Courses
MAS 314 • Mexican American Lit/Cul-Wb
40630 • Spring 2021
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM
Internet; Synchronous
CDWr
Description: Gloria Anzaldúa famously called the border between México and the United States a “1,950 mile-long open wound,” “una herida abierta,” where “a third country—a border culture” has arisen on either side of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo and beyond. In this course, we will traverse the borders of language(s), geography, history, and identity negotiated by Mexican-American artists from Texas in a variety of literary genres, visual art, and film. Our methods will be intersectional—attending to class, gender, sexuality, religion, etc., in addition to race—as we explore these (re)definitions of what it means to be, in Cherríe Moraga’s words, American “con acento.”
The primary aim of this course is to help students develop and improve the critical reading, writing, and thinking skills needed for success in upper-division courses in English and other disciplines. They will also gain practice in using the Oxford English Dictionary and other online research tools and print resources that support studies in the humanities. Students will learn basic information literacy skills and models for approaching literature with various historical, generic, and cultural contexts in mind.
This course contains a writing flag. The writing assignments in this course are arranged procedurally with a focus on invention, development through instructor and peer feedback, and revision; they will comprise a major part of the final grade.
Tentative Texts: Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (nonfiction, memoir, theory); Alonzo, Jotos del Barrio (play); Silva, Flesh to Bone (short stories).
Requirements & Grading: There will be a series of 3 formal writing assignments, the first of which must be revised and resubmitted (70% of the final grade in total). Excluding the final project (critical or creative), the second assignment may also be revised and resubmitted by arrangement with the Instructor. Students will also have the opportunity to practice writing in a variety of other genres, including reading journals (or the occasional quiz), creative writing exercises, and in-class presentations (30% of the final grade).
WGS 340 • Latinx Short Story-Wb
46090 • Spring 2021
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
CDWr
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E 321 • Shakespeare-Wb
34845 • Fall 2020
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
GC
E 321 l Shakespeare
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34845
Semester: Fall 2020
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of the following plays: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, The Tempest, Henry V, As You Like It.
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Reading Journal 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 360R • Lit Studies Fr Hs Eng Tchrs-Wb
35015 • Fall 2020
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM
Internet; Synchronous
E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35015
Semester: Fall 2020
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: Burke, Jim The English Teacher’s Companion 4th edition; Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; Shakespeare, William, As You Like It (Folger Shakespeare Library edition); Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Lesson Plans 30%; Essays (15%); Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 15%.
E S316L • British Literature-Wb
79830 • Summer 2020
Internet; Asynchronous
GCWr
HU
E 678SA & B l Shakespeare at Winedale
Instructor: Loehlin, J
Unique #: xxxxx, xxxxx
Semester: Summer 2017, both sessions
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: Participants in the Shakespeare at Winedale Program
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisite: For 678SA, consent of instructor; for 678SB, English 678SA and consent of instructor.
Description: Program Dates: Independent study May 6th-June 10th; at Winedale beginning June 10th; on tour beginning August 15th and returning August 29th.
Shakespeare at Winedale is a course dedicated to the study of Shakespeare's plays through performance. This course offers an educational and theatrical experience of great intensity, as well as a unique opportunity for group interaction and self-exploration, to students from any discipline. The program is open to students of all majors. The first part of the course (four weeks) is an individual study, correspondence, conference course (E f678SA) preparing the student through reading of the texts, source materials, scholarship, and criticism. The second part of the course (E s678SB) is taken in residence at the 250-acre University of Texas Winedale Historical Center, near Round Top, Texas. For nine weeks, students study Shakespeare 15-18 hours a day, seven days a week, in the 1880 Theatre Barn. The summer concludes with 24 public performances of the plays studied, followed by a 9-day touring opportunity to study and perform on a variety of stages, including the Blackfriars Theatre at the American Shakespeare Center in Virginia.
Costs: Students pay the usual tuition and fee costs for six credit hours. Each student also pays for expenses associated with the tour at the end of the summer ($1,200).
Selection: Students are selected after interviews with Professor Loehlin. Special consideration is given to students who have never performed, though students with previous theatre experience are also welcomed.
