Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
Chair: Frank A. Longoria, Ph.D., Professor
Location: CFO 906 Telephone: (817) 898-2324 Telefax: (817) 898-2297 Please note: TWU's area code (817) will change to 940 on May 25, 1997. E-Mail: D_LONGORIA@TWU.edu
Faculty: Professors W. Berry, J. Bishop, P. Bridges, F. Longoria, W. Tanner, S. Webb; Associate Professors V. Casper, N. Nik, J. Palmer, M. Randeri, F. Winston; Assistant Professors J. Bean, R. Greer, D. Grigar, S. Souris, L. Thompson; Instructors C. Myers, M. Parker; Lecturer K. Mongo.
The Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages offers major programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts, the Master of Arts, and the Doctor of Philosophy in English with a Concentration in Rhetoric. It offers minors in English and Spanish. Course work is also available in English as a Second Language and in professional/technical writing for students who are interested in pursuing a course of study in these areas. For more details, contact the chair of the Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages.
Admission Requirements Please see Admissions section of this catalog.
Undergraduate Degrees B.A. in English
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in English+ To earn the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English, a student will complete 12 semester hours of English (1013, 1023, 2013, 2023) as part of the Core Curriculum and amass a minimum of 30 semester hours in advanced English, including credit in the following required courses: 3 hours: American Literature: 3323, 3283, 3293, 4283, 4393, or 4903 3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373 3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203 3 hours: Shakespeare: 3333 3 hours: Novel: 3313, 3323, or 3353 3 hours: English Literature: 4243 or 4903 12 hours: Advanced courses (to be chosen from literature, language, cooperative education, technical writing courses)
Certification Programs Offered The Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages offers the following options in teacher certification programs in English:
Option I: English major with secondary certification - 30 hours in advanced English* in addition to the 12 hours in English (1013, 1023, 2013, 2023) included in the Core Curriculum 6 hours: American Literature Survey: 3283, 3293 3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, 3373 3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203 3 hours: World Literature: 4333 15 hours: Advanced Literature (3 of which must be in British Literature)
Option II: English as Second Teaching Field - 27 hours in English* 6 hours: Composition and Literature: 1013,1023 6 hours: English Literary Masterpieces: 2013, 2023 3 hours: American Literature: 3323, 3283, 3293, 4283, 4393 or 4903 3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373 3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203 3 hours: World Literature: 4333 3 hours: Advanced Literature
*The student seeking secondary certification in English, or in English as a Second Language, must also complete ERDB 3903: Methods of Teaching English. For more information on the professional development sequence, please refer to the College of Education and Human Ecology section of this catalog. +All English majors are required to complete 12 hours of foreign language. Students may elect to take 12
hours in the same language or 6 hours in one foreign language and 6 hours in a second foreign language.
The student seeking an elementary academic specialization in English will take the following option: Option II: - 27 hours in English 6 hours: Composition and Literature: 1013,1023 6 hours: Sophomore Literature: 2013, 2023, 2033, 2043, 2053, 2123, 2133, 2143 3 hours: Language/Linguistics: 3303, 3363, or 3373 3 hours: Advanced Grammar and Composition: 3203 9 hours: Advanced Literature
Minors Offered English Spanish
The major who does not work toward certification will compile at least 18 semester hours of credit in a minor field. Six of the 18 hours must be advanced. At least 3 hours must be completed at TWU. For a minor in English, the requirement is six advanced semester hours in the department beyond 12 semester hours of freshman and sophomore English. At least 3 hours of the 6 advanced hours must be completed at TWU. English honors courses are offered at the freshman and sophomore levels. For admission to an English honors course a freshman student must have been accepted into the University Honors Program or must present an honors-level score on the ACT or the SAT. An undergraduate student majoring in English or another field who expects to pursue graduate study in English is encouraged to confer with the chair of the department during the junior and senior years in order to coordinate undergraduate and graduate programs. For information concerning the Master of Arts degrees in English and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in English, see the Graduate Catalog.
