Schedule of Classes — Undergraduate / Fall 2009 / English and American Literature

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Subject Notes for Undergraduate Students

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Core Course for the English Major and Minor
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15578 ENG 1A 1 Introduction to Literary Studies
[ hum wi ]
 Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Schneider & FamilyBldg G4 		Open
35 / 999 / 0 		Smith, Faith Lois
 

Core Courses for the Creative Writing Major
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15578 ENG 1A 1 Introduction to Literary Studies
[ hum wi ]
 Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Schneider & FamilyBldg G4 		Open
35 / 999 / 0 		Smith, Faith Lois
5810 ENG 11A 1 Introduction to Literary Method
[ hum ]
 Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center107 		Open
12 / 15 / 0 		Campbell, Mary Baine
 

English: Literary Theory / Criticism Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15586 ENG 111B 1 Postcolonial Theory
[ hum ]
 Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Rabb Graduate Center345 		Open
10 / 999 / 0 		Anjaria, Ulka
15584 ENG 151B 1 Theater/Theory: Investigating Performance
[ hum oc ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
 Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Pearlman Hall 203
lab hr.:
Th 3:40 PM–4:30 PM
Farber Library Getz Media Lab 		Open
13 / 999 / 0 		King, Thomas A
 

English: Media and Film Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15579 ENG 27B 1 Classic Hollywood Cinema
[ hum ]
Screening time: Wednesdays 7-9 in Golding 110.
 Block C
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies002 		Open
81 / 999 / 0 		Morrison, Paul
15598 ENG 50B 1 American Independent Film
[ hum ]
 Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM
Gerstenzang 121 		Open
79 / 999 / 0 		Irr, Caren
 

English: Multicultural Literature/World Anglophone Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15765 ENG 22A 1 Filmi Fictions: From Page to Screen in India
[ hum nw ]
Required film screenings usually every other week.
 Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center101
Screening time:
Th 6:10 PM–9:00 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr219 		Open
45 / 999 / 0 		Anjaria, Ulka
15585 ENG 57B 1 Writing the Nation: James Baldwin, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison
[ hum ]
 Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302 		Open
15 / 999 / 0 		Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah
 

English: Pre-1800 Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15766 ENG 123A 1 Dream Visions: Genre, History, and the Mysterious
[ hum ]
 Block H
T,F 10:40 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203 		Open
15 / 999 / 0 		Campbell, Mary Baine
15583 ENG 144B 1 The Body as Text
[ hum wi ]
 Block V
T,Th 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124 		Open
20 / 999 / 0 		King, Thomas A
 

English: Post-1800 Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15580 ENG 28A 1 Nature Writing
[ hum ]
 Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Golding Judaica Center103 		Open
21 / 999 / 0 		Irr, Caren
15630 ENG 36A 1 America's First Bestsellers
[ hum ]
 Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center109 		Open
23 / 999 / 0 		Gilmore, Michael T
15764 ENG 38B 1 Race, Region, and Religion in the Twentieth-Century South
[ hum wi ]
 Block C
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104 		Open
12 / 999 / 0 		Burt, John
15955 ENG 66A 1 Women and Political Power in Nineteenth Century American Fiction
[ hum ]
The instructor of this course has been awarded a University Prize Instructorship (UPI). These prestigious awards give exceptional doctoral students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to design and teach an upper-division course in their field of research. Enrollment in this course is open to undergraduate students only.
 Block G
T,F 9:10 AM–10:30 AM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104 		Open
8 / 20 / 0 		Easton, Amy
15763 ENG 88B 1 Contemporary British Literature
[ hum ]
 Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM
Golding Judaica Center107 		Open
18 / 999 / 0 		Sherman, David R.
15582 ENG 135A 1 Major British Novelists: Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot
[ hum ]
 Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203 		Open
42 / 999 / 0 		Plotz, John
 

