Category: Literary and Cultural Studies

ENGL 7066: Approaches to Diaspora Studies: Literature of the Black Atlantic

Instructor: Boutelle T 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness (1993) fundamentally changed the way we think about African American literature. Whereas…

ENGL 7137: Approaches to Early Modern Studies- Ambivalence

Instructor: Huh R 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM The term “ambivalence” was coined in the early 20th century to describe a psychological disorder descriptive of individuals who confront…

ENGL 2026: Intro to Disability Lit

Instructor: Cole ASYNC Disability Studies began as an academic field in the latter 20th century in response to activist challenges to legal and social limitations imposed on people…

ENGL 2080: Ethnic Literatures of the United States: American Families

Instructor: Boutelle TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM In this survey of U.S. Ethnic Literature, we’ll be reading contemporary novels and autobiographies from racialized immigrants, migrants, and natural-born…

ENGL 7104: Introduction to Literary & Cultural Theory

Instructor: Weissman R 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM This course provides an introduction to the many literary and critical theories that have shaped central and contemporary conversations about…

Honors ENGL 3002: Serials 

Instructor: Andersen | MWF    2:30 PM – 3:25 PM In 1841, New Yorkers eagerly lined the docks, waiting for the final chapters of Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity…

ENGL 2184: Comics and Graphic Novels

Instructor: HennesseyMWF 10:10 AM – 11:05 AM In Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud argues that “Comics offers tremendous resources to all writers and artists: faithfulness, control, a chance to be…

ENGL 2100: Ways of Reading Literature

001 Instructor: Andersen MWF 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM002 Instructor: Hogeland TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM This course explores ways of experiencing, analyzing, and making sense of…

ENGL 2028: Theater and Performance Studies (Melodrama)

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…

ENGL 2161: Black Women Writers

Instructor: Savannah TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM This course explores the work of Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker and their contributions to Black women’s literary traditions….

ENGL 2047: Introduction to Linguistics

Instructor: Leech MWF 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles in the study of linguistics. Students will study the…

ENGL 4100: LCS Capstone: Contemporary America in Fiction and Film

Instructor: Schiff TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM A seminar focused on depictions of contemporary America in novels, short stories, and films. We will likely read fiction by…

ENGL 3125: Introduction to Critical Theory

Instructor: HuhTR 12:30 1:50 PM While we often discuss literature in terms of appreciation (e.g. “I hate that book!” or “That’s my favorite novel!”), the analysis of literature…

ENGL 2135: Survey of English Literature II

Instructor: Carlson TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM Writing, Picturing, and the Shock of the New The best writers reimagine the world we think we know; they help…

ENGL 2067: Topics in Film: Star Wars

Instructor: Hennessey  MWF  12:20PM-1:15PM In 1977, the film Star Wars (subtitled as A New Hope) changed the film industry and the structure of film narrative. Before Star Wars,…

ENGL 2022: World Literature II

Instructor: Hennessey MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM This course is a comparative study of literature from Africa, the Americas, Asia as well as Europe. The class will…

ENGL 2003: The Magic of Harry Potter

Instructor: Heller TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM In this course we will read the Harry Potter novels to examine their major themes and to explore why the…

ENGL 2008: Survey of American Literature II

Instructor: OziasTR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM  Learning Community This course surveys the second half of the American literature, from 1900 to the present, emphasizing major literary figures,…

ENGL 3090: Literature & Medicine

Instructor: Reutter ASYNC As individuals, members of communities, and citizens of nations and the world, our health and well-being depend on personal, social, financial, and cultural situations; medical…

ENGL 3006: Introduction to Shakespeare

Instructor: Leech | MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Centuries after his death, Shakespeare is still studied, performed, filmed, and adapted by artists all over the world. Shakespeare’s…