Fall 2009 English Courses

Core Course (required for students who declare
the English major in or after Fall 2007)

• 008:005:(All sections) Intro to the English Major: Theory and Practice

Area Requirements:

Literary Theory and Interdisciplinary Studies

• 008:001:001 Modern Fiction
• 008:011:001 Films and Screenplays
• 008:034:001 Introduction to the Novel
• 008:035:(all sections) Introduction to Poetry
• 008:038:SCA Introduction to the Essay
• 008:050:(all sections) Sex and Popular Culture in the Postwar US
• 008:081:001 Film and Literature
• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar: Politics of the Fictional, Fictions of the Political
• 008:129:SCA  Topics in Criticism and Theory: Reading Cathy Caruth: Trauma, Narrative, and History from Freud to Present
• 008:169:001 Changing Concepts of Women in Literature
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: American Lives in Fiction and Nonfiction
• 008:172:(all sections) Narrative and the Cinema
• 008:174:001 Topics in Law and Culture
• 008:177:SCA Literature and Art: History and Theory of the Avant-garde
• 008:179:SCA Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America
• 008:187: SCA Handprinted Book: Design and Production
• 008:188:001 Prose by Women Writers: The Long 19th Century in Britain
• 008:192:001 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies: Disability in Contemporary Literature and Theory

Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture

• 008:008:001 Classical and Biblical Literature
• 008:060:001 Selected Works of the Middle Ages: Arthurian Literature
• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar: Theatricality and Inwardness in Early Modern Culture
• 008:100:001 Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
• 008:141:001 Old English Beowulf
• 008:142:001 Medieval Celtic Literature
• 008:146:SCA Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
• 008:147:(all sections) Shakespeare
• 008:150:001 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Modern British Literature and Culture

• 008:065:001 20th Century British Literature: 1939-1967
• 008:078:001 Selected British Authors Before 1900: William Blake
• 008:079:001 Selected British Authors After 1900: Virginia Woolf
• 008:090:001 Topics in Modern British Literature Before 1900: A Question of Identity: Fiction of the Fin de Siècle
• 008:098:003 Honors Proseminar: Our Mutual Dickens
• 008:103:001 Literature and Culture of 18th Century Britain: Love, Money and the Literature of Commerce
• 008:121:SCA British Poetry: Victorian Women Poets

American Literature and Culture

• 008:055:001 American Poetry
• 008:059:SCA American Short Story
• 008:087:001 Selected American Authors Before 1900: Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller
• 008:087:002 Selected American Authors Before 1900: Emily Dickinson
• 008:088:001 Selected American Authors After 1900: James Baldwin and Norman Mailer
• 008:088:002 Selected American Authors After 1900: Willa Cather and William Faulkner
• 008:105:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century America: Survey of 19th-Century U.S. Literature and Culture
• 008:116:SCA African American Literature Before 1900
• 008:117:001 African American Literature After 1900
• 008:118:001 Jewish American Literature
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature Before 1900: Critiques of Capitalism
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature After 1900: A Pulitzer in the Pocket
• 008:154:001 American Regional Literatures: New York Narratives

Transnational Literature and Postcolonial Studies

• 008:031:001 Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: Literature of India, Africa and the Caribbean
• 008:075:001 Selected Transnational Authors: Conrad and His Descendants
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Film
• 008:119:001 African Literature
• 008:127:001 Topics in Asian Cinema: Popular Hindi Cinema
• 008:132:SCA Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
• 008:167:SCA Literature and Culture of Empire: Post-Empire Prejudice: Reading Antisemitism and Racism in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 008:191:001 International Literature Today

Nonfiction and Creative Writing

• 08C:023:(all sections) Creative Writing
• 08C:097:(all sections) Fiction Writing
• 08C:098:(all sections) Poetry Writing
• 08C:163:(all sections) Undergraduate Writers Workshop Fiction
• 08C:166:001 Undergraduate Writers Workshop Poetry
• 08C:167:(all sections) Undergraduate Writers Seminar
• 08N:080:(all sections) Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:090:(all sections) Intermediate Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:113:(all sections) Writing for Business and Industry
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:125:SCA Freelance Reporting and Writing
• 08N:130:001 Special Readings in Nonfiction
• 08N:133:SCA Advanced Writing for Business: Team Writing and Document Design
• 08N:141:001 Approaches to Teaching Writing
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop

Period Requirements:

Early Literature Through 17th Century

• 008:008:001 Classical and Biblical Literature
• 008:060:001 Selected Works of the Middle Ages: Arthurian Literature
• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar: Theatricality and Inwardness in Early Modern Culture
• 008:100:001 Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
• 008:141:001 Old English Beowulf
• 008:142:001 Medieval Celtic Literature
• 008:146:SCA Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
• 008:147:(all sections) Shakespeare
• 008:150:001 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

18th and/or 19th Century Literature

• 008:078:001 Selected British Authors Before 1900: William Blake
• 008:087:001 Selected American Authors Before 1900: Emerson, Thoreau and Fuller
• 008:087:SCA Selected American Authors Before 1900: Emily Dickinson
• 008:090:001 Topics in Modern British Literature Before 1900: A Question of Identity: Fiction of the Fin de Siècle
• 008:098:003: Honors Proseminar: Our Mutual Dickens
• 008:103:001 Literature and Culture of 18th Century Britain: Love, Money and the Literature of Commerce
• 008:105:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century America: Survey of 19th Century U.S. Literature and Culture
• 008:116:SCA African American Literature Before 1900
• 008:121:SCA British Poetry: Victorian Women Poets
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature Before 1900: Critiques of Capitalism
• 008:188:001 Prose by Women Writers: The Long 19th Century in Britain

20th and 21st Century Literature
(All other courses listed in the six areas above)

• 008:001:001 Modern Fiction
• 008:011:001 Films and Screenplays
• 008:031:001 Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: Literature of India, Africa and the Caribbean
• 008:034:001 Introduction to the Novel
• 008:035:(all sections) Introduction to Poetry
• 008:038:SCA Introduction to the Essay
• 008:050:(all sections) Sex and Popular Culture in the Postwar US
• 008:055:001 American Poetry
• 008:059:SCA American Short Story
• 008:065:001 20th Century British Literature: 1939-1967
• 008:075:001 Selected Transnational Authors: Conrad and His Descendants
• 008:079:001 Selected British Authors After 1900: Virginia Woolf
• 008:081:001 Film and Literature
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Film
• 008:088:001 Selected American Authors After 1900: James Baldwin and Norman Mailer
• 008:088:002 Selected American Authors After 1900: Willa Cather and William Faulkner
• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar: Politics of the Fictional, Fictions of the Political
• 008:117:001 African American Literature Before 1900
• 008:118:001 Jewish American Literature
• 008:119:001 African Literature
• 008:129:SCA Topics in Criticism and Theory: Reading Cathy Caruth: Trauma, Narrative, and History from Freud to Present
• 008:127:001 Topics in Asian Cinema: Popular Hindi Cinema
• 008:132:SCA Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature After 1900: A Pulitzer in the Pocket
• 008:154:001 American Regional Literatures: New York Narratives
• 008:167:SCA Literature and Culture of Empire: Post-Empire Prejudice: Reading Antisemitism and Racism in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• 008:169:001 Changing Concepts of Women in Literature
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: American Lives in Fiction and Nonfiction
• 008:172:(all sections) Narrative and the Cinema
• 008:174:001 Topics in Law and Culture
• 008:177:SCA Literature and Art: History and Theory of the Avant-Garde
• 008:179:SCA Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America
• 008:191:001 International Literature Today
• 008:192:001 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies: Disability in Contemporary Literature and Theory

• 08C:023:(all sections) Creative Writing
• 08C:097:(all sections) Fiction Writing
• 08C:098:(all sections) Poetry Writing
• 08C:163:(all sections) Undergraduate Writers Workshop Fiction
• 08C:166:001 Undergraduate Writers Workshop Poetry
• 08C:167:(all sections) Undergraduate Writers Seminar
• 08N:080:(all sections) Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:090:(all sections) Intermediate Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:113:(all sections) Writing for Business and Industry
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:125:SCA Freelance Reporting and Writing
• 08N:130:001 Special Readings in Nonfiction
• 08N:133:SCA Advanced Writing for Business: Team Writing and Document Design
• 08N:141:001 Approaches to Teaching Writing
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop