juniors or seniors with a major or minor in English. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: approval of department internship adviser or department chair.

282. Professional Internship: Supervised projects, on- or off-campus, in professional, government, or service organizations. An interested student must submit a proposal, demonstrating the project's relevance to the study of language, texts, or communication, to the department's internship adviser. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. Internship credits do not count toward major in English. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and approval by department internship adviser.

301.  Early American Scandals: Jefferson and Hemings:  All men are created equal.  Jefferson is the conceiving spirit of our country, and the voice of hope for repressed peoples across time the world over.  And yet he owned slaves.  And yet most people now agree that he engaged in a thirty-year relationship with his slave Sally Hemings that began when she was a teen and produced six children.  How could he do this?  What kind of woman was Hemings?  Was their relationship systematic rape or tender love, shameful or tragic?  We will examine the facts of the case, trace the history of its representation, and ponder what it means for understanding race relations in America.  Teachers will find this subject ripe for curriculum projects.  A Literature and Social Justice presentation by the Department of English.

388. Independent Study: Individually supervised study of a topic in literature, film, or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of department chairperson.

391.  Literature and the World-wide Web:  How has literature changed since the Internet became a part of our everyday lives? This class considers literary texts written for the Internet as well as online archives of nineteenth-century literature as we think about how literature differs in the “old” media of print and the new digital medium.     Online; requires use of Blackboard.   

400. Supervised Teaching: Practical experience in teaching through assisting a faculty teacher in conduct of a regularly scheduled undergraduate course. Open only to graduate students with at least one semester of graduate course work at Lehigh University and a GPA of at least 3.5. Usually rostered in conjunction with 485. Prerequisite: consent of the department chairperson.

479.  Masters of Contemporary World Literature—Mixed Genres:  From novels, short stories, and memoirs to poetry and drama, the best of contemporary world literature from a variety of countries and writers, both established and emerging voices from 1945 to the present. 

495. Independent Study: Individually supervised course in an area of literature, film or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of the graduate program coordinator.

 

*Blackboard is the online course management system used at Lehigh.  Access to Blackboard requires a Lehigh computing account.