English: Directed Writing Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15581 ENG 39A 1 Poetry: Beginner's Ear
[ hum wi ]
Instructor's Signature Required
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing, preferably 4-7 pages. Samples should be submitted to the department office (Rabb 144) no later than two days before the first class meeting.
 Th 2:10 PM–5:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103 		Closed
Consent Req.
13 / 10 / 0 		Braverman, Melanie
15849 ENG 79A 1 Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay
[ hum wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Instructor's Signature Required
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing of no more than 5 pages. Samples should be emailed to the instructor no later than two weeks before the first class meeting.
 Block S5
T 4:40 PM–7:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center103 		Open
Consent Req.
21 / 999 / 0 		Weinberg, Marc
15847 ENG 109A 1 Directed Writing: Poetry
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing, preferably 4-7 pages. Sample should be submitted to the department office (Rabb 144) no later than two days before the first class meeting. May be repeated for credit.
 Block S1
M 2:10 PM–5:00 PM
ASAC_209 		Open
Consent Req.
11 / 999 / 0 		Braverman, Melanie
5846 ENG 109B 1 Directed Writing: Short Fiction
[ hum wi ]
Instructor's Signature Required
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing, preferably 4-7 pages. Samples should be submitted to the department office (Rabb 144) no later than two days before the first class meeting. May be repeated for credit.
 Block S2
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Rabb Graduate Center333 		Open
Consent Req.
14 / 999 / 0 		McCauley, Stephen D.
5850 ENG 119A 1 Directed Writing: Fiction
[ hum wi ]
Instructor's Signature Required
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing, preferably 4-7 pages. Samples should be submitted to the department office (Rabb 144) no later than two days before the first class meeting. May be repeated for credit.
 Th 2:10 PM–5:00 PM
Golding Judaica Center107 		Open
Consent Req.
14 / 999 / 0 		McCauley, Stephen D.
 

Cross-Listed in English: Media/Film
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15773 COML 163A 1 Mediums and Messages
[ hum ]
 Block B
M,W,Th 9:10 AM–10:00 AM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112 		Open
18 / 999 / 0 		Swanstrom, Elizabeth Anne
 

Cross-Listed in English: Multicult/World Anglo. Lit
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15542 AAAS 133B 1 The Literature of the Caribbean
[ hum nw ss wi ]
 Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr216 		Open
21 / 40 / 0 		Smith, Faith Lois
15603 SAS 140A 1 We Who Are at Home Everywhere: Narratives from the South Asian Diaspora
[ hum ]
 Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 		Open
14 / 999 / 0 		Singh, Harleen
 

Cross-Listed in English: Pre-1800
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15739 COML 115B 1 Fictions of Liberty: Europe in a Revolutionary Age
[ hum ]
 Block G
T,F 9:10 AM–10:30 AM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112 		Open
14 / 999 / 0 		Lanser, Susan S
 

Cross-Listed in English: Post-1800
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15850 FYS 51A 1 Trauma and Memory in the Literary Imagination
[ hum wi ]
Counts toward the English major as a Post-1800 course.
 Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104 		Open
6 / 18 / 0 		Skorczewski, Dawn M.
15635 THA 150A 1 The American Drama since 1945
[ ca wi ]
 Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Kutz Hall 130 		Open
20 / 25 / 0 		Holmberg, Arthur
 

Cross-Listed in English: Other Elective Courses
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15573 CLAS 171A 1 Greek Epic and Athenian Drama
[ hum ]
 Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Kutz Hall 132 		Open
13 / 999 / 0 		Muellner, Leonard C
15844 COML 103B 1 Madness and Folly in Renaissance Literature
[ hum wi ]
 Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr218 		Open
5 / 20 / 0 		Lansing, Richard H
15731 COML 165A 1 Reading, Writing, and Teaching across Cultures
[ hum wi ]
 Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr201 		Closed
21 / 20 / 0 		Hale, Jane A
9988 ECS 100A 1 European Cultural Studies Proseminar: Modernism
[ hum wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
 Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 		Open
15 / 999 / 0 		Dowden, Stephen
15601 RECS 130A 1 The Russian Novel
[ hum wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
 Block H
T,F 10:40 AM–12:00 PM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex106 		Open
24 / 999 / 0 		Miller, Robin Feuer