42 courses with the subject EN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EN 111World Literature. (H) (R) (UU) (WW). One unit. An introductory course covering fiction from English
speaking countries other than the U.S. and Great Britain such as Canada, India, and South Africa and writing in translation from such areas as Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The course will focus on a specific theme. Sections of the course taken as part of a First Year learning community may not be used to fulfill the writing- intensive course requirement. The course is part of the foundation of the English major and majors should take it by the end of sophomore year. Students who take EN 109cannot take EN 111. Offered fall and spring semesters.
EN 202Chaucer. (H) (O) (RR) (WW) One unit. Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the most humorous writers in English
literature. From his perspective as a middle class man rubbing shoulders with the aristocratic employers at the royal court, he saw the foibles of all the social classes in the rapidly changing England of the fourteenth century. We will read a selection of his Canterbury Tales told by such pilgrims as the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath, tales that take the form of confession, romance, and bawdy tale, to name just a few. Offered as required
EN 203The Spiritual Quest in Literature. (H) (C) (RR) (U) One unit. An examination of some major pieces of
literature, which draw heavily upon religious themes and concepts for their content. How, for example, do fictional works deal with the issues of guilt, punishment, faith, and the quest for salvation? What is salvation? How, also, are God and Christ conceived in contemporary fiction? Cross-listed w/RE203. Offered fall semester.
EN 205Crime and Violence in 18th Century Literature. (H) (L) (RR) (WW) One unit. The class on eighteenth
century literature explores literature of emerging literary genres from this time period including the rise of the novel, neoclassical poetry, travel memoir, essay, drama, and polite letters among such canonical authors as Defoe, Pope, Swift, Fielding, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Equiano, Sancho, and others as well as non-canonical texts. Literary culture responded to different historical changes including the emergence of empirical science, enlightenment philosophy, the beginnings of the industrial revolution, and the expansion of overseas colonies and the transatlantic slave trade. Offered as required.
EN 206Romantic Poetry, Revolution, the Slave Trade and Women’s Rights (H) (L) (RR) (WW)One unit
The fear of revolutionary ideas spreading from France to England, the growing opposition to slavery and the slave-trade, and increasing calls for the redefinition of women’s rights all help to create the social and political contexts for English literature written between 1780 and 1830. Poets of the period respond to these issues and to questions about the workings of the human mind, the power of the imagination and the relationship between people and nature. We will explore these concerns as we study the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats and others. Offered as required.
EN 211British Literature Survey. (H) (O) (RR) (WW) One unit. A reading of major works from the Middle Ages
to the twentieth century with a focus on their historical context. Readings will be selected from such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Pope, Keats, Austen, Conrad, Eliot, Joyce, and Woolf. The course is part of the foundation of the English major and should be taken by the end of the sophomore year. Offered spring semester.
EN 213Hispanic Literature in English Translation. (H) (RR) (U) (WW) One unit. This is a course in English
designed to introduce several masterworks of the Spanish and Latin American literary traditions to students who may or may not be ready to read the texts in the original language. Readings include selections from early peninsular works, such as El Cid and the Quixote, pre-Columbian texts, such as the Popul-Vul, poetry from colonial Mexico’s Sor Juana and, finally, contemporary works from both Latin America (Borges, Cortázar, Allende) and Spain (Matute, García Lorca, Arrabal). Cross-listed as SP 213. Offered as required. EN 215 Introduction to Creative Writing. (H) (CC) (R) (WC) One unit. This course is an introduction to the art of creative writing, with a focus on fiction. Students will be given considerable practice in writing short stories. Readings in the works of published writers, including novels, will help students become better writers. Offered fall semester.
EN 224Orphans, Poverty and Scandal in 19th-century British Literature (L) (RR) (WW) One Unit. The plight
of orphans such as Dickens’ Oliver Twist, the poverty that drives flawed decision-making for Braddon’s Lady Audley and the fear of scandal that haunts many of Sherlock Holmes’s clients are examples of the issues we will study in this course. The tension between a rapidly changing society and tradition and social conventions wreaks havoc for Victorian characters. Expanding views of women’s rights, the pressure of maintaining a vast empire and the influence of increasing industrialization all challenged the familiar and comfortable ideas of nineteenth- century English people. Not open to students who have taken EN 309 or EN 324. 164 / 445
EN 225Ghosts, Vampires and Civilization in English Gothic Fiction (H) (L) (RR) (WW) One Unit. This
course focuses on the English novel as it evolves from the 18th century through the end of the 19thcentury. The gothic tradition that begins with Walpole's The Castle of Otranto includes explorations of the supernatural, human emotions, family psychology and dysfunction, gender, social norms and their violation, and monstrosity. We will discuss such texts as Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Bram Stoker's Dracula. EN 347 The Study of Fairy Tales (H) (O) (WC) (RR) One unit. We will focus on some traditional European tales, some Asian versions of tales, as well as critical reading and some more modern versions of the stories. Various authors’ renderings of “Beauty and the Beast,” “Cinderella,” and “Bluebeard” area few of the tales we will take up. Angela Carter’s versions of some of these tales as well as Maguire’s Wicked and Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch may be among the twentieth- century texts we read. All writing assignments for the course involve the use of theoretical approaches. Offered as required.
EN 229Introduction to Comparative Literature. (H) (UU) (RR) (WC) One unit. This course introduces students
to Comparative Literature as a discipline. It will expose students to literature from around the world alongside various methodologies of comparative analysis. Students will be invited to compare different national of regional literatures while also raising questions about language, literary translation, genre, and aesthetic form. Such questions may also lead to the critique of historical contexts of transculturation, social identities, and literary transmission or focus on the impact of imperialism and globalization on local, ethnic, and/or regional cultures. Offered as required. EN 230 Introduction to Film. (H) (L) (RR) (WW) One unit. This is a fundamental film course which should create good critical viewers with a basic knowledge of film form, concepts, and terminology. Ona practical level, students will be applying what they’ve learned to film and video of all kinds. Students will also learn basic film history, including the cultural role of international cinematic trends. Equally importantly, students will learn how to identify and disarm the covert political and social assumptions in which films immerse audiences. The amount and level of reading as well as writing standards will be high. Two short papers, a research paper, and class presentations will be required, as well as a mid-term and final exam. Offered as required.
EN 232Medieval Literature. (H) (O) (RR) (WW) One unit. The Middle Ages in England was a period of
great social change. Labor unrest and the prosperity of the new middle class shook the confidence in society’s neat class division into three estates—clergy, aristocracy, and commons. The flagrant corruption of the clergy undermined the spiritual authority of the Church. A new assertiveness on the part of women challenged 147 / 445
EN 255Sex and Gender in Medieval French Literature. (H) (RR) (U) (WW) One unit. Medieval France saw
a new flowering of interest in romantic love, but also a new imposition of control over sexual behavior by the Church. As a result there was an explosion of literature both celebrating and condemning a wide variety erotic attitudes and practices, composed by churchmen, noblemen, and the few women who achieved the education and authority to write. We will read troubadour love lyrics, Arthurian romances, poems debating the merits of same-sex love, and selections from Christine dePizan, widely considered to be Europe’s first feminist. All texts, whether written in French or Latin, will be read in English translation. Cross-listed w/FR 355. Offered as required.
EN 270Introduction to Digital Humanities. (H) (WC) (TT) (C) One unit. This seminar will introduce Digital
Humanities (DH) as a community of practice, a growing interdisciplinary field, and a diverse set of approaches and methodologies for research and making. We will situate DH within the context of book and publishing history. Through seminar discussions and hands-on activities, students will interrogate the boundaries of scholarship and participate in the building of digital scholarship.
EN 274Digital Rhetoric and Multimodal Composing (H) (LL) (TT) (WC) One unit. The languages we use
are being shaped and reshaped by interactions between different modes (linguistic, visual, audio, gestural, spatial, and multimodal). Communications is increasingly proliferated with images, music, and text. This course explores digital rhetoric, visual communication, and aesthetic design. Students learn how rhetoric can be applied to analyze messages, communicate effectively through digital composing, and experiment with design.
EN 275Introduction to Podcasting: Writing for Listeners. (H) (TT) (C) (O) One unit. Podcasts have grown in
popularity, featuring subjects from politics to entertainment. Students will learn the basics of podcasting through interviewing, story development, vocal delivery, layering sound, and how to write for a listening audience. This course will include a combination of analyzing podcasts as well as creating short, creative podcasts with a focus on the process skills rather than content knowledge. This course is project-based on a subject of interest.
EN 310Literature in Turn-of-the-Century Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Barcelona. (H) (C) (RR) (U)One unit. A
detailed reading of some of the major literary works written in fin-de siècle Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Barcelona. Along with readings by authors such as Marcel Proust, Colette, Thomas Mann, Rainer-Maria Rilke, and Arthur Rimbaud, this class also addresses the rise of psychoanalysis, the exploration of sexuality, and café culture. Students will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attend a concert at Carnegie Hall. Offered as required. EN 314 Decolonizing the Mind. (H) (RR) (UU) (WC) One unit. In this course we will examine how literature from across the world has responded to the effects of colonialism and global capitalism. Primarily this will include a selection of classic and new works from the mid-twentieth century to the present day by writers from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and/or the Caribbean, though it may also reflect historically on writers from within the British, French, Spanish, and U.S. empires during earlier moments of colonial encounter and anti-colonial struggle. We will place these literary works in conversation with philosophical and political debates in the academic field of post-colonial theory about the histories of empire, neocolonialism, nation, feminism, race, ethnicity, language, and/or globalization. Offered as required.
EN 327Advanced Drama: Renaissance and Modern. (H) (R) (WW) One unit. Drama, one of the most powerful
of artistic experiences, reaches its height in the late English Renaissance and again in the late twentieth century. This course will look first at some of the most compelling of Renaissance non-Shakespearian plays and then at some of the experimentation that has made contemporary drama particularly fascinating. Among the authors we may study from the Renaissance are Kyd, Webster, Middleton, Behn, and perhaps Polwhele. The playwrights of today may include Beckett, Hansberry, Soyinka, Puig, and Wilson. Offered as required.
EN 348Southern Women Writers (H) (R) (UU) (WW) One unit. This course is designed to introduce you to
a selection of influential Southern Women Writers working in a variety of genres and across abroad historical period. As we explore these writers in the context of the South, we will also investigate the cultural complexities of “Southern Women Writers” as a category in order to assess the benefits and risks of this designation. Toward this end, we will consider such questions as what counts as the South? what are the historical stakes of literacy and literary production for women in the South?; and what are our assumptions about women’s writing, and are they valid? Additionally, we will examine how the writers on our syllabus write within and against conceptions of womanhood and region, particularly as they intersect with issues of sexuality, race, class, and ability. Offered spring semester of even-numbered years. EN/FR 351 French Women Writers in Translation (H) (RR) (U) (WW) One unit. This course explores women’s writing from the unique literary and cultural perspectives of French-speaking society. Readings include such authors as Madame de Sevigne, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir, Colette, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras. The course also includes writings by francophone West African, Caribbean, and Canadian authors. Offered as required. EN/FR 355 Sex and Gender in Medieval French Literature (H) (RR) One unit. Medieval France saw a new flowering of interest in romantic love, but also a new imposition of control over sexual behavior by the Church. As a result there was an explosion of literature both celebrating and condemning a wide variety erotic attitudes and practices, composed by churchmen, noblemen, and the few women who achieved the education and authority to write. We will read troubadour love lyrics, Arthurian romances, poems debating the merits of same-sex love, and selections from Christine de Pizan, widely considered to be Europe’s first feminist. All texts, whether written in French or Latin, will be read in English translation. Offered as required.
