Spring 2008 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
• 008:030:001 Introduction to the Cultural Studies
• 008:033:001 Introduction to Criticism and Theory
• 008:035:(All sections) Introduction to Poetry
• 008:036:001 Introduction to the Short Story
• 008:037:SCA Introduction to Drama
• 008:052:SCA Literature, Culture, and Women
• 008:129:001 Topics in Criticism and Theory: James Agee in Theory and Practice
• 008:130:001 Literature and the Book: Culture of the Book in the Modern United States
• 008:136:001 Topics in Popular Culture: Food Studies and Popular Culture
• 008:168:001 Topics in Poetry and Poetics: Elegies and the Elegiac
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: Modern / Postmodern Fiction
• 008:179:001 Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America
• 008:190:001 Topics in Book History

Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture

• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar: Shakespeare’s Multiple Texts
• 008:100:SCA Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
• 008:143:001 Medieval Norse Literature: Viking Sagas and Norse Mythology
• 008:145:001 English Renaissance Drama
• 008:146:001 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
• 008:147:(All sections) Shakespeare
• 008:148:SCA Milton

Modern British Literature and Culture

• 008:063:001 British Romanticism
• 008:064:001 Victorian Literature
• 008:066:001 21st Century British Literature: British Literature and Popular Music, 1968-Present
• 008:079:SCA Selected British Authors II: Manners and Methods—The Writings of Virginia Woolf
• 008:090:001 Topics in Modern British Literature I
• 008:098:003 Honors Proseminar: British Literary Fascisms Between the World Wars
• 008:104:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century Britain: Stages of Life and Forms of Fiction
• 008:107:SCA Literature and Culture of 19th Century Scotland

American Literature and Culture

• 008:056:001 American Literary Classics
• 008:057:001 American Novel I
• 008:058:001 American Novel II
• 008:069:001 Selected African American Authors: The Fiction of Ishmael Reed
• 008:083:001 Topics in African American Literature: Adolescence in African American Novels
• 008:086:001 Topics in Asian American Literature
• 008:087:001 Selected American Authors I: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
• 008:088:(All sections) Selected American Authors II
• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar: Documentary Poetics
• 008:106:001 Literature and Culture of 20th Century America: Survey of 20th Century American Literature
• 008:108:001 Literature and Culture of America before 1800
• 008:117:(All sections) African American Literature II
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature I: Immigration and American Literature
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature II: Over There and Coming Home—Veterans’ Stories from World War II to the Wars in Iraq
• 008:154:(All sections) American Regional Literature
• 008:180:001 American Drama before 1945
• 008:196:001 American Novel since 1945
• 008:197:SCA American Drama since 1945

Transnational Literature and Postcolonial Studies

• 008:075:(All sections) Selected Transnational Authors
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Market Culture and Professional Identity
• 008:132:SCA Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
• 008:157:SCA Topics in African Cinema: Identity, Resistance and Survival in African and Diasporic Literature
• 008:195:001 Modernist Women Writers

Nonfiction and Creative Writing

• 08N:080:(All sections) Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:090:(All sections) Intermediate Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:102:001 Prose Style
• 08N:113:(All sections) Writing for Business and Industry
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:130:(All sections) Forms of Nonfiction
• 08N:133:SCA Advanced Writing for Business
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop

Period Requirements:

Early Literature Through 17th Century

• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar: Shakespeare’s Multiple Texts
• 008:100:SCA Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
• 008:143:001 Medieval Norse Literature: Viking Sagas and Norse Mythology
• 008:145:001 English Renaissance Drama
• 008:146:001 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
• 008:147:(All sections) Shakespeare
• 008:148:SCA Milton

18th and 19th Century Literature

• 008:057:001 American Novel I
• 008:063:001 British Romanticism
• 008:064:001 Victorian Literature
• 008:087:001 Selected American Authors I: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
• 008:090:001 Topics in Modern British Literature I
• 008:104:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century Britain: Stages of Life and Forms of Fiction
• 008:107:SCA Literature and Culture of 19th Century Scotland
• 008:108:001 Literature and Culture of America before 1800
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature I: Immigration and American Literature
• 008:180:001 American Drama Before 1945
• 008:190:001 Topics in Book History

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

• 008:001:001 Modern Fiction
• 008:030:001 Introduction to the Cultural Studies
• 008:031:SCA Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: Visualizing Human Rights
• 008:033:001 Introduction to Criticism and Theory
• 008:035:(All sections) Introduction to Poetry
• 008:036:001 Introduction to the Short Story
• 008:037:SCA Introduction to Drama
• 008:052:SCA Literature, Culture, and Women
• 008:056:001 American Literary Classics
• 008:058:001 American Novel II
• 008:066:001 21st Century British Literature: British Literature and Popular Music, 1968-Present
• 008:069:001 Selected African American Authors: The Fiction of Ishmael Reed
• 008:075:(All sections) Selected Transnational Authors
• 008:079:SCA Selected British Authors II: Manners and Methods—The Writings of Virginia Woolf
• 008:083:001 Topics in African American Literature: Adolescence in African American Novels
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Market Culture and Professional Identity
• 008:086:001 Topics in Asian American Literature
• 008:088:(All sections) Selected American Authors II
• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar: Documentary Poetics
• 008:098:003 Honors Proseminar: British Literary Fascisms Between the World Wars
• 008:106:001 Literature and Culture of 20th Century America: Survey of 20th Century American Literature
• 008:117:(All sections) African American Literature II
• 008:129:001 Topics in Criticism and Theory: James Agee in Theory and Practice
• 008:130:001 Literature and the Book: Culture of the Book in the Modern United States
• 008:132:SCA Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
• 008:136:001 Topics in Popular Culture: Food Studies and Popular Culture
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature II: Over There and Coming Home—Veterans’ Stories from World War II to the Wars in Iraq
• 008:154:(All sections) American Regional Literature
• 008:157:SCA Topics in African Cinema: Identity, Resistance and Survival in African and Diasporic Literature
• 008:165:001 Diaspora and Transnational Migrations: Caribbean Crosscurrents of the 20th Century
• 008:168:001 Topics in Poetry and Poetics: Elegies and the Elegiac
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: Modern / Postmodern Fiction
• 008:179:001 Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America
• 008:195:001 Modernist Women Writers
• 008:196:001 American Novel since 1945
• 008:197:SCA American Drama since 1945
• 08N:080:(All sections) Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:090:(All sections) Intermediate Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:102:001 Prose Style
• 08N:113:(All sections) Writing for Business and Industry
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
• 08N:130:(All sections) Forms of Nonfiction
• 08N:133:SCA Advanced Writing for Business
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop