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• ENGL 328: Introduction to Linguistics

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  An introduction to the study of languages as complex sets of interacting systems needed for human communication in a variety of interpersonal, academic, and professional contexts. Focuses on the fundamentals of sound systems, word structures, sentence structures, text structures, meaning systems, and language-related power systems. Also considers questions of how language develops over time, how languages are made up of a number of varieties, how languages are learned and used, how language use varies for different groups of users, and how these issues are related to cultural contexts including issues of power.
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• ENGL 335: Literary Nonfiction

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Focuses on the study of forms of literary nonfiction, in English, which may include traditional essays, lyric essays, memoir, and/or creative nonfiction depending on instructor expertise.
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• ENGL 336: Language, Gender, and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Investigates the various ways that language and gender interact and intersect in society. Examines such questions as: Does society use language to favor one sex over the other? Why is language a crucial component in formulating constructs of masculinity and femininity? What stereotypes of gender-based language are promoted in our society? How can we analyze language to reveal disparate views and treatment of the sexes?
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• ENGL 337: Myth

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Examines the nature and function of the mythic experience and explores the archetypal patterns of myths from various cultures.
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• ENGL 341: Poetry

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Studies the forms and theories of poetry as a genre. Includes study of major writers, movements, and aesthetic developments.
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• ENGL 342: Short Fiction

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Studies the form and theory of short fiction as a genre. Emphasizes major writers and movements as well as significant historical developments.
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• ENGL 344: Ethnic American Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Concerned with ethnic US experiences as expressed in poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. The topic will vary and be announced in advance. Examples include Asian American, Hispanic, Irish American, Jewish American, and Native American literatures.
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• ENGL 347: Playwriting

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A practical exploration of the craft and process of playwriting. Focuses primarily on the practical, hands-on experiences approximating the developmental process currently in use in the American theater. The student is guided from the initial concept through synopsis, outlines, working drafts, and completion of an original one-act play and a staged reading of this project. Either of these courses may be substituted for each other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.
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• ENGL 348: African American Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Primarily 19th- and 20th-century African American literature (poetry, fiction, nonfiction), including works by Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, spirituals and folk poetry, Harriet B. Wilson, Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Audrey Lorde, and Toni Morrison. Emphasizes historical context and an Afrocentric approach.
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• ENGL 350: LGBTQ Literature, Theory, and Film

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces literature, film, and theory that focus primarily on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender perspectives. Inquires into the representation of gender and sexuality within historical and cultural contexts.
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