Department of English

Spring 2019 Courses

Courses Pre-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 84a Nostalgia, Clutter, and Decay: Marking Time in the Enlightenment Sarabeth Grant TTh 2-3:20
ENG 133b** Imagining Money: Literature & Economics from Barter to Bitcoin William Flesch MWTh 10-10:50
COM/ENG 149a** Dante's Hell and Its Legacy Laura Quinney TTh 2-3:20
ENG 153a* Enlightenment of the Flesh: Reading and Writing Sex in the Eighteenth Century Tom King TTh 3:30-4:50
ENG 183b** Gods and Humans in the Renaissance Ramie Targoff, Jonathan Unglaub 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.

Courses Post-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 28a** Environmental Literature in an Age of Extinction Jerome Tharaud TTh 3:30-4:50
ENG 31b Rethinking the Gay Bar: Queer Utopias from Stonewall to Pulse Brenden O'Donnell MW 5-6:20
ENG 67a Cubicles and Side Hustles: Stories of America at Work Matthew Schratz MWTh 10-10:50
ENG 67b* Modern Poetry Paul Morrison MW 2-3:20
ENG 72a** The Caribbean's Asias: Asian Migration & Heritage in the Caribbean Faith Smith TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 78a* Virginia Woolf David Sherman MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 88b Rednecks, Hillbillies, and White Trash: Literature and Culture of the "Deplorables" Courtney Pina Miller TF 11-12:20
ENG 110b** Great American Picture Book Jerome Tharaud TF 12:30-1:50
COML 117a Magical Realism and Modern Myth David Sherman MWTh 12-12:50
ENG 125a** Romanticism I: Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge  William Flesch MW 2-3:20
AAAS 133b** The Literature of the Caribbean Faith Smith TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 152a** Indian Love Stories Ulka Anjaria MWTh 1-1:50
ENG 180a The Modern American Short Story Caren Irr TF 11-12:20

*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 110b** Great American Picture Book Jerome Tharaud TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 177a* Hitchcock's Movies Paul Morrison MWTh 11-11:50, Screening M 6:30-8:50
ENG 62a** Documentary: Techniques & Controversies Emilie Diouf MWTh 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.

Theory

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 11a Close Reading: Theory and Practice William Flesch MWTH 11-11:50
COML/ENG 141b* Literature and Time Laura Quinney TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 110b** Great American Picture Book Jerome Tharaud TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 133b** Imagining Money: Literature & Economics from Barter to Bitcoin William Flesch MWTH 10-10:50
AAAS/ENG 141b Critical Race Theory Patrick Sylvain TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 181a** Making Sex, Performing Gender Tom King TF 11-12:20

*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 72a** The Caribbean's Asias: Asian Migration & Heritage in the Caribbean Faith Smith TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 152a** Indian Love Stories Ulka Anjaria MWTH 1-1:50
COML 117a Magical Realism and Modern Myth David Sherman MWTh 12-12:50
AAAS 133b** The Literature of the Caribbean Faith Smith TF 12:30-1:50
AAAS/ENG 141b Critical Race Theory Patrick Sylvain TF 9:30-10:50

*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.

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 William Flesch MWTh 11-11:50

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

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 11a Close Reading: Theory and Practice William Flesch MWTh 11-11:50

Creative Writing Workshops

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 109a Poetry Workshop Chen Chen T 2-4:50
ENG 109b Fiction Workshop, Short Fiction Michelle Hoover TH 2-4:50
ENG 129a Creative Nonfiction Workshop Chen Chen M 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 6:30-9:20