EN 351French Women Writers in Translation. (H) (RR) (U) (WW) One unit. This course explores women’s
writing from the unique literary and cultural perspectives of French-speaking society. Readings include such authors as Madame de Sevigne, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir, Colette, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras. The course also includes writings by francophone West African, Caribbean, and Canadian authors. Cross- listed w/FR 351. Offered as required. 150 / 445
EN 356French Cinema: Retrogrades, Rebels, and Realists. (H) (R) (UU) (WW) One unit. This course
introduces students to the major developments in the history of French cinema. The course aims to develop students’ skills of analysis and interpretation in order to enable them to read and appreciate film as an art form. The course is divided into three parts which present the three principal moments of French cinematic history: the films of Poetic Realism from the 1920s and 1930s; the films of the New Wave from the 1950s and 1960s, and fin-de-siècle films of the 1980s and 1990s. Film-viewings are supplemented by the study of film theory. Taught in English. Cross-listed w/FR 356. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years. EN 357 Italian Cinema. (H) (R) (UU) (WW) One unit. Italian cinema provides a fascinating portrait of Italy in the 20th century, chronicling such phenomena as the rise of fascism, the tensions between North and South, and the changing role of women. In addition, it has exhibited impressive narrative and technical innovation, which have been influential on American filmmakers. Directors such as Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Sergio Leone will be studied. Cross-listed w/IT 357.Offered as required.
EN 380Reading and Writing Poetry. (H) (CC) (RR) (WC) One unit. In this course, students will learn and
practice the art of writing poetry. Extensive reading of a variety of poetic forms and styles will serve as inspirational models for students’ own artistic creations. Students will share their work in a class workshop for feedback. Then, students will revise their work as a final portfolio for possible publication.
EN 381Reading and Writing Fiction. (H) (CC) (RR) (WC) One unit. In this course, students will learn and
practice the art of writing fiction. Extensive reading of a variety of fictional genres and styles will serve as inspirational models for students’ own artistic creations. Students will share their work in a class workshop for feedback. Then, students will revise their work as a final portfolio for possible publication.
EN 382Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction. (H) (CC) (WW) (R) One unit. In this course, students will
learn and practice the art of writing creative nonfiction. Extensive reading of a variety of nonfiction styles and forms will serve as inspirational models for students’ own artistic creations. Students will share their work in a class workshop for feedback. Then, students will revise their work as a final portfolio for possible publication.
EN 397Internship. (H) One unit. Part-time experience in an off-campus internship working under a site
supervisor and with the approval of a faculty mentor. 105 hours required as well as a daily log and journal. The internship does not count toward the English major, dual program with Education or the English minor. EN 400 Senior Reflective Tutorial. (H) One unit. This reflective tutorial (RFT) is taken in conjunction with EN425 (senior seminar) as part of the senior learning community (SLC). The two courses will be in dialogue with each other, and students are required to write a research paper integrating content from both courses. EN400 will advance students’ understanding of literary theory and address students’ career goals. The course also includes an experiential learning component which can be satisfied either by completing an internship at some time senior year or by fulfilling the requirements for departmental honors. Students should communicate with their adviser during their junior year about how they intend to satisfy the experiential learning component for the English major. Prerequisites: senior standing in the English major and a successful performance (C- or higher) in EN212. Offered spring semester. 151 / 445
EN 497Internship. (H) Two units. Part-time experience in an off-campus internship working under a site
supervisor and with the approval of a faculty mentor. 210 hours required as well as a daily log and journal. The internship does not count toward the English major, dual program with Education or the English minor.
Junior standing in the English major. Offered as required.
EN 593Independent Study. (H) One unit. Supervised independent research projects developed by the student
with a faculty mentor. Restricted to advanced English majors. Students planning to write a the sisfor the honors program or departmental honors in English should register for EN 593 for the fall semester of their senior year. Offered fall and spring semesters.
