Course Listings Fall 2005

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ENGLISH 120 EXPOSITORY WRITING
3 credits; 3 hrs. a week plus conferences.
This course is required of all freshmen. Satisfies Stage 1 Academic Foundations, Group A
ENGLISH 120, an introductory expository writing course, has four related goals. Through reading, writing, and rewriting, it teaches students to generate, explore, and refine their own ideas; to analyze and evaluate intellectual arguments; to take positions and support them persuasively; and to write with sound grammar, varied sentence structure, logic, and coherence.

Class discussions and assignments are related to readings from such sources as essay collections, periodicals, reviews, and student writing. Eight 500-word papers or the equivalent are required. For at least one of these, students must locate source material for themselves and document their assertions by using a conventional reference system with a bibliography. Writing assignments may also include journal-keeping, note-taking, and summarizing as well as re-writing and revising of drafts in preparation for final papers. Some of this writing may be accomplished during class periods.
To complete the course, students must (1) produce a portfolio that includes the documented paper, another revised paper, and an in-class essay, and (2) write a departmentally administered final exam. Both these items must be satisfactory for a student to pass the course.

ENGLISH 201 INTERMEDIATE EXPOSITORY WRITING
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 120
8 sections (six day sections, two evening sections) are planned. For students who wish to develop their writing skills. Students will work in small groups with a tutor, so that writing can be corrected and improved on an individual basis.

ENGLISH 218 ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 120
Section 01 M,W 4:10-5:25 p.m. Mr. Bobrow Code: 0894
This class is intended to develop expository writing skills beyond the level required in English 120. We will focus on matters of structure, development, and voice, as well as on research methods and designs. During the first half of the semester we will read a variety of essays, focusing our discussion on authorial strategies, rhetorical modes, structural principles and practices, and stylistic approaches. Students will produce three short papers (approximately 750 words each) based on the readings. In the second half of the semester students will develop a substantial research paper (10-12 pages) on one of a number of suggested topics or on a topic of the student's choosing. We will work through the various phases of the project: gathering material, writing a proposal, completing a full first draft, and producing a finished paper. I will meet individually with students once a week, and students will have an opportunity to share their ideas and progress in small groups. Students will also present a short oral report on their project.

Section 02 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Ms. Tolhurst Code: 0895
The craft of the writer isn't a covert maneuver, afforded to only a selected few. While we all may have different things to say and ways to say it, writing can be practiced, learned, and developed through an ongoing process of re-thinking and revising, and of learning and developing the skills of using language to persuade others, to express ourselves, and to educate others and ourselves. This course will allow students to explore writing in different contexts - the personal, the cultural, the sciences - and provide a solid background in writing, revising, and editing academic and creative non-fiction essays. Emphasis will also be on maintaining focus, coherency, clarity, and awareness of audience in the writing of essays, regardless of the writer's purpose and form. We will follow a process approach, which includes collaborative criticism and portfolio presentation.

Section 51 T,TH 5:35-6:50 p.m. Ms. Hossbacher Code: 0896
In this workshop students will immerse themselves in the writing process toward the goal of producing three essays of substantial quality and length. Students will be required to keep a continuing personal journal, and to actively participate in discussions of their own writing as well of assigned texts. In the pursuit of intellectual self-discovery, clear communication and the development of personal " voice," we will engage in autobiographical writing as well as analytical responses to literature.

ENGLISH 220 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 120. Satisfies Stage 2- Broad Exposure, Group A
ENGLISH 220 emphasizes close readings of representative texts drawn from British and American fiction, drama, and poetry. It is intended to increase the student's understanding and appreciation of literature. At least one play by Shakespeare is required. The written work includes quizzes, papers, a midterm and a final examination. This course is the prerequisite to all English courses above 220.

ENGLISH 250.50 SHORT STORY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2- Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Ms. Davis Code: 0927
This course will explore the unique genre of the Short Story, focusing primarily on the writers who have expanded this format throughout history. We will examine how the innovative works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, Kate Chopin, Jamaica Kincaid, Donald Barthelme, Franz Kafka and Margaret Atwood among others have reinterpreted the possibilities of short fiction. The course will situate these stories within a historical and cultural context while we simultaneously perform close readings with attention to structure, point of view, and language. Class requirements include a midterm and final exam, two papers of medium length, and weekly discussion questions.

Section 02 M,W,TH 11:10-12:00 p..m. Ms. Ecklund Code: 4021
This course will cover a wide variety of writers of short fiction, from Poe and Edith Wharton to William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Raymond Carver, with an emphasis on formal aspects of the genre and its development over time. We will also read writers considering their craft. Course requirements:
midterm and final, one paper (4-5 pages), one oral presentation.

ENGLISH 250.55 LITERATURE ABOUT BANNED BOOKS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2 - Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Ms. Rial Code:
At various times, books have been banned throughout the world. This course will examine literature about banned books and the nations that ban them. Readings include works by authors Da Sijie, Azar Nafisi, and Ray Bradbury. Required: Two papers, an academic journal, a final, and regular class participation. First book for class: Farenheit 451.

ENGLISH 250.56 AMERICAN IMMIGRANT LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2 - Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Dr. Weir Code: 0929
From the Lower East Side of New York City to the Pacific Ocean, the literature of the United States has been formed by the cultures of many groups. Who are these people and how has their entry into our country made a significant contribution to what we call American Literature? This course will draw on a wealth of authentic and fictional expressions of the immigrant experience in the United States. We will hear their voices through lectures, films and discussions of readings. To achieve a better understanding of what it means to be an immigrant, we will also discuss the historical background that resulted in immigration policies. Requirements: One group presentation, two short papers (5-6 pages), and one long research paper (10-12 pages).

ENGLISH 250.64 OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE IN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2--Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,W,TH 12:10-1:00 P.M. Ms. Leimsider Code: forthcoming
"Courage is the scorner of things which inspire fear" - Seneca
There has always been a desire for stories of resistance. We cheer the courageous as they fight against their oppressors. We are drawn to the image of the selfless hero -- but sometimes forget that behind the image of the hero or heroine is a fragile human being. What are the choices that are made when an individual chooses to resist? How can we understand the mindset of the oppressor? In English 250 we will study these stories, which depict both the human capacity for cruelty and the capacity to resist -- and sometimes overcome -- oppression. Our reading will include fiction and non-fiction from Haiti, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Required Texts Borowski, Tadeusz. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. New York: Penguin, 1959; Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak! New York: Vintage, 1996; Johnson, Denis. Seek: Reports From the Edges of America and Beyond. New York: HarperCollins, 2001; Levi, Primo. The Drowned and the Saved. New York: Vintage International, 1988; Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. New York: Random House. 2003; Wright, Richard. Black Boy. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. Course Requirements: two 5-6 page papers revised with feedback; midterm and final exams.

ENGLISH 250.67 HEROINES
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2--Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 T,F 2;10-3:25 p.m. Dr. Bowstead Code: 0931
We will read a number of plays, novels and excerpts from verse narratives that promote or undermine conventional wisdom about what is - or ought to be - admirable in women. Heroines discussed in class will include Sophocles' Antigone, Chaucer's Griselda, Milton's Eve, Shakespeare's Rosalind, Smith's Geraldine Verney, Austen's Elizabeth Bennet, Bronte's Jane Eyre, Shaw's Saint Joan, and Brecht's Mother Courage. Requirements: two three-page and one eight-page essay (with revision); quizzes posted on Blackboard, and a final exam.

ENGLISH 250.92 BLACK WOMEN WRITERS: CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group B and C Pluralism and Diversity; Satisfies Stage 2--Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Ms. Gordon Code: 4022
The objective of English 250.92, Black Women Writers, is to explore the novels, short stories, poetry, and drama written by Black women. Students will critically examine the struggle and spirit of survival expressed in various works and discover the voice and the social, political, and cultural issues presented. Requirements: final exam, 1 major project, 2 critical essays, 5 reader responses.

ENGLISH 250.96 INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group B of the Pluralism and Diversity
Requirement Satisfies Stage 2--Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Ms. Saed Code: 4023
This class will consider the diversity of Asian American culture, focusing especially on literature of rupture and trauma. We will be examining East Asian to West Asian American literature. Authors we may look at are: Helie Lee, Barbra Tran, Suheir Hammad, Tara Bahrampour, and Khaled Hosseini. Requirements: midterm and final exams, regular reader response papers, and regular class participation.

Section 51 M,W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Mr. Leopando Code: 0934
Asian Americans have long been stereotyped as the "model minority" - valorized for their willingness to assimilate, to "play by the rules," and for their seeming unwillingness to "rock the boat" of mainstream society. Yet the literature of this "community" is hardly docile; it is frequently saturated with rage, desire, resentment, and anguish, as well as joy, gratitude, and idealism. What does it mean to be "Asian-American" ? How have some writers grappled with the tension between the " Old" country and the " New" ? Between assimilation and cultural " authenticity?" We will examine works by Maxine Kingston, Carlos Bulosan, Chang-rae Lee, David Henry Hwang, Arundhati Roy, Hanif Kureishi, and Joy Kogawa. Course requirements include short response pieces and a final written project. Reading list subject to change. Auditors are welcome.

ENGLISH 251.69 THE WRITER IN HIS TIME
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Satisfies Stage 2--Broad Exposure, Group C
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Ms. Roshkow Code: 0935
This course will deal with six seminal events in 20th century America. An historical perspective will serve as a prologue to the books to be studied. World War I, The Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, and the Viet Nam War will be examined through writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, James Jones, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Tim O'Brien. The course will require midterm and final papers, and brief responses to individual texts.

ENGLISH 254 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Dr. Lutz Code: 0938
This is a chronological survey of English literature from the late eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. We will read canonical works from three literary periods: Romantic (1785-1830), Victorian (1830-1901), and Modern (1901- ?). Our primary concern will be on close readings of the assigned texts. Through this more particular and intricate understanding we will explore what these texts say about the aesthetic and social concerns of the time. A central focus in our reading will be on tracing the movement of varying ideas of subjectivity from the Romantic sublime self and the importance of the individual imagination; through the Victorian idea of subjectivity as defined by social relations and by work; to the fragmentary, isolated selfhood, caught up in language, of the Modernist period. We will also concern ourselves with changing ideas of sexuality, desire, and gender roles during these historical moments. We will read most of the major Romantic poets - Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats; two canonical Victorian poets - Tennyson and Browning - as well as a Victorian novel by Dickens, Eliot, or Gaskell; Modernist works by T.S. Eliot, Joyce and Woolf. This course is centered on serious discussion: all are required to take part. There will be a midterm, final, presentation, and a term paper.

ENGLISH 254 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 51 M,W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Mr. Desiderio Code: 0939
From Pope and Swift to Blake; Wordsworth and Keats; from Mary Shelley to Dickens; from Browning to Yeats and Joyce and Woolf - few national literatures have displayed the range and depth of that produced in Britain throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this course we will survey this broad expanse of British literature through the close reading of selected works of the Augustan, Romantic, Victorian and early Modernist periods. Proceeding from the assumption that writers respond primarily to other writers and that literary texts are most fruitfully read against other literary texts, emphasis will be placed upon the unfolding English literary tradition and its intellectual background. However, we will also consider the ways in which literature performs a sort of cultural work, giving imaginative play to conflicting views of pressing social concerns, such as the "woman's sphere," the rise of industry, and the decline of religious orthodoxy. Along the way, other forms of aesthetic expression, in particular painting and photography, will inform our understanding and appreciation of the works we read. Requirements: 4 short papers, final.

ENGLISH 255.50 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN WOMEN WRITERS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group A of the Pluralism and Diversity requirement; Approved for Stage 3--Focused Exposure
Section 01 M,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Ms. Ulen Richardson Code: 0940
Contemporary African Women Writers explores the prose generated by women of color on the continent, including work by Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Mariama Ba, and Nawal El Saadawi. The workload will challenge you to read, think, and respond to novels and literary criticism. Two essays, a midterm, a final examination, and your contributions to class discussions will allow assessment of your understanding of class material. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 255.51 INTRODUCTION TO LATN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN
TRANSLATION
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group A of the Pluralism and Diversity requirement; Approved for Stage 3--Focused Exposure
Section 01 M,W,TH 12:10-1:00- p.m. Dr. Sage Code: forthcoming
This class will explore representative themes, literary styles, and genres inherent in selected works of Latin American writers. The goal is to gain a basic perspective on and appreciation of the concerns these writers address in different eras, including national identity, connection to the land, and unease with social structures. Authors whose works we may read include García Márquez, Borges, and Esquivel.
Requirements: Frequent short oral and written responses to the literature, a longer interpretive essay of one work by one author, a final examination, and regular class participation.

ENGLISH 300 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 8:10-9:25 a.m. Ms. Ceriello Code: 0942
Section 02 T,TH 4:10-5:25 a.m. Ms. Stone Code: 0943
Section 03 M,W,TH 12:10-1:00 p.m. Ms. Bartlett Code: 0944
Section 04 T, W, F 9:10-10:00 a.m. Mr. Brock Code: 0945
Section 05 M, TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Ms. Rempe Code: 0946
Section 06 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Ms. Nacey Code: 0947
Section 07 T,W,F 8:10-9:00 a.m. Mr. Tyrell Code: 4456
Section 08 T,W,F 9:10-10:00 p.m. Mr. Tyrell Code 4458
Section 51 M,W 8:25-9:40 p.m. Professor Winn Code: 0949
Section 52 T,TH 8:25-9:40 p.m. Ms. Bunn Code: 0950
Section 53 T, TH 5:35-6:50 p.m. Ms. Chang Code: 4024
This multi-genre workshop is an introduction to creative writing and will focus on poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Course work will include both reading and writing in these three genres, writing exercises, and, as students will present copies of their work to the class for discussion, an introduction to workshop methods of critiquing student poems. Weekly reading and writing assignments will introduce students to literary terms, poetic devices and narrative strategies. The emphasis will be on revision and writing as a process. Work includes Reading Response Journal and portfolio of work done in these three genres. This course is a prerequisite for English 311, 313, 314, 316.

ENGLISH 301 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EXPOSITORY WRITING
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Dr. Prescott Code: 0951
Section 02 M,W,TH 12:10-1:00 p.m. Staff Code: 0952
Section 05 T,F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Ms.Burnham Code: 0955
Section 51 T, TH 7:00-8:15 p.m. Ms. Hossbacher Code: 0956
Through studying, experimenting with, and evaluating traditional as well as modern approaches to the writing of non-fiction prose, students will have the opportunity to gain theoretical as well as practical insights into the composing process. We will read and discuss a wide variety of works, and the types of writing assignments will cover a broad range including journal keeping, responses to readings and discussions, and drafts of works in progress that lead to completed formal essays. The importance of revision will be stressed throughout the term, and group work will be an integral part of the course.

ENGLISH 303 WESTERN LITERARY BACKGROUNDS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,W, TH 12:10-1:00 p.m. Professor Persky Code: 0957
A study of major literary works of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance that have had an influence on English and American writers. Readings will include the Bible, Homer, Greek tragedies, Virgil, Dante, and Cervantes. Two short papers, midterm and final examinations.

Section 02 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Israel Code: 0958
See description for section 01.

Section 03 M,W,TH 3:10-4:00 p.m. Mr. Meyers Code: 4025
Literary works ranging from Homer to Villen that have had an influence on English and American writers. Requirements: midterm, term paper, oral presentation, and final examination.

