Required Courses for All Literature, Writing, and Dramatic Literature Concentrators
Required Courses for All Literature, Writing, and Dramatic Literature Concentrators
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts
LITERATURE
- ENL 305 Critical Approaches to Children’s and Young Adult Literature (eve)
- ENL 318 English Literature of the Renaissance (day)
- ENL 321 South Asian Literature (day)
- ENL 345 American Fiction Since WW II (day)
- ENL 352 Major Twentieth-Century Poets
- ENL 358 World Drama (day)
- ENL 361 The Early Shakespeare (day)
- ENL 368 Queer Studies (eve)
- ENL 377 The African American Literary Tradition
- ENL 379 Major English Author II (day)
- ENL 381 Major American Author I (eve)
- ENL 397 Global Literature (eve)
WRITING
- ENL 267 Craft of Creative Writing (day) prerequisite
- ENL 267 Craft of Creative Writing (eve) prerequisite
- ENL 277 Journalism (eve)
- ENL 370 Craft of Creative Nonfiction (day)
- ENL 371 Craft of Fiction (day)
- ENL 430 Creative Writing (day)
- ENL 432 Poetry workshop (day)
- ENL 435 Playwriting Workshop (eve)
LINGUISTICS
- LING 101 Linguistic Diversity
- LING 201 Introduction to Language
- LING 201 Introduction to Language
- LING 301 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 301 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 302 Phonetics
- LING 304 Syntax I
- LING 350 Structure of Words
- LING 380 Sociology of Language
- LING 402 Speech Science
- LING 410 First Language Acquisition
- LING 430 Phonetic and Phonological Disorders
- LING 450 Audiology
Fall 2023 Course Offerings
FALL 2023
ENGLISH MAJOR COURSE OFFERINGS
DRAMATIC LITERATURE / LITERATURE / WRITING CONCENTRATIONS
EWR 267 Craft of Creative Writing Prof. C. Marvin
WRITING ONLINE SYNC, MW 4:20 – 6:20
EWR 267 Craft of Creative Writing Prof. T. Jess
WRITING PERSON, Tuesday, 6:30 – 9:50
EWR 277 Introduction to Journalism Prof. F. Kaufman
WRITING PERSON, M/W 12:20 – 2:15
EWR 281 Writing and Peer Tutoring Prof. M. McNulty
WRITING PERSON, T / Th, 4:40 – 6:20
ENL 290 Introduction to Literary Studies Prof. C. Miller
REQUIRED PERSON T/TH, 12:20 – 2:15
ENL 290 Introduction to Literary Studies Prof. S. Monte
REQUIRED PERSON, W, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions Prof. M. Feola
REQUIRED ONLINE SYNCH, Thursday, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 307 African Literature Prof. S. Ray
PERSON, M/W, 2:30 – 4:25
ENL 309 US Literature in Comparative Contexts Prof. T. Gray
PERSON, W, 6:30 - 9:50
ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts Prof. J. Dudley
REQUIRED HYBRID/ASYNCH, Th, 12:20-2:15
ENL 323 Coming of Age Narratives Prof. A. Dawson
HYBRID/ASYNCH, Th, 12:20-2:15
ENL 330 The American Renaissance Prof T. Gray
PERSON, M, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 348 Women Novelists Prof. M. Bellamy
ONLINE SYNCH, M / W, 12:20 – 2:15
ENL 359 Contemporary Drama Prof. L. Papa
PERSON, M / W, 2:30 – 4:25
ENL 362 The Later Shakespeare Prof. S. Reader
PERSON, T / Th, 10:10 – 12:05
ENL 369 Gender and the Negotiation of Difference Prof. A. Bardsley
PERSON, M / W, 10:10 – 12:05
EWR 372 Craft of Poetry Prof. C. Marvin
ONLINE SYNCH, M / W, 10:10 – 12:05
EWR 373 Craft of Playwriting Prof. Lee Papa
PERSON, M, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 434 Creative Nonfiction Workshop Prof. A. Chin
ONLINE SYNCH, Th, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 440 Magazine Writing Prof. A. Chin
ONLINE SYNCH, T / Th, 4:40 – 6:20
Fall 2023 Course Descriptions
EWR 267 Craft of Creative Writing Prof. C. Marvin
WRITING ONLINE SYNC, MW 4:20 – 6:20
Ever wonder when reading a piece of writing, be it a poem, an essay or story, why you find yourself powerfully moved by the language? This course is an introduction to hard and fast means by which you can make your writing vivid, visceral, and uniquely you own. These skills do not arise by magic, nor are they dependent on inspiration (who is, as Spanish poet Lorca noted, “a fickle muse”). We will think of these as “elements of craft” and we will study them and practice them. This course is also exploration of the four primary genres in creative writing: poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and playwriting. We will read a lot, we will write a lot, and we’ll have great conversations about the power of literature to enact change.
*This is a PREREQUISITE for all 300/400 Writing Courses.
EWR 267 Craft of Creative Writing TBA
WRITING PERSON, Tuesday, 6:30 – 9:50
Craft of Creative Writing introduces students to the literary conventions of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and playwriting. The course will explore the elements that set the genres apart, the elements they share, and the relationship between reading and writing. Texts will be taken from the four major genres and used as models for students' creative writing. For English majors and minors, this is designated as a writing course.
*This is a PREREQUISITE for all 300/400 Writing Courses.
EWR 277 Introduction to Journalism Prof. F. Kaufman
PERSON, M/W 12:20 – 2:15
Introduction to Journalism will present students will the concept of newsworthiness while emphasizing the basic elements of journalistic writing and media analysis, including hard news, soft news, objective reporting, working with sources, profiles, spot event coverage, opinion writing, and photojournalism. Special emphasis will be placed on the language, vocabulary, and structural requirements of successful heds, deks, and ledes. Throughout the semester we will focus on newsroom issues such as the manifold legal and ethical issues that surround reportage.
