Credits: (3) Instructional Method: Three hours lecture. Prerequisites:CORE 101 and CORE 102; ENGL 300 or permission of department chair. Study of a single author’s work in view of the literary, biographical, historical and cultural contexts that shaped it, and the critical contexts within which it is read. The course emphasizes instruction and practice in writing for complex rhetorical situations within the discipline of English Studies. Depending upon the topic, this course may be used to meet requirements for the minor in Women’s Studies.