Section 04 SAT 12:10-2:40 p.m. Professor Brinberg Code: 0959
Masterworks from antiquity to the Renaissance treasured for their enduring beauty and significance from Gilgamesh to selected chapters from Don Quixote. Requirements: two papers, quizzes and a final exam.

Section 05 M,TH 8:10-9:25 a.m. Ms. Camarasana Code: forthcoming
This class will provide a study, in whole or in part, of major works of literature that have influenced the development of the English literary tradition. Readings may include the Bible; the tragedies of Sophocles (Oedipus the King and Antigone) and Aeschylus (the Oresteia); the epics of Homer (The Iliad and The Odyssey), Virgil (The Aeneid) and Ovid (Metamorphoses); Dante (Inferno); and Cervantes (Don Quixote). Requirements: several short papers, including a research project, midterm and final exams.
No Auditors.

Section 51 T, TH 8:25-9:40 p.m. Dr. Sandler Code: 0961
See description for section 01

ENGLISH 305 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,W,F 9:10-10:00 a.m. Ms. Morris Code: 0962
Section 02 T,W,F 10:10-11:00 a.m. Ms. Morris Code: 0963
This course will explore the history and trends in children's literature; define the criteria for selecting books appropriate for children of given age levels and evaluate the literary quality and artistic quality of selected works. Students will analyze and evaluate these works for their appeal to and effect on readers. Course work will include topics related to educational and theoretical issues, cultural implications, special themes, and point of view. Requirements for this course include in- class presentations, quizzes, essays, teacher-related projects and documented paper.

Section 03 T,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Dr. McFall Code: 0964
Section 51 T,TH 5:35-6:50 p.m. Dr. McFall Code: 0965
This course explores the origins and development of children's literature through close reading of such texts as Aesop's fables, fairy tales, poems, and picture books as well as representative works of fantasy and realism by Lewis Carroll, E.B. White, Louisa May Alcott, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, among others. Students will evaluate a work's literary qualities in light of the author's life, the historical context, and relevant criticism. Ongoing topics of discussion will be the imperatives of children's books to instruct and entertain and the defining features of a classic. An in-class oral report, two papers (one documented), and a final exam are required.

Section 52 M,W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Ms. Goodman Code: 4026
Section 53 M,W 8:25-9:40 p.m. Ms. Goodman Code: 4027
The current state of children's literature in this country can be explored by weighing factors such as history, politics, marketing considerations, and craft of contemporary writing for children. A sampling of questions to be asked is: Why is Charlotte's Web considered to be a children's book? Is it harsh for a child to have to cope with the possible butchering of the protagonist and the eventual death of a mother figure? Why might Harriet the Spy be considered a ground breaking children's book? Which other children's books had a powerful social affect on the culture they were written for? How has Judy Blume influenced a generation of children and the genre of children's literature? Are " outsider" groups such as Gays and Lesbians, Asian Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Blind Americans, etc. influencing children by writing stories for them that are more representative of all kinds of people? What is behind the powerful draw of the Harry Potter books? What traditions do they come out of and where is this trend leading? What is the future for children's literature? Should it be linked more with other media? Can children's literature be more interactive? Should children's literature be written by children? How important are pictures in children's literature? Are books judged by their covers? Has the contemporary oral story telling movement affected the written word? Requirements: in-class presentations and a documented paper.

ENGLISH 306 LITERARY THEORY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,W,TH 11:10-12:00 p.m. Mr. Krause Code: 0966
Literary Theory will look at not just examples of theoretical writing on literature (literary theory), but at theoretical writing that is textually and stylistically interesting, bold, dangerous, enlightening, or irresponsible in its own right; theory that usurps the narrative strategies more traditionally assigned to "fiction"; and theory that's, most importantly, fun to read (literary theory). Texts we will be reading for the course include: Benjamin's One Way Street, Foucault's Herculine Barbin; Barthe's Barthes on Barthes and A Lover's Discourse; Kristeva's " Stabat Mater"; parts of Avital Ronell's Crack Wars: Literature, Addiction, Mania; Nicholson Baker's U and I; and selections from Greil Marcus's Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century. Requirements: There will be frequent short writing assignments, a midterm essay, and a final project centering around a stylistic analysis of one or more of the texts.

Section 02 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Vardy Code: 0967
The ways in which critical theories have affected our reading practices over the past twenty years have been complex, and often bewildering to students. From what makes a text literary, to the power relations inherent in critical judgments, to whether or not we can even establish the criteria for what we mean by "literary," it seems as if everything has been on the table. This course will examine theoretical works representing Marxist, psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, feminist, post-colonial and new historicist positions. Each approach poses slightly different questions, and, over the course, we will attempt to become self-aware of the questions each of us most wants to ask and the ideological assumptions and baggage those questions carry. The course will begin with a brief overview of philosophical aesthetics, the subject from which literary criticism emerges. We will ground our discussions by applying the various theories to specific novels and poems. Course requirements: six short response papers (1-2 pages), and a presentation of a critical theory to a specific literary work; term paper (7-10 pages); final exam.

Section 03 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Ms. Camarasana Code: forthcoming
This course is about history and function of literary criticism. We will consider such issues as the role of the scholar/critic, the assessment of value and meaning in literature and the establishment of literary canons. We will begin by briefly looking at excerpts from major pre-20th century statements (from Aristotle, Longinus, Coleridge, Matthew Arnold). However, the main focus of the course will be to develop an understanding of various 20th century theoretical methods and perspectives: Marxist criticism, formalism (especially New Criticism), poststructuralism/deconstruction, feminist criticism, post-colonial theory, critical race studies, cultural studies and queer theory. We will consider when and and perhaps why these schools of thought/methods of reading emerged, and will, by concurrently reading a few works of literature (such as Othello), consider how different theoretical approaches inform particular readings. Requirements: several short papers, a brief research project, midterm and final exams. No Auditors.
Section 04 M,TH 2:45-4:00 Dr. Moore Code: forthcoming
See description for section 01.

ENGLISH 308 ESSAY WRITING I
3 credits; Prerequisite: English 220. No Auditors..
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Mr. Borst Code: 0970
Staying true to the traditionally reflective and experimental spirit of informal and personal essay writing, this course will be an experiment, an exploration of what an Informal Essay is. Can the genre be precisely defined? Is it a way of thinking as well as of writing? Why and how would someone write an informal essay? To answer these questions, we will read and discuss classic examples of the tradition from across the globe and throughout history, including pieces by Seneca, Sei Shonagon, Montaigne, William Hazlitt, Henry David Thoreau, Walter Benjamin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and Adrienne Rich. Students will also be reading and writing their own essays, which will go through multiple drafts and in-class workshops. In addition to three 4-6 page essays (including several rough drafts), the final grade will depend on in-class writing assignments, daily reflection paragraphs on the readings, and participation in class discussion.

Section 02 M,TH 4:10-5:25 P.M. Professor Smoke Code: 4028
This class will focus on the development of well-crafted personal reflective essays." To that end, we will read and critique essays by writers such as Annie Dillard, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, George Orwell, and Henry David Thoreau among others. The class will include a discussion of the readings along with workshops of students' writing. In addition to keeping a journal of short written responses to the readings, which I will collect periodically, you will need to make copies of each of your essays to workshop with your peers. Ultimately, you will be required to complete three polished short (4-5 page) essays and one longer and also polished (8-10 page) essay along with your journal for your final grade.

Section 03 M,W 4:10-5:25 p.m. Ms. Ribner Code: 0971
This workshop in Non-Fiction will explore the wide range of forms and techniques possible in personal essay and memoir writing. Using a variety of readings as models, students will write and revise two major essays/memoir pieces, experimenting with these various forms and techniques. Classroom work will be a mixture of in-class writing, discussion of assigned texts, and workshopping of students' writing. Authors we will likely consider include Montaigne, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Michael Ondaatje, Dorothy Allison, Patricia Hampl, Primo Levi, and Jamaica Kinkaid. Possible texts include Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story, Phillip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay, and Ann Lamott, Bird by Bird. Over the course of the semester, students will develop, workshop, revise, and submit three major essays.

