Department of English

Spring 2018 Courses

Courses Pre-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 28b Queer Reading: Before Stonewall Tom King TTh 2-3:20
ENG 133a* Advanced Shakespeare Tom King TF 11-12:20
ENG 134a Going Public: Women Authors Before Jane Austen Jennifer Reed TTh 3:30-4:50
ENG 154b** Spirit Worlds: Religion and Early American Literature Jerome Tharaud MWTh 11-11:50

*This course will fulfill the 12+ page paper requirement of the new major.

**Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

Courses Post-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 6a The American Renaissance Jerome Tharaud MW 2-3:20
ENG 18a Irish Literature, from the Peasantry to the Pogues John Plotz MWR 12-12:50
ENG 27a Fictions for a Warming World Kurt Cavender TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 32a 21st-Century Global Fiction: A Basic Course Ulka Anjaria TThu 3:30-4:50
ENG 47b Literature Between Habit and Addiction Brenden O'Donnell MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 52a Refugee Stories, Refugee Lives Emilie Diouf MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 80a Black Looks: The Promise and Perils of Photography Faith Smith TTh 2-3:20
ENG 101a* Studies in Popular Culture Paul Morrison MWTh 10-10:50
ENG 111b** Postcolonial Theory Ulka Anjaria TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 138b** Toni Morrison Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman TF 5-6:20
ENG 166b* Slanted Truths and Barbaric Yawps: American Poetry in the Age of Whitman and Dickinson John Burt TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 172b African Literature and Human Rights Emilie Diouf MWR 12-12:50

*This course will fulfill the 12+ page paper requirement of the new major.

**Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

Film/Media

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 80a Black Looks: The Promise of Photography Faith Smith TTh 2-3:20
ENG 180b Romantic Comedy / Matrimonial Tragedy David Sherman MWR 1-1:50

Theory

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 11a Close Reading: Theory and Practice Laura Quinney TF 11-12:20
ENG 101a* Studies in Popular Culture Paul Morrison MWTh 10-10:50
ENG 111b** Postcolonial Theory Ulka Anjaria TF 12:30-1:50

*This course will fulfill the 12+ page paper requirement of the new major.

**Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

Multicultural Literature / World Anglophone

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 32a 21st-Century Global Fiction: A Basic Course Ulka Anjaria TThu 3:30-4:50
ENG 52a Refugee Stories, Refugee Lives Emilie Diouf MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 80a Black Looks: The Promise and Perils of Photography Faith Smith TTh 2-3:20
ENG 111b** Postcolonial Theory Ulka Anjaria TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 138b** Toni Morrison Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman MWR 11-11:50
ENG 172b African Literature and Human Rights Emilie Diouf MWR 12-12:50
**Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

Electives

Any English course can fulfill this requirement.

Creative Writing Courses

Creative Writing Close Reading Course (for major declared as of fall 2016)

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 11a Close Reading: Theory and Practice Laura Quinney TF 11-12:20

Core Course for Creative Writing (for major declared before fall 2016)

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 11a Close Reading: Theory and Practice Laura Quinney MW 2-3:20

Creative Writing Workshops

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 109a Poetry Workshop Rebecca Morgan Frank M 2-4:50
ENG 109b Fiction Workshop, Short Fiction Michelle Hoover T 2-4:50
ENG 119a Fiction Workshop: TBD Stephen McCauley MW 2-3:20
ENG 129a Creative Nonfiction Workshop Michelle Hoover Th 2-4:50
ENG 139a Publishing Workshop: Literary Editing and Publishing Elizabeth Bradfield W 2-4:50
ENG 139b Screenwriting Workshop: Intermediate Screenwriting Marc Weinberg T 6:30-9:30

12+ Page Paper (English Major)

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 101a* Studies in Popular Culture Paul Morrison MWR 10-10:50
ENG 111b** Postcolonial Theory Ulka Anjaria TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 133a* Advanced Shakespeare Tom King TF 11-12:20
ENG 138b** Toni Morrison Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman TR 5-6:20
ENG 154b** Spirit Worlds: Religion and Early American Literature Jerome Tharaud MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 166b* Slanted Truths and Barbaric Yawps: American Poetry in the Age of Whitman and Dickinson John Burt TF 12:30-1:50

*This course will fulfill the 12+ page paper requirement of the new major.

**Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.