Applying: Applications have closed for 2017. For information about future courses, please contact Liz Fisher at lfisher@austin.utexas.edu.
Texts: As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear.
Requirements & Grading: Grades will be based on level of participation, contributions to the group experience, and above all, the ability to learn and teach through performance (not acting ability per se). In the independent study phase of the course, and occasionally during the summer, there will be a series of short written assignments (1-2 pages). The course will test every aspect of the student's interaction with Shakespeare, demanding close critical reading, discussion and written analysis, and rigorous, creative exploration of the text in performance.
E 316L • British Literature
34990-35025 • Spring 2020
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM WCH 1.120
GCWr
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34990-35025
Semester: Spring 2020
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation (including required attendance in discussion sections) 10%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 15%; exams (3 total) 60%.
MAS 311 • Ethncty & Gender: La Chicana
39965 • Spring 2020
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM PAR 206
CD
SB
(also listed as SOC 308D, WGS 301)
Course Descriptoin Description:
The experiences of Mexican American women or Chicanas in the United States vary according to generation, immigrant status, socioeconomic status, education, gender, sexuality, labor, and political engagement. This course seeks to illuminate some of the lived experience of Chicanas from a historical and contemporary perspective. Through our readings and discussions, we examine the development of Chicana feminist theory and practice, especially as seen in artistic and literary responses. Such an understanding will include an introduction to key figures in the Chicana feminism movement, as well as feminist and post-colonial thought. We will formulate ideas, views, and responses to these perspectivesthrough an examination of works by Chicana writers and artists. Finally, we will examine Chicana feminism as an active, dynamic practice in which we engage in daily through our study and in our own lived experiences.
Course Objectives:
- Identify and define key concepts, theories, and figures of Chicana feminist thought.
- Identify and analyze the diverse experiences of Chicanas living in the US both in a historical and contemporary perspective
- Analyze texts by Chicana writers and artists using Chicana feminism as a theoretical approach.
- Use critical thinking and writing skills to develop original arguments about course materials.
- Apply Chicana feminist thought to our own experiences, using what we have learned to think more critically about the issues of race, class, and gender in the United States.
Course Flags:
This course carries the Cultural Diversity flag. The Cultural Diversity requirement increases your familiarity with the variety and richness of the American cultural experience. Courses carrying this flag ask you to explore the beliefs, practices, and histories of at least one cultural group that has experienced persistent marginalization. Many of these courses also encourage you to reflect on your own cultural experiences.
Texts: Gloria Anzaldúa Borderlands/La Frontera;
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street
“Woman Hollering Creek” and other Stories;
Reyna Grande, The Distance Between Usand Dancing with Butterflies.
All books are available at the UT Co-op and any articles will be posted on Canvas.
E 321 • Shakespeare
34965 • Fall 2019
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM PAR 101
GC
E 321 l Shakespeare
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34965
Semester: Fall 2019
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of the following plays: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear,The Tempest, Henry V, Twelfth Night.
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Discussion 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 360R • Lit Studies For Hs Eng Tchrs
35120 • Fall 2019
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
Wr
E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35120
Semester: Fall 2019
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: Burke, Jim The English Teacher’s Companion4th edition; Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; Shakespeare, William, Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library edition); Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E S321 • Shakespeare-Gbr
80780 • Summer 2019
GC
E s321 l Shakespeare—GBR
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 80780
Semester: Summer 2019, Oxford Summer Program, second session
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, and we will be fortunate enough to view performances of the plays we study in Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace and home to the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Globe Theater in London. We will also tour various Shakespeare historical sites in Stratford. As we read the plays, we will analyze Shakespeare’s use of dramatic action, imagery, and character to practice our critical thinking skills. As we view the plays, we will examine the company’s performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. We will each keep a journal that records their responses to the reading and the viewing of plays. Finally, in acting companies that we will form in class, we will present our own short performances of selected scenes to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Romeo and Juliet; Measure for Measure; As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry IV Part 1(Folger Shakespeare Library editions preferred).
Requirements & Grading: Journals 40%; Acting Company performance 30%; Reflective Essay 20%; Attendance/Participation 10%.
