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- 2025-2026
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112 courses with the subject ENG, 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.
Students must pass the evaluation in order to complete the major.
This writing workshop focuses on invention, organization, drafting, revision and editing
This first-year writing course prepares students to develop as writers through extensive practice in pr
"Once upon a time" is a special sort of invocation, enticing us into magical worlds of talking animals, wicked step
The seedy criminal underworld has long been a popular subject of crime fiction in British and American literature and film. More than just simple stories about criminals and police detectives, though, these narratives often reflect cultural anxieties about outsiders, class and racial divisions, urban dangers, and the forces of globalization. This class is design
"WE LIVE IN THE DYSTOPIA YOUNG ADULT FICTION WARNS US ABOUT," screamed a recent headline in The Federalist. Even if the contemporary era isn't bad enough to warrant the term, it's true that we're obsessed with dystopias: fictional worlds, often illustrat
This course traces the development of the graphic novel from its roots in the superhero serials o
Feeling anxious about the future? Glaciers are melting, oceans are heating, and the futu
Poets, novelists, short-story writers and dramatists persist in writing about warfare, and they
This course will explore Science Fiction as a legitimate literature that reflects the great philosophical, psychological, and sociological issues of th
Does creativity arise from emotional instability? How has the treatment of mental illness at times hindered artistic vision? Can an emotionally ill person ever fully describe wha
We will explore how authors and their memoirs remember, represent, and make sense of life events through narrative and images, and how we as humans construct meaning and purpose in our lives through the stories told (or not told) about our experiences and ourselves. Together we will study examples of US memoirs and autobiographies that illustrate core themes of the human experience,
Twenty-first century cinema’s most subversive vehicle for timely cultural debate, social thrillers are defined by writer-director Jordan Peele as “horror movies where the ultimate villain is society.” Unlike their “social problem/message picture” predecessors of the 1940s and 50s, however, social thrillers notably conceal their didactic intent bene
A study of the elements of terror and the supernatural in selected literary works that a
We might judge a film adaptation by how well it “lives up” to the book it’s based on. The current popularity of franchises, remakes and spin-offs, however, make the question
Who gets to tell their story? And how can stories ignite social change? This course reads literature from so-calle
This course situates literature in the broader media landscape, and considers how literature relates to other forms of popular culture: f
What separates pulp fiction from literary genius? Who gets to determine the value of literature? And why
“Yes, books are dangerous,” argued young adult novelist Pete Hautman. “They should be dangerous-they contain ideas.” Are books dangerous? To whom? Who deci
This course explores the history and cultural meaning(s) of the zombie, a monster figure whose unnatural lifespan stretches from the transatlantic slave trade and the Haitian Re
This course will introduce students to the discipline of sociolinguistics, the various ways that language is u
This study of the English language includes the evolution of prescriptive and descriptiv
This course examines theories of composition and literacy and explores the implications for our understanding of writing's impact on o
For this workshop, students interested in writing poems,
Along with readings of 20th century British, Irish and American poetry, students from al
This study of British literature in its social and cultural contexts emphasizes the clos
This study of British literature in its social and cultural contexts - from the Romantic
This study of American literature in its social and cultural contexts - from Colonial an
This study of American literature in its social and cultural contexts - from the post-Ci
This course traces the development of the themes of protest, accommodation and escapism
An examination of works by major African-American writers since 1945 focuses on making c
This is a course covering the 1950’s literary movement in the United States lead by a group of writers called “the Beats,” or often the “Beat Generation,” one of the few truly original and authentic literary “movements” launched from within the United States. This course will be
Through the study of the fiction, poetry, film, drama and non-fiction of select Caribbea
This course examines representative texts in Asian-American literature, introducing students to the competing forces of ethnic identity, hybridity, generational conflict an
This asynchronous, online course is designed to introduce students to the artistic impact of American historical events and moveme
“Horror Film and Literature” provides an introduction to the horror genre and to film and literary analysis. Using theory, critical texts, novels,
This course, which involves a significant amount of reading and writing, explores the world of English literature, language, culture, and history. Students will examine England through the centuries and learn
This is a course about transformation as reflected through the lens of the literature of Southern Italy. We wil
