English (ENG)

This course will take a thematic approach to understanding and analyzing literature by examining multiple texts that engage with a common course theme or idea concerned with one or more aspects of human experience. This course will introduce students to methods for studying literature through thematically focused analysis. The organizing principle of this course will be thematic, but the course will also engage with form and the cultural aspects of the literature studied. This is a writing-infused course. Specific topics will vary. This course may be used for general education credit.

This course will take a genre-based or formalist approach to understanding and analyzing literature by examining multiple texts that belong to a genre, subgenre and/or other category of literary and/or artistic creation. This course will introduce students to methods for studying literature through analysis focused on the forms and conventions of the selected texts. The organizing principle of this course will be the analysis of literary form, but the course will also engage with the thematic and cultural aspects of the literature studied. This is a writing-infused course. Specific topics will vary. This course may be used for general education credit.

This course will take a cultural and contextual approach to understanding and analyzing literature by examining multiple texts that develop from, represent or respond to human experiences of specific times, places, histories and/or identities. This course will introduce students to methods for studying literature through culturally and contextually focused analysis. The organizing principle for this course will be contextual analysis, but the course will also engage with form and the thematic aspects of the literature studied. This is a writing-infused course. Specific topics will vary.

A general survey presented chronologically. May be used for general education credit.

A general survey presented chronologically. May be used for general education credit.

Introduction to masterpieces of world literature with emphasis on non-Western literature. (May be focused regionally or topically.) May be used for general education credit.

A general survey presented chronologically. May be used for general education credit.

A general survey presented chronologically. May be used for general education credit.

Survey of literature by African American authors from the 18th century to the present. May be used for general education credit.

Internships in English provide students with opportunities for professionalization through work experience in a variety of fields. Regular reports, reflection exercises, self- and employer evaluations, and a portfolio project are among the assignments. A maximum of 3 credits may be counted towards the English major degree requirements.

In this course, students practice the skills of literary analysis, including how to generate, articulate and support viable arguments about literary meaning, and how to structure these arguments for specific audiences. Writing and revision will form central components of this course. Students will refine and apply their knowledge of specialized terms, concepts and critical methodologies for literary analysis. This course prepares students for upper-level work in literary studies.

An introduction to the Old English language through selected readings in poetry and prose.

Study of a particular literary or linguistics topic. May be repeated for credit when course content changes but not more than once, except with the approval of the department head.

Introduction to the historical study of English including its Indo-European origins. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Study of the nature and meaning of myths specific to a particular culture or comparative myths as interpreted and reinterpreted in significant works of ancient and modern literature.

Study of Hebrew and Christian scripture as literary and cultural texts, which have influenced subsequent literature and culture.

Literary treatment of an organizing theme or approach appropriate to the 300-level. The topic may be framed as part of the human experience or within a tradition of studies in the humanities. Course content may include pertinent readings from other disciplines. Possible topics: Disease in literature, literature and the law, literature and psychology. May be repeated as course topic changes.

Introduction to the study of the various subfields of linguistics, including questions about the nature and use of language in general, with the English language as the primary example.

Introduction to traditional grammar, probing its logic, system and history, with an examination of modern applications of conventional rules.

This course studies the structure of the English language from a modern, linguistic perspective. The course focuses on the unconscious principles/rules and details of native speaker competence in the grammar of English and on applying this knowledge to a wide range of examples in the English language.

Studies in the literature and culture of the Middle Ages through selected Old English, Norse/Icelandic, Middle English, Old Irish, French, German, Latin and Arabic texts in translation.

Students will study non-dramatic poetry and prose produced in England during the sixteenth century and roughly the first half of the seventeenth century.

Major works of British dramatists, excluding Shakespeare, from 1550-1660.

Students will study selected dramas by Shakespeare; nondramatic work may be considered.

A study of Shakespeare's plays, with emphasis on pedagogical techniques for teaching drama in the classroom

Students will study the plays of Shakespeare currently in production in London and England with special emphasis on the productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Course can be substituted for ENG 317 but may not be taken for credit in addition.

A study of the poetry and prose (other than the novel) from the Age of Satire, including works by Dryden, Swift, Pope and Johnson.

A study of British drama in the eighteenth century.

A study emphasizing selected works of Romantic literature. Attention given to critical theories, intellectual and cultural movements, or poetic forms.

A study of the origins, influence and transformations of Gothic fiction from the 18th century to the present.

Study of British literature of the Victorian period with primary emphasis on poetry and nonfiction prose.

The development of the British novel in the nineteenth century and the study of representative works.

A study of select poetic works. Specific time periods or genres studied may vary. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

A study of a select popular or specialized genre, such as speculative fiction, detective fiction or the graphic novel. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Drama from 1960 to the present.