Section 51 M, W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Mr. Meyers Code: 0972
Themes of the self combine with a formal emphasis on the personal essay to produce the content and structure of the course. Students will write three major essays during the term. A close reading of professional essays serves the purpose of stylistic analysis. The course will focus also on organizational strategies in writing essays. Workshop and discussion formats will alternate in the classroom. Please be advised that this is not a skills course. Students are expected to have had experience in using various rhetorical modes.

ENGLISH 311 WORKSHOP IN FICTION
I3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. No auditors.
Section 01 T, F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Ms. Daitch Code: 0974
Section 02 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Mr. Schulz Code: 0975
Section 03 T,F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Mr. Couchman Code: forthcoming
Section 51 T,TH 8:25-9:40 p.m. Staff Code: forthcoming
ENGLISH 311 is the introductory workshop in fiction writing. Students study the works of established authors and write their own stories as they become familiar with the craft of fiction writing and its various genres, traditions, and conventions. Three original stories required.

ENGLISH 313 WORKSHOP IN FICTION II
3 credits; Prerequisites are English 220 and English 311. No Auditors.
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Shute Code: 0978
Section 02 T,W, F 10:10-11:00 a.m. Staff Code: 0979
Section 51 M,W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Professor Winn Code: 0980
ENGLISH 313 is the advanced workshop in writing fiction. Students will be expected to concentrate on the revision and critical analysis of their own work as they continue to study the work of established authors. A basic understanding of the craft, traditions, and conventions of the genre is essential. Three original stories required.

ENGLISH 314 WORKSHOP IN POETRY I
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. No auditors.
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Masini Code: 4029
This course will include a wide variety of techniques and exercises designed to help writers develop their poetic voices and discover their richest material. Over the course of the semester students will be encouraged to deepen their approach to writing through experimentation, through the reading of outside texts (poems), by exploring the process of revision as well as grappling with issues of craft. All students will learn to push past the initial impulse to a more fully realized poem. The workshop format will allow each member to present drafts of their poems for discussion. Some in-class, as well as take-home, writing exercises will be included.

Section 02 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Levi Code: 0981
"Wherever we are is poetry's place," wrote Muriel Rukeyser. This courses introduces students to the creative joys and challenges of writing poetry. Some of our time together is spent reading and discussing work by a variety of poets who have written in English - from the anonymous medieval authors of riddle poems to the contemporary Nuyorican poet Willie Perdomo. We'll be looking at these poems not only for what they say, but how they say it, paying attention to image, diction, tone, music and rhythm. In workshop sessions, we discuss poems written by members of the class, offering praise, feedback, constructive criticism, and suggestions for further work on the poem. In addition to the poems and revisions you write for this class, you are also required to keep a writing journal, and to write two short personal response papers to a book of contemporary poetry.

Section 03 T,W, F 10:10-11:00 a.m. Ms. Firestone Code: 4030
This course focuses on cultivating a supportive community of writers. Students will develop their own craft and ability to critique others'' poems in workshops. In addition to completing final portfolios, collaborative projects and creative and craft-based poetry exercises, students will read and discuss the work of compelling contemporary writers. The class will culminate with a final poetry reading.

ENGLISH 316 WORKSHOP IN POETRY II
3 credits; Prerequisite are English 220 and 314. No auditors.
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Masini Code: 0983
This course is a continuation of 314, Poetry I. Students are encouraged to broaden their approach to writing poems through a more in depth approach to craft, poetic devices and the revision process. This class offers a variety of techniques and exercises designed to help writers develop their poetic voices. In addition, outside texts (poems) are studied throughout the semester, the object being to push past the initial impulse on early drafts to the more fully realized poem. The workshop format allows each student to present their poems for discussion. Includes weekly in-class and take-home writing exercises.

Section 02 M,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Professor Levi Code: 0984
" News that stays news"- that's how Ezra Pound defined poetry. For students who have successfully completed Poetry Workshop 1, this class is an opportunity to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the art and craft of writing poetry. You'll be reading and writing together the news that stay news. We'll be looking at poetic models - including Matthew Arnold, Emily Dickinson, Martin Espada, June Jordan, Li-Young Lee, Muriel Rukeyser, Sharon Olds, William Stafford, Jean Valentine, and/or others - for insight into the creative process of getting" the best words in the best order. We'll also be reading some essays on poetry, language, and the process of writing and revising, and working particularly hard on developing our own most useful revision strategies. In workshopping sessions, we'll be listening actively and thoughtfully to one another's poems, and coming up with the praise, constructive criticism, feedback and suggestions that can help our classmates go back to the page (or to the screen) with a greater understanding of the strengths of their poems, and the ways in which the poem has not yet found all its strengths. In addition to the poems and revisions required for this class, students also (1) keep a writing journal, (2) write two short personal response papers to a book of contemporary poetry, (3) prepare and deliver a ten-minute presentation on a contemporary poet of their choice.

ENGLISH 318.56 IMAGINING ASIA: ASIA IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. Approved course for Stage 3A-Focused Exposure; Group B Pluralism and Diversity. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "E", area of study "E" or elective; Writing core requirement "C" ; Adolescence Education core requirement "G" ; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M, TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Dr. McMahon Code: 4302
"This course will explore the way Asia has been imagined in English and American literature and the patterns of representation that can be traced throughout. Relying on Edward Said and other postcolonial theorists, we will look at what the dynamic of "othering" involves and what it says about the imaginer and the imagined. Among other texts, we will read E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun, Graham Greene's The Quiet American, George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," and David Henry Hwang's M Butterfly." Course requirements will include frequent written reading responses, one oral presentation, and one final paper. Class participation will be very important as the class will be run as a seminar. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 319.56 20TH CENTURY BLACK WOMEN'S LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. Approved course for Stage 3A, Focused Exposure. Group C Pluralism and Diversity. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "E" , area of study "D" , or elective; Writing core requirement "C" ; Adolescence Education core requirement "G" ; English Language Arts elective.

Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Professor Jenkins Code: 4031
This course will serve as an introduction to African American women's literature of the twentieth century. We will cover major authors and movements, including the New Negro Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, and we will read works from several genres, including drama, poetry, and fiction- with an emphasis on the latter. Throughout our study, we will attempt to define the parameters of a "black women's literary tradition," contemplating what texts written by African American women might share in common, apart from the race and gender of their authors. Are these particular artistic practices, political standpoints, or linguistic efforts which mark certain texts as "black women's" texts? If so, what are these practices, standpoints and efforts, and how (and by whom) are they determined? Our study will also question how the black women authors we study address matters of race, community, and nation, as well as matters of gender, sexuality, and class. In the process, we will attempt to understand the ways that black women's literature has been influenced by, and has had its own effect upon, the world in which it is situated. Requirements: Short weekly response papers, mid-term exam, analytical paper, final exam.

ENGLISH 319.67 WRITERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. Approved course for Stage 3A, Focused Exposure; Group C Pluralism and Diversity. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism area of study "D" or elective; Adolescence Education core requirement "F"; English Language Arts elective. No Auditors.
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Smoke Code: 4332
In this course, we will look at literature by women writing about the Great Plains, which encompass the regions of Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, and parts of surrounding states and Canada." We will discuss some of the following questions: What is the role of place in the writing? The role of history? Gender? Family? Immigration? Technology? How are the themes of the literature defined by the geography of the Great Plains themselves? We will read the writing of among others: Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, Louise Erdrich, Sanora Babb, Martha Ostenso, and Marilyn Robinson." Required:" Weekly response papers, three 4-to-5 page critical essays, a midterm, and a final exam. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 319.68 WOMEN AND WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. Approved course for Stage 3A, Focused Exposure; Group C Pluralism and Diversity. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "B", area of study "A" or elective; Writing core requirement "A"; Adolescence Education core requirement "E" ; English Language Arts elective.