English Undergraduate Courses ENG 1003. Introduction to Writing. Required of all freshmen who do not meet entrance requirements for ENG 1013. Includes intensive instruction and exercise in syntax, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary development. English 1003 does not satisfy any English requirement, and hours earned will not count toward graduation requirements. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG1013. Composition and Literature. (ENGL 1301) Required of all freshmen. Theory and practice of written and oral exposition and explication; rhetorical principles and organization in practice, especially in the essay. Prerequisite: ENG 1003 or equivalent exam. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 1023. Composition and Literature. (ENGL 1302) Required of all freshmen. Theory and practice of critical exposition and basic rhetorical analysis; composing informative and investigative exposition based on research. Prerequisite: ENG 1013 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2013. English Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2322) Major prose and poetry written before 1760 studied in chronological sequence. Emphasis on the artistry and the relation of technique to content of the works studied. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2023. English Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2323) Major works of literature written since 1760 studied in chronological sequence. Emphasis on the artistry of the works studied. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2033. American Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2326) Major works of American literature studied in chronological sequence. Attention to both poetry and prose. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2043. World Literary Masterpieces. (ENGL 2332) Survey of the masterworks of western literature, beginning with the earliest Greek works. Emphasis on the acquisition of an overview of world literature as well as knowledge about the genres, literary epochs, and literary history which has informed British and American literature. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2053. World Literary Masterpieces, 1600 to Present. (ENGL 2333) Survey of the masterworks of western literature, beginning with the seventeenth century and reaching to recent times. Emphasis on the acquisition of an overview of world literature as well as knowledge about the genres, literary epochs, and literary history which has informed British and American literature. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three Hours. ENG 2123. Poetry. An introduction to the art of lyric poetry. Intensive analysis of individual poems with special attention to terms and techniques. Poetry selections are from different literary periods in English and American literature. Prerequisite: Six hours composition. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2133. Drama. An introduction to the art of drama with emphasis on analysis of types of drama from classical Greek to modern times. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 2143. Fiction. An introduction to the art of fiction, including the study of short stories, novellas, and novels, with an emphasis on critical reading. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or its equivalent. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3111. Writing Laboratory. Guided study in ways students may improve writing competencies through learning editing skills. May be repeated for credit. Two laboratory hours a week. Credit: One hour. ENG 3153. American Ethnic Literature. Major themes, subjects, forms, and styles employed by American ethnic writers. Focus may be on particular themes, genres, or ethnic groups. Prerequisite: Six hours composition; one other literature course. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3203. Advanced Grammar and Composition. Concentration on the basic terminology and procedures of English grammar and composition, with intensive practice in both. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3273. Film and Literature. A critical study of the film in its relations to drama, the novel, the short story, poetry, and myth. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3283. Survey of American Literature: Colonial Through Romantic. Major prose and poetry written in the United States during the Colonial Period through the Romantic Period studied chronologically. Artistry and technique of the works studied along with attention to the periods in which the works were written and read. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3293. Survey of American Literature: Realism to the Present. Major prose and poetry written in the United States during the Realistic Period up to and including the present studied chronologically. Artistry and technique of the works studied along with some attention to the periods in which the works were written and read. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3303. The English Language: Development, Nature, and Structure. Modern English with historical backgrounds: phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, and usage. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3313. The English Novel. Great novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, selected as illustrating types and trends in development, analyzed for fictional patterns and as representative of the greatest novelists from Defoe through Hardy. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3323. American Fiction. American fiction from the eighteenth century to the present, with stress on major novelists, the short story, symbolism. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3333. Major Plays of Shakespeare. A close reading of Shakespeare's major plays, with an examination of Shakespeare's background in the thought of the English Renaissance. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3353. The Twentieth-Century English Novel. Analysis of works by the major novelists from 1900 to the present, including such figures as Conrad, Joyce, Waugh, and Greene. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3363. Introduction to Linguistics. A survey of the techniques and practice of recent linguistic theory, including the structural and transformational concepts of English syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3373. Contrastive Linguistics. Contrastive analysis of the linguistic differences (phonological, lexical, and syntactical) between Standard American English and Spanish and between Standard English and minority dialects. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 3433. Professional Writing. Strategies and practice in selected rhetorical forms; reading and rhetorical analysis of selected works. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English or permission of instructor. Will not substitute for a sophomore literature course. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 4243. Poetry of the Romantic Period. Philosophic and aesthetic approaches to the study of the work of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 4283. Twentieth-Century American Drama. Concentration on a close reading of representative plays of O'Neill, Miller, Williams, and Albee. Attention given to other important dramatists, various types and styles of drama, and historical relevance of plays studied. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 4333. Introduction to the Study of World Literature. Study of representative masterpieces of ancient, classical, medieval, and modern literature in translation. Stress on intercultural relationships as well as individualizing characteristics of works analyzed. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. ENG 4393. American Women and Literature. Emphasis on the changing images of major female characters and on the contributions of major female writers from the colonial period to the present. Focus may be on fiction or on poetry and drama. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies. ENG 4903. Selected Topics. Varied topics of literature: a period, specific authors, specific themes. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies. ENG 4911. Independent Study. Detailed study of a specialized topic in English. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English or permission of instructor. Credit: One hour. May be repeated for credit when the topic of investigation varies. ENG 4913. Independent Study. Directed study of a specific focus in literature. Readings, conferences, special projects. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of English or permission of instructor. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies. ENG 4953. Cooperative Education.