A study of children's literature, such as a survey of children's literature, young adult literature, African American children's literature, children's fantasy fiction or the picture book, or a study of a particular author or series. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Literature from Britain and Ireland, 1900 to 1945.

Literature from Britain and Ireland, from 1945 to the present.

Significant genres, writers and literary movements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

American literature of the early nineteenth century.

American literature of the late nineteenth century.

Study of the process of writing plays. Consideration of plot, character, thematic material, conflict and dramatic structure. Emphasis on individual writing assignments.

Broad study of a particular subfield of linguistics, focusing on the English language, or an application of various linguistic theories and methodologies to the study of literature. Some possible areas of study include semantics, pragmatics and discourse, non-literal language, lexicography, English dialects and variation, language and humor, and linguistic approaches to literature. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

A study of the development of the American novel from its beginnings to the modern period.

Southern authors, especially those of the twentieth century.

The American novel from 1914 to 1945.

A study of contemporary American literature written since 1945.

This course is a study of oral literature, which may be organized by theme, geography or genre. The course examines the social, political and artistic reasons for the creation and popularity of this literature. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

A study of selected works of African American literature in multiple genres. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

An overview of the literary production of one group or a variety of ethnic and immigrant American writers, including but not limited to Native American, Asian American, Mexican American, Indian American, Caribbean American, and Latino American literatures. Examines the experience of historically marginalized groups in the United States with a particular emphasis on identity, nationality, tradition, and language.

Selected works of fiction by major African American writers.

Selected works of poetry by major African American writers. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

A study of Native American communities' and authors' literatures in North America, with emphasis on the relationship of that literature to their traditions and historical experiences.

The course is designed to introduce students to a variety of writings by Asian American authors. It will explore the historical formation of Asian American identities; issues of immigration, citizenship and race; and the aesthetic forms of representation explored by Asian American writers and artists.

Study of the major debates in current critical discourse.

This course is a study of literature by U.S. Latinx authors. The course explores the way writers from a variety of racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds who identify as Latinx use the written word in service of narrating counter-histories, identity formation, and aesthetic and imaginative engagement with the world.

A study of literature by women.

An intensive study of a variety of feminist critical approaches and their applications to literature.

An exploration of texts and issues in literature written by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer writers, including critical and theoretical issues as well as questions of canon. Text studied may include fiction, poetry, drama, essays and memoirs written primarily, but not exclusively, in the 20th century.

A critical examination of literature's representation of the interconnections between human beings, non-human beings and the environment.

This course examines contemporary literature from many parts of the English-speaking world, with special attention to writers' attempts to assess the global legacies of colonialism in the contemporary moment, as well as what it means to participate in a self-consciously global literary culture today.

A study of the works of Irish or Anglo-Irish writers.

An overview of Scottish literature, with an emphasis on fiction, from the Romantic period to the present. Emphasis on the problems of nation, identity and the politics of language and tradition in "minority literature."

An introduction to African literature, tracing its changes over time. Examination of African literary theoretical concepts, literary genres (both oral and written), as well as an examination of Africa's contribution to familiar genres of written and oral literature.

A study of selected works of South Asian literature.

The course is designed as an overview of writings from regions of the world that were formerly colonized by Britain. It examines the colonial, nationalist and postcolonial shaping of individual and collective identities through literature; the intersections of race, gender and nation; the crafting of a new idiom in English in response to both political and literary histories; and the significance of choices of genre and form.

An introduction to the study of film as an aesthetic practice, including formal and industrial aspects of film analysis, theoretical approaches to film and writing and research methodologies of film and media studies.

A historical and worldwide survey of major film movements from the silent era to the present-day, including Asian, European, African, American, Middle Eastern, Australasian and transnational cinemas. Focus will be placed on the aesthetics, politics and sociocultural contexts of global cinemas, with a focus on films that explore shifting ideologies and cultural identities in times of social tumult. Students will investigate how film movements worldwide respond to issues of geopolitics, globalization, colonization, nation-building, modernization, underdevelopment, migration and social marginalization.

This course explores specific topics within the study of race, class, gender and their intersections in national and/or global cinemas. The course uses key films and readings to introduce students to interrogate key historical and theoretical issues informing cinematic constructions of race, class and/or gender. The course will familiarize students with evolving discourses of racial, class and sexual identities in national and/or global cinemas, with a particular focus on the ways in which specific films and media industries reinforce and/or challenge dominant discourses on race, class and gender identity.

Study of film genre through the consideration of one or more film genres.

Study of film authorship through the consideration of one or more directors.