Section 01 M,W 4:10-5:25 p.m. Professor Tomasch Code: forhcoming
In this course, we will consider the depiction of female characters, the writings of female authors, and the lives of real women in the Middle Ages. Primary readings will be drawn from a variety of medieval texts, such as Geoffrey Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue" and "Tale," Christine de Pizan's The Treasure of the City of Ladies, The Book of Margery Kempe, excerpts from The Paston Letters and the Ancrene Wisse, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, along with some secondary criticism. Almost everything will be read in translation; previous experience with medieval materials is helpful but not required. Course requirements include an oral presentation, essays, and exams.

ENGLISH 320 MULTICULTURAL AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group B Pluralism and Diversity
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Chinn Code: 0989
This class will be an exploration of some of the literary strategies and cultural issues surrounding the literatures of the United States. We will be combining close reading with a historicized perspective to approach texts from a variety of angles, including (but not limited to) issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, canonicity, and literary" quality." Some questions we will be asking are: how does one become an American, and who gets to tell that story? What is the role of mimicry and performance in the process of Americanization? How are defining moments in the United States such as slavery, immigration, westward expansion (to name a few) represented in literary texts? Requirements include two essays, weekly reading responses, and an oral presentation. This section is writing intensive.

Section 02 T, F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Professor Tolchin Code: 0990
We will read writers of African American, Asian American, Judeo American, Latino American and Native American backgrounds, with an attention to the implicit theories of cultural identity in their work. Requirements: take-home midterm and final essays, class participation, attendance.

Section 03 M,W,TH 11:10-12:00 p.m. Ms. Nims Code: forthcoming
This course will examine the definition of cultural identity via literature presented by writers of African American, Caribbean, Asian- American, Latino-American, and Irish -American origins. Discussions involve both close reading of selected texts and comparison of the values the texts promote. Students engage in a variety of communication-intensive activities designed to enhance their appreciation of literature and their awareness of the way it shapes and reflects a multicultural world. Requirements: formal essays (5-7 pages in length), class presentation, final exam.

Section 51 M, W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Ms. Gordon Code: 0992
This course will explore through literature and film the definition of cultural identity as presented by writers of African-, Caribbean-, Asian-Latino-, Judeo-, and Native-American origins. Requirements for this course include three short papers, a midterm, a final presentation, and a final exam.

Section 52 T,TH 7:00-8:15 p.m. Ms. Benjamin Code: 4032
The literature we study in this course will explore the way in which ethnic, racial, and feminist claims in the mid-to-late 20th century in the United States have altered the traditional literary canon. Through a study of both the theoretical and imaginative works of African, Caribbean, Asian, and Native American writers we will examine the historical and cultural backgrounds that inspired a sea of change in our understanding and experience of American culture. Requirements include a midterm and final essay and two papers.

ENGLISH 321 AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVES
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220; Approved for Group B Pluralism and Diversity
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Webb Code: 0993
In this course we will examine how the strategies of resistance and survival expressed in African American folk culture are transformed into modern narratives of liberation. We will begin with a study of the freedom quest in spirituals, blues, folk sermons, legends, and slave narratives; and then look at how these oral and written traditions are reinterpreted in modern literary texts by Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, and August Wilson. Special emphasis will be given the historical and social context of each work. Requirements: an oral presentation, a final exam, and a term paper.

Section 51 M,W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Mr. Bobrow Code: 0995
Taking a largely historical approach, we will read a variety of 19th and 20th century African-American narratives, focusing on emerging and recurrent themes, as well as thematic discontinuities; the development, revisions, and re-creations of narrative forms; the interplay between literary and social movements; and the influence of other forms, such as poetry, music, and visual arts. Our primary readings will be supplemented by a broad range of critical essays, as we endeavor to contextualize (and perhaps re-contextualize) our primary readings historically, socially, and culturally. Requirements: one short paper, one longer research paper, brief written in-class responses, and a final exam. NO AUDITORS

Section 52 T,TH 7:00-8:15 p.m. Mr. Robertson Code: 4033
This course will mainly focus upon literature within the African-American tradition from 1865 (the moment of African- American emancipation and industrialism's triumphs in America) to the present. While we will attempt to trace various motifs that have occurred throughout this tradition, we will also focus on historically locating the particulars of each text that we examine. For example, while we will examine the recurrence of Du Bois' concept of double consciousness within the African-American tradition, we will always keep in mind the particular historical moment and place in which this concept is spoken. In many ways, this will involve an analysis of what can and cannot be said at particular historical moments in relation to specific events that both have taken and are taking place at the time of the texts conception. Requirements: 2 papers, midterm and final.

ENGLISH 325 POST COLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,W 4:10-5:25 p.m. Professor Mason Code: 0996
Section 51 M,W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Professor Mason Code: 4035
The phenomenon called post-colonial literature refers to a body of work by writers from nations that have won political freedom from British rule since the end of World War II. This course is intended as an introduction to some representative ideas and paradigms through a critical analysis of selected texts from former British colonies in Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean. We shall examine how post-colonial writers have individually and collectively transformed the nature of critical discourse on issues of culture, form, genre, canon, nation, race, and gender. We will analyze how these works have energized debate over alienation and assimilation, immigration and exile, modernism and post-modernism, authenticity and universality, imperialism and nationalism, location and dislocation of culture. The study of fiction by writers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, the Caribbean will be supplemented by selections of post-colonial critical theory. Requirements: oral report, 2 short papers, research paper, midterm and final exam. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 327 CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. Approved for Group A Pluralism and Diversity.
Section 01 M,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Ms. Ulen Richardson Code: 4036
Afro-Caribbean literature is designed to explore the prose generated by Caribbean writers. The workload will challenge you to read, think, and respond to literature at a rather fast pace. We will bring the marginalized to the center, exploring the complex dynamics of race, gender, and generation in the West Indies and the United States. Seek to uncover the meaning of voices resisting silence. We will explore stereotypes and archetypes, using each piece we read as a window through which we look out on a specific world. Writers studied include Marshall, Danticat, Roumain, Mais, Diaz, and others. Two polished essays, two extemporaneous essays, and class participation. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 329.68 ENGLISH AS A CROSS-CULTURAL LANGUAGE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism area of study "D" or "F" or core requirement "E" or elective; Adolescence Education core requirement " "G" "; English Language Arts second course in language.
Section 01 M TH 9:45-11:00 a.m. Professor Parry Code: 4037
One consequence of political and economic imperialism in recent centuries has been the global spread of the English language. English is now an important medium of social interaction in a wide diversity of cultural and linguistic environments, and it provides opportunities for unprecedented communication among people of different cultural groups. But such communication is not without difficulty. English developed historically as the language of a particular North European people and of its colonial offshoots; its vocabulary and discourse patterns reflect these peoples' experience and preoccupations. Can it then be adapted to the expression of experience and preoccupations that are completely different? If so, how? How successful can it be in conveying to English readers the realities of non-English speaking cultures? And how successfully can writers deal with, or distance themselves from, the colonial heritage with which the language is associated? We will examine these and other related questions by reading literary prose by writers from Africa, the Indian sub-continent, and East Asia, together with academic material on English as an imperial, post-colonial, and international language. Assignments will include two or three short essays and a research paper. This will be a writing intensive course.