Graduate Courses ENG 5033. Chaucer ENG 5043. English Grammar and Syntax ENG 5073. Comparative Linguistics ENG 5083. Bibliography and Research Methods ENG 5123. Drama of the Middle Ages ENG 5143. Drama of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century ENG 5153. Studies in Twentieth-Century American and British Literature ENG 5183. Introduction to Psycholinguistics ENG 5203. Rhetoric, Ancient and Medieval ENG 5213. Studies in the English Renaissance ENG 5223. Studies in Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose ENG 5233. Studies in the Literature of the Eighteenth Century ENG 5243. Studies in the Romantic Period ENG 5253. Studies in the Victorian Period ENG 5263. Studies in American Literature ENG 5273. Studies in Fiction ENG 5283. Studies in Literary Criticism ENG 5303. Rhetoric of the Renaissance and the Seventeenth Century (Erasmus-1700) ENG 5313. The Rhetoric of Prose ENG 5343. Rhetoric and Composition Theory I ENG 5353. Rhetoric and Composition Theory II ENG 5393. Women and American Literature ENG 5903. Special Topics ENG 5913. Individual Study ENG 5953. Cooperative Education ENG 5973. Professional Paper ENG 5983. Thesis ENG 5993. Thesis ENG 6003. Rhetoric, 1700-1900 ENG 6013. Rhetoric, 1900 to the Present ENG 6023. The Rhetoric of Poetry ENG 6033. Renaissance Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare ENG 6053. Technical and Professional Writing, Pedagogy and Practice ENG 6123. Milton ENG 6913. Individual Study ENG 6983. Dissertation ENG 6993. Dissertation
SPEECH
Speech Undergraduate Courses SPCH 1013. Oral Communication. (SPCH 1311) Elements and processes of interpersonal communication in all modes. Small group activities, oral interpretation of literature, and extemporaneous speaking. Evaluative listening and speaking experience. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPCH 3203. Multicultural Communication. Theory and practice of multicultural communication. Students explore American co-cultures - including, but not limited to Native-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans - within the contexts of political rhetoric, business communication, and education. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPCH 4913. Independent Study. Detailed study of specialized topics in speech. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when the topic of investigation varies.
Spanish Spanish may be selected as a minor field of study for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree. At least 18 semester hours of credit in Spanish are required for a minor in Spanish. Six semester hours must be at the advanced level. The department also offers courses in support of the Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language programs.
Foreign Language Undergraduate Courses FL 1033. English for International Students. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. FL 1043. English for International Students. Continuation of FL 1033. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. FL 2013. Mythology. A survey of world mythologies and their global influence on the fine arts and literature. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. FL 4913. Independent Study. For students in whose program there is a need for study in an area not available to them otherwise because of timing or schedule difficulties. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Graduate Courses FL 5043. English for International Students FL 5913. Individual Study
French Undergraduate Courses FR 1011. Audio-Lingual Practice. To be taken concurrently with FR 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. FR 1013. Elementary French. (FREN 1311) For students with no previous instruction in French. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. FR 1021. Audio-Lingual Practice. Continuation of FR 1011. To be taken concurrently with FR 1023. Prerequisite: FR 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. FR 1023. Elementary French. (FREN 1312) Continuation of FR 1013. Prerequisite: FR 1013. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. FR 4911. Independent Study. For students in whose program there is a need for foreign language study not available to them otherwise because of timing or schedule difficulties. One lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. FR 4913. Independent Study. Selected topics in French language and literature. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Spanish Undergraduate Courses SPAN 1011. Audio-Lingual Drill. (SPAN 1101) To be taken concurrently with SPAN 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. SPAN 1013. Elementary Spanish. (SPAN 1313) For students with no previous instruction in Spanish. A student who presents two admission units in Spanish should enroll in Spanish 1033. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 1021. Audio-Lingual Practice. Continuation of SPAN 1011. To be taken concurrently with SPAN 1023. Prerequisite: SPAN 1013. One lecture and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. SPAN 1023. Elementary Spanish. (SPAN 1314) Continuation of SPAN 1013. Prerequisite: SPAN 1013. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 1033. Review of Grammar; Conversation; Reading. Prerequisite: Two admission units in Spanish or SPAN 1023. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 1043. Review of Grammar; Conversation; Reading. Continuation of SPAN 1033. Prerequisite: SPAN 1033. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 3153. Spanish Grammar, Composition, and Literature I. The development of writing and reading skills and vocabulary in Spanish. Prerequisites: Three years of high school Spanish, twelve hours of college-level Spanish, or permission of the instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 3163. Spanish Grammar, Composition, and Literature II. Continuation of Spanish 3153. Prerequisite: Spanish 3153. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. SPAN 4911. Independent Study. For students in whose program there is a need for foreign language study not available to them otherwise because of timing or schedule difficulties. One lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week. Credit: One hour. SPAN 4913. Independent Study. Selected studies in Spanish language and literature. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
Graduate Courses SPAN 5543. Spanish Instruction in the Content Areas SPAN 5553. Spanish for Graduate Research I SPAN 5563. Spanish for Graduate Research II SPAN 5913. Individual Studies in Hispanic Language and Literature SPAN 5973. Professional Paper
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