ENGLISH PAPER SPRING 2019 | Course Offerings at OSU-Marion
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please consult with the Marion Academic Advisor for English Majors, Shellie Shirk (shirk.20@osu.edu), or the Marion English Faculty Coordinator, Stuart Lishan (lishan.1@osu.edu), concerning which English major concentration and/or other requirements are met by your choice of the following courses.
✪✪✪✪✪ English 2202 | British Literature 1800-Present Nathan Wallace MW 4:45 - 6:05 / 3 Credit Hours In this survey of British and Irish literature since 1800, we will study major works of fiction, drama, and poetry from British Romanticism, the Victorian era, Modernism, and contemporary literature. In addition to discussing their literary qualities, we will also consider their meanings in historical and cultural contexts. Major themes of discussion will be political revolution and reaction, women’s writing, postcolonialism, and Irish literature. We will read selections from William Blake, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, John Keats, Alfred Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Virginia Woolf, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, Nadine Gordimer, Salman Rushdie, Alice Munro, and Zadie Smith. In this class, you will be responsible for weekly study questions, two exams, and two mid-length essays.
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✪✪✪✪✪ English 2260H | Introduction to Poetry -- Honors Stuart Lishan MW 9:30 - 10:50 / 3 Credit Hours
One of the things that poetry does is shake up the way we perceive the world and our experience in it. Sometimes it asks us uncomfortable questions. Do you dare disturb the universe? Sometimes it holds up a mirror that shows us our true selves, sometimes a lamp, and sometimes it holds up a gun. So, how does poetry do all that? And just what is that thing called poetry, anyway? In English 2260H you’ll find out. English 2260H is primarily a reading course. That is to say, it’s a literature course. We’ll read and talk about a number of poems, and hopefully extend your idea of what poetry is and what significance it has in our fair corner of the universe. Besides reading, much of which you will be assigning, our assignments will include both the traditional sorts of writing assignments that you might expect to have in a lit class, and some creative-not-so-traditional assignments, too, all designed to instruct and delight you, and to help you get a feel and understanding of this lovely art form. You don’t have to necessarily be an honors student to take the course, but you should be willing to be challenged, not just in your coursework, but in your assumptions, too. Welcome aboard.
✪✪✪✪✪ English 2267 Mike Lohre TR 1:30 - 2:50 / 3 Credit Hours An introduction to the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We learn by doing, and working to expand our creativity together. Analysis and discussion of student work, with reference to the general methods and scope of all three genres.
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✪✪✪✪✪ English 2290 | Colonial and U. S. Literature to 1865: Aliens in America Sara Crosby TR 8:00 - 9:20 / 3 Credit Hours “And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks back at you.” – Nietzsche This class will ask you to look (just a bit) into that abyss, as we investigate the alien encounters that made “America.” When Old and New Worlds met, the clash shook identities and truths that had seemed eternal. The unthinkable became reality, and ideas that previous generations would have judged insane—democracy, for instance—became “American.” In this class, we will meet some of the criminals, captives, rebels, so-called lunatics, and outcasts who emerged as “American” authors, and we will examine the strange new literature they wove out of their experiences on the edge of the unknown. In short, we’ll try to map the development of an American psychology and understand the aliens in our own minds. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 2291 | U.S. Literature from 1865 to Present Peter C. Dully Jr. TR 4:45-6:05 \ 3 Credit Hour English 2291 is a rollicking romp reserved for reveling readers. In studying American literature between the Civil War and the Iraq War, the approach is both historical (Is the U.S. rise to superpower status accompanied by some sort of literary nationalism?) and formalist (What makes a story a story? What makes it American?). We’ll be reading many of the things that people who decide these things say are the things all Americans should read to be literate citizens of the United States. Students will be surprised by how much of the past is prologue—that is, how the ideas and issues that concern us today have been concerns of American literature for decades. Authors covered will include Twain, Gilman, Crane, Cather, Frost, Williams, Eliot, Hurston, Cummings, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, Cheever, O’Connor, Plath and Roth. Students will write three short papers, take two exams and will be party to lively discussions regarding art, culture and history. The class serves as an excellent foundation for those interested in studying English further or for those who wish to get more from what they read.
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✪✪✪✪✪ English 3271 | Structure of the English Language Sue Oakes MW 9:30 - 10:50 / 3 Credit Hours Students will learn basic characteristics of English linguistics focusing on the basic building blocks of language, the sounds of English and how they are put together, word formation processes, and rules for combining words into utterances/sentences. Students also will investigate and explore linguistic variation, accents of American English, and the implications of language evaluation in educational settings. GE: "Cultures & Ideas" Course -- Open to All. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 3304 | Business and Professional Writing Amy Tibbals M/W 11:00-12:20/ 3 Credit Hours Writing isn’t just for college papers, and having strong business writing skills will help you far beyond the classroom. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of business writing, and you will apply those skills in real-world writing assignments. OSUM has partnered with The United Way of Marion County to offer a $5000 Pay It Forward grant available to non-profit organizations in Marion. As part of the OSUM Pay It Forward Project, you will work on some of the written pieces of the grant process, run a crowdfunding campaign and a create a fundraising event to raise money for PIF. You will also create your own professional portfolio, including a resume, cover letter and LinkedIn page. If you’re looking for a writing course that will help you in the real world and make an impact on the community at the same time, sign up for English 3304 with Amy Tibbals. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 3398 | Methods for the Study of Literature Ben McCorkle MW 9:30 - 10:50 / 3 Credit Hours The primary goal of this "gateway to the major" course is to learn how to produce effective literary criticism and other types of academic writing within the discipline. We will read a selection of literary works from different historical periods, nationalities, and a range of genres and forms. The course will be more than simply writing and discussing literature, though. We will also learn about various critical approaches and literary theories, each of them framing a different way to read or "enter" the texts we'll study. We will sample representative essays from some of the major "schools" of literary theory (feminism, Marxism, new historicism, deconstruction, etc.) and come to understand them in both class
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presentations and follow-up discussions. As a final component of this course, I would like to offer you a glimpse into the business of English studies, beyond just writing essays for your professor. To that end, I have designed the course so that you will have the opportunity to teach complex ideas to your fellow classmates, and also to share your own scholarship with colleagues in ways that resemble the professional work done by scholars in the vast field of English studies. Texts (subject to change): Lynn, Steven. Texts and Contexts (Writing About Literature and Critical Theory). Sixth Edition. New York: Longman, 2010. Abbott, Edwin A. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Lightning Source/Dover Thrift Editions: New York, 1992. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 3467S | Issues and Methods in Teaching Writing Katie Braun TR 11 - 12:20 \ 3 Credit Hours This class explores writing-learning connections, media-communication connections, and prepares students to work as tutors for individuals and small writing groups. The course is particularly helpful to those who are planning careers as teachers or who are enrolling in the professional writing minor (3467 is an elective for the professional writing minor). It is also a great setting in which to engage in collaborative learning, and students who successfully complete this course are eligible to apply for paid tutoring positions in the Academic Success Center at OSU Marion or the University Writing Center in Columbus (for students who plan to change campuses). If you don't have credit for a 2367 (2nd level writing), please contact me for permission to enroll in the course. For more information, check out the course promo: https://tinyurl.com/3467ad. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 3662 | An Introduction to Literary Publishing Ben McCorkle MW 11:00 - 12:20 / 3 Credit Hours This course is responsible for producing the Cornfield Review, the venerated annual literary journal of OSU-Marion. Students will study the history of literary editing, publishing, and design. They will put their newfound knowledge to practical use as staff members of the Cornfield Review. Texts TBA. Visiting speakers possible. Requirements include class presentations and a significant end-of-semester project. For more information, contact Ben McCorkle (mccorkle.12@osu.edu).
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✪✪✪✪✪ English 4520.01 | Shakespeare Nathan Wallace MW 11:00 - 12:20 / 3 Credit Hours This seminar on the work of William Shakespeare will concentrate on Shakespeare’s development as a playwright, and the interaction in his lifetime between actors, writers, audiences, printers, and patrons. We will also examine several major themes in Shakespeare’s work, including the relationship between theater and politics, and the role of performance in everyday life. We will examine the major Shakespearean genres of tragedy, comedy, history, and romance – taking as our examples such plays as Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Macbeth, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, and the Winter’s Tale. Students will write weekly study questions, a midterm paper, and one research essay at the end of the term. We will also perform scenes as part of our final projects. Critical examination of the works, life, theater, and contexts of Shakespeare. Prereq: 6 cr hrs in English at 2000-3000 level, or permission of instructor. 5 qtr cr hrs of 367 or 6 sem cr hrs of 2367 in any subject are acceptable towards the 6 cr hrs. Not open to students with credit for 520 or 520.01. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 4565 | Advanced Fiction Writing Stuart Lishan MW 1:30-2:50 / 3 Credit Hours English 4565 is a course for people who love stories. You read once upon a time… and you’re gone, into the world of the story, the world of the tale. This is a class for those sorts of people. Think of our classroom as a metaphorical campfire around which we’ll sit with one another – and tell stories. We’ll swim in the scenes of our tales; we’ll ride piggyback on the backs of our characters; we’ll wander in forests thick with description. We’ll tell stories, man. We’ll dig and dive and swoosh and soar and sift and juggle and breathe and sing stories. We’ll pal around with them. We’ll put our faces into the bouquets of their petals and breathe them in. It’s like, stories. We’ll be all about stories. Note: If you haven't had English 2265 (Writing of Fiction I), you'll need to contact me (Lishan.1@osu.edu), your dance instructor of the sweet words, for permission to enroll in the course, because Brutus may start acting funky if you don’t. Books: The Story and Its Writer, Eighth Edition, edited by Ann Charters; Making Shapely Fiction, by Jerome Stern; and, of course, the writing that you create.
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✪✪✪✪✪ English 4591.02H | Special Topics in the Study of Rhetoric Katie Braun TR 1:30-2:50 / 3 Credit Hours Generation Meme: Visual Rhetoric in Digital Spaces In this seminar, we will study the circulation of visual arguments in digital spaces, particularly though not exclusively in social media. We will analyze the rhetorical devices used in memes, gifs, emojis and other visual forms of expression in digital communication spaces. We will also compose various forms of visual texts, including a visual analysis, a set of memes, a set of gifs, and so forth. No prior experience with digital composing is expected or required, just a desire to learn and have fun with technology. ✪✪✪✪✪ English 4597.02 | American Regional Cultures in Transition: Strange Louisiana Sara Crosby TR 9:30 - 10:50 / 3 Credit Hours South Louisiana is a strange place. This tiny region contributes half the seafood and 30% of the oil and natural gas consumed in this country, and its wetlands provide an irreplaceable stopover for millions of the nation’s migratory birds. It has also created the only world-recognized, uniquely “American” music (jazz/ blues) and cuisine (Cajun/ Creole). Yet, south Louisiana’s “Americanness” is always in question. Representations of the region suggest that it’s too French, not quite white or middle-class enough, kind of gothic and creepy, corrupt and maybe a bit trampy—with vampires, pirates, and swamp monsters slithering through its marshes and voodoo queens, ghosts, and drunken politicians reeling through its dark streets. It’s “other,” and being “other” and not truly American “us” has dire consequences. South Louisiana is being allowed to wash away. The entire state south of Baton Rouge is disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of a football field of land an hour. In this class, we will try to understand and experience a bit of south Louisiana before it’s gone. You will dive into its literature: from Swamp Thing comics to Cajun jokes to Lafcadio Hearn’s beautiful elegy for Last Island, erased by a hurricane. You will learn how to cook a real gumbo (and why it’s made that way).
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You will explore New Orleans jazz, Blue Dog art, and Cajun dancing and examine representations of south Louisiana’s threatened people and their ecosystems, including award-winning movies such as Beasts of the Southern Wild. In the process, we will try to figure out the root of south Louisiana’s troubles and supposed “strangeness” and what implications they may hold for the rest of America. ✪✪✪✪✪
PALS | Pride And Life Skills Mentoring Program
The Pride And Life Skills mentoring program (PALS) is a cooperative venture between The Ohio State University at Marion, the Boys & Girls Club of Marion County, and Marion Public Schools to develop a mentoring program that is a win-win situation for both elementary, middle school students, and college students. PALS, connects college students from the Marion campus with grade school children in the Marion area to provide one-on-one mentoring opportunities for kids. The Boys & Girls Club matches program volunteers with school age children and provides each a useful handbook to direct them through the mentoring process. Students earn 1-credit per term of independent study by attending mentoring sessions regularly, coming to a few meetings, and writing a two-page report about their mentoring activities at the end of each term. OSUMARION.OSU.EDU/ACADEMICS/PALS.HTML For further information contact: Ben McCorkle • mccorkle.12@osu.edu Nikole Patson • patson.3@osu.edu
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