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ENGLISH (ENGL)

Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Department Chair, 333 Kimpel Hall, (479) 575-4301, E-mail: brinkm@uark.edu

Dorothy Stephens, Graduate Coordinator, 333 Kimpel Hall, (479) 575-4301, E-mail: English@cavern.uark.edu

Distinguished Professor Guilds • University Professor Williams • Professors Booker, Brinkmeyer, Candido, Cochran, Duval, Heffernan, Montgomery, Quinn, Talburt, Wilkie • Associate Professors Adams, Burris, Giles, Hays, Jimoh, Kahf, MacRae, Marren, Sherman, Slattery, Stephens • Visiting Associate Professors Meschery, Shomer • Assistant Professors Armstrong • Adjunct Assistant Professor McCray

Degrees Conferred:

M.A., Ph.D. (ENGL)

M.F.A. in Creative Writing (CRWR)
(See Creative Writing)

Areas of Concentration: Master of Arts-history and criticism of literature in English; Master of Fine Arts-drama, fiction, poetry; Doctor of Philosophy-Medieval, Renaissance to 1660, Restoration and eighteenth century, nineteenth century, twentieth century; American literature to 1900, twentieth-century American literature; linguistics; and criticism.

Prerequisites to Degree Program: The following materials must be submitted to the Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, by applicants to the M.A. and Ph.D. programs:

1. Application for Admission to Graduate Study in English. The form is available from the Director of Graduate Studies.

2. Graduate Record Examination scores on the Aptitude Test (verbal and quantitative) for applicants to the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. GRE score on the Advanced Test in Literature also required for applicants to the Ph.D. program.

3. Scores on other standardized tests, if available. TOEFL scores if applicable.

4. Complete transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work.

5. Three letters of recommendation from former teachers, supervisors, or employers.

6. A writing sample, preferably a piece of literary criticism.

Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree: In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, the Department stipulates that the following conditions be met:

1. Each master's candidate must present 30 hours of course work or 24 hours of course work and a thesis. Each candidate must satisfy the department's course distribution requirement by taking the following courses:

a. At least one three-hour course in medieval English literature.

b. At least one three-hour course in Early Modern Literature.

c. At least one three-hour course in two of the following three fields (six hours minimum): Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Modern British Literature.

d. At least one three-hour course in two of the following fields (six hours minimum): American Literature to 1900, Modern American Literature, Post-World War II Literature in English.

Course work submitted for the M.A. must include at least one seminar.

2. Each master's candidate must demonstrate a reading knowledge of a language other than English that is relevant to the study of literature in English. French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Ancient Greek, and Latin are the normally acceptable choices to meet the foreign language requirement, although other languages may be used with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. This requirement should be met as early as possible in the student's program of study, and in no case later than one week prior to the end of classes in the semester in which the student intends to graduate. (For details about how this requirement may be satisfied, see section two under "Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree," below.)

3. Each master's candidate must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.33 for the total number of hours presented for the degree. The grade point will be determined on the following scale: A, 4.00; A-, 3.66; B+, 3.33; B, 3.00; etc. The plus and minus ratings are recorded on the student's records in the Department of English only and do not appear on the official records in the Registrar's Office.

4. Each master's candidate must pass a comprehensive examination and a formal thesis defense.

Requirements for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: For a description of the requirements for the M.F.A. in creative writing, see page 66.

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree: In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, the Department stipulates that these requirements be met:

1. A student who begins doctoral study with an M.A. from another university or with an M.F.A. must take any courses required for the M.A. here which were not taken elsewhere, but these deficiency courses may, with the consent of the student's adviser, count toward the 24-hour course requirements.

2. Each doctoral candidate is required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of at least two languages other than English that are relevant to the study of literature in English. French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Ancient Greek, and Latin are the normally acceptable choices to meet the foreign language requirement, although other languages may be used with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. Doctoral candidates who can document that they have met a foreign language requirement at the University of Arkansas or another accredited M.A. program need demonstrate a reading knowledge of only one language in addition to that used to meet the M.A. foreign language requirement. This requirement should be met as early as possible in the student's program of study, preferably before registration for doctoral dissertation hours. Students who elect the medieval period as the field of specialization must also demonstrate a reading knowledge of Latin, Old English, and Middle English.

For either the M.A. or Ph.D. degree, reading knowledge must be demonstrated in one of the following ways:

a. The student passes a test of reading knowledge as administered through the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature or by a member of the faculty of another department in the University who is competent to assess reading knowledge in the given language. The Department of Foreign Languages administers testing either in conjunction with Ph.D. reading courses (course number 3063) in French, German, Latin, or Spanish; or through individual examinations. Students wishing to be examined in a foreign language should contact the Department of Foreign Languages well before the test to familiarize themselves with the different requirements of each language program.

b. The student presents evidence of having completed the equivalent of one semester of graduate or upper-level undergraduate study in foreign language (in the given language) with a grade of "B" or above at an accredited college or university.

c. The student documents that the language in question is his or her native language and that he or she has native fluency in the language.

3. By the time they take the candidacy examinations, students must have completed the Graduate School residence requirement and the departmental course requirements or be registered for courses, which, if passed, will complete these
requirements.

4. To strengthen and support a field of specialization, each student may take up to six hours of graduate course work in other departments. Subject to the approval of the student's adviser, these hours will count toward the 24-hour course requirement for the degree.

5. With the consent of the Graduate Studies Committee, students will declare a field of specialization. This declaration will be made prior to the completion of the candidate's first year of doctoral studies; it must be made before arranging to take the written candidacy examinations. The field of specialization must be one of the seven period fields (Medieval, Renaissance to 1660, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, American literature to 1900, and Twentieth-Century American literature), or Linguistics, or Criticism.

6. Students in the doctoral program are required to complete 24 semester hours of course work for graduate credit beyond the M.A. degree. This work must include at least one course in critical theory, a course in philology, and at least four seminar courses, at least one of which must be in the field of specialization.

7. Each student must pass the following candidacy examinations:

a. A four-hour written examination in the field of specialization.

b. A two-hour oral examination which will cover a major author and a genre. Students may retake only once any examination they fail.

8. Students must notify the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of their intention to take the candidacy examinations a month before the end of the term preceding the date of the examinations, which will be scheduled by the student in consultation with the committees administering the examinations. At the time they take the candidacy examinations, students must have a grade-point average of 3.50 for courses taken beyond the master's degree. The grade point will be on the following scale: A, 4.00; A-, 3.66; B+, 3.33; B, 3.00; etc. The plus and minus ratings are recorded on the student's record in the Department of English only and do not appear on the official record in the Registrar's Office.

9. Within the time limits specified by the Graduate School, each student must submit a dissertation acceptable to the student's dissertation committee.

Secondary Emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition: Students earning the Doctor of Philosophy in English or the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing may choose Rhetoric and Composition as a field of secondary emphasis. Students who choose this option are required to do the following:

1. Take Composition Pedagogy (ENGL 5003), Topics in Rhetoric and Composition (ENGL 6003), and English Language and Composition for Teachers (ENGL 4003) or Classical Rhetoric (COMM 5303).

2. Teach five different writing courses offered by the English Department.

3. Pass a one-hour oral examination in the area.

COURSES: ENGLISH (ENGL)

ENGL4003 English Language and Composition for Teachers (FA) Subject matter and methods of approach for the teaching of composition in high school.

ENGL4073 Film Writing Workshop (IR) A workshop in writing the screenplay with close attention given to student manuscripts and adaptations. Prerequisite: advanced standing.

ENGL4123 Language and Public Policy (IR) Semantic distortion in politics and commerce-mass media, government, professional jargon, language of sexism, classism, war, etc.

ENGL4173 Backgrounds of English Literature (IR) Backgrounds of English literature which will be of particular value to teachers. Extensive use of slides, films, and recordings to acquaint the student with various movements, ideas, events, and influences which constitute the cultural context for the literary works.

ENGL419V Literature in Relation to Other Disciplines (1-3) (IR) Relationships between literature and such related fields as science, politics, psychology, history, and art. May be repeated for 6 hours.

ENGL4253 African Literature (IR) A study of modern African fiction, drama, poetry, and film from various parts of Africa in their cultural context. Works are in English or English translation. (Same as WLIT 4993)

ENGL4323 American Realism and Naturalism (IR) American poetry and fiction between the Civil War and World War I. The origins and characteristics of Realism and Naturalism are discussed, and the relationship between the schools examined. Authors include Mark Twain, James, Howells, Dunbar, Chopin, Crane, Chesnutt, Wharton, Freeman, Robinson, Dreiser, Garland, and others.

ENGL4333 African American Literature (IR) Historical and critical survey of African American literature in its social and cultural context.

ENGL4343 The Modern Southern Novel (IR) Examination of the works of such authors as Faulkner, McCullers, O'Connor, Warren, and Wolfe both as works of art and as representative products of a significant cultural region.

ENGL4363 Modern American Poetry from 1900 to 1960 (IR) Twentieth-century American poetry from Frost and Eliot to 1960.

ENGL4383 Literature of the South (IR) Literature about the South by Southern writers in America from the Colonial period to the present.

ENGL4433 Middle English Literature (IR) English literature (other than the works of Chaucer) from 1200 to 1500.

ENGL4713 Eighteenth-Century Literature to 1750 (IR) Poetry, drama, the essay, and prose fiction from 1700 to 1750.

ENGL4723 Eighteenth-Century Literature After 1750 (IR) Poetry, drama, the essay, and prose fiction from 1750 to 1800.

ENGL4813 Poetry of the Romantic Period (IR)

ENGL4833 Poetry of the Victorian Period (IR)

ENGL4853 British Literature of the Nineteenth Century (IR) Selected major works of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction prose of the nineteenth century.

ENGL4903 British Short Story (IR) Survey of the British short story in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis on the major writers.

ENGL4913 Contemporary American and British Poetry (IR) American and British poetry since 1940.

ENGL4923 Modern World Drama (IR) Drama from Ibsen to the 1930s. (Same as WLIT 4923)

ENGL4933 Contemporary American and British Novel (IR) English and American novels since 1940.

ENGL4943 Modern British Novel (IR) The novel in England and Ireland from 1900 to 1940.

ENGL4963 Contemporary World Drama (IR) Drama since the 1930s. (Same as WLIT 4963)

ENGL4973 Twentieth-Century Non-Fiction Prose (IR) Twentieth century non-fiction prose as literature; selected works such British and American writers as H. Adams, Agee, Capote, Cleaver, Hemingway, Lawrence, C.S. Lewis, Mailer, Orwell, Stein, and Woolf.

ENGL4993 Modern British Literature (IR) Poetry, drama, fiction, and the essay from 1890 to 1940.

ENGL5003 Composition Pedagogy (FA) Introduction to teaching college composition. Designed for graduate assistants at the University of Arkansas.

ENGL5013 Creative Writing Workshop (IR)

ENGL5023 Writing Workshop: Fiction (IR)

ENGL5033 Writing Workshop: Poetry (IR)

ENGL5043 Translation Workshop (IR) Problems of translation and the role of the translator as both scholar and creative writer; involves primarily the discussion in workshop of the translations of poetry, drama, and fiction done by the students, some emphasis upon comparative studies of existing translations of well-known works. Primary material will vary. (Same as FLAN 504) May be repeated for 15 hours. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of a foreign language.

ENGL5063 Internship in Publishing (IR) Practical experience and instruction in copyediting and stylistics, promotional copywriting, and production. Conducted at the University of Arkansas Press and designed for students who plan careers in publishing. May be repeated for 6 hours.

ENGL507V Creative Non-Fiction Workshop (1-3) (IR) The theory and practice of the "New Journalism" with a study of its antecedents and special attention to the use of "fictional" techniques and narrator point of view to make more vivid the account of real people and real events.

ENGL510V Readings in English and American Literature (1-6) (IR) Open to Honors candidates and graduate students. May be repeated.

ENGL5143 English Teachers' Workshop: Literature (IR) Primarily for high school teachers of English. Review of principles of literary criticism, literary movements; intensive study of representation works from each genre.

ENGL5183 The Structure of Present English (SP) Structural analysis of the language.