ENGLISH 329.73 ETHNICITY AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism area of study "D" or "F" or core requirement "E" or elective; Writing core requirement "C"; Adolescence Education core requirement "G" ; English Language Arts second course in language.
Section 01 T,F 3:45-5:00 p.m. Professor Reyes Code: 0998
Drawing on theories and methods in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this course explores how language use reflects and creates ethnic identities in various contexts within the United States. We will devote much of our attention to reading and discussing articles that use discourse analysis to closely examine how ethnicities become performed through the details of interaction. We will focus on language use by African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Caucasian Americans, and cover topics such as code switching and language crossing. Course requirements include attendance and class participation, leading class discussions, writing response papers, and conducting two small research projects. The mid-term project is an oral history, which provides an opportunity for students to interview someone about his or her language and ethnic identity development. The final project involves students exploring their own topic within the scope of " Ethnicity and American English" by audio- or video-recording and analyzing naturally occurring interaction, and/or collecting and analyzing print communication (e.g. magazine ads, comic books) or computer-mediated communication (e.g. e-mails, chat rooms). For both projects, students will write research papers based on their findings.

ENGLISH 331 STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. This class is a linguistics and language class.
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Luria Code: 0999
This course is a general introduction to the study of language, including phonology (sound patterns), morphology (word formation), and syntax (sentence structure) of English. It provides a foundation for understanding language universals, varieties of English grammatical constructions, language diversity in the United States, and applications of language theories to the teaching and learning of English. Requirements: quizzes, response papers, term paper, and final exam. NO AUDITORS.

Section 03 T,F 11:10-12:25 p.m. Professor Reyes Code: 1001
Section 04 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Professor Reyes Code: 1002
While paying close attention to the social and cultural contexts of language, this course offers an exploration of the phonological, morphological and syntactic structures of Modern English. This course also explores aspects of language use and particular language varieties, including social class, ethnic, and gendered patterns of speech, particularly with relevance to educational concerns. In addition to two exams, the course format relies heavily on attendance, class participation in small group, whole class and electronic discussions of readings and course topics, short assignments and papers, and group project presentations.

Section 51 M,W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Professor K. Greenberg Code: 4646
This course will provide a comprehensive and linguistically-based investigation of the structure and uses of modern American English. You will learn the tools and skills required to analyze how we produce and understand English sounds, words, and sentences, and we will explore usage problems associated with contemporary grammar in both speech and writing. While we will focus primarily on the structure of " Standard English," we will also investigate the ways in which it differs from other dialects and varieties of English and the implications of these differences for teaching English. Multiple brief response essays, a midterm, and a research essay will be assigned. In addition, one-quarter of the class meetings will take place on-line. Thus, you will be expected to access the materials and assignments on the course website on a regular basis and send your work via e-mails. You must know how to use Word and how to use e-mail (and have an active e-mail account) and you must be willing to devote time to doing the on-line reading and writing assignments. Note: This is not a grammar improvement course; students must have an adequate command of "Standard Written English" to succeed in this course. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 332 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. This class is a linguistics and language class.
Section 01 M, TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Parry Code 1004
Section 02 M, TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Parry Code 1005
Section 51 T,TH 5:35-6:50 p.m. Ms. Nedwick Code 4120
Section 52 T,TH 7:00-8:15 p.m. Ms. Nedwick Code 4121
This course will present the history of English as the history of its speakers, and it will trace patterns of migration, cultural change, and political domination to show how that history is reflected in the language. Particular emphasis will be laid on the global expansion of English and on the variation within it. Students will write three papers, all of which should be revised, and there will be a final exam. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 335 CHAUCER
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Professor Hennessy Code: 1007
The course is a thorough introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Students will learn to read, translate, and pronounce the original Middle English. We will examine Chaucer's life and times, the turbulent social and political context of late medieval England, manuscript illustrations of his works, and some present day electronic means for studying Chaucer (and the Middle Ages more generally). Students will be encouraged to explore links between Chaucer and other aspects of European literature and culture in the period, as well as recent developments in Chaucer criticism. Requirements will include regular quizzes, 2 papers, a midterm, and a final.

ENGLISH 338 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE: ANGLO-SAXON TO ROMANTICISM
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M, W, TH 12:10-1:00 p.m. Mr. Krause Code: 1009
The course is a chronological survey of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the Seventeenth Century. Our primary concern in the course will be stylistic analysis of representative texts by major authors: historical, cultural, political, and linguistic contexts will be secondary, yet still important concerns. We will also take note of how factors such as gender, class, genre, politics, etc. both influence and are represented within literary texts. The main text for the course will be Volume One of the Seventh Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, edited by M.H. Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt; other supplementary material not included in the Norton will be assigned. Some authors and texts we will read include Beowulf; Chaucer, selections from the Canterbury Tales; Renaissance lyrics by poets such as Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Jonson; part of Spenser's The Fairie Queene; Shakespeare's The Tempest; poems by Donne, Marvell, Herrick, Vaughn, and Traherne; selections from Milton's Paradise Lost. Finally, the course will examine the role of female authors in a largely male-dominated society and literature. Frequent short papers will be assigned, as well as a longer paper.

Section 51 M,W 5:35-6:50 p.m. Mr. Hatch Code: 1012
Section 52 M, W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Mr. Hatch Code: 4040
This course will cover some eight hundred years of English literature. It will attempt to give students a historical background to some of the major and representative works in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the English Revolution, the Restoration, and the Enlightenment. Attention will also be given to the formation of genres (such as epic, romance, the Petrarchan sonnet, the ode, and satire) and their persistence through the centuries covered. In class we will cover Beowulf, parts of the Canterbury Tales, representative works by the Elizabethan and Restoration theaters (including works by Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Congreve), Spenser's Fairie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lost, eighteenth-century satire (Pope, Johnson, and Swift) and examples of pre-Romantic " sensibility" and empiricism (Goldsmith, Gray, Thomson, and Cowper). We can only glance at the development of the novel, which will be represented by Behn's Oroonoko and Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. Students will read one major work on their own and write a reaction essay or reading journal.

ENGLISH 352 SHAKESPEARE SURVEY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220.
Section 01 M, TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Schmidgall Code: 1014
This course will follow the development of Shakespeare's career chronologically, beginning with about 20 of his sonnets and his early tragedy Romeo and Juliet. His finest achievements in four dramatic genres (comedy, history, tragedy, and romance) will then be sampled: A Midsummer Night's Dream, both Henry IV plays, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest. The individual Signet paperback editions for each play will be required. Three short papers, one long paper, a mid-term and final exam. The Blackboard Web site will be very active during the course (the syllabus will be posted in early June). You may begin exploring it as a registered student or guest over the summer by going to bb.hunter.cuny.edu.

Section 02 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Alfar Code: 1015
In this survey, we will examine Shakespeare's plays through the topic of tyranny--romantic, sexual, cultural, racial, and political. We will read eight of Shakespeare's plays and a number of documents from the period to address women's conduct and legal rights, Renaissance conceptions of racial "others," and absolute monarchy. In our inquiry regarding Shakespeare's portrayal and treatment of tyranny, we will ask questions about the subtleties required when writing for the stage under governmental censorship which could not only close down performances but could sentence a writer to imprisonment and death. What are the limits to which Shakespeare could go to interrogate the tyranny of absolute monarchy in a play such as Macbeth, for example, when his King is the descendant of characters threatened by Macbeth's violence? In a political state ostensibly ordained by God, to what extent might a playwright be capable, ideologically, of such an interrogation? We will, however, be studying the issue of tyranny in very broad terms. The experiences of women and racial "others" as being informed by cultural tyrannies will be as integral to our work as the issue of State, or monarchical tyranny. We will pursue several questions in this regard including: What happens when a woman is monarch? Do gender and power have a special relationship? Are women supposed to rule differently than men? What are the cultural expectations for women, and how do those expectations limit their agency? Could Shakespeare, as a man in a culture which vilified women's sexuality, advocate Juliet's and Hermione's right to control their sexuality? Are racism and sexism kinds of tyranny? What are the cultural conditions of Africans and Jews in the Renaissance? How are the people who are not white and not Christian treated, and what forms of resistance, if any, are open to them? These are just a few of the questions we will engage this term as we move toward romances, which, I will suggest, may contain some answers. Plays will include Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Henry V, Richard III, Measure for Measure, and The Winter's Tale. Requirements: one short paper, one longer paper, weekly responses to the readings, final exam.