EWR 281 Writing and Peer Tutoring Prof. M. McNulty
PERSON, T / Th, 4:40 – 6:20
This course is designed for anyone with interests in teaching, tutoring, editing, or writing. Our coursework will merge writing theories with practical experience, allowing students to develop an increased writerly ability and agility in making compositional choices and articulating how and why those choices are effective (or not) within a rhetorical context. We will use this knowledge in real-life tutoring scenarios, in class with our peers, and during six hours of observation/practice in tutoring centers on campus. Successful completion of this course paves a path for employment in the CSI tutoring centers. For English majors and minors, this is designated as a writing course.
ENL 290 Introduction to Literary Studies Prof. C. Miller
REQUIRED PERSON T/TH, 12:20 – 2:15
This course will introduce you to three major literary genres: lyric poetry, drama, and the novel. You will learn how to recognize and comment on the formal elements of poetry (e.g., meter, stanza form, syntax, diction, structure) and to appreciate a poet’s aesthetic choices and imaginative inventions. In our study of drama, you will develop a deeper understanding of Shakespearean tragedy and the playwright’s richly inventive language. In reading novels, you will be analyzing the mechanisms of narrative—the creation of characters, the representation of consciousness and perspective, time frames, modes of description, and allegorical or symbolic meanings. This course is designed to help you sharpen your powers of observation, to ask productive questions, and to make compelling and well-supported arguments.
ENL 290 Introduction to Literary Studies Prof. S. Monte
REQUIRED PERSON, W, 6:30 – 9:50
This course is an introduction not only to traditional literary genres (such as plays, poems, and short stories) but to recent and mixed genres (such as the graphic novel and the prose poem). And while the focus is on variety—different genres, different approaches to interpretation, different time periods—there are also some themes, such as creativity and mental illness. The weekly reading is generally light: a play, a few poems, or a couple of stories. (Additionally, film versions of the plays will be screened in class.) Assignments will include two short papers and a “poetry podcast,” where students will recite and interpret a poem or a group of poems. Most readings will be supplied via Blackboard; one or two texts must be purchased. Though the exact list of readings is subject to change, it is likely to include: one Shakespeare play; two twentieth-century plays (Margaret Edson’s Wit, John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt); stories by Franz Kafka, James Baldwin, and Flannery O’Connor; Ellen Forney’s graphic novel Marbles; and short poems by John Donne, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Robert Hayden, and Sylvia Plath.
ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions Prof. M. Feola
REQUIRED ONLINE SYNCH, Thursday, 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 300 is a one-semester survey of British and American literature from the Medieval through the Romantic periods. During the Fall 2023, we will study important literature in different genres and styles, placing those works in their literary and cultural contexts. We also will examine some criticism that demonstrates various interpretations, questions, and literary perspectives.
We will begin our journey with a study of the exciting tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The poem is filled with magic, brave deeds, and a meditation on nature’s ways as conceived by the Medieval mind and traditions. After a look at the early modern styles and ideas infused in Renaissance and Seventeenth Century works, we will spend time with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein before we cross the pond for some well-penned gore written by Edgar Allan Poe. We will conclude our study with the passion and humanity found in Frederick Douglass’ slave narrative and Walt Whitman’s celebration of the natural world and humanity, including his appreciation for our city in his poem, “Mannahatta.”
ENL 300 is an exciting literary journey that will expose you to stories, ideas, language, and traditions many students have found central to their growth as English majors.
Hope you’ll come along!
ENL 307 African Literature Prof. S. Ray
PERSON, M/W, 2:30 – 4:25
“The pen that writes legends is always on its last drop of ink when the real story begins.”
--Patrice Nganang
What stories are difficult to tell? What stories do we prefer to forget? What happens when the stories that are passed down to us do not match the official narrative? We will read four contemporary novels [Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (2022), When the Plums are Ripe by Patrice Nganang (2019; trans. Amy B. Reid); The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (2020); and A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa (2012; trans. Daniel Hahn)] where stories of love, loss, war, colonization, and hope mingle with memory to create sweeping, powerful narratives that cannot be forgotten.
ENL 309 US Literature in Comparative Contexts Prof. T. Gray
PERSON, W, 6:30 - 9:50
“Pop Goes the Pacific”
In this course, we will read three pairs of books to see how Pacific Rim consciousness has been reconfigured over several generations and situated within the marketable world of Pop Culture. Key questions emerge. How has the Pacific region emerged as a determinant of postmodern American identity, especially on the west coast? Who determines exactly what hemispheric regionalism means? When differences of opinion emerge, what are the points of contention? In the first pair of texts, we encounter very different narratives (one a brutal first-hand account, the other sentimental and Hollywood-ready) about the internment of Japanese Americans on their home soil during World War II. In the second pair of texts, we find different perspectives on Chinese masculinity (one dreamy and devotedly ancestral, the other as fast paced and street smart as the TV scripts it mimics) in the face of immigration obstacles and racist attitudes. In the final pair of texts (evenly, albeit differently, invested in Pop), we hear schmaltzy American music waft through two locations: the military and pleasure industries imposed by the US on the Philippines, and the suburban communities in southern California allowing Pacific Rim immigrants new modes of cultural belonging. Here are the groupings. Pair One: John Okada’s No-No Boy (1957) and David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars (1995). Pair Two: Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men (1980) and Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown (2018). Pair Three: P.F. Kluge’s Biggest Elvis (1996) and Karen Tongson’s Why Karen Carpenter Matters (2019).
ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts Prof. J. Dudley
REQUIRED HYBRID/ASYNCH, Th, 12:20-2:15
Sincerity and Authenticity
In this semester, we explore the idea of self and self-identity in different cultures and in different historical periods. We examine how different societies understand what it means to be a genuine person or a good person. We ask how these societies deal with contradictions between individual desires, aspirations and social expectations. We also explore if there is a true self within us to which we can be completely faithful. And if so, should we?
*Pre- or corequisite: ENL 290.
*This is a requirement for Lit, Writing, and Dramatic Lit Majors
ENL 323 Coming of Age Narratives Prof. A. Dawson
HYBRID/ASYNCH, Th, 12:20-2:15
What does it mean to come of age today, in a world fractured by multiple crises, from the erosion of democracy to the breakdown of a stable climate? Can we imagine better futures for our children and young people? In this course, we will explore Young Adult literature that represents possible alternative futures to our crisis-ridden present. How will young people’s identity and ways of socializing by reshaped by the upending of the stable life worlds that have been taken for granted by so many generations? In particular, we will explore the genre of Cli-Fi or climate fiction. The emphasis will be on short stories and novels, and will include works written both in the US and in formerly colonized nations around the world, the places least responsible but most affected by the climate crisis.
ENL 330 The American Renaissance Prof T. Gray
PERSON, M, 6:30 – 9:50
We live in turbulent times marked by political divisiveness, violence, and growing distrust. Indeed, we are not so dissimilar from Americans who navigated their way through the 1960s, or those who struggled for survival during the 1850s, seeking justice in the face of a recalcitrant old guard. The American Renaissance is concerned with the earlier era. In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, an amazing group of writers examined the complexity of American identity and experience as their nation was both expanding and being torn apart. Our lineup will include all the heavy hitters (Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Stowe, Jacobs, Douglass, Fuller, Whitman, Dickinson, Melville, Thoreau) along with a few others who rightfully belong to an expanded version of the canon. Spending approximately one week on each author, we will cover a lot of ground, even as we keep the reading load manageable. Amidst the abundant political and societal issues of the pre-Civil War era, we will analyze affecting psychological components within classic texts, showing how representations of fear, desire, vulnerability, mindfulness, and other emotional states of individual humans help to differentiate literature from other forms of history, and ultimately make us feel less alone.
EWR 343 Creative Nonfiction Workshop Prof. A. Chin
ONLINE SYNCH, Th, 6:30 – 9:50
In this creative writing workshop, we will focus on different aspects of creative nonfiction, especially memoir writing. We will discuss: fracture; self-portraits and family portraits; the role of memory and perception; the relation of the individual to society; the structure and ethics of “truth” in nonfiction. We will study how writers use literary devices such as point of view, “scenes” vs. “summarizing,” and attention to character, setting, and detail to craft their stories. There will be in-class and take-home writing assignments. Be prepared to write!
ENL 348 Women Novelists Prof. M. Bellamy
PERSON, M / W, 12:30 – 2:15
This course will focus on three fictional works by contemporary women writers of African descent who challenge and revise our traditional understanding of African American literature. Texts under consideration include: Brit Bennet's The Vanishing Half, NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names, Yaa Gyasi's Transcendant Kingdom, and Edwidge Danticat's Everything Inside.
This course fulfills the TALA and Pluralism & Diversity requirements of the CSI College option and will also fulfill the "United States" or 300-level course requirement for African and African Diaspora Studies majors and minors this semester only.
ENL 359 Contemporary Drama Prof. L. Papa
PERSON, M / W, 2:30 – 4:25
We will be focusing on contemporary works by American women of color, including Danai Gurira, Kristina Wong, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Katori Hall. We will discuss the historical, social, political, and cultural backgrounds of the plays, as well as their literary and theatrical aspects. In addition, we will look also look at work by writers like Branden Jacob-Jenkins and Kristoffer Diaz.
ENL 362 The Later Shakespeare Prof. S. Reader
PERSON, T / Th, 10:10 – 12:05
Taking Plays Inside
Shakespeare’s late plays include the most famous tragedies (Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello) as well as more experimental works called romances (The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, The Tempest). While Shakespeare’s early plays were performed outdoors, the later works were often performed inside—a radical new idea in the early 17th century. This course will consider what indoor performance did to the style and content of the plays. Special effects became more sophisticated. More scenes took place indoors, in the intimate environment of the bedroom or other domestic spaces. And a new emphasis was placed on questions of psychological interiority—the space of the mind itself.
ENL 369 Gender and the Negotiation of Difference Prof. A. Bardsley
PERSON, M / W, 10:10 – 12:05
Some North American indigenous women writers.
Some of the late 20th and early 21st centuries’ most lauded novelists, memoirists, and poets have been Native American women: Louise Erdrich (Chippewa) has won every prize there is, Joy Harjo (Muskogee) has been Poet Laureate, Natalie Diaz (Mojave) won the Pulitzer in 2020 for Postcolonial Love Poem.. From the multiculturalism of the 1980s and 90s to the more decolonial orientation of today, women from different nations across the continent have been leading voices articulating complex issues around indigenous and hybrid histories and identities, doing so in sophisticated and moving fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. As a non-Native person, non-expert in this field of study, and a part of settler culture, with only analytical skills and good will to go on, how do I approach each of these women’s art? With enthusiasm and with humility, I hope: and your company, possibly. Besides the above-named, we may also read works by writers such as: Paula Gunn Allen, Linda Hogan (Chickasaw), Winona LaDuke (Anishnaabe), Zitkala-Sa (Dakota), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo). Assignments will include frequent informal writing, two essays, and a research project that is not a paper.
