English

Statement of Programs and Library Needs

The Department of English offers programs of study leading to the Master of Arts degree (thesis or non-thesis). The fundamental purposes of graduate work in English are to prepare majors for additional advanced work, to aid teachers in a better understanding of English and American literature, to offer minors for graduate students in other curricula, and to encourage independent research.

Graduate programs in English consist of individually planned programs of course work coupled with directed research programs. Such programs of study are offered in English literature, American literature, and writing/language programs.

I. Collection areas

A. Area: English

 

B. Classes and Levels

P               Philology, Linguistics                      	Study
PM 101-7356     American Languages  			    	Study
PN 1-44         Literature: Periodicals, Yearbooks,
                Societies, etc.     			    	Study
PN 45-75        Literature: Theory, Philosophy, Esthetics   	Study
PN 80-99        Literary Criticism  				Study
PN 101-249      Authorship          				Study
PN 441-1009     Literary History    				Study 
PN 3311-3503    Prose, Prose Fiction, Short Story           	Basic
PN 4390-4500    Diaries, Letters, Essays                    	Basic
PN 6010-6075    Literature: General Collection              	Basic
PN 6080-6095    Collections of Quotations                   	Basic
PN 6121-6146    Collec. of orations,letters, essays        	Basic
PN 6147-6231    Wit and Humor, Satire                       	Study
PN 6233-6381    Anacreontic Literature,Extracts, etc.       	Basic
PN 6400-6700    Proverbs, etc.      Study
PR 1-78         English Literature: Literary History and
                Criticism           				Study
PR 81-151       History of English Literature, General      	Study   
PR 161-479      History of English Literature,by Period     	Study
PR 500-978      History of English Literature,by Form
                (Poetry, Drama, etc.)                       	Study
PR 1098-1395    English Literature: Collections             	Study
PR 1490-1799    Anglo-Saxon Literature                      	Study
PR 1803-2165    Anglo-Norman and Early Middle
                English Literature  				Study
PR 2199-2405    English Renaissance Literature
                 Prose and Poetry    				Study  
PR 2411-2416    English Renaissance Drama: Anonymous Plays	Study
PR 2417-2749    English Renaissance Drama:
                Plays by Playwrights A-Shaj	Study
PR 2750-3112    Shakespeare         				Study 
PR 3135-3198    English Renaissance Drama:
                Plays by Playwrights Shar-Z                 	Study 
PR 3291-3785    English Literature, 17th & 18th Centuries   	Study   
PR 3991-5990    English Literature, 19th Century            	Study
PR 6000-6049    English Literature, 1900-1960               	Study
PR 6050-6076    English Literature, 1961--                  	Study
PR 8309-9899    English Literature:
                Provincial, Colonial, etc.                  	Study
PS 1-478        American Literature  General,Criticism,
                 History                  			Study
PS 501-690      American Literature: Collections            	Study
PS 700-893      American Literature: Colonial Period        	Study
PS 991-3390     American Literature: 19th Century           	Study 
PS 3500-3549    American Literature: 1900-1960              	Study
PS 3550-3576    American Literature: 1961--                 	Study 
PZ 1-4          Fiction in English  				Study
PZ 5-10         Juvenile Literature:American and English    	Study

C. Chronology

Most acquisitions will be current materials. Selective acquisition of retrospective materials will be made as required by developing areas of specialization in the department.

D. Geographic Guidelines

While primary emphasis is on American and British literature, all literatures in English are collected, including postcolonial and native American.

E. Languages

English is the primary language of the collection.

F. Treatment

Monographs and periodicals relating to the classes listed in I.B. will be acquired as extensively as funding allows. Serial publications such as conference proceedings and reports of special investigations will be collected.

G. Formats

Primarily print for monographs and most journals, though electronic full-text is also of growing importance for journals. Bibliographic databases are available through the Internet. Videos are acquired upon faculty request, funds permitting.

H. Multiple copies

In general, multiple copies are not purchased.

II. Acquisition Strategy

Materials are selected for purchase by the English language and literature bibliographer, with priority given to faculty requests. The library maintains an approval plan for university press publications, as well as publication by outstanding trade publishers. The standard current bibliographies as well as publishers' catalogs are regularly checked to maintain awareness of currently published materials.

III. Collection Notes

Textbooks and dissertations are not purchased unless requested by faculty, and only on a limited basis.

The library is the major research and study source for faculty and students in the area of English. Much of the material is interdisciplinary in nature and requires cooperation with other subject bibliographers.

Revised 11/2000