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Offered on occasion. In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from the literature of continental Europe. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from the literary tradition of the United States. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from British literary tradition. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical and comparative examination of selected "landmarks" from global literary traditions. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

An examination of contemporary Latina literary productions in the context of representations of Latinas in mainstream U.S. society. The focus of the course is on women of Hispanic descent living and writing in the United States, including work by and about Chicanas, Puerto Ricans, Dominican Americans, and Cuban Americans. Previous course work in Latina/Latino literature not required, but some previous course work related to African American or other ethnic literature, women's literature/feminism, and/or film studies is strongly recommended. Cross-listed as WOST 304 and INDS 304.

This survey course will offer a study of Middle Eastern literatures from antiquity to the present. The central goal of the course is to introduce the students to the trends and genres in Middle Eastern literatures and to offer them an overview of the historical, literary, and cultural setting of some of the canonical literary texts. Particular emphasis will be given to a broad understanding of the interaction between religion, history, and literature in the Middle East. All readings will be in English translation.

Study of selected texts representative of the literature flourishing in Western Europe between 600 and 1500.

Study of Renaissance texts, with a focus on English Renaissance literature.

This course includes coverage of a range of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose authored by 19th-century women writers, as well as the historical contexts within which those works were produced. In addition to the primary focus on reading and analyzing literature, the course will also expose students to histories and approaches of literary criticism and the methods of recovering and assessing neglected traditions and perspectives from literary history.

An in-depth study of literature by women. The course explores questions regarding gender, language, perception, and experience through various genres. Cross-listed as WOST 314.

This course will explore the Gothic novel in its various geographic and temporal contexts, from classic texts to more non-traditional ones. Beginning with its eighteenth-century origins, we will examine the different changes that the genre has undergone and the different themes that the genre has addressed.

Study of Jacobean drama, metaphysical and neo-classical poetry, and emerging prose styles.

Advanced-level course in analysis of poetry: introduction to various critical approaches; background study of poetic techniques; independent work on one poet.

A study of modern dramatic literature from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of realism on modern drama. The course will explore meaning beyond the page by considering the textual ramifications of staging dramatic texts.

Study of major literary forms with emphasis on Neoclassicism and emergent verse and prose styles; topics include significant social and political changes such as the expansion of empire and the growth of new readerships.

A study of contemporary dramatic literature from the mid-20th century to the present focusing on understanding the dramatic form and its relation to society. Critical analysis of plays includes historical and cultural contexts as well as theatrical implications of staging the text.

Romantic movement in England, 1790 to 1835, as exemplified in writings of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, Wollstonecraft, DeQuincey, Hazlitt, and others.

Study of myth theory, mythology, and literary symbolism in world literature.

Introduction to later 19th century English poetry and prose; emphasis on relationship between social-intellectual history and literature. Topics include problems of rapid industrialization, impact of science and technology, pressures for increased democratization, impact of laissez-faire capitalism, and relationship of the literature to 19th century music, painting, and architecture.

Study of the literature of modernism in terms of influence, development, and its interaction with the other arts within the context of continental Europe. Might include figures such as Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Thomas Mann; movements such as Surrealism and Expressionism; and specific historical-geographical contexts such as the Habsburg Empire and interbellum Paris.

Study of major British fiction, poetry, and drama, 1900 to the present. Topics include the Irish national movement, romantic/realistic attitudes toward war, the roots of modernism, the dissolution of Empire. Authors range from Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and Lawrence to Amis and Fowles. Approach is varied but tends to emphasize social-historical backgrounds.

Exploration of the evolution, subject matters, forms, and conventions of graphic texts with emphasis on their literary form.

Study of the novel in Britain and America, 1948 to the present. Emphasis on variety of forms, styles, and techniques in the genre and on contrasts between British and American novels of the period reflective of long-established, quite separate traditions.

Study of American literary and cultural roots in the 17th and 18th centuries; special attention to the emergence of myths and realities concerning the American hero and the American dream, including specific issues such as the rise of slavery, the role of women, the treatment of the Indian, the power of the Puritans, and the rhetoric of the Revolution.

Study of Romanticism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture, including textual examples ranging from indigenous native sources to those of Europe and the East.

Survey of American nature writing, chiefly over the past half century. Focuses on the art of seeing natural places. Includes field trips, direct study of nature.

