This survey course is designed to introduce you to a wide and rich variety of American literature from its colonial beginnings to the mid-19th century, including works representing some of the diverse ethnic and racial strands of our literary heritage as well as texts by women writers frequently excluded from literary collections.  Since this course covers writings from the colonial period through the Civil War, we will become familiar with the historical and cultural circumstances surrounding the production of a given text and explore the development and expression of some fundamental ideas—-assumptions, myths, and beliefs—that still influence the ways Americans think about themselves and their society today.  In addition to studying a range of prose, poetry, and fictional works, we will also closely examine their aesthetic or rhetorical dimensions and practice ways of identifying representative issues and themes. The course uses You Tube and other media as part of its instruction.

            Course requirements include weekly reading and discussion posts, a course paper, and a mid-term and final examination. (Note: To enroll in this course you must have previously taken ENC1101 and ENC 1102. ENG 3014 is highly recommended. This course satisfies the “Literary History” requirement)

Have you ever felt like you just don’t know enough about computers and their application to your major or career path? This course provides an exploration of how computer technology informs humanities study in history, literature, philosophy and other areas as well as our daily lives. After studying the history of digital humanities, we will learn about basic database and interface design, “big data,” effective Internet search strategies, and the changing role of cell phones in our lives. We will also become familiar with digital tools such Google Earth, Voyant, and Omeka so that we can understand how they are used for humanities research, teaching, communication, and publishing. In addition to weekly discussion posts, assignments include a review of a mobile app, a digital tools annotated bibliography, a collaborative digital project proposal, and a Final Exam. If you want to understand better how your current major intersects with the Internet and changing computer technologies and how you can best prepare yourself to deal with the ethics and politics of our digital world, this course is for you.

Course Prerequisite(s): Any HUM course or C.I. Corequisite(s): None. Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): None.

This survey course is designed to introduce you to a wide and rich variety of American literature from its colonial beginnings to the mid-19th century, including works representing some of the diverse ethnic and racial strands of our literary heritage as well as texts by women writers frequently excluded from literary collections.  Since this course covers writings from the colonial period through the Civil War, we will become familiar with the historical and cultural circumstances surrounding the production of a given text and explore the development and expression of some fundamental ideas—-assumptions, myths, and beliefs—that still influence the ways Americans think about themselves and their society today.  In addition to studying a range of prose, poetry, and fictional works, we will also closely examine their aesthetic or rhetorical dimensions and practice ways of identifying representative issues and themes. The course uses You Tube and other media as part of its instruction.

Course requirements include weekly reading and discussion responses, a course paper, and a mid-term and final examination. (Note: To enroll in this course you must have previously taken ENC1101 and ENC 1102. ENG 3014 is highly recommended. This course satisfies the “Literary History” requirement)

This course structure is primarily historical, but it also uses region and culture in ways that are appropriate for various course goals. In contrast to the often-romantic depiction of the American Indian in history or films, this course surveys Native American literature from its traditional origins—including tales, songs, and oratory—to more modern responses in autobiography, fiction, poetry, and other contemporary genres by writers such as N. Scott Momaday and Louise Erdrich. In addition to learning about an alternate history and culture of North America and the “oral tradition” in different periods and regions, this course aims to explore a series of thematic and aesthetic continuities and to understand the various issues that face Native Americans both on and off reservation communities today. This course uses You Tube and other media as part of its instruction. Course requirements include reading, participation, brief written responses, a course paper, and a midterm and final exam.

(Note: This course fulfills the pre-1865 or “Literary History” requirement. To enroll in this course, you must have previously taken ENC1101 and ENC 1102. ENG 3014 is highly recommended, but not required.)

"Pre-1865" literary history

This survey course is designed to introduce you to a wide and rich variety of literature from the period of colonization to the mid-19th century, including works representing some of the diverse ethnic and racial strands of our literary heritage as well as texts by women writers frequently excluded from literary collections.  Since this course covers writings from Native American sources through the Civil War, we will become familiar with the historical circumstances surrounding the production of a given text and explore the development and expression of some fundamental ideas—-assumptions, myths, and beliefs—that still influence the ways Americans think about themselves and their society.  In addition to studying a range of prose, poetry, and fictional works, we will also closely examine their aesthetic or rhetorical dimensions and practice ways of identifying representative issues and themes. The course uses You Tube and other media as part of its instruction.

Course requirements include weekly reading and responses, a course paper, and a mid-term and final examination. (Note: To enroll in this course you must have previously taken ENC1101 and ENC 1102. ENG 3014 is highly recommended. This course satisfies the “Literary History” requirement)

Beyond the general aim of introducing you to a range of research methods and related professional issues in the field of English, this course has several goals. First, it aims to review current approaches to literary and cultural studies, including the field of technical writing, and  ways, for example, that feminist and “border” studies enable us to engage texts from provocative points of view. Second, we will focus on basic tools of literary scholarship and the kinds of questions—and answers—that lead to productive library research. Our purpose in doing that is to go beyond “Google” and to become adept with the use of various print and electronic resources as well as appropriate research strategies. Third, we will examine specific bibliographical, critical, and textual problems; this will give us further practical experience in collecting research materials, weighing evidence, reaching conclusions, and constructing scholarly arguments. 

While an asynchronous UCF Webcourse, course requirements include weekly reading and discussion postings, individual and collaborative research assignments, an annotated bibliography, and a final exam.

This is a "pre-1865" literary history class.

This survey course is designed to introduce you to a wide and rich variety of literature from the period of colonization to the mid-19th century, including works representing some of the diverse ethnic and racial strands of our literary heritage as well as texts by women writers frequently excluded from literary collections. Since this course covers writings from Native American sources through the Civil War, we will become familiar with the historical circumstances surrounding the production of a given text and explore the development and expression of some fundamental ideas—-assumptions, myths, and beliefs—that still influence the ways Americans think about themselves and their society. In addition to studying a range of prose, poetry, and fictional works, we will also closely examine their aesthetic or rhetorical dimensions and practice ways of identifying representative issues and themes. The course uses You Tube and other media as part of its instruction.

This 6-week course is reading intensive. Course requirements include weekly reading and discussion posts, a course paper, and a course examination. (Note: To enroll in this course you must have previously taken ENC1101 and ENC 1102. ENG 3014 is highly recommended. This course satisfies the “Literary History” requirement)