E 316L • British Literature
35040-35075 • Spring 2019
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM MEZ 1.306
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35040-35075
Semester: Spring 2019
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation (including required attendance in discussion sections) 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 20%; exams (4 total) 50%.
E 376M • Latinx Short Story
35695 • Spring 2019
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM CAL 200
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 374, WGS 340)
Description:
This course will consider the emergence of the Latinx short story as a significant site for the examination of the multiple intersectionalities of transnational, diasporic Latinx communities. Major questions include: how does the Latinx short story map out the terrain of latinidad in the United States? How do these short stories engage issues of representations given the absence of other institutional forms of knowledge? Topics will include: the short story form as the creative intersectionality of racial, gender, class, and sexuality ideologies; the role of the publishing industry and MFA programs in creating the conditions for the Latinx short story; migration and exile within the Latinx imaginary; the urban Latinx experience; cultural hybridity in multiply-situated borderlands; feminist explorations of power, gender, and sexuality; tropicalization; aesthetic form and social mediations.
Text:
Writers may include Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Casares, Helen Viramontes, Carmen Maria Machado, Junot Diaz, Benjamin Saenz, Manuel Munoz, Ana Castillo, Jenine Capo Crucet, Jovita Gonzalez, America Paredes, Manuel Martinez, among others.
This course will carry the writing flag and cultural diversity flag.
E 321 • Shakespeare
35670 • Fall 2018
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM JES A216A
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35670
Semester: Fall 2018
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of the following plays: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, The Tempest, Henry V
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Discussion 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 360R • Lit Studies For Hs Eng Tchrs
35800 • Fall 2018
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
Wr
E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35800
Semester: Fall 2018
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: see NOTE below
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: Burke, Jim The English Teacher’s Companion 4th edition; Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; Shakespeare, William, Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library edition); Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E S316L • British Literature
81390 • Summer 2018
Meets MTWTHF 10:00AM-11:30AM PAR 302
GCWr
HU
E s316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 81390
Semester: Summer 2018, second session
Cross-lists: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Close Reading Essays (50%) Reading Quizzes (25%).
E 316L • British Literature
34560 • Spring 2018
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34560 and 34565
Semester: Spring 2018
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 316L • British Literature
34565 • Spring 2018
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM PAR 105
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34560 and 34565
Semester: Spring 2018
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 349S • Alvarez And Cisneros
34997 • Spring 2018
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 103
CD
(also listed as MAS 374, WGS 340)
DESCRIPTION:
The careers of two of the most important Latina writers of the last 30 years, Sandra Cisneros and Julia Alvarez, cover multiple genres: short fiction, novels, poetry, children’s and young adult literature, and non-fiction. Moreover, the construction of ethnic and gendered identity within their works creates a Latino/a aesthetics, especially in considering the merging of author and speaker, fiction and history, and, stylistically, poetic and prose voices. Through our readings and discussions, we will also compare their different ethnic experiences in the United States as Mexican American and Caribbean/Dominican American writers. In addition to writing analytical essays, students will also construct and present a bibliography of secondary resources and literary criticism on the author of his/her choice.
TEXT:
Cisneros
- “Woman Hollering Creek” and Other Stories
- Caramelo
- The House on Mango Street
- Loose Woman
Alvarez
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
- ¡Yo!
- In the Time of the Butterflies
- How Tia Lola Came to
Visit Stay
- The Woman I Keep to Myself
GRADING:
Class participation and attendance (10%)
Peer Response Workshops (10%)
Essays (2 total; Essay 1 will undergo a substantial revision after peer workshop and instructor feedback; 60%)
Bibliography and Presentation (20%)
E 316L • British Literature
35120-35145 • Fall 2017
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM MEZ 1.306
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35120-35145
Semester: Fall 2017
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 303C (or 603A), RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 303C (or 603A).
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008; Measure for Measure (Folger Library Edition, 2004)
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation (including required attendance in discussion sections) 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 20%; exams (4 total) 50%.