Study of Realism and Naturalism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture, including influences from Europe and from the emerging voices of American women and African American slaves.

Study of American poetry of the first half of the 20th century. Focuses on tradition and innovation, distinctive voices, the cultural and historical context.

Study of modernism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture; might include such figures as Faulkner and Hemingway, and such movements as the Harlem Renaissance.

Study of contemporary works, genres and movements with attention to literary form, historical contexts and other interdisciplinary concerns.

Study of American poetry being written now and during the past 20 years in relationship to the American and lyric traditions. Focuses on the place of poets in our society, the cultural and historical context of American poetics, and the development of a uniquely American voice in contemporary poetry.

Study of the literature written by and often about black women, including poetry, short and long fictions, novels, drama, biography, and autobiography from the 18th century to the present.

Study of the literature flourishing within the African American community between approximately 1919 and 1930. Focuses on the political, social, and literary activities of the era.

Study of major texts that contribute to the field of African American autobiography. Focuses on the literary and cultural trends exhibited in these texts, as well as on the individual significance of each text.

This course offers students an introduction to literary and theoretical approaches to issues of sexuality and gender identity, as they pertain to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender peoples. We investigate queerness both in terms of a range of identity issues, and as a set of approaches to reading texts. We will look at such representations through literature and film, from various historical, cultural and theoretical perspectives.

Study of a variety of genres of contemporary multiethnic American literature, featuring African American, Asian American, Latina/o, Native American and other ethnic American writers. The course explores whether and how these writers exhibit shared concerns; how racial and ethnic identities and differences are represented in their work; and how race and ethnicity intersect with gender, class, sexuality, and nationality.

Focus on helping students develop an awareness of their own acts of interpretation in reading and an understanding of the strengths of different approaches to interpretation and criticism.

Survey of representative texts in literary criticism from Plato to the mid-19th century.

Study of major documents, theoretical concerns, and dominant trends in literary criticism from the mid-19th century to the present.

A multidisciplinary approach grounded in the humanities and arts will be employed to account for the social, economic, political, historical and cultural ways that gender is constructed and represented in contemporary societies.

Overview of the ways language use both reflects and shapes social identities. Areas for consideration include gender, race, age, class, status, power, and nationality.

Overview of the origins and changes of the English language, from Old English to present-day American English. Areas for consideration include the changing speech sounds, word and sentence structures of English; etymology and new word formation; and the interrelationships between English and the political and social history of its speakers.

Study of and written responses to a broad variety of texts written for, by, and about adolescents. Examination of the adolescent experience as it is depicted in the literature, with an emphasis on multicultural education, cultural diversity, and the educational system. Students will discuss and prepare to teach adolescent literature to children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of fiction writing. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary fiction.

Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of poetry. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary poetry.

Study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of creative nonfiction writing and the differences with other rhetorical styles of nonfiction. Emphasis on further development of students’ skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary creative nonfiction. Permission of instructor.

Students will be required to explore issues of form and theory relevant to both poetry and prose and to write in both genres. Sample topics for poetry might be the implicit politics involved in writing in form in the 21st century, the complex issues surrounding the use of the lyric "I" in poetry, and the question of what different genres and modes of poetry can do (theorize, express, authenticate, narrate, etc.); sample topics for prose might include the distinctions that are made between genre and literary fiction, the question of what responsibilities, if any, a fiction writer has when he/she writes, and the sometimes complicated implications that point of view can have for narrative.

The course focuses on the issues surrounding "fact" vs. "opinion" in journalism, including discussion of concepts such as objectivity, truth, and the importance of background, context and balance. Students will gain experience with techniques appropriate to presentation of opinion and critical commentary such as columns, editorials, cartoons and critical reviews of the arts as well as learning how to thoughtfully critique such work.

Building on the work done in ENGL 100, this is a non-fiction writing workshop course in which students compose papers in argumentation, exposition, and narration. As part of the workshop, they will analyze, respond to, and edit the work of others. There will also be an emphasis on developing informational literacy, which includes gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing multiple sources in order to support or refute a claim. Students will also read professional texts that focus on advanced composing techniques, conventions, and styles.

In this course, we will isolate and study strategies for identifying issues, determining positions, assessing claims and reasons, locating and evaluating supporting evidence, and writing essays that represent clear and convincing arguments in themselves.