EWR 372 Craft of Poetry Prof. C. Marvin
ONLINE SYNCH, M / W, 10:10 – 12:05
This intermediate level poetry workshop has as its focus specific elements of craft: we will make a brief foray into traditional forms, try our hands at varying modes of lineation, and invent dynamic ways to enter into our poems. If this sounds daunting to you, please be assured it’s all perfectly do-able and quite a bit of fun. We’ll have as our thematic focus what is referred to as Poetry of Witness—that is, works that speaks to civil and human rights. It is the domain of poetry to speak for those who cannot. It is poetry that gives utterance to the unspeakable. And we are living in an age when poetry is utterly necessarily for our sanity and survival. Be warned: we do lots of reading in this class and will write a poem every week.
EWR 373 Craft of Playwriting Prof. Lee Papa
PERSON, M, 6:30 – 9:50
This class will serve as both an introduction to the writing of dramatic scripts, as well as a place to develop short plays. We will approach plays as a performed medium, and we will build our skills with various exercises and readings. The class will be writing intensive, both in class and out. Playwriting, like other genres, has its own demands, and we will explore how writers can use the space of the stage and the word on the page to create compelling drama.
EWR 440 Magazine Writing Prof. A. Chin
ONLINE SYNCH, T / Th, 4:40 – 6:20
In this writing course, we will address current issues and trends in magazine journalism, including ethics, digital media, and the changing face of the genre in the wake of new technology. We will read articles from the NY Times Magazine, Esquire, VIBE, and other publications. In addition to written assignments, students are expected to turn in a well-reported and researched feature-length story on a relevant subject of their choosing, pending approval from the instructor. We will look at investigative journalism, narrative journalism, gonzo journalism, and the ways in which journalism has been affected by technology.
Fall 2023 COVERGE AREAS FOR ENGLISH MAJORS WITH A LITERATURE CONCENTRATION:
COVERGE AREAS FOR ENGLISH MAJORS WITH
A LITERATURE CONCENTRATION:
In order to complete the Literature Concentration in English, you need to complete classes in the following five coverage areas:
- British Literature
- American literature
- Literature in Translation
- Literature Written by Women, American Minorities, or Writers in Asia (including the Middle East), Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Genre / Theme
*Please note that one of above courses must cover pre-1800 literature. The courses that more typically do so are British Literature, Literature in Translation, and Genre/Theme.
Our Fall 2023 Literature Courses Will Satisfy These Coverage Areas:
English/British Literature: ENL 362
American Literature: ENL 309, ENL 330, ENL 359, ENL 369
Literature in Translation: ENL 307
Lit by women, American Minorities, or writers in Asia (including the Middle East), Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: ENL 307, ENL 309, ENL 348, ENL 359, ENL 369
Genre and Theme: ENL 323, ENL 348, ENL 359, ENL 362
Pre-1800 Courses: ENL 362
Spring 2023 Course Offerings
KEY:
IN PERSON
* ONLINE SYNCH
** HYBRID SYNCH
*** HYBRID ASYNCH
ENL 267 CRAFT OF CREATIVE WRITING TBA M 6:30 – 9:50
*ENL 267 CRAFT OF CREATIVE WRITING MARVIN MW 10:10 – 12:05
ENL 277 INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM KAUFMAN TF 12:20 – 2:15
ENL 290 INTRODUCTION TO LIT STUDIES BARDSLEY M 6:30 – 9:50
***ENL 290 INTRODUCTION TO LIT STUDIES GOODLAND W 10:10 – 12:05
ENL 300 BRIT/AMERICAN LIT TRADITIONS GREELEY W 6:30 – 9:50
***ENL 310 WORLD LIT ON CONTEXTSDUDLEY DUDLEY TH 12:20 – 2:05
*ENL 318 16TH CENTURY ENLGISH LIT FEOLA TH 10:10 – 12:05
ENL 321 SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE RAY MW 12:20 – 2:15
***ENL 323 COMING OF AGE NARRATIVES DAWSON T 6:30 – 8:10
ENL 345 AMER FICTION SINC WWII GRAY TTH 4:40 – 6:20
ENL 352 MAJOR 20TH CENTURY POETS GRAY TH 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 358 WORLD DRAMA SINCE 1800 RAY MW 4:40 – 6:20
ENL 361 THE EARLY SHAKESPEARE GOODLAND W 12:20 – 2:05
ENL 368 QUEER STUDIES TBA T 6:30 – 9:50
**ENL 370 CRAFT OF CREATIVE NONFICTION CHIN HYBRID M 4:40 – 6:20
ENL 371 CRAFT OF FICTION TBA TTH 10:10 – 12:05
**ENL 377 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LIT TRAD BELLAMY TH 10:10 – 12:05
ENL 379 MAJOR ENGLISH AUTHOR II MILLER TTH 12:20 – 2:15
ENL 381 MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHOR PAPA W 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 397 GLOBAL LITERATURE II RAY M 6:30 – 9:50
ENL 430 CREATIVE WRITING MARVIN MW 2:30 – 4:25
**ENL 432 POETRY WORKSHOP SMITH F 10:10 – 12:15
ENL 435 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP PAPA TH 6:30 – 9:50
Spring 2023 Course Descriptions
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SPRING 2023
ENL 267 CRAFT OF CREATIVE WRITING TBA M 6:30 – 9:50
WRITING IN PERSON
Craft of Creative Writing introduces students to the literary conventions of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and playwriting. The course will explore the elements that set the genres apart, the elements they share, and the relationship between reading and writing. Texts will be taken from the four major genres and used as models for students' creative writing. For English majors and minors, this is designated as a writing course.
*This is a PREREQUISITE for all 300/400 Writing Courses.
ENL 267 CRAFT OF CREATIVE WRITING MARVIN MW 10:10 – 12:05
WRITING ONLINE SYNCH
Ever wonder when reading a piece of writing, be it a poem, an essay or story, why you find yourself powerfully moved by the language? This course is an introduction to hard and fast means by which you can make your writing vivid, visceral, and uniquely you own. These skills do not arise by magic, nor are they dependent on inspiration (who is, as Spanish poet Lorca noted, “a fickle muse”). We will think of these as “elements of craft” and we will study them and practice them. This course is also exploration of the four primary genres in creative writing: poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and playwriting. We will read a lot, we will write a lot, and we’ll have great conversations about the power of literature to enact change.
*This is a PREREQUISITE for all 300/400 Writing Courses.
ENL 277 INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM KAUFMAN TF 12:20 – 2:15
WRITING IN PERSON
Introduction to Journalism will present students will the concept of newsworthiness while emphasizing the basic elements of journalistic writing and media analysis, including hard news, soft news, objective reporting, working with sources, profiles, spot event coverage, opinion writing, and photojournalism. Special emphasis will be placed on the language, vocabulary, and structural requirements of successful heds, deks, and ledes. Throughout the semester we will focus on newsroom issues such as the manifold legal and ethical issues that surround reportage.
ENL 290 INTRODUCTION TO LIT STUDIES BARDSLEY M 6:30 – 9:50
REQUIRED IN PERSON
An introduction to the study of literature and specifically to the ways that people think, talk, and write about literature. We will address the basic questions of literary study and its vocabulary: What is literature? What are the main kinds of literature? What are the main approaches to the study of literature? Students will read a selection of works that represent a variety of periods and movements; and through frequent informal writing assignments, two short essays, and an annotated bibliography assignment, learn to apply formal terms crucial for further study in the field.
*This is a pre and/or corequisite for ENL 300 and ENL 310.
*This is a requirement for Lit, Writing, and Dramatic Lit Majors
ENL 290 INTRODUCTION TO LIT STUDIES GOODLAND W 10:10 – 12:05
REQUIRED HYBRID ASYNCH
An introduction to the study of literature and specifically to the ways that people think, talk, and write about literature. We will address the basic questions of literary study and its vocabulary: What is literature? What are the main kinds of literature? What are the main approaches to the study of literature? Students will read a selection of works that represent a variety of periods and movements; and through frequent informal writing assignments, two short essays, and an annotated bibliography assignment, learn to apply formal terms crucial for further study in the field.
*This is a pre and/or corequisite for ENL 300 and ENL 310.
*This is a requirement for Lit, Writing, and Dramatic Lit Majors
ENL 300 BRIT/AMERICAN LIT TRADITIONS GREELEY MW 2:30 – 4:25
REQUIRED IN PERSON
A one-semester survey of British and American literature from the Medieval through the Romantic periods. It will include important works from many genres and modes, placing those works in their aesthetic and cultural contexts.
*Pre- or corequisite: ENL 290.
*This is a requirement for Lit, Writing, and Dramatic Lit Majors
ENL 310 WORLD LITERATURE IN CONTEXT DUDLEY TH 12:20 – 2:05
REQUIRED HYBRID ASYNCH
Sincerity and Authenticity
In this semester, we explore the idea of self and self-identity in different cultures and in different historical periods. We examine how different societies understand what it means to be a genuine person or a good person. We ask how these societies deal with contradictions between individual desires, aspirations and social expectations. We also explore if there is a true self within us to which we can be completely faithful. And if so, should we?
*Pre- or corequisite: ENL 290.
*This is a requirement for Lit, Writing, and Dramatic Lit Majors
ENL 318 16TH CENTURY ENLGISH LIT FEOLA TTH 10:10 – 12:05
LITERATURE ONLINE SYNCH
Love and Marriage
Welcome to the magical, lyrical, thought-provoking century known as the English Renaissance. The texts we will study address many of the same passions and problems that engage us today: politics, religion, rebellion, travel, love, and marriage. We also will explore the fascination that writers had with innovation and literary form.
For many students, the Renaissance conjures up images of royal purple and gold; for others it is remembered as the era when new worlds were encountered. However, it was also a time of lively questions and commentary concerning marriage. [Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch, had six wives, and his daughter, Elizabeth I is remembered as the “Virgin Queen.”] Also, during this period an increasing number of women and commoners [people like us] began making their way into print. With so much change and [early] modern ideas taking shape, your study of Tudor literature and culture will expand your understanding of the periods that preceded it, as well as those that followed.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): British, Genre/Theme, Pre-1800.
ENL 321 SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE RAY MW 12:20 – 2:15
LITERTAURE IN PERSON
The Rural Indian Novel
“For me, India begins and ends in the villages.”— M. K. Gandhi
For better or worse, India has been imagined frequently through its villages, whether in popular culture or literature. Seen variously as the site of authenticity, beauty, tradition, simplicity, self-sufficiency, gender- and caste-based oppression, Indian villages figure in literature as both myth and reality.
In this course, we will read four novels set in 20th c. rural India (Premchand’s The Gift of a Cow, trans. from the Hindi by Gordon C. Roadarmel; U. R. Anantha Murthy’s Samskara, trans. from the Kannada by A.K. Ramanujan; Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things; Raja Rao’s Kanthapura) to examine these often contradicting images of the Indian village, sometimes turning to cinema as context (possible examples: Pather Panchali dir. Satyajit Ray; Rudaali dir. Kalpana Lajmi; Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge dir. Aditya Chopra).
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): Translation, Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 323 COMING OF AGE NARRATIVES DAWSON T 6:30 – 8:10
LITERATURE HYBRID ASYNCH
What does it mean to come of age today, in a world fractured by multiple crises, from the erosion of democracy to the breakdown of a stable climate? Can we imagine better futures for our children and young people? In this course, we will explore Young Adult literature that represents possible alternative futures to our crisis-ridden present. How will young people’s identity and ways of socializing by reshaped by the upending of the stable life worlds that have been taken for granted by so many generations? In particular, we will explore the genre of Cli-Fi or climate fiction. The emphasis will be on short stories and novels, and will include works written both in the US and in formerly colonized nations around the world, the places least responsible but most affected by the climate crisis.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): American, Genre/Theme.
ENL 345 AMERICAN FICTION SINCE WWII GRAY TTH 4:40 – 6:20
LITERATURE IN PERSON
This course in American fiction published since 1945 will be divided into three sections. In the first section, “You’re Too Hip, Baby,” we read Paul Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky (1949), set in Morocco, and James Baldwin’s Another Country (1962), set in NYC and France. In both novels, countercultural types are made to measure progressive ideas about racial and sexual difference as their unconscious desires get exposed. In section two, “Affective Lineages,” we read Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays (1970) and Louise Erdrich’s Tracks (1988). In the Didion novel, an affluent white woman tries to navigate (on her own) the toxic atmosphere of late 1960s Los Angeles, where sexism runs rampant amongst Hollywood’s dirty, dirty cheats. In the Erdrich novel, set in early 20th century Dakota, a poor Chippewa woman aims to survive assault and illness, bolstered by deep-seated spiritual kinships, as her winnowing tribe, wracked by settler colonialism, faces the loss and environmental degradation of their homeland. In our final section, “Who Loves the Sun?”, we will read Lauren Groff’s acclaimed story collection Florida (2018), because we clearly need to figure out what’s going on down there.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): American, Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 352 MAJOR 20TH CENTURY POETS GRAY T 6:30 – 9:50
LITERATURE IN PERSON
Lyric Geographies
This course in 20th century poetry focuses on four poets, each based in the Americas, whose travels provided detail for some of their era’s finest literary explorations. In “North and South,” the first section of the course, we read the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop (born 1911) and Octavio Paz (born 1914). Bishop was born in Massachusetts, but she was raised in Canada and lived for many years in Brazil. Paz was born in Mexico but lived in multiple cities on several continents, working as a diplomat and academic. In addition to the social issues they address, the ever-changing definition of “home” will loom large as we survey their writings. In section two, “East and West,” we read the work of two poets still living. Gary Snyder (born 1930) is renowned for his rugged poems of west coast mountains, and for his Buddhist meditations, informed by his twelve-year residence in Japan. Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941) taps a deep fount as he recounts his life growing up in segregated Louisiana and as a Vietnam veteran trying to make sense of the military adventurism placing so many people of color in harm’s way. From different angles, Snyder and Komunyakaa show how the borderlands of America and the Pacific Rim were imagined in the late 20th century, often as a zone of conflict, but at other times as a utopian space capable of facilitating cooperation and peace.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): American, Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 358 WORLD DRAMA SINCE 1800 RAY MW 4:40 – 6:20
LITERATURE IN PERSON
After political decolonization in twentieth century, postcolonial drama became a zone of exciting formal experimentation where playwrights sought to create a new theatrical language to meet the moment. In this course, we will look at examples from Africa (Athol Fugard, Wole Soyinka, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ngugi wa Thiong’o) and South Asia (Girish Karnad, Badal Sircar, Vijay Tendulkar, Usha Ganguli, Tripurari Sharma) to explore how they combine Western dramaturgical structures and influences with a range of indigenous audiovisual elements inspired by classical dance, religious ritual, and popular entertainment to forge new cultural idioms for drama in the postcolony.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): Translation, Genre/Theme, Literature Written by Women/American Minorities.
ENL 361 THE EARLY SHAKESPEARE GOODLAND W 12:20 – 2:05
LITERATURE HYBRID ASYNCH
In ENL/DRA 361, “Making, Unmaking, and Mistaking Identity”, we will explore the making, unmaking, and mistaking of identity in five of Shakespeare’s early comedies: The Comedy of Errors, The Taming the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Merchant of Venice. Across these plays we will look closely at the relationship between identity and love, considering how these very funny comedies often teeter on the brink of tragedy. Shakespeare was master of balancing his plays on what Frances Dolan describes as “the fine, unstable, line between comedy and tragedy.” As we explore these questions, we will hone our skills in close reading, writing about literature and drama, and gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s poetics and dramaturgy.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): British, Genre/Theme, Pre-1800.
ENL 368 QUEER STUDIES TBA T 6:30 – 9:50
LITERATURE IN PERSON
An introduction to the field of lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender and queer studies. Readings will be drawn from a variety of literary and critical works that explore sexual identity categories and their meaning in culture For English majors and minors, this is designated as a literature, women, minority and world literature, and genre course.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 370 CRAFT OF CREATIVE NONFICTION TBA M 4:40 – 6:20
WRITING HYBRID SYNCH
In this hybrid nonfiction writing workshop, we will focus almost exclusively on memoir writing, including experimental forms. We will discuss: fracture; self-portraits and family portraits; the role of memory and perception; and, the relation of the individual to society. We also examine how writers use literary devices such as point of view, “scenes” vs. “summarizing,” and attention to character, setting, and detail to craft their stories. Assignments will be reflective of the published stories we read in class. Be prepared to write!
Prerequisite: ENL 267
ENL 371 CRAFT OF FICTION TBA TTH 10:10 – 12:05
WRITING IN PERSON
The course explores the literary conventions that distinguish fiction as a genre. By considering models for their own creative writing, students will learn how to employ basic narrative techniques in creating their own short fiction, the focus of which may include but not be limited to: image, voice, character, setting, and plot. For English majors and minors, this is designated as a writing course.
Prerequisite: ENL 267
ENL 377 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LIT TRAD BELLAMY TH 4:40 – 6:25
LITERATURE HYRBID ASYNCH
African American Graphic Novels
This course will focus on contemporary African American Graphic Novels. Growing out of the world of comics, graphic novels have grown in popularity in recent decades and often address challenging historical and cultural issues, including resistance, rebellion, and social justice. In this course we will read a mixture of historical and fictional graphic novels to examine how they engage audiences differently from traditional novels and histories. Texts under consideration for this course include Nat Turner by Kyle Baker, The Life of Frederick Douglass by David F. Walker, Incognegro by Mat Johnson, Billie Holiday by Ebony Gilbert, March by John Lewis, The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker, Damien Duffy’s adaptations of Kindred and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler and Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): American, Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 379 MAJOR ENGLISH AUTHOR II MILLER TTH 12:20 – 2:15
LITERATURE IN PERSON
The Novels of Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote six major novels that culminate in the marriages of their heroines. Austen, who was never married herself, represented these as happy outcomes, but she also cast a critical and satirical eye on the social practices of courtship and the institution of marriage itself. This course offers an in-depth study of Austen’s novels as entertaining but serious works of social observation and critique, with attention to their role in the development of English prose fiction and in the long tradition of female novelists. Along the way, we will consult critical commentary on Austen’s work, and we will consider several feature-length film adaptions and web series inspired by Austen’s novels. Through short writing assignments and analytical essays, students will gain an appreciation of the subtleties of Austen’s art—its psychological characterizations, its representations of interiority and points of view, its plot structures, and its engagements with philosophical, aesthetic, and ethical concerns. In this intense focus on Austen’s work, we will also be sharpening our interpretive analytical approach to narrative fiction in general.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): British, Genre/Theme, or Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 381 MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHOR PAPA W 6:30 – 9:50
LITERATURE IN PERSON
This semester, we’ll be reading the works of playwright Tony Kushner. Best known for his two-part epic play about the gay community in the time of AIDS, Angels in America, Kushner’s works take on huge subjects in world and American history, from the fall of the Soviet Union in Slavs to the treatment of African Americans in the southern United States in the 1960s in his musical Caroline, Or Change. As serious as the issues are around the plays, Kushner approaches them with a great deal of humor and even more humanity. We’ll read his major works, and we’ll contextualize them in both theatrical and general history. We’ll also take a look at the films he’s written for Steven Spielberg, including Lincoln and Munich.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): American , Genre/Theme, Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 397 GLOBAL LITERATURE II RAY M 6:30 – 9:50
LITERATURE IN PERSON
Interlingual Literature
“Can humanism ever be monolingual?” – Aamir R. Mufti
Despite the global dominance of English, contemporary literature has often turned to themes of multilingualism, translation, and language confusion to make sense of the world. In this course, we will read texts that can be called interlingual: they come bearing traces of other languages, cultures, worlds, persistently reminding us that in the wake of complex planetary events and processes like globalization, climate change, colonization, and war, one language for literature simply isn’t enough. Possible readings: Anita Desai, In Custody; Colm Tóibín, The Story of the Night; Yoko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth (trans. from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani); Mireille Gansel, Translation as Transhumance (trans. from the French by Ros Schwartz); selected shorter texts—poems by Solmaz Sharif, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Shailja Patel, and others.
Literature Concentration Coverage Area(s): Literature in translation, Literature Written by Women/American Minorities, Etc.
ENL 430 CREATIVE WRITING MARVIN MW 2:30 – 4:25
WRITING ONLINE SYNCH
The Blessing of Obsession
“A real diehard, indestructible, irresolvable obsession in a poet is nothing less than a blessing. The poet with an obsession never has to search for subject matter. It is always right there, welling up like an Artesian spring on a piece of property with bad drainage,” observed poet Tony Hoagland. The same can be said for all creative writing. In this advanced multi-genre creative writing course, we will explore the obsessions that haunt us and propel us. We will delve into the means by which to explore and erect one’s personal mythology in poetry and prose. Students will complete a short story, a creative nonfiction essay, and several poems.
Prerequisite: ENL 267
ENL 432 POETRY WORKSHOP SMITH F 10:10 – 12:15
WRITING HYBRID ASYNCH
In this advanced workshop, students will look before the surface of the poem to search for the source of its rhythm and narrative muscle. Beginning with the poetic line, the class briefly look at the foundation of poetic meter before writing poems in free-verse and traditional forms--such as the sonnet, sestina and villanelle--as well as more contemporary forms, including the golden shovel, duplex, bop and contrapuntal. The class will review the elements of effective critique, and offer feedback for poems presented in class. ENL432 will also feature occasional guest poets and may include at least one class outing to a poetry reading in NYC.
Prerequisite: ENL 267
ENL 435 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP PAPA TH 6:30 – 9:50
WRITING IN PERSON
This class will serve as both a further exploration of the writing of dramatic scripts, as well as a place to develop short plays and monologues. We will approach plays as a performed medium, and we will build our skills with various exercises and readings. The class will be writing intensive, both in class and out. Playwriting, like other genres, has its own demands, and we will explore how writers can use the space of the stage and the word on the page to create compelling drama.
Prerequisite: ENL 267
LINGUISTICS COURSES
SPRING 2023
LING 101 LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY TORTORA O. SYNCH
Mon. 2:30-5:30
An overview of linguistic diversity in the world today, and the factors that influence it. Questions asked include: How do languages originate? How are different languages related? How do social, cultural, and biological factors both contribute to and limit linguistic diversity? Major themes in this course will be language endangerment (the likely disappearance of 90% of human languages in the next 100 years) and the parallels between linguistic diversity and biodiversity.