E 321 • Shakespeare
35485 • Fall 2017
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM MEZ 1.120
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35485
Semester: Fall 2017
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of the following plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Journal 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 360R • Lit Studies For Hs Eng Tchrs
35645 • Fall 2017
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
Wr
E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35645
Semester: Fall 2017
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: see NOTE below
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: Gere, Anne. Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English (Prentice Hall); Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; Shakespeare, William, Measure for Measure (Folger Shakespeare Library edition); Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry; Reading packet at Speedway Printers.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E S321 • Shakespeare-Gbr
81790 • Summer 2017
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 81790
Semester: Summer 2017, second session
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: Oxford Summer Program participants
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, and we will be fortunate enough to view performances of the plays we study in Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace and home to the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Globe Theater in London. We will also tour various Shakespeare historical sites in Stratford. As we read the plays, we will analyze Shakespeare’s use of dramatic action, imagery, and character to practice our critical thinking skills. As we view the plays, we will examine the company’s performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. We will each keep a journal that records their responses to the reading and the viewing of plays. Finally, in acting companies that we will form in class, we will present our own short performances of selected scenes to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Antony and Cleopatra; Julius Caesar; The Tempest; Much Ado about Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library editions preferred).
Requirements & Grading: Journals 40%; Acting Company performance 30%; Reflective Essay 20%; Attendance/Participation 10%.
AMS 315 • Ethncty & Gender: La Chicana
30700 • Spring 2017
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM PAR 101
CD
SB
(also listed as MAS 311, SOC 308D, WGS 301)
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E 316L • British Literature
35045 • Spring 2017
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35045 & 35050
Semester: Spring 2017
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 316L • British Literature
35050 • Spring 2017
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 204
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35045 & 35050
Semester: Spring 2017
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 316L • British Literature
34900-34925 • Fall 2016
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM GAR 0.102
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34900-34925
Semester: Fall 2016
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: • Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008 • Richard III (Folger Library Edition, 2004)
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation (including required attendance in discussion sections) 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 20%; exams (4 total) 50%.
E 321 • Shakespeare
35285 • Fall 2016
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 105
GC
E 321 l Shakespeare
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35285
Semester: Fall 2016
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: Folger Shakespeare Library editions of the following plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Tempest, Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III.
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Journal 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 360R • Lit Studies For Hs Eng Tchrs
35470 • Fall 2016
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 204
Wr
E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35470
Semester: Fall 2016
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: see NOTE below
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: • Gere, Anne. Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English (Prentice Hall) • Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street • Shakespeare, William, Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library edition) • Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry • Reading packet at Speedway Printers.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E S316L • British Literature
82075 • Summer 2016
Meets MTWTHF 1:00PM-2:30PM PAR 303
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E s316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 82075
Semester: Summer 2016, second session
Cross-lists: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 314V • Mexican American Lit And Cul
33910 • Spring 2016
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM GAR 2.128
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 314)
E 314V l 3-Mexican American Literature and Culture
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 33910
Semester: Spring 2016
Cross-lists: MAS 314
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course will consider the relationship between Mexican-American literature and culture and the social conditions of its production. Through a study of a variety of texts (including fiction, poetry, art, and film), we will examine the development of individual and cultural identity from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Some issues we will examine include cultural nationalism during the Chicano Renaissance; post-movement critiques of nationalist aesthetics; the intersection of ethnicity, class, and gender in the formulation of identity; aesthetics and agency in art; and the impact of immigration in the shaping of the Mexican-American experience. Critical reading and writing skills will aid in our discussions of these issues and in our own examination of self-identity.
Texts: Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; …y no se lo tragó la tierra/…and the earth did not swallow him by Tomás Rivera; Brownsville by Oscar Casáres; Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande, Slow Lightening by Edwardo Corral.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and Participation 10%; Reading Responses 15%; Presentation 15%; Essays (3) 60%.
E 316L • British Literature
34145 • Spring 2016
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 105
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E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34145
Semester: Spring 2016
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: Discovery Scholars
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays
34480 • Spring 2016
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM GAR 2.128
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E 321 l Shakespeare: Selected Plays
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34480
Semester: Spring 2016
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. As we read the plays, we will analyze Shakespeare’s use of dramatic action, imagery, and character to practice our critical thinking skills. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Students will write journal entries that record their responses to the reading and the viewing of plays. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: David Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Pearson-Longman, publishers).
