Courses

Major emphasis on Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Major emphasis on Keats, Shelley, and Byron. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Interdisciplinary course explores different aspects of the reign of Elizabeth I: social and political history; literature; theater; and music. Explores the role and impact of a female ruler on English culture. Restricted to juniors and seniors. Same as HIST 4134 and THTR 4091.

Main currents of Victorian thought in prose and poetry, 1830--1860. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Continuation of ENGL 4604, covering 1860-1900. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Extensive study of particular periods and movements in American literature. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Extensive study of particular periods and movements in American literature. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only.

Advanced in-depth study of the works of prominent African American novelists and poets. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Same as ETHN 4692. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Prepares prospective honors students to write honors theses. Focuses on sharpening the skills needed to write a successful thesis, including research techniques and the ability to evaluate and respond to secondary materials. May not be repeated. Prereq., instructor consent. Restricted to junior and senior English majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.

Creative writing. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.

Literature/language. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.

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.