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Purpose
The doctoral program is designed to prepare students
to teach at the college level and conduct research in literature
written in English. Specifically, the program seeks to develop
the following:
- A comprehensive and intensive knowledge
of the literature, with specialization in one area (period,
type, or author) of British or American Literature.
- Knowledge of the textual, editorial,
and critical problems and backgrounds of
major texts and authors, together with a grounding in the principles
of literary criticism.
- Knowledge of the basic tools and
methods of literary and linguistic research and training in
their application
- Demonstration of this knowledge and
ability in a number of advanced papers (ordinarily
in graduate seminars), in the qualifying examination,
and in a major dissertation evincing power of organization,
significant
exploration and discovery, and creative insight and imagination.
- Knowledge of pedagogical problems
and the literature thereof, and practical experience in the
teaching of literature, rhetoric, and composition.
Curriculum
Course-credit hours : The candidate for the Ph.D
degree must complete 60 hours of course work beyond the B.A.—including
30 hours beyond the M.A.—plus 12 hours of dissertation credit.
During the student's first semester in the doctoral program,
the
student prepares a Doctoral Program Planning Form in consultation
with the Director of Graduate Studies. The form lays out a
schedule
of course work designed to complete the distribution requirements
and prepare for the qualifying exam and dissertation.
Distribution
Requirements
These can be satisfied with courses taken at
the graduate or advanced undergraduate (upper-division) level.
Courses taken elsewhere satisfy distribution requirements if they
are equivalent to Marquette offerings.
- Language and Linguistics. Normally
fulfilled by ENGL 101, 102, 103, 170, 202, 203. ENGL 201, 204,
and 205 fulfill this requirement when their content is linguistic,
e.g., Old English language or Middle English language.
- Chaucer. Normally fulfilled by
ENGL 205.
- Shakespeare. Normally fulfilled
by ENGL 217.
- Renaissance Literature. Normally
fulfilled by ENGL 210, 215, or 216.
- Restoration and Eighteenth-Century
British Literature. Normally fulfilled by ENGL 220 or 225.
- Nineteenth-Century British Literature.
Normally fulfilled by ENGL 230 or 235.
- American Literature before 1900.
Normally fulfilled by ENGL 250 or 255.
- Twentieth-Century British Literature.
Normally fulfilled by ENGL 240 or 245.
- Twentieth-Century American Literature.
Normally fulfilled by ENGL 260 or 265.
- Introduction to Modern Critical
Theory and Practice. Normally fulfilled by ENGL 281.
- Study of Contemporary Literary
Criticism. Normally fulfilled by ENGL 282.
The following 300-level courses are reserved for students in the doctoral program:
- ENGL 310: Advanced Study in British
Literature
- ENGL 350: Advanced Study in American Literature
- ENGL 370: Advanced Study in Genre
- ENGL 398: Advanced Study in Selected Topics
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