English (GR)

The course introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges, and the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches.

Introduces major theories and methods of literary and cultural studies for scholarly research, critical writing, and intellectual exchange.

This course investigates the nature of language change, how to determine a language's history, its relationship to other languages and the search for common ancestors or "proto-languages." We will discuss changes at various linguistic levels: sound change, lexical change, syntactic change and changes in word meaning.

The aim of this course is to make you aware of the complex organization and systematic nature of language, the primary means of human communication.

Intended to provide a platform for faculty to teach a class that might address a timely issue (e.g., a current election), or to try out new course ideas. See page 577 for additional information related to Special Topics courses.

Intended to provide a platform for faculty to teach a class that might address a timely issue (e.g., a current election), or to try out new course ideas. See page 577 for additional information related to Special Topics courses.

The poetry, prose and drama of England's most glorious literary period, the 16th and 17th centuries.

A continuation of ENGG-211. The poetry, prose and drama of England's most glorious literary period, the 16th and 17th centuries.

This course provides an introductory study to Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, and histories, and a careful study of major plays and sonnets. Shakespeare's importance as a dramatist and the enduring nature of his ideas and vision are stressed.

Provides in-depth study of selected English Renaissance literature, from around 1500-1660.

This course is a study of literatures in English from multiple genres from 1660-1688, with a particular focus on Black Atlantic literature as it pertains to the British Isles, Anglophone Atlantic, and Africa.  Topics range from colonialization, national identification, language, race, class, gender, and sexuality.

This course is a study of literatures in English from multiple genres from 1660-1688, with a particular focus on cultural exchanges with the Mediterranean, Near/Middle East, Asia and Pacific. Topics range from colonialization, national identification, language, race, class, gender, and sexuality.

In -depth study of literature from the Restoration period to the early 19th century, from a particular critical, cultural, historical, or philosophical perspective.

This course surveys British and Anglophone literatures in multiple genres from 1689- 1901, with a particular focus on Black British literature of the Anglophone Atlantic. Topics range from colonization, national identification, language, race, class, gender, sexuality, and political activism.

This course surveys British and Anglophone literatures in multiple genres from 1689- 1901, with a particular focus on global exchanges with Asia and the wider Pacific World. Topics range from colonization, national identification, language, race, class, gender, sexuality, and political activism.

This course reviews the subject of Medieval Romance in British literature.

Literature and culture of the pre-modern period.

This course surveys African American literature in multiple genres from the 20th-century to the present.

A continuation of ENGG-228. This course surveys African American literature in multiple genres from the 20th-century to the present.

This course examines prolific and sometimes understudied writers and their contributions to Caribbean literature and diasporic literature.

A continuation of ENGG-231. This course examines prolific and sometimes understudied writers and their contributions to Caribbean literature and diasporic literature.

Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.

A continuation of ENGG-233. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.

A survey of Western literary theory and criticism with an emphasis on the most prominent theorists, texts, schools, and ideas. It is a course in the history of ideas—specifically, ideas related to the theory and criticism of literary texts

Continuation of ENGG 246 but can be taken independently.  Critical approaches to literary theory and criticism with a special emphasis on the comparative study of literature.  Qualifies as an elective course in the literary theory concentration. 

This course introduces students to the writing of persons of African descent in North America. Students examine and critically study the themes, content, and structure of African-American writing from the late 18th century up through the modern period. 

A continuation of ENGG-248.  This course introduces students to the writing of persons of African descent in North America. Students examine and critically study the themes, content, and structure of African-American writing from the late 18th century up through the modern period. 

This course introduces students of literature and writing to the discipline of English. The course includes an overview of British and American literary history from Old English to hypertext; a study of the elements of literature and practice in close textual analysis with some introduction to critical theory; and seminar-style discussions of current topics in literature (canon studies, multiculturalism, popular culture, etc.)

Survey of critical ideas and theories by select diaspora scholars and writers. Emphasizes the intellectual tensions and deliberations that undergird attempts to theorize and resolve issues involving the status of black people in the world.

The intellectual, cultural, and artistic expressions among African Americans from 1912 to 1933, with an emphasis on the literary texts and social history.

This course examines the Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s to mid 1970s, a multifaceted group of African-American artists, writers, and musicians who were committed to creating politically charged socially relevant art and saw themselves as the cultural wing of revolutionary movements sweeping the country at the time. We'll examine the work of several writers, poets, visual artists, and musicians of the era and situate their work within the political, historical, and artistic context. We'll also ask key questions that remain relevant to artistic production: what is the relationship between art and politics? What is the role of the politically conscious artist?

This course explores the literature by African-American women writers from the 18th century to the present, analyzing their depictions of racism, sexism, and classism as artistic, moral, and civic responses to inequality. Students learn techniques for critical reading and literary analysis at the upper-division humanities level to understand how these creative works explore issues related to the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws, and the influence these writers had on cultural events, such as antilynching journalism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Era, and the Women's Liberation Movement.

This course emphasizes the fundamental language skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, thinking, viewing and presenting. The course includes studies of various literary genres: short story, poetry, novel, drama, and nonfiction.