English Department Course Descriptions - Spring 2025

Aug 20, 2026

Spring 2025 English Department course descriptions outline options for developing writing and critical analysis skills, spanning expository composition, persuasive writing, and writing-in-practice workshops. The curriculum also includes fiction into film courses that compare novels and screen adaptations across periods and genres through close reading and literary/film study, with assignments such as essays, quizzes, discussion boards, and final creative projects. Additional offerings focus on television narrative structure and terminology, using online asynchronous modalities for many sections.

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ENGL 100 Expository Writing I

ENGL 170 Writing Studio

ENGL 200 Expository Writing II

ENGL 220 Fiction Into Film

ENGL 220 Fiction Into Film - Frankenstein in Adaptation (January Intersession)

ENGL 220 Fiction into Film: “Hearts of Darkness”

ENGL 224

English Department Course Descriptions--Spring 2025 [https://www.k-state.edu/english/academics/courses](https://www.k-state.edu/english/academics/courses | 10/22/2024)[ | 10/22/2024](https://www.k-state.edu/english/academics/courses | 10/22/2024) ENGL 100 Expository Writing I Multiple sections/times, modalities Introduction to expressive and informational writing. May use discussion, workshops, and conferences. Offers extensive practice in the process of writing: getting ideas, drafting, analyzing drafts, revising, and editing. ENGL 170 Writing Studio Section A: By Appointment—Stacia Gray and staff Once classes begin, come to ECS 122D to choose your appointment time. Laboratory practice of the writing process. Regular sections are for students enrolled in Expository Writing 1 or 2. (Walk-in sections are for undergraduate students who wish to improve their writing. ) Hours are not applicable toward degree req. ENGL 200 Expository Writing II Multiple sections/times, modalities Introduction to writing persuasively. As with ENGL 100, may use discussion, workshops, and conferences, and emphasizes the writing process. ENGL 220 Fiction Into Film Section A: MWF 8:30--Staff; Section B: MWF 10:30—Mark Crosby; Section C: TU 9:30-10:45—Allison Kuehne; Section D: TU 1:05-2:20—Tosha Sampson-Choma; ENGL 220.ZA: Distance—Shirley Tung; Section ZB: Lisa Tatonetti (Jan-Mar); 220.ZC: Distance—Staff (Mar-May) Modality: Sections A-D: In person. Sections ZA [see below], ZB, and ZC: 100% online, 100% asynchronous Why do we often say, “The book was better than the movie”? How can films capture the essence of novels or stories, and can we fairly compare them? In this class we will answer these questions by reading novels and stories from different periods and genres and comparing them to film versions, practicing close reading and critical analysis and learning the basics of literary and film study along the way. Assignments may include essays, exams, and other writing exercises. Participation in class discussion is required. Students will view films for the course outside of class. This course can be counted in fulfillment of the Fine Arts requirement and towards the Film Studies Certificate. K-State 8 Tag: Aesthetic Interpretation. ENGL 220 Fiction into Film- Frankenstein in Adaptation (January Intersession) Section ZD: Distance- Shirley Tung Modality: 100% online, 100% asynchronous (Dec.-Jan) “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster…when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” -Friedrich Nietzsche In this class we are going to heed Nietzsche’s warning as we plumb the depths of human monstrosity. Be advised that the "monsters" that we will study in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and in its film adaptations are not the kind that lurk under your bed. Instead, we will look at the kind of monstrosity that is borne out of obsession, greed, desperation, and/or fear. As a consequence, we will tackle some difficult and disturbing topics, but always with a critical eye toward how these literary and cinematic texts aestheticize and justify brutality as well as attempt to make the reader/viewer complicit in the horrors they witness. In order words, this class will teach you how to identify and dismantle narrative manipulators, and in doing so, sharpen your critical thinking and analytical skills. ENGL 220 Fiction into Film: “Hearts of Darkness” Section ZA: Distance—Shirley Tung Modality: 100% online, 100% asynchronous (January-May) “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster…when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” -Friedrich Nietzsche In this class we are going to heed Nietzsche’s warning as we plumb the depths of human monstrosity. Be advised that the monsters that we will study in fiction and in film are not the kind that lurk under your bed, but rather, they are ones borne out

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What writing skills do ENGL 100 and ENGL 200 emphasize?

ENGL 100 emphasizes expressive and informational writing through idea development, drafting, analyzing drafts, revising, and editing. ENGL 200 introduces persuasive writing and also highlights the writing process with similar learning activities.

How do the ENGL 220 fiction-into-film courses work?

Students read novels and stories and compare them to film versions using close reading and critical analysis. Participation in class discussion is required, and students view films outside of class.

What is the focus of ENGL 224?

ENGL 224 introduces the story parts and terminology of television shows and examines components of teleplays, transcripts, and produced episodes as they aired.

Aug 20, 2026

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