Spring 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

• 008:002:001 Postmodern Fiction
• 008:037:001 Introduction to Drama
  
• 008:053:SCA  Lyric Structures
• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar
• 008:129:001 Topics in Criticism and Theory: Theory and the Social World
• 008:136:001 Topics in Popular Culture: Elvis as Anthology
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: Modern/Postmodern Fiction
• 008:175:SCA Topics in Film and Literature: “WAR” (same as 048:175)
• 008:176:001 Literature and Philosophic Thought: The Frankfurt School and Cultural Studies
• 008:179:001 Literature and Society: Collecting, History, and Literature (same as 048:179)
• 008:179:002 Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America (same as 048:179)
• 008:187:001 Handprinted Book: Design and Production
• 008:190:001 Topics in Book History

Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture

• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar
  
• 008:100:001 Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
  
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages: Geographies of Race and Ethnicity
  
• 008:102:001 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
  
• 008:111:001 Literature and Culture of the Restoration
  
• 008:122:001 16th and 17th Century Poetry
  
• 008:145:001 English Renaissance Drama (same as 049:184)
  
• 008:146:SCA  Chaucer
  
• 008:147:(all sections) Shakespeare (same as 049:072)
  
• 008:150:(all sections) Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Modern British Literature and Culture

• 008:063:001 British Romanticism
  
• 008:064:001 Victorian Literature: Remarkable Women: Victorian Narratives of Quest and Transformation
  
• 008:066:001 21st Century British Literature: Pop Fictions: British Literature and Popular Music, 1966-Present
  
• 008:079:001 Selected British Authors II: Leonard and Virginia Woolf
  
• 008:107:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century Scotland
  
• 008:178:001 Modern British Drama

American Literature and Culture

• 008:055:001 American Poetry
  
• 008:056:001 American Literary Classics
  
• 008:058:SCA  American Novel II
  
• 008:059:001 American Short Story
  
• 008:069:001 Selected African American Authors: The Fiction of Ishmael Reed
  
• 008:105:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century America
  
• 008:106:(all sections) Literature and Culture of 20th Century America
  
• 008:115:001 Literatures of the American Peoples: Native Daughters Speak
  
• 008:116:001 African American Literature I (same as 129:116)
  
• 008:117:001 African American Literature II (same as 129:117)
  
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature I: Mark Twain and American Culture
  
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature II: American Portraits
• 008:152:001 Introduction to Chicano Literature / Culture (same as 035:137)
• 008:154:SCA  American Regional Literatures: Literature of the American Midwest
• 008:197:001 American Drama Since 1900 (same as 049:117)

Transnational Literature and Postcolonial Studies

• 008:031:001 Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: Literatures of Africa, India, and the Caribbean
  
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
  
• 008:113:001 Literature and Culture of the Americas: The Hemispheric Plantation Romance
  
• 008:132:001 Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
  
• 008:138:001 Topics in Postcolonial Studies: Selected Imperial Literature and its Critique, 1700-Present
  
• 008:157:SCA  Topics in African Cinema: Visualizing Human Rights (same as 129:158)
  
• 008:164:001 Topics in Transnational Literature
  
• 008:167:001 Literature and Empire: The Long (British) 19th Century
  
• 008:195:SCA Modernist Women Writers: Early 20th Century Experiments in Fiction

Nonfiction and Creative Writing

• 008:098:003 Honors Proseminar
  
• 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:090:001 Intermediate Nonfiction Reading
  
• 08N:102:001 Prose Style
  
• 08N:113:(all sections) Writing for Business and Industry
  
• 08N:119:SCA  Writing for Interdisciplinary Audiences: Writing Reviews (same as 024:119, 153:119, 154:119)
  
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
  
• 08N:130:001 Special Readings in Nonfiction
  
• 08N:133:SCA  Advanced Writing for Business: Team Writing and Document Design
  
• 08N:145:001 Multimedia Writing
  
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop

Period Requirements:

Early Literature Through 17th Century

• 008:098:001 Honors Proseminar
  
• 008:100:001 Literature and Culture of 17th Century England
  
• 008:101:001 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages: Geographies of Race and Ethnicity
  
• 008:102:001 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
  
• 008:111:001 Literature and Culture of the Restoration
  
• 008:122:001 16th and 17th Century Poetry
  
• 008:145:001 English Renaissance Drama (same as 049:184)
  
• 008:146:SCA  Chaucer
  
• 008:147:(all sections) Shakespeare (same as 049:072)
  
• 008:150:(all sections) Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

18th and 19th Century Literature

• 008:063:001 British Romanticism
• 008:064:001 Victorian Literature: Remarkable Women: Victorian Narratives of Quest and Transformation
• 008:105:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century America
• 008:107:001 Literature and Culture of 19th Century Scotland
• 008:116:001 African American Literature I (same as 129:116)
• 008:135:001 Topics in American Literature I: Mark Twain and American Culture
• 008:167:001 Literature and Empire: The Long (British) 19th Century

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

• 008:002:001 Postmodern Fiction
  
• 008:031:001 Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: Literatures of Africa, India, and the Caribbean
  
• 008:037:001 Introduction to Drama
  
• 008:053:SCA  Lyric Structures
  
• 008:055:001 American Poetry
• 008:056:001 American Literary Classics
• 008:058:SCA  American Novel II
• 008:059:001 American Short Story
  
• 008:066:001 21st Century British Literature: Pop Fictions: British Literature and Popular Music, 1966-Present
  
• 008:069:001 Selected African American Authors: The Fiction of Ishmael Reed
  
• 008:079:001 Selected British Authors II: Leonard and Virginia Woolf
  
• 008:084:001 Topics in Culture and Identity: Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
  
• 008:098:002 Honors Proseminar
  
• 008:098:003 Honors Proseminar
  
• 008:106:(all sections) Literature and Culture of 20th Century America
  
• 008:113:001 Literature and Culture of the Americas: The Hemispheric Plantation Romance
  
• 008:115:001 Literatures of the American Peoples: Native Daughters Speak
  
• 008:117:001 African American Literature II (same as 129:117)
  
• 008:129:001 Topics in Criticism and Theory: Theory and the Social World
  
• 008:132:001 Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
  
• 008:136:001 Topics in Popular Culture: Elvis as Anthology
  
• 008:138:001 Topics in Postcolonial Studies: Selected Imperial Literature and its Critique, 1700-Present
  
• 008:139:001 Topics in American Literature II: American Portraits
  
• 008:154:SCA  American Regional Literatures: Literature of the American Midwest
  
• 008:157:SCA  Topics in African Cinema: Visualizing Human Rights (same as 129:158)
  
• 008:164:001 Topics in Transnational Literature
  
• 008:170:001 Literary Genres and Modes: Modern/Postmodern Fiction
  
• 008:175:SCA Topics in Film and Literature: “WAR” (same as 048:175)
  
• 008:176:001 Literature and Philosophic Thought: The Frankfurt School and Cultural Studies
  
• 008:178:001 Modern British Drama
  
• 008:179:001 Literature and Society: Collecting, History, and Literature (same as 048:179)
  
• 008:179:002 Literature and Society: World War II in Japan and America (same as 048:179)
• 008:187:001 Handprinted Book: Design and Production (same as 01P:161, 108:161)
  
• 008:190:001 Topics in Book History
  
• 008:195:SCA  Modernist Women Writers: Early 20th Century Experiments in Fiction
  
• 008:197:001 American Drama Since 1900 (same as 049:117)
  
• 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:090:001 Intermediate Nonfiction Reading
  
• 08N:102:001 Prose Style
  
• 08N:113:(all sections) Writing for Business and Industry
  
• 08N:119:SCA  Writing for Interdisciplinary Audiences: Writing Reviews (same as 024:119, 153:119, 154:119)
  
• 08N:120:001 Advanced Nonfiction Writing
  
• 08N:130:001 Special Readings in Nonfiction
  
• 08N:133:SCA  Advanced Writing for Business: Team Writing and Document Design
  
• 08N:145:001 Multimedia Writing
  
• 08N:150:001 Undergraduate Essay Workshop

Special Topics Courses:
(These courses do not fulfill area or period requirements for the English major. They may be used to earn elective credit in the major.)

• 008:041:(all sections) Major Texts of World Literature II (same as 048:041)
  
• 008:125:(all sections) Classical Mythology (same as 20E:112)
  
• 008:155:SCA Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (same as 041:155)