Section 03 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Professor Leoff Code: 4041
A survey of Shakespeare's major plays with representative selections from all periods of his work and all genres. Readings will include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, Part One, Henry V, As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and The Tempest. Midterm essay and final essay and examination will be required. Bring textbook (Riverside Shakespeare) to all classes.

Section 51 T,TH 7:00-8:15 p.m. Dr. Sandler Code: 1016
The course is a survey of representative plays by Shakespeare with emphasis on the comedies and the tragedies. The readings will include: Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Henry IV, Part One, Measure for Measure, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, The Tempest. Requirements: midterm, final, term paper.

ENGLISH 354 SHAKESPEARE II: THE LATER PLAYS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,F 3:45-5:00 p.m.Professor Leoff Code: 4042
A study of the second half of Shakespeare's career which will include examples of comedies, histories, and tragedies. Midterm essay and final essay and examination will be required. Bring textbook (Riverside Shakespeare) to all classes. No Auditors.

ENGLISH 355.57 SHAKESPEARE ON FILM
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220.
This course examines various ways that filmmakers have matched their visual imaginations to Shakespeare's poetic genius. We will scrutinize Olivier's Hamlet (1948), Welles's Othello (1952), Polanski's Macbeth (1971), Kurosawa's Ran (1985 samurai version of King Lear) and Richard Loncraine's Richard III (1995). We will also look at excerpts from other films, including versions of Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. Readings from Shakespeare the Movie, edited by Linda E. Boose and Richard Burt, will supplement our discussions. Technical knowledge of film or theater is not required, but familiarity with Shakespeare's work is essential. Requirements: several response papers, two critical essays.

ENGLISH 360 THE 17TH CENTURY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Professor L. Greenberg Code: 1020
This course will survey selected poets of the seventeenth century, chosen for the diversity of their poetic techniques, styles and genres and for their contrasting responses to the Civil War. This course will place special emphasis on the lyric poetry of the metaphysical poets and is designed to assist students in gaining an expertise in close, technical reading of poetry, learning sensitivity to stanzaic form, meter, rhyme, allusion, and analogical language. We will also explore how such readings are ultimately incomplete without contextualizing the poets and poetry within the turbulent religious, political and gender upheavals of the period. Poets include: John Donne, Mary Wroth, Ben Jonson, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, Sir John Suckling, Andrew Marvell, Lucy Hutchinson and Katherine Philips. Requirements: regular quizzes, 5-7 page response paper and midterm and final examinations.

ENGLISH 361 MILTON
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,W,TH 3:10-4:00 p.m. Professor Persky Code: 1021
Through careful analysis of Milton's major texts and times we will find ourselves in Hell. With his help we will then move on as we follow Milton's explorations of the lows and highs of human experience. Requirements include a midterm, final exam, and several short essays.ENGLISH 362 ENGLISH DRAMA OF THE RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY

Section 51 M,W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Professor Rahn Code; 1022
When Charles II was restored in 1660, a new era, one of the most exciting in British theater began. In addition to revivals of Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, entirely new types of drama were developed. For the first time playgoers encountered: Heroic Tragedy, Comedy of Manners, Sentimental Comedy and Farce. Among the authors we will study are Dryden, Etherege, Congreve, Steele, Gay and Goldsmith. One term paper, a mid-term and final exam are required.

ENGLISH 364 THE AGE OF SATIRE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Dr. Prescott Code: 1023
This course is a survey of selected works by major authors of The Age of Satire - also termed The Augustan Age. Such writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Gay employed moral, social and political satire to expose the follies of mankind. Some of the works we will study include MacFlecknoe, The Rape of the Lock, Gulliver's Travels, and The Beggar's Opera. Requirements: term paper, midterm, final exam.

ENGLISH 368 THE 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,F 11:10-12:25 p.m. Professor Connor Code: 4043
The eighteenth century developed a literary form so startlingly new it came to be called "the novel." In this course we will look at some of the earliest examples of this genre, focusing on stylistic and formal concerns, and asking what exactly made prose fiction so very "new." We will also consider to what extent the revolutionary features of eighteenth-century prose fiction - the emphasis on individual destiny and private life, the concern for realistic psychological and sociological detail, and the attempt to present a recognizable and panoramic world - may suggest ways of thinking about the novel in general. This course emphasizes historical and cultural contexts; we look at slide images of eighteenth century life, art, and culture. Requirements: Please note that the reading-load for this class will be heavy. Weekly quizzes, one 5-7 page paper, mid-term, final research paper of 10-15 pages.

ENGLISH 369 THE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Dr. Bloom Code: 1024
The worlds of 19th century English novels are full of secrets and betrayals. Some occur within comfortable domestic settings; others involve broader religious or political issues. While the characters who are motivated by disruptive desires and agendas are often outsiders within the narratives' cultural settings, almost always the societies in which they move have characteristics which encourage the duplicity and its results. The course explores this theme in Austen, Emma, Bronte, Jane Eyre, Dickens, Great Expectations, Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Conrad, The Secret Agent. Course requirements: informal writings, oral report, two papers, midterm and final exams.

ENGLISH 372 ROMANTIC POETRY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220.
Section 01 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Ms. Mills Code: 1025
Emphasizing Romantic preoccupations with sex/death, pleasure/pain, ecstasy, terror, and the sublime, the course will focus on the writings of William Blake, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Mary and Percy Shelley, and John Keats, as well as, many of the women Romantic poets recovered by recent scholarship. Students will gain both a comprehensive knowledge of the poets of the Romantic Age, as well as a heightened appreciation of the exciting aesthetic and political concerns of the times. Using the Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period (M.H. Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt, Editors) as our easy-to-carry, reasonably priced, wonderfully detailed and annotated required text, we will explore Romantic theories of imagination and prophecy and examine the complicated, wildly intriguing figure of the Romantic poet in relation to poetry and the larger context of time. As we explore Blake's visions, Wordsworth's considerations of nature, human nature, and the poetic soul, Coleridge's mystical incantations, Byron's and Shelley's divergent and intersecting interpretations of la libert, and Keats' extraordinary poetic development from "Endymion" to the Odes, we'll discover the ways in which Romantic poetry and critical thought informed the radical politics of the 1790's and the early decades of the 1800's and how much it has to offer today. Midterm, final, short paper (5-7 pages) and brief oral presentation related to your essay, and final term paper.