The first major plays to deal with AIDS premiered in New York City in 1985: William Hoffman’s As Is and Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart . For the next decade, “the AIDS play” dominated U.S. theatre. How
Desperate times call for difficult measures: We need to be reading difficult books, and this course will have us do just that. There's a keen pleasure in having to work for something, in a book that calls on its reader to do the compl
The purpose of the theatrical comedy of manners has always been to improve society by reflecting back its empty affectations: the conventions by which we "act properly" and the clichéd ways we pursue love,
LGBTQ Literature and Culture introduces students to seminal texts in the queer literary canon and to foundational ideas in queer studies. Much of our work will be in close
This survey course examines the development of 20 th - and 21 st -century American, British, Continental, and World drama and performance acros
This course will explore a variety of literature with the Holocaust as its central theme. Genres
This course provides an interdisciplinary study of the complicated relationship between the operating law and representations and evaluations of the
When The Best American Poetry anthologized a poem by Yi-Fen Chou, under the assumption it was written by a woman of color, the revelation of the author's true identity - a middle-aged white man, living
An overview of the study of language, its nature, diversity, and structure, this course introduces students to the core subfields of appli
English has undergone dramatic and exciting alterations throughout its life. This course examines the changes in sounds, grammar, meaning and vocabulary of English from its Indo-European
This course examines the development of American English from the 16th-century influence
This course examines theories of second language acquisition and both historical and contemporary practices of teaching Engli
The Writing Center Workshop prepares students to work with writers in Elon’s Writing Center and in any one-to-one mentoring or tutoring situation. In the course, studen
In this writing workshop, students develop a specific aspect of writing ability (e.g., v
This workshop, centered around students' poems, also includes study of contemporary poet
This workshop, centered around students' stories, also includes study of contemporary fi
This study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture includes authors such as Homer, Plato
Satisfies departmental pre-1865 requirement and the departmental global/multicultural requirement. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ -2025 Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Grad , Sophocles, Ovid and Virgil, with readings from mythology, the uate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook great epics of the Trojan War, drama, philosophy and lyric poetry in modern translations.
This study of British and Continental literature and culture of the 16th and early 17th centurie
In the Spring of 2014, artist Kara Walker unveiled a new installation: a forty-ton sugar figure, one part stereotypical “Mammy” and one part sphinx. The thirty-five-foot-tall behemoth, surrounded by slave children made of melting molasses, exemplified a disquieting truth: sugar, the favorit
This course will examine British literature from 1837-1901 with special attention to the historical and cultural forces that shaped Victorian texts. W
This interdisciplinary study of Modernism as a dominant intellectual movement of the 20th century ex
This course examines the tremendous volume of literary, artistic, and cultural expression by African-Americans between WWI and approximately 1940 and will explore the evolution of
This course explores the culture and remarkable inhabitants of 1920s Paris. It examines
A survey of 19th- and 20th-century Appalachian poetry, short and long fiction, drama, mu
Emphasis is given to major 20th century writers in this study of Southern literature, it
A study of the major American environmental and natural history writers with close attention to issues of environmental
In an introduction to American Indian literature from the 18th century through the present, st
Taught in English translation. Satisfies the departmental global/multicultural r Powered by SmartCatalog IQ history and politics, but economics, geography, music, art dies Elective; IGS: Latin America Regional Concentration; In equirement. and religion will also be taken into consideration. Course content will be in the form of poems, short and long fiction, nonfiction and film. ternational Business Regional Area Course
How have people told the story of the American Civil War? How has the Civil War in turn unlock
Perhaps more than any other aspect of national history, slavery has continued to haunt political and cultural life in the United States. This course explores the evolution of narratives of slavery from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, paying particular attention to the ways generic features, rhetorical goals, and literary styles adapted to new hist
LGBTQ identity has long been understood through feelings: every queer lifespan moves from feelings of shame to feelings of pride. That same shift from “bad feelings” to “good feelings” characterizes
Students may receive credit for more than one Shakespeare course in this category if the title is Powered by SmartCatalog IQ -2025 Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Grad ontext of English culture of the late 16th and early 17th centur different. Satisfies the departmental pre-1865 requirement. uate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ies. Typical offerings are Shakespeare: Works (selections from each of his genres), Shakespeare: Tragedies or Shakespeare: Comedies.