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Journal 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 316L • British Literature
33995-34020 • Fall 2015
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM GAR 0.102
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HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 33995-34020
Semester: Fall 2015
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Global Cultures
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: • Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008 • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Folger Library Edition, 2004)
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation (including required attendance in discussion sections) 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 20%; exams (4 total) 50%.
E 316L • British Literature
34125 • Fall 2015
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 103
GC
HU
E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34125
Semester: Spring 2015
Semester: Fall 2015
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Global Cultures
Restrictions: Discovery Scholars
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: • Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008 • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Folger Library Edition, 2004)
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; Reading quizzes 20%; Exams (4 total) 50%.
E 360R • Lit Studies For Hs Eng Tchrs
34565 • Fall 2015
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 304
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E 360R l Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34565
Semester: Fall 2015
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Writing
Restrictions: [see NOTE below]
Computer Instruction: No
E 360R and RHE 379C (Topic: Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English) may not both be counted.
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: ??• Gere, Anne. Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English (Prentice Hall) • Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street • Shakespeare, William, Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library edition) • Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry • Reading packet at Speedway Printers.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E 314V • Mexican American Lit And Cul
34140 • Spring 2015
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 101
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 314)
E 314V l 3-Mexican American Literature and Culture
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34140
Semester: Spring 2015
Cross-lists: MAS 314
Restrictions: n/a
Computer Instruction: No
Flags: Cultural Diversity in the U.S.; Writing
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course will consider the relationship between Mexican-American literature and culture and the social conditions of its production. Through a study of a variety of texts (including fiction, poetry, art, and film), we will examine the development of individual and cultural identity from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Some issues we will examine include cultural nationalism during the Chicano Renaissance; post-movement critiques of nationalist aesthetics; the intersection of ethnicity, class, and gender in the formulation of identity; aesthetics and agency in art; and the impact of immigration in the shaping of the Mexican-American experience. Critical reading and writing skills will aid in our discussions of these issues and in our own examination of self-identity.
Texts: Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; …y no se lo tragó la tierra/…and the earth did not swallow him by Tomás Rivera; Brownsville by Oscar Casáres; Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande, Slow Lightening by Edwardo Corral.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and Participation 10%; Reading Responses 15%; Presentation 15%; Essays (3) 60%.
E 316L • British Literature
34310 • Spring 2015
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM CAL 200
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E 316L l British Literature
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 34310
Semester: Spring 2015
Cross-lists: n/a
Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Computer Instruction: No
Flags: Global Cultures
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 15%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes 20%; exams (4 total) 50%.
E 316L • British Literature
35295 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM PAR 306
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35295
Semester: Fall 2014
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Global Cultures
Restrictions: n/a
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B, Pearson Longman, 2008; Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library edition, 2004).
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 60%.
E 316L • British Literature
35400 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 308
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35400
Semester: Fall 2014
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Global Cultures
Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Prerequisites: One of the following: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.; Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library edition, 2004).
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; Close Reading Exercises 15%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 60%.
E 360R • Lit Std For H S Teacher Of Eng
35885 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 304
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Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35885
Semester: Fall 2014
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Writing
Restrictions: [see Note below]
Computer Instruction: No
E 360R and RHE 379C (Topic: Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English) may not both be counted.
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: ??Gere, Anne. Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English (Prentice Hall) • Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street • Shakespeare, William, Much Ado about Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library edition) • Dove, Rita, ed. Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry • Sherman Alexie The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Reading packet at Speedway Printers.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; Essays (4 total) 40%; Writing Portfolio 30%; Oral Presentations 20%.
E F321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays
83170 • Summer 2014
Meets MTWTHF 10:00AM-11:30AM PAR 105
GC
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 83170
Semester: Summer 2014, first session
Cross-lists: n/a
Flags: Global Cultures
Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. As we read the plays, we will analyze Shakespeare’s use of dramatic action, imagery, and character to practice our critical thinking skills. Through film and, if possible, live performances, we will examine performance choices as they expand our understanding of the play’s themes and language. Students will write journal entries that record their responses to the reading and the viewing of plays. Finally, we will present our own short, informal performances of selected scenes or speeches to experience Shakespeare beyond the roles of reader and audience.
