Schedule of Classes — Undergraduate / Spring 2010 / English and American Literature
Notes for Undergraduate Students
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Subject Notes for Undergraduate Students
HUM 10a, The Western Canon, counts as an ENG elective.
See University Writing for UWS class listings.
Core Course for the English Major and Minor |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
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| 4727 | ENG 1A 1 |
Introduction to Literary Studies
[ hum wi ] |
Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201 |
Open
34 / 999 / 0 |
Lanser, Susan S | |||
Core Courses for the Creative Writing Major |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 4727 | ENG 1A 1 |
Introduction to Literary Studies
[ hum wi ] |
Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201 |
Open
34 / 999 / 0 |
Lanser, Susan S | |||
English: Literary Theory / Criticism Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5121 | ENG 151A 1 |
Queer Studies
[ hum ] See Course Catalog for prerequisites. |
Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM Golding Judaica Center101 |
Open
46 / 999 / 0 |
Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah
King, Thomas A |
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English: Media and Film Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5651 | ENG 30B 1 |
New American Cinema of the 1960s and 70s
[ hum ] |
Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM Golding Judaica Center110 |
Open
41 / 999 / 0 |
Irr, Caren | |||
English: Multicultural Literature/World Anglophone Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5375 | ENG 16A 1 |
Slavery and Self-Making in African American Literature
[ hum ] |
Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124 |
Open
15 / 999 / 0 |
Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah | |||
| 5328 | ENG 70B 1 |
The Global Humor Novel
[ 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 B
M,W,Th 9:10 AM–10:00 AM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104 |
Open
14 / 20 / 0 |
Wepler, Ryan | |||
| 5557 | ENG 162A 1 |
Totalitarian Fictions
[ hum ] |
Block C
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM Kutz Hall 130 |
Open
31 / 999 / 0 |
Anjaria, Ulka | |||
English: Pre-1800 Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5116 | ENG 23A 1 |
Remembering and Dismembering: Staging the Body in Early Modern England
[ hum ] |
Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202 |
Open
10 / 999 / 0 |
King, Thomas A | |||
| 5325 | ENG 33A 1 |
Shakespeare
[ hum ] |
Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM Golding Judaica Center110 |
Open
78 / 999 / 0 |
Flesch, William | |||
| 5120 | ENG 132B 1 |
Chaucer I
[ hum ] See Course Catalog for prerequisites. |
Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 |
Open
8 / 999 / 0 |
Campbell, Mary Baine | |||
English: Post-1800 Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5650 | ENG 18B 1 |
Writing the Holocaust
[ hum wi ] |
Block V
T,Th 5:10 PM–6:30 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104 |
Open
12 / 999 / 0 |
Skorczewski, Dawn M. | |||
| 5117 | ENG 40B 1 |
The Birth of the Short Story: Gods, Ghosts, Lunatics
[ hum wi ] |
Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM Golding Judaica Center101 |
Open
41 / 999 / 0 |
Plotz, John | |||
| 5587 | ENG 58A 1 |
Literature and Medicine
[ hum ] |
Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM Kutz Hall 130 |
Open
24 / 999 / 0 |
Sherman, David R. | |||
| 5579 | ENG 78B 1 |
Modernism, Atheism, God
[ hum ] |
Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM Golding Judaica Center107 |
Open
20 / 999 / 0 |
Sherman, David R. | |||
| 5545 | ENG 136A 1 |
Race and Realism
[ hum ] |
Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM Rabb Graduate Center236 |
Open
11 / 999 / 0 |
Gilmore, Michael T | |||
| 5122 | ENG 157B 1 |
American Women Poets
[ hum ] See Course Catalog for prerequisites. |
Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112 |
Open
9 / 999 / 0 |
Campbell, Mary Baine | |||
| 5123 | ENG 187A 1 |
American Fiction since 1945
[ hum ] |
Block H
T,F 10:40 AM–12:00 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112 |
Open
17 / 999 / 0 |
Irr, Caren | |||
| 5364 | FYS 13A 1 |
Coming of Age in Literature
[ hum ] Counts toward the English major as a Post-1800 course. |
Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 |
Open
17 / 18 / 0 |
Anjaria, Ulka | |||
English: Directed Writing Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 4441 | ENG 79B 1 |
Writing Workshop: From Memory to Craft
[ hum wi ] Instructor's Signature Required See Course Catalog for Special Notes See Course Catalog for prerequisites. This course may not be repeated by students who have taken ENG 129a in previous years. Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. Students will be selected after the submission of a sample of writing of no more than five 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 |
Closed
Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 0 |
Braverman, Melanie | |||
| 5119 | ENG 109A 1 |
Directed Writing: Poetry
[ hum ] 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. 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 S7
F 9:10 AM–12:00 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122 |
Open
Consent Req. 12 / 14 / 0 |
Braverman, Melanie | |||
| 2193 | 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. 11 / 14 / 0 |
Benedict, Elizabeth | |||
| 2194 | ENG 119A 1 |
Directed Writing: Fiction
[ hum wi ] 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. Instructor's Signature Required |
M
5:10 PM–8:00 PM
Rabb Graduate Center333 |
Closed
Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 0 |
Benedict, Elizabeth | |||
| 5295 | ENG 119B 1 |
Directed Writing: Poetry
[ 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. 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 S3
W 2:10 PM–5:00 PM Rabb Graduate Center335 |
Open
Consent Req. 13 / 14 / 0 |
Broumas, Olga | |||
Foundational Courses for the Creative Writing Major |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5296 | HUM 10A 1 |
The Western Canon
[ hum ] |
Block G
T,F 9:10 AM–10:30 AM Kutz Hall 132 |
Open
27 / 999 / 0 |
Burt, John | |||
Cross-Listed in English: Multicult/World Anglo. Lit |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5072 | AAAS 132B 1 |
Introduction to African Literature
[ hum nw ss wi ] This course is a Davis Foundation WI course, and will involve the creation of a writing portfolio that you may choose to include in a study of writing at Brandeis. |
Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr217 |
Open
8 / 999 / 0 |
Smith, Faith Lois | |||
Cross-Listed in English: Pre-1800 |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5632 | CLAS 166A 1 |
Medieval Literature: A Millennium of God, Sex, and Death
[ hum wi ] |
Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr201 |
Open
12 / 999 / 0 |
Walker, Cheryl L | |||
Cross-Listed in English: Post-1800 |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5131 | COML 185A 1 |
Dickens and Dostoevsky
[ hum ] |
Block G
T,F 9:10 AM–10:30 AM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 |
Open
8 / 999 / 0 |
Miller, Robin Feuer | |||
| 5263 | NEJS 172A 1 |
Women in American Jewish Literature
[ hum ] |
Block S2
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM Golding Judaica Center107 |
Open
11 / 999 / 0 |
Fishman, Sylvia | |||
Cross-Listed in English: Theory |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5130 | COML 100A 1 |
Comparing Literatures: Theory and Practice
[ hum wi ] This course is a Davis Foundation WI course, and will involve the creation of a writing portfolio that you may choose to include in a study of writing at Brandeis. |
Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125 |
Open
7 / 999 / 0 |
Powelstock, David | |||
Cross-Listed in English: Other Elective Courses |
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| Class # | Course # | Course Title | Time Location |
Enrl / Lim / Wait | Instructor(s) | |||
| 5642 | COML 190B 1 |
Fictional Thinking
[ hum ] |
Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122 |
Open
25 / 999 / 0 |
Flesch, William | |||