This course helps writers move beyond notions of “correctness” in matters of grammar and style to appreciate the nuances involved in crafting well-written persuasive prose for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts. It empowers students to approach grammar, syntax, and punctuation as rhetorical tools and to make thoughtful decisions among equally acceptable alternatives to suit the goals and needs of different audiences, assignments, and contexts. Because professional writers often work for an organization or institution, the course also introduces students to the notion of a style guide, preparing them to work with whatever house style is adopted by a specific profession or publication.

Overview of basic grammatical concepts and structures, including punctuation and basic usage. Students will learn to recognize and correct grammatical errors in their writing and in everyday examples. They will also be able to explain why something is grammatically correct or incorrect, enabling them to impart their knowledge of grammar to others in their future professional workplace or classroom. While the course is designed with everyone in mind, the needs of future teachers are taken into special consideration. Additional topics will vary with instructor but might include differing approaches to grammar and style depending upon audience, purpose, and genre; the power of dynamics implicit in choosing one grammar over another; and the art of grammar - how writers use and abuse grammar artfully for expressive purposes.

This writing-intensive course will use a variety of methods, materials, and rhetorical approaches to explore and respond to contemporary social change issues such as sustainability, democracy, social justice, and community engagement. In addition to literary works and nonfiction texts, students will analyze film, Internet, popular press and social media sources to evaluate the effectiveness of different writing/communication genres and to help them engage in several real world writing projects.

Focus on the development of students' ability to communicate in the business and professional world through the letter, memorandum, and in-house report. Emphasis on the importance of written communication as a tool for problem-solving in administrative and management settings.

A writing workshop course in which students practice research-based writing for multiple academic audiences, investigate discourse conventions for a variety of academic disciplines and fields of study, and use critical reading, writing, and discussion to inform their writing.

Workshop-oriented course in which students write, examine, and discuss the essay as a distinct mode. Through the course, students can expect to extend the range of their writing, their understanding of rhetorical traditions, and their freedom and flexibility as writers of essays.

This course has two main goals, both of which will help prepare students to be informed and skilled citizens of an increasingly digital world. First, the course will prepare students to reflect on and think critically about the wide-ranging effects of digital communication. Second, students will compose for digital spaces using a range of modes and media.

An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from the beginnings through the late 1930s, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of selected works. Filmmakers studied include Porter, Griffith, Von Stroheim, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Lubitsch, Hitchcock, Lang, and Renoir.

An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from 1940 through the present, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of selected works. Filmmakers studied include Welles, Huston, Capra, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Godard, Truffaut, Bunuel, Fellini, Antonioni, and Altman.

A study of films by and about women in global cinema. The course focuses on women filmmakers primarily, and their uses of documentary, experimental, and/or narrative forms.

An in-depth study of the films of one or two significant American film directors as a body of work informed by a specific artistic vision. We examine this work within various critical frameworks, such as auteur theory, psychoanalytic criticism, culture studies, and American history. This course satisfies the “authors” requirement in the English major and is an elective for the film minor.

Introduction to major literary genres of classical Greece and Rome; emphasis on characteristic forms and themes. Readings in Modern English translations.

A study of major Jewish writers from the Bible to the present. Emphasis will be on the literature and on the varieties of Jewish culture that it represents.

An exploration of basic themes commonly associated with the concept of Romanticism as identified in literature from Eastern and Western cultures.

A study of selected works from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Middle Eastern cultures, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant influence on Western culture.

Study of texts from a variety of genres, time periods, and world cultures that explore the dynamics of colonization and globalization.

Study of selected works from Japanese culture, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant international influence, especially on the U.S.; the course also examines cultural assumptions in the works, and looks closely at the problem of language in translation and cultural contexts.

Study of texts from a variety of world cultures that challenge, revise, or pose alternatives to traditional conceptions of the world literature canon and dominant modes of Western philosophy, history, literature, and art.

Intensive reading of important works of Russian fiction to understand each writer's vision of the potentialities, complexities, and essential conditions of human nature, within the intellectual and cultural context perceived or created by the writer. Significant attention to political and cultural history of Russia.

Study of the literary and philosophical transformations during the age of Enlightenment(s) (Aufklarung, Illuminismo, Lumieres, etc.). Focuses on the genre of satire and concepts such as liberty, discovery, rationality, natural law, revolution, difference, belonging and the idea of Europe.

Variable-content course; topic announced in the online Course Offerings each semester that the course is offered.