Curriculum
Department course offerings support the General Education Program of the University. Normally, a student will take at least one introductory literature course before taking other courses in the department.
English 10-143, 10-153, 10-163, 10-173 and 10-183 are introductory courses, open to all students. English 10-153, 10-163, 10-173 and 10-183 are strongly recommended to the prospective major or minor.
Below you will find a list of our current or recent offerings. See the course catalog for descriptions and updated information.
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10-001 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-002 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-003 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-004 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-143 MASTERPIECES OF LITERATUREThe analysis and interpretation of works selected from English and world literature. (Biennially) (H)
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10-153 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IBeowulf to 1785. A historically organized course spanning a millennium of literary greatness, with particular emphases on social and cultural change, and methods of literary analysis. May be taken independent of English 10-163. (Annually) (H)
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10-163 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II1785 to present. A historically organized course. May be taken independent of English 10-153. (Annually) (H)
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10-173 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATUREFrom before Columbus to the present. A historically organized course. May be taken independent of English 10-153 and English 10-163. (Annually) (H)
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10-183 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIESAn introduction to issues and methods of literary analysis. Topics and readings will vary from semester to semester. Required of all majors. (Annually) (H)
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10-203 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGYSee Classics 07-203 and Religion 19-403. (H) (R) (IP)
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10-213 CHILDREN'S LITERATURESee Education 45-733.
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10-223 MODERN BRITISH FANTASY FOR CHILDRENSee Education 45-793. (ScS)
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10-301 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-302 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-303 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-304 SELECTED TOPICSMay be repeated with change in topic.
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10-313 PLAYWRITINGSee Theatre 74-313. (FAL)
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10-323 CREATIVE WRITINGA writing workshop in either prose fiction or poetry. Approval of instructor required. (Biennially) (H)
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10-333 ADVANCED WRITINGAn intensive course in writing with emphasis on the critical essay. (Biennially; may be repeated with change in topic) (H)
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10-403 LITERARY CRITICISM/LITERARY THEORYAn introduction to major critical and theoretical approaches to literature. (Biennially) (H)
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10-443 THE TEACHING OF WRITINGA seminar emphasizing issues and strategies involved in working with student writing from various disciplines. Approval of the Writing Program Director required. (Annually) (H)
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10-473 FEMINIST FILM STUDIESThis course will focus on the way films define gender, and on the direction that film criticism takes when feminism goes to the movies. It includes an intensive consideration of feminist film criticism and theory from 1975 to the present, and is intended for students who are interested in film studi...
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10-513 WORLD CINEMAA history of narrative film from its origins to the present with an emphasis upon European, Asian, Indian and Third World cinema. Cultural contexts and technological evolution are emphasized. Lang, Eisenstein, Renoir, Truffaut, Fellini, Bergman, Fassbinder, Kurosawa, Ray, Almodovar, and Campion are ...
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10-523 AMERICAN MOVIESA history of narrative film from its origins to the present with an emphasis upon Hollywood cinema. Historical contexts and technological evolution are emphasized. Griffith, Chaplin, Welles, Hitchcock, Ford, Kubrick, Altman, Coppola and Anderson are among the directors studied. The Studio System, si...
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10-533 POSTCOLONIAL LITERATUREA study of literature produced at the intersection of cultures. Consideration of ways cultural differences and legacies of colonization are negotiated. Major figures vary from year to year but will usually include Achebe, Gordimer, Head, Ngugi, Rushdie and Soyinka. (Biennially) (H)
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10-543 AMERICAN POPA study of American popular culture, with particular attention to social and cultural change. Focus will vary from an advanced survey of various popular culture venues (literature, music, film, television, journalism) to occasional theme courses on "authors" such as Bob Dylan, the Beatles ("honorary...
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10-573 TOPICS IN WOMEN'S LITERATUREInformed by feminist and queer theory, this course will explore the ways in which diverse female literary traditions construct and challenge conceptions of gender, genre, canon, period, and nation. Likely offerings will include Early American Women Writers, Women and Captivity Narratives, Other Vict...
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10-593 TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATUREA study of literature written in English from the 1960s to the present. Topics and authors will vary from semester to semester to reflect the breadth and depth of contemporary literary traditions. (Annually; may be repeated with change in topic.) Also Feminist Studies 04-693. (H)
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10-603 TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATUREAn advanced introduction to some of the best literature of the medieval period. Topics will vary but may include such authors as the Beowulf-poet, Chaucer, Malory and Langland. Some possible topics include quest-narratives, piety, drama, images of women, autobiography and allegory. (Biennially; may ...