Courses taught under this number examine the life and representative works of Shakespeare in the c
Jane Austen famously wrote that "Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on." Her novels explore microcosms of society in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, wit
Life shapes the art of this mid-twentieth century author, whose career we will tra
This study of the lives and works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte explores the trio’s developments in the no
Focus and content vary in this course, which examines representative novels from differe
This course examines how different types of poems work; their structure and sound, metaphor an
This study of the short story as a literary form spans from its origins and development
What factors contributed to the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century Britain, and what role did women writers play in the development of the novel as a form? What lasting contributions have they made to the genre as a whole? These questions will a
This course provides an overview of the vital and varied contemporary genres that contribute to young adult li
This course satisfies the cultural studies requirement for English majors. Satisfies the departmen Powered by SmartCatalog IQ -2025 Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Grad es attention to gender, place, alienation and changes in forms o s Elective; American Studies Elective tal global/multicultural requirement. uate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook f protest.
This study of novels by such writers as Baldwin, Ellison, Hurston, Walker, Wright and Morrison giv
A shape-shifting fairy terrorizes two teen mothers in contemporary London. A philosophy professor struggles with the meaning of life while trapeze artists perform feats of daring high above his office. A
This class examines the plays of America’s two most prolific dramatists in conversation with the major theorists of psychoanalysis. Students will leave this course knowing intimately the works of Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee,
This class will discuss August Wilson's opus, The Pittsburgh Cycle: ten plays depicting the life and times of African-Americans in the 20th century, each set in a different dec
Studies in Drama pairs the works of major playwrights with foundational critical readings from a particular theoretical school. This iteration of the course reads natur
This course emphasizes how to interpret cinema critically, using films that illustrate c
This course explores contemporary movements in fiction, poetry and nonfiction with special att
Study of selected works of European, Asian, African and Latin American literatures (in English translation), are taught from historica
This course looks at recent Latin American literature mainly through the lens of
Following the end of British colonialism, Asia entered a new relationship with America, the leader of the post-World War II world orde This course urges students to critically think about the double life of global Asia. Using an interdisciplinary framework, it examines
This course studies the literature of a variety of African countries in relation to Afri
This course looks mainly at recent Middle Eastern literature, treating it as we would any poem or novel or memoir, but, obviously, the region that produce
This course explores literature from the viewpoint of the teacher - exploring a wide range of issues relevant to class
This course is a rhetorical approach to media literacy and information-age survival skills. Beginning with the advent of cable TV in the 1970s, to satellite TV in the 1980s and the World Wide Web in the 1990s, we are living in what media critic Tod Gitlin calls “a torrent of images a
This course studies modern and traditional works of literature interpreted or reinterpre
Writing Internships give English majors from all concentrations practical experience in
The student will attend a 100-200-level course and will work with the professor teaching this course to develop assig
May be taken more than once for credit but may be applied to the English major only once. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ k 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures eir own new texts. This is specifically designed for the writing and revision of pieces suitabl 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook e for publication and manuscripts appropriate for application to graduate writing programs. This class will be extremely rigorous while preserving the supportive and constructive atmosphere of the writing workshop.
Students in this workshop course will combine their reading of fiction, nonfiction and poetry with the production of th
This class will take a broad view of forms in poetry (prose poems, biblical verse, sonnets, the
This class addresses questions/issues related to the creation of fiction, including plotting,
This course builds advanced skills in composing, researching, reading,
In this course, students will explore the theoretical and practical issues that inform t
Requires satisfactory completion of all requirements listed on the registration form. Faculty members invite students to consider a 4990 experience. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ ment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ne, gain a better understanding of the professional academic life, engage in a meaningful mentoring relationship with a faculty mentor around issues related to teaching, enhance their int A with a minimum grade of B+, or c) by permission of the department chair; The TLA must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; The TLA must have junior or senior standing; A registration erpersonal and communication skills, and develop their leadership skills. The experience may be of particular value to students who wish to pursue a career in higher education or teaching in general. form must be completed and submitted prior to the first day of class for which the student will serve as a TLA. The form will require a syllabus for 4990, the course syllabus for which the student will serve as a TLA, and the signatures of the TLA, faculty mentor, the TLA's faculty advisor, the department chair/program director or coordinator, and the Dean of Elon College.
This capstone seminar requires majors to integrate and extend their knowledge and practi
The senior seminar in creative writing focuses on the students' production of new work i
A research proposal form completed by the student and faculty mentor is required for regis Powered by SmartCatalog IQ res 2024-2025 Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Gra roject guided by a faculty mentor. tration. duate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook
Teaching and Learning Apprentices work with a faculty mentor on a particular course. This experience is intended for exceptional students who wish to deepen their knowledge of the discipli
This course offers students the opportunity to create an undergraduate original research p
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