Courses
Spring 2020
- ENGL 001F. First-Year Seminar: Transitions to College Writing
- ENGL 001J. First-Year Seminar: Persuasion
- ENGL 002V. Visual Rhetorics and Multimodal Writing:Making arguments with image, text, and sound
- ENGL 002W. Words Matter: Crafting and Critiquing Rhetorically Effective Styles
- ENGL 009D. First-Year Seminar: Nation and Migration
- ENGL 011. Comedy
A version of this course has been offered in the past as a First-Year Seminar, English 009G, but this new version is open to any student, without any prerequisite. If you have taken English 009G, you are not able to enroll in English 011.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 014. Old English/History of the Language
Med/Ren.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 023. Renaissance Sexualities
Med/Ren
- ENGL 045. Modern British Poetry
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 046. Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots
Med/Ren or 20th/21st.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 051. Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: Early American Literature
18th/19th c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 054. Toni Morrison
Students wishing to participate in this twelve-person seminar should complete this very brief form as well as pre-registering for the course.
- ENGL 063. Contemporary Black Autobiography
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 070A. Poetry Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070B. Fiction Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070K. Directed Creative Writing Projects
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070S. Screenwriting
- ENGL 071A. The Short Story en las Américas
For English Literature majors and minors, this course can count either as an 18th/19th or 20th/21st century course.
- ENGL 077. South Asians in America
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 086. Theory Capstone: Thinking in Crisis
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 087. American Narrative Cinema
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 092. Marxist Literary and Cultural Studies
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 097. Independent Study and Directed Reading
- ENGL 099. Senior Course Majors Colloquium
See professor to establish credit category.
- ENGL 111. Victorian Literature and Culture
18th/19th c.
- ENGL 121. Modernism and Forgetting
20th/21st c.
Fall 2020
- ENGL 001C. Writing Pedagogy
Open only to those selected as WAs. Meets distribution requirements but does not count toward the major.
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 001F. First-Year Seminar: Transitions to College Writing
- ENGL 005. Journalism Workshop
- ENGL 009A. First-Year Seminar: Literature and Law
- ENGL 009E. First-Year Seminar: Narcissus and the History of Reflection
- ENGL 009F. First Year Seminar: Introduction to Latinx Literature and Culture
Taught in English.
- ENGL 009H. First-Year Seminar: Portraits of the Artist
- ENGL 009R. First-Year Seminar: Grendel's Workshop
This First-year Seminar counts as both a Writing Class (W) and an English Dept. Creative Writing workshop.
- ENGL 020. Shakespeare
Med/Ren
- ENGL 027. Queen Elizabeth: Power, Gender, and Art
- ENGL 036. Jane Austen
18th/19th c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 041. The Victorian Poets: Eminence and Decadence
18th/19th c.
- ENGL 052A. U.S. Fiction, 1900-1950
20th/21st c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 058. Climate Fiction
(Cross-listed with ENVS 058)
- ENGL 060. Early Black Print Cultures
18th/19th c.
- ENGL 065. Asian American Literature
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 070C. Advanced Poetry Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070F. Fantastic Genres Workshop
Graded CR/NC. Limited to 15.
- ENGL 070K. Directed Creative Writing Projects
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070S. Screenwriting
- ENGL 070X. Experiments in Nonfiction
Graded CR/NC. Limited to 15.
- ENGL 080. Introduction to Literary Theory
- ENGL 089. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- ENGL 089B. Environmentally Engaged Literature: Pollutants, Fossil Fuels, and Atomic Bombs
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 097. Independent Study and Directed Reading
- ENGL 101. Shakespeare
Med/Ren
Spring 2021
- ENGL 001F. First-Year Seminar: Transitions to College Writing
- ENGL 002M. Medical Writing and Rhetoric
- ENGL 009J. First-Year Seminar: Revolution and Revolt
- ENGL 028. Milton
Med/Ren
- ENGL 046. Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots
Med/Ren or 20th/21st.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 049. Contemporary Irish Poetry
20th/21st c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 055. Apocalypse Then
- ENGL 066. In/Visible: Asian American Cultural Critique
- ENGL 070A. Poetry Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070B. Fiction Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070K. Directed Creative Writing Projects
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070L. Creative Writing Outreach
Limited to 15.
- ENGL 071D. The Short Story in the U.S.
This is a Gateway English Literature course, suitable for anyone's first or second English literature course. Majors and minors are also welcome. For majors and minors, this course can count either as an 18th/19th or as a 20th/21st century course, depending on the topic of the final research paper.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 071K. Lesbian Novels Since World War II
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 078. Modernism
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 079. What is Cultural Studies?
20th/21st c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 084. Human Rights and Literature: Borderzones of the Human
- ENGL 097. Independent Study and Directed Reading
- ENGL 099. Senior Course Majors Colloquium
See professor to establish credit category.
- ENGL 116. Redefining US Southern Literature
20th/21st c.
Fall 2021
- ENGL 005. Journalism Workshop
- ENGL 009A. First-Year Seminar: Literature and Law
- ENGL 009E. First-Year Seminar: Narcissus and the History of Reflection
- ENGL 009H. First-Year Seminar: Portraits of the Artist
- ENGL 009R. First-Year Seminar: Grendel's Workshop
This First-year Seminar counts as both a Writing Class (W) and an English Dept. Creative Writing workshop.
- ENGL 010. Monsters, Marvels, and Mysteries: Beowulf to Paradise Lost
Med/Ren
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 020. Shakespeare
Med/Ren
- ENGL 035. The Rise of the Novel
For majors and minors, this course can count either as an 18th/19th or 20th/21st century course.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 053. Modern American Poetry
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 062. Classic Black Autobiography
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 064A. The New Negro Versus Jim Crow
18th/19th c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 070H. Advanced Fiction Workshop
Graded CR/NC. Admission and credit determined by instructor.
- ENGL 080. Introduction to Literary Theory
- ENGL 089E. Ecofeminism(s)
GATEWAY English Literature.
First year students need instructor's approval.
- ENGL 092. Marxist Literary and Cultural Studies
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 111. Victorian Literature and Culture
18th/19th c.
Spring 2022
- ENGL 009C. First-Year Seminar: Why College? The Past and Future of Liberal Arts
- ENGL 009J. First-Year Seminar: Revolution and Revolt
- ENGL 014. Old English/History of the Language
Med/Ren.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 028. Milton
Med/Ren
- ENGL 046. Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots
Med/Ren or 20th/21st.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 052B. U.S. Fiction, 1945 to the Present
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 055. Apocalypse Then
- ENGL 063. Contemporary Black Autobiography
20th/21st c.
- ENGL 064B. Renaissance and Resistance
- ENGL 070A. Poetry Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 070B. Fiction Workshop
Graded CR/NC.
- ENGL 071B. The Lyric Poem in English
For majors and minors, this course can count either as a Med/Ren, 18th/19th, or 20th/21st century course, depending on the topics of the majority of the student's written work. Discuss your options with the professor.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 072. Global Modernisms
20th/21st c.
GATEWAY English Literature.
- ENGL 081. Transgender Life Writing
- ENGL 089. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- ENGL 099. Senior Course Majors Colloquium
See professor to establish credit category.
- ENGL 121. Modernism and Forgetting
20th/21st c.