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10-613 TOPICS IN EARLY ENGLISH LITERATUREThis course covers literature of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, with varying focus. Potential themes include Medieval and Renaissance Drama, Early English Lyric Poetry, the Renaissance, Narrative Form and Earlier English Religious Poetry. (Biennially; may be repeated with change in topic.) (H...
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10-623 SHAKESPEAREAn intensive introduction to the works of William Shakespeare. The selection of works will vary from semester to semester but will address the breadth of Shakespeare's achievement. Also Theatre 74-703. (Annually) (H)
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10-633 TOPICS IN SHAKESPEAREAn intensive introduction to the works of William Shakespeare, with the same reading load and difficulty as English 10-623, but with a topical focus. Topics may include Shakespearean Comedy, Shakespeare's Poetry, Shakespeare and Gender, or Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. (Biennially; may be repe...
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10-643 SHAKESPEARE THROUGH PERFORMANCEThis course introduces students to Shakespeare through the collective rehearsal and performance of one play. Whether individual students perform or not, each student will reach a deep understanding of the art of Shakespeare's language and theater as they build their actual staging in specific scenes...
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10-653 TOPICS IN 18TH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATUREA study of British writing of the long 18th century (1660-1800), with particular attention to cultural continuity and change. Focus and authors will vary; offerings include Sexual Politics of the Restoration Age, Reason and Madness in 18th-Century Fiction, Enlightenment Self-Fashioning, Center and P...
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10-663 TOPICS IN ROMANTICISMThis course will emphasize the poetry and prose of traditional Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Keats, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Tighe, and Barbauld, and also will explore the Romantic-era work of novelists like Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Charlotte Smith, Sir Walter Scott, and Ann Radcliffe. Topics fo...
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10-673 TOPICS IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTUREThis course will explore the Victorian period in British culture through the dominant literary genre of that period: the novel. Authors studied may include Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Braddon, Wilde, Collins, and the Bronte sisters. Specific topics for this course will vary and may include Aust...
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10-683 TOPICS IN 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATUREThis course will focus on the development of British modernisms and postmodernisms, with particular attention to the diverse aesthetic strategies that challenged, reinforced, and reconstructed ideas about subjectivity, gender, sexuality, nation and novels. (Biennially; may be repeated with change in...
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10-713 TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATUREA thematic study of American writers from an interdisciplinary perspective. American Poetry, Southwestern Literature, and Making and Unmaking of Democratic Selves are among the variants offered. (Biennially; may be repeated with change in topic.) (H)
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10-733 TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATUREA study of American writers of the 19th century, with particular attention to social and cultural change. Focus will vary from an advanced survey of such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson and Twain to dual-author courses such as Hawthorne and Melville. (Bien...
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10-753 TOPICS IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATUREA study of American writers of the 20th century, with particular attention to social and cultural change. Focus will vary from an advanced survey of such writers as James, Adams, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Ellison, Salinger, Morrison and DeLillo to thematically organized courses such as America Since the...
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10-901 TUTORIAL
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10-902 TUTORIAL
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10-903 TUTORIAL
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10-904 TUTORIAL
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10-913 TOPICS IN LITERARY CRITICISMAdvanced, focused exploration of theoretical issues and debates at the heart of literary studies. Topics will vary to reflect diverse critical methodologies; offerings will include Feminist Literary Criticism, Identities of Texts, Cultural Poetics and Questions of Aesthetics. May be repeated with ch...
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10-933 SEMINARFulfills the requirement for a capstone experience.
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10-941 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPMust be taken Pass/D/F.
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10-942 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPMust be taken Pass/D/F.
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10-943 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPMust be taken Pass/D/F.
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10-944 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPMust be taken Pass/D/F.
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10-951 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCHOpen to English majors and minors. May be repeated with change in content.
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10-952 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCHOpen to English majors and minors. May be repeated with change in content.
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10-953 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCHOpen to English majors and minors. May be repeated with change in content.
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10-954 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCHOpen to English majors and minors. May be repeated with change in content.
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10-983 HONORSStudents who wish to undertake an Honors Project should develop a proposal in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to direct it. The proposal must then be endorsed by the department as a whole. Students who plan to undertake an Honors Project are strongly encouraged to take English 10...