LING 201 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE BISHOP O. ASYNCH
This course is an introduction to the study of language. It explores the following relationships: language and society; language and culture; language and thought; language and biology.
LING 201 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE HUGHES O. SYNCH Tues. 10:10-12:05
This course is an introduction to the study of language. It explores the following relationships: language and society; language and culture; language and thought; language and biology.
LING 301 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS POPESCU O. ASYNCH
The scientific study of language: sounds, grammar, words, animal communication, language families, etc. Special consideration is given to the dialect of New York City.
LING 302 PHONETICS COLONNA P. Tues. 4:40-6:20
An introduction to the articulation and basic acoustics of speech sounds used in the world's languages, including English in comparison with other languages. This course includes extensive practice in speech-sound perception, phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and a basic introduction to phonemic analysis.
LING 304 SYNTAX I FRAGA O. SYNCH
W 2:30 – 4:25
This course is an introduction to syntax, the study of phrase structure in human language. Through examination primarily of English varieties, students will develop various skills in scientific analysis, such as: the identification of evidence to support hypotheses; the ability to deduce the nature of lexical and syntactic categories (such as noun, verb, noun phrase, subject, object); and the ability to recognize the abstract properties, elements, and operations which give rise to e.g. syntactic ambiguity, recursion, and the variety of surface forms we recognize as distinct "constructions," such as active vs. passive, interrogatives, and relative clauses.
LING 370 LANGUAGE CHANGE PENTANGELO P. Wed. 6:30 – 9:50
How languages change and why, using the English language and the Indo-European family as examples.
LING 380 SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE PENTANGELO P. Fri 2:30-6:20
Areas of discussion include language and class, language and sex, language and race, and language and ethnicity.
LING 402 SPEECH SCIENCE COLONNA O. ASYNCH
An introduction to the experimental methods used to study speech production and perception. Students will learn to analyze speech acoustically and physiologically. This course will also involve research design and the writing of research papers.
LING 410 FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FRAGA O. ASYNCH
An examination of how typically-developing children naturally acquire their first language, surveying what is known about grammatical development at the levels of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Both theory and data on child language acquisition are discussed, with special emphasis on developmental universals
LING 430 PHONETIC & PHON. DISORDERS HAGEDORN O. SYNCH
Th 4:40 – 6:20
An introduction to major disorders of linguistic speech sounds, both phonetic (articulatory) and phonological (cognitive) in nature. The course highlights theories of description and assessment, and linguistic approaches to intervention.
LING 450 AUDIOLOGY GAVIN O. ASYNCH
An introduction to the field of audiology. Topics covered include the anatomy and physiology of the auditory system, auditory disorders and their etiologies, types of hearing loss, and hearing loss management. Students will gain familiarity with standard audiological assessment tools, assessment procedures, interpretation of audiometric and tympanometric data, and post-evaluation patient referral.
Literature Concentration Coverage Areas Spring 2023
COVERGE AREAS FOR ENGLISH MAJORS WITH A LITERATURE CONCENTRATION
In order to complete the Literature Concentration in English, you need to complete classes in the following five coverage areas:
- British Literature
- American literature
- Literature in Translation
- Literature Written by Women, American Minorities, or Writers in Asia (including the Middle East), Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Genre/ Theme
*Please note that one of above courses must cover pre-1800 literature. The courses that more typically do so are British Literature, Literature in Translation, and Genre/Theme.
Our Spring 2023 Literature Courses Will Satisfy These Coverage Areas:
English/British Literature: ENL 318, ENL 361, ENL 379
American Literature: ENL 323, ENL 345, ENL 352, ENL 377, ENL 381
Literature in Translation: ENL 321, ENL 358, ENL 397
Lit by women, American Minorities, or writers in Asia (including the Middle East), Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: ENL 321, ENL 345, ENL 352, ENL 358, ENL 368, ENL 377, ENL 379, ENL 381, ENL 397
Genre and Theme: ENL 318, ENL 321, ENL 323, ENL 345, ENL 352, ENL 358, ENL 361, ENL 368, ENL 377, ENL 379, ENL 381
Pre-1800 Courses: ENL 318, ENL 361
Spring 2024 Course Offerings
SPRING 2024 COURSE OFFERINGS
Literature
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature (day & eve)
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature (day & eve)
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions (day)
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts (day)
- ENL 323 Coming of Age Narratives (day)
- ENL 329 Migration and Diasporas in Literature and Culture (eve)
- ENL 338 Epic and Romance (day)
- ENL 347 Major 20th Century Novelists (day)
- ENL 353 Contemporary Poetry (day)
- ENL 361 The Early Shakespeare (eve)
- ENL 355 European Drama (eve)
- ENL 377 The African American Literary Tradition (eve)
- ENL 399 Themes in Literature (day)
- ENL 470 Senior Seminar in Literature (day)
Creative Writing
- ENL 267 Craft of Creative Writing (day & eve) prerequisite
- ENL 277 Journalism (eve)
- ENL 370 Craft of Creative Nonfiction (day)
- ENL 371 Craft of Fiction (eve)
- ENL 432 Poetry Workshop (day)
- ENL 373 Craft of Playwriting (day)
- ENL 308 Theories of Composition (day)
Linguistics
- LING 101 Linguistic Diversity
- LING 201 Introduction to Language
- LING 201 Introduction to Language
- LING 301 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 301 Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 302 Phonetics
- LING 304 Syntax I
- LING 350 Structure of Words
- LING 412 Sign Language Linguistics
- LING 402 Speech Science
- LING 410 First Language Acquisition
- LING 430 Phonetic and Phonological Disorders
- LING 450 Audiology