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In the capstone course, students will reflect back upon their English major, and will polish their skills in critical and close reading, research-based and other forms of writing, as well as oral explorations of literature.

Variable topics course. Taught in London as a study abroad experience, the course examines its content using interdisciplinary approaches rooted in the resources of the city of London.

This course will study drama as it is meant to be explored--on the page and on the stage. We begin our analysis of the drama with discussion on campus and then travel to see productions of the plays. In our post-production discussions and writing, we will consider the choices made in production and the impact of that on our reading of the plays. A frequent destination for the course will be New York City, but we may also travel to Stratford, Ontario, or other sites, for productions as well.

An examination of representative tragedies and selected theories of tragedy from ancient Greece through Renaissance England and Neo-Classical France to the modern era. Primary focus on the plays and fiction with attention to various conceptions of the tragic vision.

Study of the many works about King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, extending from the eighth century to the present.

Study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Introduction to Middle English language and period and to significant Chaucerian scholarship.

Study of Shakespeare's romances and comedies.

Study of Shakespeare's histories and tragedies.

The development of the English drama in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The growth of drama from the medieval mystery, miracle, and morality plays through the works of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The plays in their cultural, historical, and artistic climates.

Study of the drama and theatre of the period, focusing on a variety of traditional and emergent genres such as comedy, tragedy, heroic drama, and pantomime.

Milton's thought and art as expressed in "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained", "Samson Agonistes", and selections from the minor poems and the prose.

Study of representative novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries with attention to the development of new readerships and the novel as a genre, emphasizing forms such as the gothic, the epistolary, and the didactic.

Study of such 19th and 20th century novelists as Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Lawrence, and Woolf. Special attention to form of the novel used to portray each writer's vision.

A study of Irish literature, within its cultural and historical context, drawn from both the Irish and English-language traditions. Selections might include medieval poetry and epic, myth and folklore, 18th century bardic poetry, Anglo-Irish literature, and modern and contemporary works.

Study of the works of up to three major writers. A variable content course. May be taken more than once with departmental approval.

An in-depth exploration of the Bloomsbury Group, members of which individually and collectively were responsible for shifting attitudes about the nature and function of art, its relation to philosophy, science, economics, politics and culture in early twentieth-century England and beyond. The course seeks to expand students' understanding of the modernist period, Bloomsbury's place within it, and ongoing legacies for contemporary thinking.

Undergraduate Research is an opportunity to conduct research in the fields of English. Students will join a research team with a specific focus and carry out the research tasks that will lead to submission of presentations or publications.

Advanced study aiming to enhance students’ ability to understand, analyze, contextualize, evaluate, and work with one or more modes of literary theory.

Focus on tutoring students whose first language is not English.

English internships. Interns work 40 hours for 1 credit hour. Enrollment requires a completed Learning Contract and permission of the department.

Study of a particular author, topic, or work. Periodic meetings with instructor and writing a substantial paper. Department approval.

A variable-content course. Topics announced in online Course Offerings.