Courses

Introduces a variety of critical and theoretical practices informing contemporary literary and cultural studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) MA-Lit graduate students only.

Introduces graduate level study of medieval and early modern writing through the long eighteenth century. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Introduces graduate level study of Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Postmodern writing. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ENGL 5079. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ENGL 5059.

Introduces graduate level study of writing of the United States from its inception to the present. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Introduces graduate level study of recent writing in English from around the world. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, new media, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Introduces graduate level study of ethnic American and/or postcolonial writing in English, including relevant theoretical discourse. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English, English Literature or English Literature-Creative Writing graduate students only.

See ENGL 5109 for description.

Designed to give students time and impetus to generate poetry and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Admission to graduate creative writing students or by instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Designed to give students time and impetus to generate fiction and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Admission to graduate creative writing students or by instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Designed to give students time and impetus to generate nonfiction and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Admission to graduate creative writing students or by instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English, English Literature or English Literature-Creative Writing graduate students only.

Provides practical experience in the editorial, design, and business procedures of desktop publishing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Addresses modern poetry, written since World War II. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English, English Literature or English Literature-Creative Writing graduate students only.

Designed to give time and impetus to scriptwriting in terms of both imaginative and technical aspects. Either stage plays or screenplays are studied, as announced. Admission to graduate writing students or by instructor of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

Addresses modern fiction written since World War II. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Studies styles, trends, innovations, and major writers in significant literary movements, particularly those after 1900, such as modernism and objectivism. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate CRWR, ENLT, and ENGL majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Introduces purposes, methods and techniques of professional scholarship in English. Provides an overview of the discipline, including traditional areas of research and recent developments. Teaches students how to use research, bibliographic, and reference tools to prepare papers for conferences and publication. Required of all MA students in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Formerly ENGL 7859.

Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ENGL 5549 and 5559. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Same as ENGL 5529 and 5559. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Same as ENGL 5529 and 5549. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Independent investigation of topics of specific interest to individual students. Students wishing to enroll in independent study must petition the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies prior to the beginning of the semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies special topics in medieval and early modern writing through the long 18th Century. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL. 5019. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.