Study of a particular topic in film. May be repeated for credit when course content changes but not more than once, except with the approval of the department head.

This course provides an historical survey of British and Irish literatures, broadly conceived, spanning multiple historical periods with attention to continuities and changes in literary practices and concerns over time. Specific topics and texts covered may vary by instructor.

This course provides an historical survey of American literatures, spanning multiple historical periods with attention to continuities and changes in literary practices and concerns over time. Specific topics and texts covered may vary by instructor.

This course will be organized topically or regionally depending on the instructor, with attention to continuities and changes in literary practices and concerns across space and time, as well as acts of translation and adaptation that take place within and across literary cultures. Specific topics and texts covered may vary by instructor. The course may include other cultural texts or media. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

An introductory creative writing class that provides a sampling of American environmental writing, with emphasis on the creative intelligence of the writer's imagination, process and craft.

A basic workshop in reading and writing works of creative nonfiction.

A basic workshop in reading and writing poetry.

A basic workshop in reading and writing fiction. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Extensive exercises in expository writing, with emphasis on rhetorical types of composition, designed to develop sophistication of style in the student's writing.

In this course, students refine the analysis and writing skills they learned in ENG 299. Students will also develop research skills, specifically in locating, analyzing and assessing secondary sources about linguistic, literary, artistic and/or cultural texts. They will integrate appropriate critical perspectives and research into a variety of assignments with well-defined audiences while simultaneously cultivating their own original arguments and writing style.

Advanced literary and philological study of non-British Medieval or British Medieval texts written in cross-cultural dialogue with those written circa 500-1480 c.e. in Old Irish, Old Norse/Icelandic, Old French, Old and Middle High German, Old Castilian, Classical and Medieval Latin, and Arabic. Readings in the original or in translation. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

British literatures written prior to 1700, both within and without the British isles. Topics may include Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman literature, vernacular literature, neo-Latin literature, Chaucer, late-medieval literature, Tudor and early modern literature, Shakespeare, Milton, and seventeenth-century literature. May be repeated as course topic changes.

Advanced study of British literatures dating from 1700 to the present. Topics may focus on a particular period of literature (eighteenth century, Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, or contemporary), or topics may focus on a genre or theme that engages multiple periods. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Anglophone (English-speaking) literature from around the globe (including the Caribbean, Canada, Ireland, Australasia, Africa or India), in which identification with a particular nation, colonial status or imperial power is problematic or no longer applicable. Topic may focus on a particular theme or event, genre, time frame, formal or stylistic trend, author or set of authors, issue or problem. May be repeated as topic changes.

Study of literature(s) of the United States and North America, from the Colonial Period through the 21st Century. May include writing in multiple genres: narrative prose, poetry, drama, nonfiction. Topics may be historically delimited or thematically organized; specific sections may focus on a group of authors, a literary movement, a historical moment, or a broad theoretical question. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Study of literature produced by African Americans, from the Colonial Period through the 21st century. May include writing in multiple genres: narrative prose, poetry, drama, nonfiction. Topics may be historically delimited or thematically organized; specific sections may focus on a group of authors, a literary movement, a historical moment, or a broad theoretical question. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Study of the works of one (or two) British, American or Anglophone writers. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Study of a literary school, movement, genre or some other significant literary or linguistic topic. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Advanced study of the literary treatment of an organizing theme, which may be framed broadly as part of the human experience or within a tradition of studies in the humanities. Course content may include pertinent readings from other disciplines. Possible themes: love, death, nature, evil, the comic spirit. May be repeated as course topic changes.

Advanced study of works drawn from a specific literary or film genre or subgenre or a small, related set of (sub)genres. May be repeated as course topic changes.

Detailed literary, bibliographical, political and cultural analysis of the material features of texts as physical objects. Topics may include the relation between a book's physical features and its intellectual contexts; the production, dissemination and receptions of texts; the history of manuscript, print and digital text technologies; the material history of reading and of literacy; and so forth. May be repeated as course topic changes.

This course provides advanced study of a particular topic in English linguistics or in English language studies. Topics may include particular subfields of linguistics or linguistic theories, applications of linguistic theory to literary studies or other related fields, or specific structural, historical, and cultural aspects of the English language. May be repeated as topic changes.

Advanced study of a topic or debate within contemporary critical theoretical or cultural studies discourses in the humanities. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

A study of major theories in film and media studies. Foundational schools of thought will be explored in terms of how they contribute to intellectual understandings of the relationship between media and modernity, ranging from classical film theory, political modernism, feminist and queer film theory, postcolonial film theory, to new media studies and postmodernism.

