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English

• ENGL 101 Composition (3).
• ENGL 102 Critical Reading and Writing (3).
• ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: Environmental Literature (3).
• ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: The Literature of Sports (3).
• ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: Plains Literature (3).
• ENGL 209 Introduction to Fiction (3).
• ENGL 210 Introduction to Poetry (3).
• ENGL 211 Introduction to the Drama (3).
• ENGL 320 American Literature I (3).
• ENGL 322 American Literature II (3).
• ENGL 324 Contemporary Authors: Toni Morrison (3).
• ENGL 325 Recent Popular Literature (3).
• ENGL 332 Shakespeare (3).
• ENGL 351 Fiction Writing I (3).
• ENGL 353 Screenwriting I (3).
• ENGL 362 Foundations of Technical Writing (3).
• ENGL 466 Literature for Children (3).
• ENGL 495 Directed Study (1-2).
  • Directed Study: Willa Cather (1-2).
  • Directed Study: Ernest Hemingway (1-2).
• ENGL 506 Science Fiction (3).
• ENGL 570 Topics in American Literature: Kansas Literature (3).
• ENGL 690 Studies in: Science Fiction Novels (3).
• ENGL 790 Studies in: Science Fiction (3).

ENGL 101 Composition (3).

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Instruction and practice in writing in a variety of rhetorical contexts, including academic ones. Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Seven written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 101 course preview. Instructor: Vicky Trussel.

(Students at the University of Kansas should consult the 2006-2008 Undergraduate Catalog for time restrictions on completing this course.)

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Lunsford. The Everyday Writer, 3rd ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.
• Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz. Everything's an Argument, 3rd ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
• A collegiate dictionary.

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ENGL 102 Critical Reading and Writing (3).

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Online course. Builds on the instruction in writing of ENGL 101, emphasizing critical thinking through careful, thoughtful reading and writing. Also instructs in the evaluation and use of secondary sources. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 or its equivalent. Ten written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 102 course preview. Instructor: J. Gregory Brister.

(Students at the University of Kansas should consult the 2006-2008 Undergraduate Catalog for time restrictions on completing this course.)

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Bartholomae and Petrosky. Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.
• Lunsford. The Everyday Writer, 3rd ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.
• Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 version, any edition.

DVDs or Videos:

• Dead Poets Society, Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Robin Williams. Touchstone, 1991. DVD or VHS.
• The Shape of Things, Dir. Neil LaBute. Perf. Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz. Focus, 2003. DVD.
  (These videotapes/DVDs may be borrowed from a library or rented from a video store or online.)

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ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: Environmental Literature (3).

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Examines various topics and themes in environmental writing in the United States from the 19th century to the present. Continued practice in critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Required online readings. Optional email assignment submission. Nine written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 203 Environmental Literature course preview. Instructor: Lisa King.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Abbey. The Monkey Wrench Gang, Perennial Classics, 2000.
• Carson. Silent Spring, Mariner Books, 2002.
• Leopold. A Sand County Almanac, Ballantine, 1990.
• Lovelock. Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
• Marsh. Man and Nature, Belknap Harvard, 1965.
• Snyder. Turtle Island, New Directions, 1974.
• Thoreau. Walden, Dover, 1995.
  
  Other editions of the above books may be used.

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ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: The Literature of Sports (3).

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Examines various topics and themes in the literature of sports. Focuses on the athlete in and outside sports and on the progress of teams as well as the individual athlete. Continued practice in critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Seven written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the ENGL 203 The Literature of Sports course preview. Instructor: Philip Wedge.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Buchwald and Roston, eds. This Sporting Life, Milkweed, 1997.
• DeLillo. End Zone, Penguin, 1972.
• Dickey. Deliverance, Dell, 1970.
• Greenberg. The Celebrant, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1983.
• Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1956.
• LaMott. Crooked Little Heart, Doubleday, 1997.
• Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises, Macmillan, 1926.
• McPhee. Levels of the Game, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.
• Sillitoe. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, Plume/Penguin, 1959.
• Wilson. Fences, Penguin, 1986.

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ENGL 203 Topics in Reading and Writing: Plains Literature (3).

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Online course. Examines various themes, topics, and philosophies in literature about the Great Plains, with an emphasis on Kansas. Continued practice in critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Six written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the ENGL 203 Plains Literature course preview. Instructor: Leah Hattemer Hemenway.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Averill, ed. What Kansas Means to Me, University Press of Kansas, 1991.
• Cather. My Antonia, Bantam Class, 1994.
• Davis. Winter Range, Picador USA, 2000.
• Deloria. Waterlily, University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
• Hughes. Not without Laughter, Scribner, 1995.
• Haruf. Plainsong, Vintage, 2000.

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ENGL 209 Introduction to Fiction (3).

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Online course. In-depth reading of and writing about prose fiction with emphasis on critical analyses of a variety of narrative types from different historical periods. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Eight written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 209 course preview. Instructor: Daniel McCarthy.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Cassill and Bausch, eds. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, shorter 7th ed., Norton, 2006.

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ENGL 210 Introduction to Poetry (3).

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Online course. In-depth reading of and writing about poetry with emphasis on critical analysis of a variety of forms and techniques used in poems from different historical periods. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Eight written assignments; journal; final examination. View the ENGL 210 course preview. Instructor: Douglas Crawford-Parker.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Eagleton. How to Read a Poem, Blackwell, 2007.
• Lunsford. The Everyday Writer, 3rd ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.

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ENGL 211 Introduction to the Drama (3).

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Online course. Study of plays selected to familiarize the student with dramatic masterpieces and with the drama as a literary type. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, or their equivalent. Seven writing assignments and a reading journal; final examination. View the ENGL 211 course preview. Instructor: Sarah Young.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Kelley. Writing Essays about Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet, 7th ed., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2006.
• Jacobus, ed. The Bedford Introduction to Drama, 5th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.

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ENGL 320 American Literature I (3).

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Online course. From the beginnings to 1865, with emphasis on the major writers and movements. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Nine written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 320 course preview. Instructor: Elizabeth Lagaron.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 846.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,854.20
Graduate resident students pay: 992.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,055.65

Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):

• Tyler. The Contrast. (book)

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• McMichael, ed. Anthology of American Literature, vol. I, 8th ed., Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Cooper. The Prairie, any unabridged edition.

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ENGL 322 American Literature II (3).

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Online course. From 1865 to the present, with emphasis on the major writers and movements. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Seven written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 322 course preview. Instructor: Elizabeth Lagaron.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• McMichael et al., eds. Anthology of American Literature, 8th ed., vol. II, Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby, any edition.

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ENGL 324 Contemporary Authors: Toni Morrison (3).

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Online course. Explores the Nobel Prize winner's major works of fiction. Assesses the major themes of her work, such as the ways "race," ethnicity, gender, and class intersect. Also addresses the relationships between individuals, family, and community and between written history, oral history, and memory. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Eight written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 324 course preview. Instructor: Giselle Anatol.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Morrison. The Bluest Eye, Penguin, 2000 [1970]
• Morrison. Sula, Random House, 2004 [1973]
• Morrison. Song of Solomon, Random House, 2004 [1977]
• Morrison. Tar Baby, Random House, 2004 [1981]
• Morrison. Beloved, Random House, 2004 [1987]
• Morrison. Jazz, Random House, 2004 [1992]
• Morrison. Paradise, Penguin, 1999 [1997]
• Morrison. Love, Random House, 2005 [2003]

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ENGL 325 Recent Popular Literature (3). HL

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Study of recent bestsellers or other works of popular interest. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Six written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 325 course preview. Instructor: Sarah Young.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Atwood. Blind Assassin, Doubleday, 2000.
• Barrett. Ship Fever and Other Stories, Norton, 1996.
• Eire. Waiting for Snow in Havana , Free Press, 2003.
• Fielding. Bridget Jones's Diary, Penguin, 1998.
• Frazier. Cold Mountain, Vintage, 1998.
• Haruf. Plainsong, Vintage, 2000.
• McCourt. Angela's Ashes, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
• Packer. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, Penguin, 2003.
• Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, HarperCollins, 1998.

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ENGL 332 Shakespeare (3).

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A study of ten to fourteen of Shakespeare's plays. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Thirteen written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 332 course preview. Instructor: William Scott.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Harbage, ed. William Shakespeare, the Complete Works, The Pelican Text Revised, Viking, 1977.

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ENGL 351 Fiction Writing I (3).

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Online course. A study of narrative techniques and practice in the writing of fiction. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Fifteen written assignments including a portfolio of original fiction. View the ENGL 351 course preview. Instructor: Adam Desnoyers.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Brown and King. Self-editing for Fiction Writers, 2nd ed., Harper Perennial, 2004.
• Cassill and Bausch, eds. Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 7th ed., Norton, 2006.

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ENGL 353 Screenwriting I (3).

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Online course. An introduction to the practice of writing and evaluating scripts for film. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Ten writing assignments including an original screenplay. View the ENGL 353 course preview. Instructor: David Ohle.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbook (separate purchase):
•  Armer. Writing the Screenplay, 2nd ed., Waveland Press, 2002.

Software (separate purchase):
•  Armer. Final Draft, 7.

DVD (separate purchase):
•  Armer. Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop.

Online purchase information for the software and DVD available in syllabus.

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ENGL 362 Foundations of Technical Writing (3).

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Online course. This course introduces students to the principles of technical communication. Students learn to organize, develop, write, and revise technical documents—memos, letters, case analyses, résumés, proposals, reports and abstracts. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or completed undergraduate degree. Eight written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 362 course preview. Instructor: Stephen Evans.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Markel. Technical Communication, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.

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ENGL 466 Literature for Children (3).

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Online course. Wide reading in the great literature of the past and present suitable for children: folktales and epics, mythology, modern fantasy, fiction, poetry. Emphasis on extending the student's background and developing critical judgment. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the freshman-sophomore English requirement or its equivalent. Nine written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the ENGL 466 course preview. Instructor: Robert Howard.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Dahl. James and the Giant Peach, Penguin.
• Fox. The Slave Dancer, Random House.
• Geisel. Dr. Seuss' ABC, Random House.
• Lehman. The Red Book, Houghton Mifflin.
• L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time, Random House.
• Pilkey. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Scholastic.
• Prelutsky. The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury, Knopf.
• Russell. Literature for Children: A Short Introduction, 6th ed., Pearson.
• Sachar. Holes, Random House.
• Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are, Harper Collins.
• Spinelli. Maniac Magee, Hachette.
• Tolkien. The Hobbit, Houghton Mifflin.

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ENGL 495 Directed Study (1 or 2).

Work for advanced majors in fields or on topics not covered in course work. May be repeated for a total of up to 6 hours. Does not satisfy specific course requirements for the English major. May be counted as part of the total junior/senior credit hours required. Prerequisite: Completion of three junior/senior courses in English.

Directed Study: Willa Cather (1 or 2).

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An introduction to the life and themes of Willa Cather through a study of her major works. View the ENGL 495 Willa Cather (1 hr) course preview. View the ENGL 495 Willa Cather (2 hr) course preview. Instructor: Sarah Young.

For 1 hour of credit: Three written assignments; final examination.

Tuition and Fees (1) Undergraduate resident students pay: 281.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 617.40
Graduate resident students pay: 330.10
Graduate nonresident students pay: 684.55

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Cather. Death Comes for the Archbishop, any edition.
• Cather. My Antonia, any edition.
• Cather. My Mortal Enemy, any edition.

For 2 hours of credit: Five written assignments; final examination.

Tuition and Fees (2) Undergraduate resident students pay: 563.00
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,234.80
Graduate resident students pay: 660.20
Graduate nonresident students pay: 1,369.10

Textbooks (separate purchase) All of the texts listed for 1 hour of credit, plus:

• Cather. The Professor's House, any edition.
• Cather. Shadows on the Rock, any edition.

Directed Study: Ernest Hemingway (1 or 2).

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An introduction to one of the most influential and celebrated writers of the 20th century. Concentrates primarily on the work that Hemingway produced in the 1920s and 1930s. View the ENGL 495 Ernest Hemingway course preview. Instructor: Philip Wedge.

For 1 hour of credit: Three written assignments; final examination.

Tuition and Fees (1) Undergraduate resident students pay: 301.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 301.50
Graduate resident students pay: 350.10
Graduate nonresident students pay: 350.10

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Hemingway. In Our Time, any edition.
• Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises, any edition.
• Hemingway. Men without Women, any edition.

For 2 hours of credit: Six written assignments; final examination.

Tuition and Fees (2) Undergraduate resident students pay: 553.00
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 553.00
Graduate resident students pay: 650.20
Graduate nonresident students pay: 650.20

Textbooks (separate purchase) All of the texts listed for 1 hour of credit, plus:

• Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms, any edition.
• Hemingway. Winner Take Nothing, any edition.
• Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea, any edition.