Texts: David Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Pearson-Longman, publishers).
Requirements & Grading: Exams 60%; Journal 15%; Attendance/Participation 10%; Performances 15%.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35455 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 208
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HU
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35455
Semester: Spring 2014
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 75%.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35685 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 208
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HU
Instructor: García, P
Unique #: 35685
Semester: Spring 2014
Cross-lists: n/a
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 75%.
MAS 374 • Alvarez And Cisneros
36676 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM MEZ 1.202
CDWr
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E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35330 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM PAR 105
GC
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: -- / B
Unique #: 35330 Flags: Global Cultures
Semester: Fall 2013 Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008; William Shakespeare Othello.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 75%.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35331 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 103
GC
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: -- / B
Unique #: 35331 Flags: Global Cultures
Semester: Fall 2013 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008; William Shakespeare Othello.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation 10%; reading quizzes (6 total): 15%; exams (4 total) 75%.
E 360R • Lit Std For H S Teacher Of Eng
35885 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 304
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Instructor: García, P. Areas: IV / U
Unique #: 35885 Flags: Writing
Semester: Fall 2013 Restrictions: [see Note below]
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
E 360R and RHE 379C (Topic: Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English) may not both be counted.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: ?Shakespeare, William, Othello; Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; O’Brien, Tim, The Things They Carried; Course Packet at Speedway Printing.
Requirements & Grading: Attendance and participation, 10%; short response essays, 10%: peer response workshops, 10%; 2 essays (Essay 1 will under go a substantial revision with both student and teacher feedback), 60%; presentation, 10%.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
34955 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM MEZ 2.124
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HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: -- / B
Unique #: 34955 Flags: Global Cultures
Semester: Spring 2013 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignments. Reading quizzes (unannounced, 6 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35120 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM PAR 105
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Instructor: García, P Areas: -- / B
Unique #: 35120 & 35125 Flags: Global Cultures
Semester: Spring 2013 Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignments. Reading quizzes (unannounced, 6 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35125 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 105
GC
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: -- / B
Unique #: 35120 & 35125 Flags: Global Cultures
Semester: Spring 2013 Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A; and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignments. Reading quizzes (unannounced, 6 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 314V • Mexican American Lit And Cul
34750 • Fall 2012
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 304
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 314)
Instructor: García, P Areas: n/a
Unique #: 34750 Flags: Writing, Cultural Diversity
Semester: Fall 2012 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: MAS 314 Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course will consider the relationship between Mexican-American literature and the social conditions of its production, mainly concentrating on novels written between 1967 and the present. Topics will include: literary form and cultural nationalism during the Chicano Renaissance, post-movement critiques of nationalist aesthetics, and the impact of immigration in the shaping of the Mexican-American experience.
Texts: Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros; …y no se lo tragó la tierra/…and the earth did not swallow him by Tomás Rivera; Brownsville by Oscar Casares; Crazy Loco by David Rice
Requirements & Grading: Quizzes 15%; Response Essays 10%; Presentation 15%; Essays (2) 60%.
E 321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays
35305 • Fall 2012
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM PAR 206
GC
Instructor: García, P Areas: I
Unique #: 35305 Flags: Global cultures
Semester: Fall 2012 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing, and we will also examine Shakespeare in performance through film and, hopefully, live theater. A tentative reading schedule follows: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Twelfth Night; The Tempest; Antony and Cleopatra; Hamlet; 1 Henry IV; Henry V.
Texts: David Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Pearson-Longman, publishers).
Requirements & Grading: 4 major exams (100%)
E 360R • Lit Std For H S Teacher Of Eng
35540 • Fall 2012
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 103
Wr
Instructor: García, P. Areas: IV / U
Unique #: 35540 Flags: Writing
Semester: Fall 2012 Restrictions: [see Note below]
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
E 360R and RHE 379C (Topic: Literary Studies for High School Teachers of English) may not both be counted.
NOTE: Intended for students seeking a secondary school teaching certificate.
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Description: Designed for students planning a career teaching English, this course will introduce students to scholarship in literary studies that informs the teaching of literature today. Although it is not a methods course, E 360R will have a practical orientation: we will discuss the reasons for teaching literature, both historically and currently; we will examine some of the contemporary constraints on the teaching of English; and we will pursue how to best develop what Robert Scholes calls "Textual Power." Recognizing that texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable, this course will explore how the use of the study of literature can help students become better readers, writers, and thinkers.
Texts: Richter, David H., Falling Into Theory: Conflicting Views On Reading Literature; Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice; Vendler, Helen, Poems. Poets. Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology; Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street; O’Brien, Tim, The Things They Carried; Packet of Xeroxes available at Speedway Printing.
Requirements & Grading: Short reading responses 30%; 3 short essays (3-5 pages) 45%; attendance and presentations 25%.
E S316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
83830 • Summer 2012
Meets MTWTHF 2:30PM-4:00PM PAR 301
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: n/a
Unique #: 83830 Flags: n/a
Semester: Summer 2012 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A, and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: 5 major exams (20% each; 100% total). See schedule for dates of all assignments. Attendance is required and more than 3 absences will result in a 5 point reduction in your final grade. Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 314V • Mexican American Lit And Cul
34705 • Spring 2012
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM MEZ 1.210
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 314)
Instructor: García, P Areas: n/a
Unique #: 34705 Flags: Writing, Cultural Diversity
Semester: Spring 2012 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: MAS 314 Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
Description: This course will consider the relationship between Mexican-American literature and the social conditions of its production, mainly concentrating on novels written between 1967 and the present. Topics will include: literary form and cultural nationalism during the Chicano Renaissance, post-movement critiques of nationalist aesthetics, and the impact of immigration in the shaping of the Mexican-American experience.
Texts: Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros; …y no se low tragó la tierra/…and the earth did not swallow him by Tomás Rivera; Brownsville by Oscar Casares; Crazy Loco by David Rice.
Requirements & Grading: Quizzes 15%; 3 Short Critical Essays (2-4 pages each) 30%; Research Essay (6-8 pages) 30%; Midterm and Final Exam 25%.
Please note that at least 2 of the short critical essays will undergo a substantial revision process and the research essay will be turned in first as a rough draft and returned with comments in preparation for the final draft. We will also peer edit essays in the class.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
34905 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 105
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: n/a
Unique #: 34905 Flags: n/a
Semester: Spring 2012 Restrictions: n/a
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A, and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignments. Reading quizzes (unannounced, 6 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
34990 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM MEZ 1.122
HU
Instructor: García, P Areas: n/a
Unique #: 34990 Flags: n/a
Semester: Spring 2012 Restrictions: Longhorn Scholars
Cross-lists: n/a Computer Instruction: No
Prerequisites: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A, and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Requirements & Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignments. Reading quizzes (unannounced, 6 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
35090 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 210
HU
Prerequisites: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A, and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
Course Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignements. Weekly quizzes (8 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
E 321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays
35390 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM PAR 105
GC
C2
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Course Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing, and we will also examine Shakespeare in performance through film and, hopefully, live theater. A tentative reading schedule follows: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Twelfth Night; The Tempest; Antony and Cleopatra; Hamlet; 1 Henry IV; Henry V
Texts: David Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Pearson-Longman, publishers).
Grading: Informal Response Essays (10%); 4 Major Essays (90%).
MAS 319 • Ethncty & Gender: La Chicana
36279 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 304
(also listed as WGS 301)
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E 314V • Mexican American Lit And Cul
33910 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM PAR 304
CDWr
(also listed as MAS 314)
Cross-listed with MAS 314
Course Description: This course will consider the relationship between Mexican-American literature and the social conditions of its production, mainly concentrating on novels written between 1967 and the present. Topics will include: literary form and cultural nationalism during the Chicano Renaissance, post-movement critiques of nationalist aesthetics, and the impact of immigration in the shaping of the Mexican-American experience.