ENGL5203 Introduction to Graduate Studies (IR) Students learn to carry out and report on literary research. Practical assignments introduce them to the reference collections, professional journals, and microform texts with which scholars work. Meanwhile, advanced explication and composition exercises work on perfecting the students' control over the design and style of the articles they write.

ENGL5233 Form and Theory of Translation (IR) An examination of the principal challenges that confront translators of literature, including the recreation of style, dialect, ambiguities, and formal poetry; vertical translation; translation where multiple manuscripts exist; and the question of how literal a translation should be. (Same as WLIT 5233)

ENGL5243 Special Topics (IR) Designed to cover subject matter not offered in other courses. May be repeated.

ENGL5253 Modern Criticism (IR) Critical theory and practice from 1900 to the present.

ENGL5263 Form and Theory of Fiction: I (IR) Such aspects of the genre as scene, transition, character, and conflict. Discussion is limited to the novel.

ENGL5273 Form and Theory of Poetry: I (IR) An examination of perception, diction, form, irony, resolution, and the critical theories of the major writers on poetry, such as Dryden, Coleridge, and Arnold.

ENGL5283 Form and Theory of Fiction: II (IR) Second part of the study of the techniques of fiction. Discussion is limited to the short story. Prerequisite: ENGL 5263.

ENGL5293 Form and Theory of Poetry: II (IR) Second part of the study of the techniques of poetry; independent study of a poet or a problem in writing or criticism of poetry. Prerequisite: ENGL 5273.

ENGL5333 Major American Poets (IR) Intensive study of two or more major poets. May be repeated.

ENGL5343 The American Novel to 1900 (IR)

ENGL5353 The American Novel from 1900 to 1960 (IR)

ENGL5363 Henry James (IR) A study of the major works of Henry James.

ENGL5373 William Faulkner (IR)

ENGL5433 Chaucer (IR)

ENGL5483 Germanic and Celtic Backgrounds of Medieval Literature (IR) Literary traditions of Old and Middle English, of Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia, and Wales. (Same as WLIT 5483)

ENGL5503 English Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century (IR)

ENGL5613 Seventeenth-Century Literature to 1660 (IR)

ENGL5623 The English Bible (IR) The several translations of the Bible; its qualities as great literature; its influence upon literature in English; types of literary forms. (Same as WLIT 5623)

ENGL5633 English Drama from Its Beginning to 1642 (IR) Early forms, Tudor drama, Shakespeare's contemporaries, and Stuart drama to the closing of the theatres.

ENGL5653 Shakespeare: Plays and Poems (IR)

ENGL569V Seminar in Film Studies (1-9) (IR) Research, discussion; papers on a variety of film genres and areas including the new American film, the science-fiction film, directors, film comedy, the experimental film, criticism, the film musical. (Same as COMM 569)

ENGL5913 Topics in Twentieth-Century British Literature (IR) Subject matter changes depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated.

ENGL6003 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition (IR) Examination of various topics in rhetoric and composition through the intensive study of contemporary research, theory, and practice.

ENGL6123 Seminar: Folklore (IR)

ENGL6193 The Development of English (FA) Intensive course in the fundamentals of linguistic study and their application to the history of English from prehistoric times to the present.

ENGL6303 Seminar: Studies in American Literature to 1900 (IR)

ENGL6313 Seminar: Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature (IR)

ENGL6343 Seminar: Studies in American Prose (IR)

ENGL6403 Seminar: Medieval Literature (IR)

ENGL6413 Old English (FA)

ENGL6423 Beowulf (SP) May be counted to fulfill a part of medieval requirement for doctorate.

ENGL6433 Middle English (IR)

ENGL6503 Seminar: Renaissance Literature (IR)

ENGL6603 Seminar: Seventeenth-Century Literature (IR)

ENGL6653 Seminar: Shakespeare (IR)

ENGL6703 Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Literature (IR)

ENGL6813 Seminar: The Romantic Movement (IR)

ENGL6823 Seminar: Victorian Literature (IR)

ENGL6903 Seminar: Modern Literature (IR)

ENGL6913 Seminar: Contemporary Literature (IR)

ENGL698V Master's Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)

ENGL699V Master of Fine Arts Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)

ENGL700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-18) (FA, SP, SU)