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ENGL 506 Science Fiction (3).

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Online course. The development of science fiction as a literary genre, and as a literature of ideas for a future-oriented society. Eleven written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 506 course preview. Instructor: Chris McKitterick.

Only available for undergraduate credit.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells, 1977 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein, 1979 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here, 1979 (New American Library), 1996 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here to Forever, 1982 (New American Library), 1997 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Hartwell, ed. Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology, 1996 (Tor Books).
• Dozois, ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twenty-third Annual Collection, 2006 (St. Martin's Griffin).

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ENGL 570 Topics in American Literature: Kansas Literature (3).

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A study of the literature written by Kansans during the 19th and 20th centuries. Extensive introductions provide information on the history of Kansas as well as literary analyses of the works assigned and brief biographies of the writers. Among the themes explored in the course are the frontier and pioneering, the conflict between the material and the spiritual, the relationship of people with the land, the images of Kansas in literature. Required online readings. Optional e-mail lesson submission only for graduate credit. Three written assignments; one additional assignment for graduate credit; final examination. View the ENGL 570 undergraduate course preview. View the ENGL 570 graduate course preview. Instructors: Philip Wedge (undergraduate credit); Thomas Averill (graduate credit).

Undergraduate Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 828.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 828.50
Graduate resident students pay: 974.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 974.30

Graduate Tuition and Fees Graduate resident students pay: 999.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,062.65

Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):

• Leland, ed. The Kansas Experience in Poetry, Independent Study, Univ. of Kansas, 1982. (book)
• Four audiotapes. (undergraduate credit version only)

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Baum. The Wizard of Oz, any unabridged edition.
• Clair. Rattlebone, Penguin, 1994.
• Day. The Last Cattle Drive, Univ. of Kansas Press, 1983.
• Draper. As Grass, Washburn Univ. Center for Kansas Studies, 1994.
• Haldeman-Julius. Dust (e-book) and Short Works (e-book), Washburn Univ. Center for Kansas Studies, 1992.
• Hughes. Not Without Laughter, any edition.
• Inge. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1972.
• Inge. Picnic, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1981.
• Ise. Sod and Stubble, Univ. of Kansas, 1996.
• Low, ed. Kansas Poems of William Stafford, Woodley Memorial Press, 1990.

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ENGL 690 Studies in: Science Fiction Novels (3).

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Online course. A study of science fiction from an historical perspective incorporating readings from science fiction novels from the past 100+ years. Designed for teachers interested in offering a class on science fiction, students of English literature, and anyone interested in the genre. Twelve written assignments; research paper or course plan; final examination. View the ENGL 690 course preview. Instructors: Chris McKitterick (undergraduate credit); James Gunn (graduate credit).

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Asimov, The Caves of Steel.
• Banks. Consider Phlebas.
• Bear. Darwin's Radio.
• Benford. Timescape.
• Bester. The Demolished Man.
• Brunner. Stand on Zanzibar.
• Butler. Dawn.
• Clarke. Childhood's End.
• Clement. Mission of Gravity.
• Dick. The Man in the High Castle.
• Gibson. Neuromancer.
• Gunn. The Listeners.
• Heinlein. The Puppet Masters.
• Herbert. Dune.
• LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness.
• Mieville. Perdido Street Station.
• Pohl. Gateway.
• Silverberg. Dying Inside.
• Stross. Accelerando.
• Sturgeon. More than Human.
• Vance. The Languages of Pao.
• Vonnegut. The Sirens of Titan.
• Van Vogt. The World of Null-A.
• Wells. The Time Machine.
• Wells. War of the Worlds.
  (Any edition of the above may be used.)

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ENGL 790 Studies in: Science Fiction (3).

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Online course. The development of science fiction as a literary genre, and as a literature of ideas for a future-oriented society. Eleven written assignments; final examination. View the ENGL 790 course preview. Instructor: James Gunn.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 990.30
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells, 1977 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein, 1979 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here, 1979 (New American Library), 1996 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here to Forever, 1982 (New American Library), 1997 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).
• Hartwell, ed. Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology, 1996 (Tor Books).
• Dozois, ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twenty-third Annual Collection, 2006 (St. Martin's Griffin).

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