Advanced study of a topic using a gender and sexuality studies approach to literary texts. This course will explore how gender and sexuality and their representation in literature are shaped by social, cultural, historical, and political contexts. Course may be repeated as topic changes. Course may be repeated as topic changes.

Comparative study of selected world literature. May be repeated as course topic changes.

A study of selected works by African writers, focused by theme, geography or genre. May be repeated for credit when content varies.

A study of Arabic writers. May be repeated for credit when content varies.

This course will study Latin American literature in translation. The course will focus on the work of major Spanish-American authors. May be repeated as course content changes.

A study of selected works of German literature. Instruction is in English. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

A study of selected works of Italian literature. Instruction is in English. May be repeated for credit when content varies.

A study of selected works of Russian literature. Instruction is in English. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

This course will study the work of both Peninsular and Latin American authors in translation. The course will focus on major Spanish-speaking authors and their work, both in Latin America and in Spain. May be repeated as course content changes.

An advanced workshop with emphasis on developing full-length dramatic material.

This course studies the process of adapting British literature into feature films. Consideration is given to the original literary work, as well as to the changes undergone in its adaptation to film.

This course is the study of the process of adapting literature into feature films. Consideration is given to the original literary work, as well as to the changes undergone in its adaptation to film.

Advanced study of women's literary achievements in several cultural and historical contexts. May be focused by theme. May be repeated as course content varies.

The study, development and practice of narrative craft.

The study, development and practice of poetic craft.

Independent study for students with high academic standing. Students may select work in (1) a literary type, period, or author; (2) imaginative writing; or (3) linguistics. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

An advanced workshop in the writing of creative non-fiction narrative, with emphasis on point of view, form and style.

An advanced workshop with emphasis on developing sound poetic form, voice and vision.

An advanced workshop with emphasis on developing sound narrative prose form, style and vision. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Study of a specific and concentrated aspect of creative writing. Topics will vary semester to semester. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

See catalog section "Graduation with Honors."

This course supports English graduate student internships. Graduate students identify a prospective employer and work as an intern during the summer, fall or spring semester. Students can earn a maximum of three credits in this course.

Introduction to research and writing in the discipline for beginning graduate students. Advanced training in research methods and citation, in critical analysis and scholarly writing, and in disciplinary history and the workings of the academy. Required for all Master of Arts students in their first semester.

Advanced readings in the nature, function and development of literary criticism, from the classics to modernism (from Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus to Marx and Freud).

Advanced study of the major debates in current critical discourse, covering such topics as formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, new historicism, cultural studies, feminist and queer studies, postcolonial and race studies, and post-humanism.

Social, cultural, political and grammatical history of the English language, with attention to changing forms of spoken and written language in terms of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

Survey of linguistics, with some emphasis on the English language, and of contemporary issues in the application of linguistic theory.

Practical examination of the content and methodology of teaching college-level English courses for the training of beginning teaching assistants. Required for all beginning teaching assistants.

A study of material textuality and literary production. Topics may include manuscript and print culture, the History of the Book, bibliography, the history of commercial publishing, periodical studies, graphic novels, historical lexicography, and post-print textual practice. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

An examination of literature through the lens of contemporary theories of gender and sexuality. May be repeated when content varies.

Advanced readings in contemporary critical or linguistic theory or in cultural studies that are focused by topic, period, culture, or theme. May be repeated when content varies.

Medieval literatures in the original or in translation produced between ca. 500-1475 in England, Iceland, Scandinavia, the European continent, and the Middle East. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

British literature of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods (1476-1660). Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

British literature from ca. 1660 to 1800. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

British literature of the 19th century. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

British literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

Authors from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

American literature of the 19th century. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. This course may be repeated when content varies.

This course looks at works by Latin American writers in translation. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. Although the majority of these writers will be Spanish-speakers, there may also be some coverage of Brazilian literature. May be repeated when content varies.

American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

This course studies dramatic literature and performance, broadly construed. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

Advanced study of mass media, such as film, broadcast television and radio, and digital media. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

This course studies literatures of Africa in translation. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

Non-U.S., non-British literature in English or in translation. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

African-American literature of the 20th and 21st century in the context of the cultural and intellectual currents of the period. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

Advanced study of the literary achievement of novelists, poets and dramatists of the Caribbean, with emphasis on diverse theoretical and historical approaches. Topics may be determined by period or geography, culture or politics, theme or genre. May be repeated when content varies.

Students undertake supervised reading and research in a particular topic or field.

This course offers a study of a particular topic at the graduate level. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Continued preparation for the comprehensive examinations. May be repeated as needed.

Continued study, research and writing for the thesis. May be repeated as needed.

Six credits taken over two consecutive semesters. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.