The longer paper, and practice in essay forms. This course may be used under the F policy to repeat the Writing course in FIQWS.
3 hr./wk., plus conf.
This one-semester survey introduces students to important writers, themes, and forms of American literary expression from the age of exploration to the present. Both close textual analysis and attention to historical context will be emphasized. By reading diverse texts from the colonial to the postmodern period, students will learn how tensions within the dominant culture and between the dominant culture and marginalized populations have shaped American identity and literature.
3 hr./wk.
Practice in the styles and forms of expository writing required in specific disciplines. Readings that acquaint students with standards of good writing in their field.
ENGL 11000, or exemption from it on the basis of the placement test.
3 hr./wk., plus conf.
A changing series of innovative and experimental courses on topics not generally covered in regular courses, designed primarily for beginning majors and non-majors. Students should consult the Department's course offerings booklet each semester to determine which introductory topics courses will be offered.
English 11000 or FIQWS
WHUM 101 or WHUM 102 or WHUM 103
This course examines intersections of language and society, introducing important theories about how language is used, perceived, taught, and treated in the US and beyond. The course provides opportunities to investigate societal structures and attitudes surrounding language that create and uphold hierarchies, empowering some groups and disadvantaging others.
3 hr./wk.
For students who wish to explore the various areas of creative writing. May be taken twice for credit.
3 hr./wk.
This intermediate creative writing workshop focuses on the continued improvement of student writing through reading and discussing models in literature. These may include poems, short stories, essays, and plays. The emphasis of the course is on reading texts as writers, and discussion of craft, based on the work of a few published authors considered in-depth. It operates with the belief that writers must read deeply and extensively in order to hone their work.
3 hr./wk.
Emphasis on development of a prose style appropriate to a given disciplinary or work-world context. May be repeated for credit when focus varies.
3 hr./wk., plus conf.
A practical introduction to significant works of English, American, and Anglophone literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, with special attention to literary terms, concerns, and forms, and an emphasis on close reading and on the relation of text and context.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
A series of courses surveying the history of British literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Students can one or all of the courses, either in or out of sequence.
A series of courses for beginning majors, introducing them to basic themes and principles of literary modes, forms, and genres, including multigenre and experimental formats. Courses include "Studies in Short Fiction"; "Studies in Confessional Poetry"; and "Studies in Contemporary Drama."
FIQWS or
ENGL 11000. Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
WHUM 101, WHUM 102, or WHUM 103.
3 hr./wk.
A series of courses for beginning majors, introducing them to themes and issues surrounding discussion of writings from non-canonical or underrepresented groups. Topics include: "Immigrant Literature," "Queer Identity," and "Imagining Native Americans."
WHUM 101, WHUM 102, or WHUM 103. Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Introduction to ways of comparing various literatures, with readings from literature around the world.
WHUM 101, WHUM 102, or WHUM 103. Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Independent study and research under the supervision of a mentor.
This course is the final requirement towards the Publishing Certificate and is available to those students who have completed four courses in the Program with a 3.0 average or better. Publishers offering internships include: Random House, Inc., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Time Warner Books, W.W. Norton, Inc., Simon and Schuster, Inc., and HarperCollins. Students work in the department of their choice. An essay reviewing and analyzing the relationship between the students' academic and work experience is required.
Permission of the Director is required.
150 hrs.
A changing series of innovative and experimental courses on topics not generally covered in regular courses. Students should consult the Department's course offerings booklet each semester to determine which selected topics courses will be offered.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
"The essay" is potentially one of the most interdisciplinary, creative, and non-commercial of the literary genres. More than any other form, the essay requires that its practitioners articulate prior knowledge and personal experience, as well as incorporate research. Essay writers also hover between self-disclosure and objective argument, and must often bend language between storytelling and expository purposes. Students will also study experimental essays that challenge traditional thesis-plus-evidence essay structures interrogating the very notions of authority, linearity, and the stability of language itself.
4hr/wk
Throughout the decades, whether in the U.S. or abroad - the literatures of immigration have provided a source of innovative writing, as well as an important voice in the debates concerning immigration policy. Through the use of various texts - literature, film, media, and le2gal documents - this course will explore the notion of identity, especially as it relates to the concepts of "home" and "homeland." Students will complement literary readings with comparative study of immigration policies of countries including the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
4hr/wk
More advanced than ENGL 22100, for students who wish to concentrate on the writing of fiction. Reading and analyzing contemporary short stories, and writing stories that will be discussed in class with other students and in regular conferences. May be taken three times for credit.
3 hr./wk.
More advanced than ENGL 22100, for students who wish to concentrate on the writing of poetry. Regular conferences. May be taken twice for credit.
3 hr./wk.
More advanced than ENGL 22100, for students who wish to concentrate on the writing of drama. Work in both the one-act and full-length play forms. Student work will be the basis for class readings and discussions. Regular conferences. May be taken twice for credit.
3 hr./wk.
This course investigates the essential aspects of writing for children, including: appropriate vocabulary, voice, audience, theme, style and technique. Both fiction and poetry are examined. Skills of editing, revision, and presentation are presented.
ENGL 22000
3 hr./wk.
A dynamic overview of who does what and why in book publishing, providing broad knowledge of book acquisitions, editing, design and production, sales, marketing, advertising, corporate management, and the financial and legal professional areas of the industry.
3 hr./wk.
A simulation of the complete book publishing process from contract negotiations to bound book. Designed to complement the fall-semester Introduction to Publishing by providing opportunities for students to put their previous learning to practical use.
3 hr./wk
A dynamic overview of who does what and why in book publishing, providing broad knowledge of book acquisitions, editing, design and production, sales, marketing, advertising, corporate management and the financial and legal professional areas of the industry. This course is offered as a HYBRID and students must be prepared to use online resources and participate in weekly online discussions.
4hr/wk
A practical look at the specialized world of publishing for children and young adults, with an emphasis on the creative passion involved in producing books for American young people. Licensing, merchandising, sales and marketing to all age groups and every category in publishing will be discussed. Substantial reading of children's titles and discussions of the development of publishing programs, with special focus on multicultural programs.
3 hr./wk.
An in-depth look at the process specific to the editorial profession, including book acquisition, manuscript editing (copyediting, line editing, proofreading); selling a manuscript at the editorial meeting; author/agent/editor relations; book contracts and subsidiary rights; seeing a writer's project from concept to manuscript to bound book; the book review process; and the editor's relationship with the marketing, sales, and advertising departments. This course will include class visits by authors and industry professionals, who will explore their individual relationship to the process of book making. Students will acquire the basic skills and knowledge necessary to successfully enter a professional editorial position.
3 hr./wk.
Intensive, practical instruction in basic copyediting and proofreading. Working with a variety of texts (including fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, reference works), students will learn how to assess a manuscript and employ universal copyediting/ proofreading symbols in type-marking manuscripts. Students will also learn design coding; drafting a style sheet; querying; preparing a manuscript for author review and typesetting; composition quality standards; and how to perform the tasks at each stage of the bookmaking process.
3 hr./wk
Students work a minimum of 150 hours in the department of their choice. An essay reviewing and analyzing the relationship between the student's academic and work experience is required. Publishers offering past internships include: Random House, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Time Warner Books, W.W. Norton, Inc., Harcourt, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc., and Harper Collins.
Permission of the director.
150 hrs.
This course describes, reviews, and clarifies principles of English grammar and usage, particularly for Learning Center tutors and those who plan to teach English.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to the literature of the Middle Ages in England. Readings include narrative poetry and prose, religious writings, drama, and lyrics.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
The language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to Renaissance literature. Readings include a variety of genres: poems, plays, epic, literary criticism, and fiction.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Early and middle comedies, major histories, early tragedies, poems, and sonnets.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
The major tragedies, the problem plays, the late comedies, and romances.
or co-requiiste
ENGL 25000 or another 200-level ENGL class.
3 hr./wk.
or co-requiiste
ENGL 25000 or another 200-level ENGL class.
3 hr./wk.
Donne, Herbert, Jonson, the early Milton.
or co-requiiste
ENGL 25000 or another 200-level ENGL class.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study medieval or early modern literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Shakespeare on Film"; "Petrarchan Poetry; "Courtly Love."
ENGL 25000 or another ENGL elective at the 200 level.
Another English elective at the 200-level.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to English Romantic poetry and prose. Readings include poetry, fiction, autobiography, philosophy, literary criticism, letters and personal journals from men and women of the period.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Paradise Lost and other major works.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
From the beginnings to Austen.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to English Romantic poetry and prose. Readings include poetry, fiction, autobiography, philosophy, literary criticism, letters, and personal journals from men and women of the period.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to Victorian literature through representative works in a variety of genres.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to representative modern writers of England and Ireland.
or co-requiiste
ENGL 25000 or another 200-level ENGL class.
3 hr./wk.
An introduction to representative British novelists from the twentieth century, including Woolf, Joyce, Orwell, Ford, and Conrad.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "The Eighteenth-century Novel"; "British Drama after Shakespeare," and "Victorian Theater."
Another English elective at the 200-level.
3 hr./wk.
Literature of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, including devotional literature, captivity narratives, slave narratives, political rhetoric, and the gothic and sentimental novel.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Embraces the antebellum period and the late nineteenth century: likely topics include Transcendentalism, literary nationalism, the literature of emancipation, and the cult of domesticity as well as post-Civil War developments in regionalism, realism, and naturalism.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Modern and contemporary American literature from the rise of modernism to postmodernist developments in the late twentieth century.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
A one semester elective course on selected literature, from of a variety of genres, by contemporary Latino writers.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study American literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "1930s Chicago," "The Civil War," "The Post-War Novel."
Another English elective at the 200-level.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study twentieth-century and contemporary literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Modern Drama," "Diaspora Literatures," "Bloomsbury."
Another 200-level ENGL elective
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study Anglophone literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Asian-American Literature," "Native Speakers," "Imagining India."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level
Another 200-level ENGL elective
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study the literature of the Americas in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Contemporary US Latino/a Literature," "Early Colonial Encounters," "Latina Writers."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to explore language, writing, and rhetoric in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Histories of Literacy," "Alternative Literacies," "Literacy and Education."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level
Another 200-level ENGL elective
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to explore language, writing, and rhetoric in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Histories of Literacy," "Alternative Literacies," "Literacy and Education."
or co-requisite:
ENGL 25000 or another 200-level ENGL class.
Another English elective at the 200-level.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Africa, the United States, the Caribbean
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study African-American literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Jazz Fiction," "Detective Fiction," and "20th-century African Drama."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study a variety of theoretical approaches to literature. Possible topics include: "Literary Theory from Aristotle to Foucault," "Feminisms," "Queer Theory."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance for interdisciplinary study in literature and psychology. Topics include: "Repression and the Bildungsroman Tradition," "Shakespeare and Oedipus," "The Novel and Emotions."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to explore the relationship between law and literature. Possible topics include: "Justice on Stage," "Crimes and Punishments," and "Juries of Her Peers: Women on Trial."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
An historic and thematic examination of significant works by women of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, with consideration of related historical, social, and religious issues.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Global anglophone women writers in forms including fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, memoir, and the essay.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Woolf, Bowen, Wharton, Glasgow, Moore, Lessing, Murdoch, Mansfield, Stein, Porter, McCullers, Welty, Plath, and others.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study literary representations of gender and sexuality. Possible topics include: "Fairy Tales and Sexuality," "Rape and the Rise of the Novel," "Medieval Sexualities."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study literature and performance in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Histories of English Theater," "Victorian Actresses," "Cross-dressing on the Early Modern Stage."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to explore the interrelationship of literature and history in greater depth. Possible topics include: "The Court of Elizabeth I," "The Early Modern Slave Trade," "Civil Rights Literature."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to study the interrelationships of literature and politics. Possible topics include: "Kinship and Kingship in Medieval Literature," "Revolution and Romanticism," "The Stage and Social Protest."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to explore the interrelationships of literature and science. Possible topics include: "Darwin and Dickens," "Disease and the Early Modern Imagination," "The Female Malady."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Nineteenth century to 1914. Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, Synge.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides students with the chance to take up the interdisciplinary study of literature and philosophy. Possible topics include "The Hero as Nietzsche's Superman," "Language Games and Experimental Poetry," and "The Existential Novel."
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
Studies of the forms and historical development of various literary genres.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
Consideration of various themes, ideas, literary patterns, and concepts in literature.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
An exploration of certain ideas of evil in Western literature.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
An introduction to the main themes of literature of Im/Migration, with the focus in particular on American literature. Readings will include novels, short stories, poetry, and memoirs as well as screening of film excerpts.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
3 hr./wk.
The relationship of literature to spiritual and social forces, to science, and to art.
ENGL 250 or another ENGL elective at 200-level.
Another 200-level ENGL elective.
3 hr./wk.
Students must, unless granted special permission, take composition before enrolling in literature electives. See Requirements for English Majors.
2 hours, plus conf.
2 hours, plus conf.
This series of courses provides more advanced majors with the chance to study Medieval and Early Modern literature in greater depth, with reference to critical approaches. Possible topics include: "Shakespeare's Henriad," "The New World and the Globe," "Medieval Epic Poetry."
Two 300-level English electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "The Eighteenth-century Novel"; "British Drama after Shakespeare," and "Victorian Theater."
Two 300-level English electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study American literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "1930s Chicago," "The Civil War," "The Post-War Novel."
Two 300-level English electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study twentieth-century and contemporary literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Modern Drama," "Diaspora Literatures," "Bloomsbury."
Two 300-level English electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study Anglophone literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Asian-American Literature," "Native Speakers," "Imagining India."
Two 300-level ENGL electives
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study the literature of the Americas in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Contemporary US Latino/a Literature," "Early Colonial Encounters," "Latina Writers."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to explore the genres of Life Writing in greater depth. Possible topics include: "The Memoir," "Biography," "Confessional Verse."
Two 300-level ENGL electives
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to explore language, writing, and rhetoric in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Histories of Literacy," "Alternative Literacies," "Literacy and Education."
Two 300-level ENGL electives
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study African-American literature in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Jazz Fiction," "Detective Fiction," and "20th-century African Drama."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study a variety of theoretical approaches to literature. Possible topics include: "Literary Theory from Aristotle to Foucault," "Feminisms," "Queer Theory."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance for interdisciplinary study in literature and psychology. Topics include: "Repression and the Bildungsroman Tradition," "Shakespeare and Oedipus," "The Novel and Emotions."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to explore the relationship between law and literature. Possible topics include: "Justice on Stage," "Crimes and Punishments," and "Juries of Her Peers: Women on Trial."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study literary representations of gender and sexuality. Possible topics include: "Fairy Tales and Sexuality," "Rape and the Rise of the Novel," "Medieval Sexualities."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study literature and performance in greater depth. Possible topics include: "Histories of English Theater," "Victorian Actresses," "Cross-dressing on the Early Modern Stage."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to explore the interrelationship of literature and history in greater depth. Possible topics include: "The Court of Elizabeth I," "The Early Modern Slave Trade," "Civil Rights Literature."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to study the interrelationships of literature and politics. Possible topics include: "Kinship and Kingship in Medieval Literature," "Revolution and Romanticism," "The Stage and Social Protest."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to explore the interrelationships of literature and science. Possible topics include: "Darwin and Dickens," "Disease and the Early Modern Imagination," "The Female Malady."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
This series of courses provides advanced students with the chance to take up the interdisciplinary study of literature and philosophy. Possible topics include "The Hero as Nietzsche's Superman," "Language Games and Experimental Poetry," and "The Existential Novel."
Two 300-level ENGL electives.
3 hr./wk.
An advanced opportunity for students who have completed at least 24 elective credits in the major, and wish to pursue interest in one writer, a group of writers, a literary subject, theme, or period in a more intensive way. Offerings change each term, and students should consult the Department’s course offerings booklet each semester to determine which seminars will be given.
2 hr./wk. plus conf.
An advanced opportunity for students who have completed at least 24 elective credits in the major, and wish to pursue interest in one writer, a group of writers, a literary subject, theme, or period in a more intensive way. Offerings change each term, and students should consult the Department's course offerings booklet each semester to determine which seminars will be given.
4 hr./wk.