Category: Literary and Cultural Studies
Instructor: Carlson TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM The modern world was made during the Romantic era, a time of mass war, revolution, campaigns against slavery, travel and…
Instructor: Glaser MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Disability Studies began as an academic field in the latter 20th century in response to activist challenges to legal and…
Instructor: Heller R 12:30 PM – 3:20 PM Topic: History, Get Me Rewrite: Past and Present in Victorian Literature Course Description: Victorian writers were obsessed with the past, though…
Instructor: Carlson TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM How did “nature” and “ecology” get imagined into being? How can we reimagine them today? What is the role of…
Instructor: Andersen MWF 10:10 AM – 11:05 AM Nineteenth-century melodrama combined music, spectacle, intense emotions, and sweeping gestures to stage sensational stories that pit ordinary heroes against powerful villains. Due…
Instructor: Hennessey TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM We will explore a variety of novels (along with graphic narratives, plays, and poetry) by a diverse array of authors…
Instructor: Hennessey TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM Amazing Books is a relatively new course, but it’s quickly become a favorite of students and professors alike. I often…
Instructor: NeCamp WF online synch 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles in the study of linguistics. Students will…
Instructor: Weissman TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM This survey of contemporary critical theory is an introduction to major schools of thought that have shaped the study of…
Instructor: Andersen MWF 1:25 PM – 2:30 PM This course will introduce students to works in English Literature from the Old English Period to 1789, focusing on the…
Instructor: Weissman T 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM This graduate seminar is an introduction to core concepts and debates in narrative theory. It is designed to help readers and…
Instructor: Boutelle MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM In this course we will study works of fiction and nonfiction by African American writers from the eighteenth century to…
Instructor: Dorsten WF 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM As individuals, members of communities, and citizens of nations and the world, our health and well-being depend on personal, social, financial,…
Instructor: Guerra WF 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM Centuries after his death, Shakespeare is still studied, performed, filmed, and adapted by artists all over the world. Shakespeare’s plays…