Texts: Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros; …y no se low tragó la tierra/…and the earth did not swallow him by Tomás Rivera; Brownsville by Oscar Casares; Crazy Loco by David Rice.
Grading: Quizzes 15%; 3 Short Critical Essays (2-4 pages each) 30%; Research Essay (6-8 pages) 30%; Midterm and Final Exam 25%. Please note that at least 2 of the short critical essays will undergo a substantial revision process and the research essay will be turned in first as a rough draft and returned with comments in preparation for the final draft. We will also peer edit essays in the class.
Prerequisites: E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A.
E 316K • Masterworks Of Lit: British
34260 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 103
HU
Restricted to students in the Longhorn Scholars Program.
Course Description: This course is intended to provide an overview of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present. While we will examine the historical, intellectual, and cultural contexts of these works in brief, we will focus on close readings and analyses of literary works to develop critical thinking skills. Moreover, we will reflect upon our own experience as readers and the ways in which these texts, both historical and contemporary, challenge and relate to us today. Authors covered will include Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, Browning, and Woolf among others.
Texts: Masters of British Literature: Volumes A&B; Pearson Longman, 2008.
Grading: Final grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. Plus/minus grades will be awarded. See schedule for dates of all assignements. Weekly quizzes (8 total): 20% of final grade. Major Exams (4 total): 80% of final grade Please note: to ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. Thus a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.000 through 83.999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+. A = 94-100, A- = 90-93, B+ = 87-89, B = 84-86, B- = 80-83, C+ = 77-79, C = 74-76 C- = 70-73, D+ = 67-69, D = 64-66, D- = 60-63.
Prerequisites: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including E 603A, RHE 306, 306Q, or T C 603A, and a passing score on the reading section of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) test.
E S321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays
83265 • Summer 2010
Meets MTWTHF 10:00AM-11:30AM PAR 105
Course Description: This course studies selected plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most important and widely read writers of the English early modern period. We will read to develop our comprehension and analytical skills in both reading and writing, and we will also examine Shakespeare in performance through film and, hopefully, live theater. A tentative reading schedule follows: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado about Nothing; The Tempest; Antony and Cleopatra; Richard III.
Texts: David Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Pearson-Longman, publishers).
Grading: 4 exams (25% each). Attendance is required, and excessive absences (more than 3) will result in a letter grade deduction (10 points).
Prerequisites: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
For more information, please download the full syllabus.
MAS 314 • Mexican American Lit And Cul
35827 • Spring 2010
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 308
Description: Gloria Anzaldúa famously called the border between México and the United States a “1,950 mile-long open wound,” “una herida abierta,” where “a third country—a border culture” has arisen on either side of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo and beyond. In this course, we will traverse the borders of language(s), geography, history, and identity negotiated by Mexican-American artists from Texas in a variety of literary genres, visual art, and film. Our methods will be intersectional—attending to class, gender, sexuality, religion, etc., in addition to race—as we explore these (re)definitions of what it means to be, in Cherríe Moraga’s words, American “con acento.”
The primary aim of this course is to help students develop and improve the critical reading, writing, and thinking skills needed for success in upper-division courses in English and other disciplines. They will also gain practice in using the Oxford English Dictionary and other online research tools and print resources that support studies in the humanities. Students will learn basic information literacy skills and models for approaching literature with various historical, generic, and cultural contexts in mind.
This course contains a writing flag. The writing assignments in this course are arranged procedurally with a focus on invention, development through instructor and peer feedback, and revision; they will comprise a major part of the final grade.
Tentative Texts: Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (nonfiction, memoir, theory); Alonzo, Jotos del Barrio (play); Silva, Flesh to Bone (short stories).
Requirements & Grading: There will be a series of 3 formal writing assignments, the first of which must be revised and resubmitted (70% of the final grade in total). Excluding the final project (critical or creative), the second assignment may also be revised and resubmitted by arrangement with the Instructor. Students will also have the opportunity to practice writing in a variety of other genres, including reading journals (or the occasional quiz), creative writing exercises, and in-class presentations (30% of the final grade).
MAS 319 • Ethncty & Gender: La Chicana
36154 • Fall 2009
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM PAR 1
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