80 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.
Focuses on rhetorical awareness. In this course, students will explore the reading and writing practices of the academic community. Through primary and secondary
This course offers an introduction to literature through an examination of several literary genres, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and
Science Fiction examines short stories, novels, and films by some of the lea
Through a comparative study of films based on highly regarded plays and novel
Key concepts in psychoanalysis -- such as the Oedipus Complex -- were inspired by literary narratives, and psychoanalysis is
This course looks at how children's texts socialize their readers by confirming or, in some cases, r
This course examines writings and films by women. Topics vary and have included courses
A course exploring American-Jewish literature's roots in Eastern European an
An examination of a significant social or cultural problem as reflected in lit
This course focuses on Irish writers of the period 1880-1930, a time when Ireland fought for political independence from Engla
An introduction to black American writers, the course exposes students to a variet
This course examines the intersection of computers and the humanities (usually the areas of study that address art, literature,
An introduction to the fundamentals of creative writing, focusing on strategies for generating, developing, r
A sense of place will guide this exploration of Chicanx literature. We will examine how Mexican American authors represent distinct regional and national identities. Settings we will consider incl
The focus of this course is Native American literature and culture. By reading texts from multiple eras, students will learn about his
Writing seminars are courses that make writing and language their explicit subject. Examples include seminars in writing genr
English 205 is an inquiry-based course that introduces students to methodologies, concepts and questions central to the discipline of English Studies,
How is literary history constructed? What is the canon of great works and how is it formed? This course inquires into
A survey of literature from Beowulf to Milton; major writers, movements, and
A survey of literature, chiefly poetry, from the Restoration through the nin
A study of American prose and poetry from the colonial period to 1870. Norma
This course introduces students to poetry and prose by representative writers
An introduction to linguistics, with a focus on English and its development
An encounter with fiction of the last decade and with social, philosophical,
An introduction to the practice of writing news and feature stories for magazines a
This course explores the short story across a broad variety of writers, cultures,
What is a writer? What exactly do they do? And what counts as writing anyway? This course is an introduction to the histor
This course looks beyond the traditional British and American texts that have populated English studies to challenge the once elit
Nature writing as a genre has long been concerned with questions of how to understand humans within and as nature. I
Writing Genres introduces students to the expectations and purposes of a particular written genre and offers them intensive practice composing texts tha
This course introduces students to the basic elements of screenwriting: developing characters, writing dialogue, plotting scenes, and str
In this course, students will learn how to write for both comedic and dramatic series. An intensive wor
Students explore the craft of humor writing and develop techniques for generating comic
Intensive workshops in the writing of the essay and other forms of creative
An intensive workshop course in fiction writing at the intermediate level. Students will compose short
An intensive workshop course in poetry writing at the intermediate level. Students will compose poems,
An examination of Fyodor Dostoevsky's major novels and journalism in the context of his transnational legacy. We examine probl
What is dance? What constitutes performance? In this course we explore how the body, identity and culture are represented through aesthetic traditions, cultur
Practical experience in fields such as journalism, broadcasting, publishing, public relations,
Few contemporary issues generate as much controversy as same-gender attraction and relationships; fewer still are so deeply rooted in oppression, violence and discriminat
This course focuses on literary works (fiction, poetry, journalism, etc.) that take the marine environme
This course deepens students’ grasp of Black literature and the cultural forces shaping Black life, culture, and politics. T
A study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde and an introduction
This course will provide an introduction to Shakespeare’s plays and non-dramatic works in the context o
A study of British writers, especially poets, of the period 1780-1830. The course
A study of British writers, especially poets, of the period 1830-1900. The course examines how w
An intensive study of American literature, 1840-1860. The course examines a range
An intensive investigation of a single decade in American life, exploring th
This course examines American fiction from the end of World War II to the pr
This course explores transatlantic writings of the long eighteenth century that share an interest in the ocean
A study of selected works written between 700 and 1500, with an emphasis on
The Renaissance is commonly regarded as the height of Western aesthetic achievement. This course looks a
This course covers Paradise Lost and selections from Milton's prose and other poetry, focusing on literary themes, style, and genre, a
Metaphysical poems are witty, cerebral poems that use elaborate metaphors or "conceits" to comment on a range of elusive "big topi
A study of the main tendencies of major examples in English fiction from She
This course investigates various literary and cultural crises during the British modernist period. Among our considerat
This course examines American prose-novels, short stories and essays-from th
A study of the aesthetics and ideologies of some of the most significant mod
Exploration of topics in writing, literacy, language use, and argument from a range of theoretical and practical pers
This course is designed to engage students in advanced writing about nature and the e
A study of a special area of literature by black writers. Among the topics conside
Advanced Journalistic Writing takes the basic principles of news writing and reporting acquired in Journalistic Writing to the ne
Rhetoric has gotten a bad rap. It’s often used to describe vacuous, insincere, and dangerous speech. But is this accurate? This cours
This course provides an introduction to theories and representations of race and racism as applied to the analysis of
A study of literature by queer writers. Focus varies from semester to semester,
This course explores how community-engaged writing, research, teaching, and activism are used to build and maintain c
The course expands upon the writing skills in poetry that students developed in introductory cour
This course expands upon the writing skills in short fiction that students developed in introductory
This is an advanced writing course designed for juniors and seniors who have taken at least one intermediate or advanced creative writing, rhetoric/composition, or journalism course. Through seminar-style discussion and ana
An advanced introduction to the history of literary criticism and its dominant theoretical practices. Students
In this course we will pay particular attention to the composition of the novel from a writer’s perspective. Through
The study of one, two, or three writers in depth. Topics vary from semester
A seminar on a topic selected by an instructor.
A seminar on a topic selected by an instructor.
A huge range of things can happen to a text between a moment of authorial inspiration and a reader's encounter with printed (or digita
This course explores the history of the most familiar and “natural-seeming” of literary genres, asking what specific c
Intensive study of poems, poets, and poetic forms in the United States from
A program of tutorial study, initiated by the student and pursued independently
A program of tutorial study, initiated by the student and pursued independently under the guidance of an instructor from whom the student has gained approval and acceptance.
Tutorial sessions related to the student's investigation of the area chosen for his or her honors essay. Open only to candidates for honors in English.
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