ENGLISH 373 VICTORIAN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220.
Section 01 M TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Dr. Lutz Code: 1026
Moved by the social and aesthetic concerns of their time, novelists of the Victorian period worked to represent in their writing the minutia of what it meant to be alive in nineteenth-century England. Literature moved from the concerns of the Romantics with sublimity and the apocalypse to a realism interested in such matters as class, money, morals, and manners. In this course we will read closely the works of the major novelists and poets of the time while always keeping in mind the vast and exuberant changes that were influencing these authors' lives and those of everyone around them. Many of the difficulties and darknesses that trouble our time as well as the heady interests and endeavors have their origins in the Victorian period. This course will revolve around such topics as the modern city and industrialization, gender and sexuality (hetero- and homo-), religion and science, and travel and empire. Students can expect to write a term paper, conduct research, make one class presentation, and take a midterm and a final. We will read the poetry of Tennyson, Browning, Rossetti, and Hopkins, and novels by George Eliot, Charles Dickens, and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Section 02 T,TH 4:10-5:25 p.m. Dr. Bloom Code: 4044
The creative energy of nineteenth-century England can be seen in the sheer volume of great novels, histories, essays, poetry, and letters produced. During the years of the Victorian era (1834-1901) life in England changed dramatically. Industrialization scarred the countryside; the population increased, moved to cities, and became literate. The literature of England changed with the population as people from all classes sought to express their ideas, their ideals, and the reality of their lives. Among the authors whose works we read are Dickens, Tennyson, Browning, Nightingale, Rossetti, and Wilde. Requirements: 2 papers (one will be a research paper), midterm, and final exam. This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 376 20th CENTURY BRITISH FICTION
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Israel Code: 4045
This course will focus on texts written in the first half of the 20th century, and will explore how conceptions of place, "race," and national identity change during the period. In reading six novels and one play, along with occasional critical texts, we will examine such issues as the rise and fall of the avant garde, the high culture/mass culture debate, and the representation of "savagery" and monstrosity. One salient feature of the best known "British" prose of this period is that very little of it is written by English people. We will explore why this is the case by charting changing notions of what Britishness (and non-Britishness) means, across two world wars and vastly altered material circumstances. Readings will include texts by Stoker, Kipling, Conrad, Forster, Woolf, and Beckett. Special attention, i.e. four weeks, will be paid to James Joyce's Ulysses. Critical reading will include work by Malinowski, Freud, and Eliot. Requirements include a 2000-word paper, one 3000-word paper, several short position papers, one midterm and one end-of-term examination. No AUDITORS

ENGLISH 377 20th CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 M,W,TH 12:10-1:00 p.m. Ms. Albanese Code: 4046
This course will explore the 20th century American novel through a variety of theoretical and aesthetic frameworks. As well as tracing modernist and postmodernist tendencies and trajectories - from experiments in narrative technique and the rejection of traditional literary values, to notions of hybridity, originality, and self-reflexivity - we will investigate the significance of place and the formation of identity in novelistic representations of the vast cultural and geographical expanse of the United States. Correspondences between structure, self, and space - whether urban, rural, or suburban - within a diverse range of novels and critical inquiries will guide our readings and discussions. Novelists may include Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Djuna Barnes, William Faulkner, Nathanael West, Vladimir Nabokov, Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo. Requirements will be three short response papers, one long paper, and an oral presentation.

ENGLISH 379 20th CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 SAT 3:00-5:30p.m. Professor Brinberg Code: 4047
A study of the changing forms and themes of the American theater during the past century, as playwrights strive 1) to define and analyze the ideals and the realities of life in the United States; 2) to participate in the revolutionary changes in the modern drama initiated in Europe; 3) to experiment with an array of modalities ranging from realism and naturalism to expressionism and the absurd; and 4) to raise the aesthetic and intellectual consciousness of their audiences. Readings will include plays by Wilder, Miller, O'Neill, Williams, Hansberry, Albee, Mamet, and Norman. Requirements: Midterm and final exams; a one-act play may be submitted instead of a term paper.

ENGLISH 386.87 BRITISH AND AMERICAN DETECTIVE FICTION
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism, elective; English Language Arts, elective.
Section 51 T,TH 5:35-6:50 p.m. Professor Rahn Code: 1031
The course will trace the history of the genre and analyze its principal literary conventions as manifested in the works of major British and American detective fiction writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Arthur Conan Doyle, Baroness Orczy, Freeman Wills Crofts, R. Austin Freeman, Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Cornell Woolrich, Ed McBain, P.D. James, and Ruth Rendell. The syllabus will include the gifted amateur sleuth, the hard-boiled private investigator, and the professional police team. It will examine the whodunit, the howdunit, and the whydunit, tracing the development of the genre from an early plot-based formula into a narrative more focused on characterization of victim, villain, and sleuth exploring the dark side of human nature. Requirements: mid-term and final examinations plus a 5-7 page term paper.

ENGLISH 388.60 THE GOTHIC IMAGINATION
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "C", area of study "B" or elective; Writing core requirement "A" ; Adolescence Education core requirement "E"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M,W 4:10-5:25 p.m. Mr. Paoli Code: 4291
Gothic fiction has a nasty reputation: it dwells on nightmare, madness, and the more unpleasant outcomes of human striving and scientific experiment; it subverts and perverts (or is subverted and perverted by) desire; it is second-rate, popular fiction, laboring for sensational effect rather than engaging the intellect. Yet Gothic fiction, with its investigation of the supernatural and its insistence that propriety be transgressed, helped prepare English sensibility for its Romantic Age. It looked back to the darker works of the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, and forward to Freud. We will analyze its features and dynamics, follow its course as agent and record of social change, and enjoy its guilty pleasures. Requirements: A five-page textual analysis; a ten-page research essay, in two drafts; a variety of required ungraded writing; a final exam. Texts: Shakespeare, Hamlet; Walpole, The Castle of Otranto; Austen, Northanger Abbey; Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Shelley, Frankenstein; Bronte, Jane Eyre; Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Stoker, Dracula; James, The Turn of the Screw.

ENGLISH 388.62 CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220 May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "C", area of study "C" or elective; Adolescence Education core requirement "E"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M,TH 1:10-2:25 p.m. Professor Shute Code: 4334
This course will explore works by a range of 20th-century British playwrights, with particular attention not only to craft but also to the works' political and social context. We will read plays by, among others, Beckett, Pinter, Osborne, Orton, Stoppard, Churchill, and Kane. Requirements: oral presentation, 10-12 page final paper.

ENGLISH 389.55 ONE MAJOR WRITER: JANE AUSTEN
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "C", area of study "B" or elective; Writing core requirement "A"; Adolescence Education core requirement "E"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M, W, Th 11:10-12:00 p.m. Ms. Davis Code: 4049
From old maid to radical feminist: Throughout this class we will track the evolution of Jane Austen's scholarship over the past two centuries while forging our own critical discourse regarding her relevance to 21st century interpretations of narrative structure, irony, social criticism, and the politics of sex. Since Austen continues to be reinvented through film, we will consider the process of adaptation and its interpretive signification. In addition to her novels, we will also read Austen's juvenalia, unfinished drafts, and personal correspondence. Biographical, historical, and literary criticism will round out weekly writing assignments. Course requirements include: response papers, ,midterm essay, oral presentation, final term paper, and participation in lively discussions both in class and on our Blackboard website.

ENGLISH 389.56 ONE MAJOR WRITER: THOMAS HARDY
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "C", area of study "C" or elective; Adolescence Education core requirement "E"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M.TH 2:45-4:00 p.m. Professor Kaye Code: 4048
This course will examine the novels, short stories, and poetry of a "tragic realist" whose writing spanned the movements and years of the Victorian moralists and the modern Symbolists. Boldly exploring issues such as the limitations of modern marriage, sexual conflict, and female independence, Hardy's work is set in a rural England whose inhabitants confront the ways in which fate, expressed as grotesque mischance, clashes with individual free will. We will read five novels - Desperate Remedies , The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the " D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure - as well as several of Hardy's Wessex Tales. Since Hardy is often viewed by critics as the Victorian novelist whose fiction has been most successfully adapted to the screen, we will view films of the novels by the directors John Schlesinger, Roman Polanski, and Michael Winterbottom. In addition to exploring how Hardy responded to the evolutionary theories of Darwin and to the philosophical premises of Naturalism, the class will consider the short stories of three authors (D.H. Lawrence, John Fowles, and Doris Lessing) whose work has been shaped by Hardy's fiction. Requirements: two papers, midterm and final. NO AUDITORS.

ENGLISH 389.57 ONE MAJOR WRITER: JOHN KEATS
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism core requirement "C", area of study "B" or elective; Writing core requirement "A" ; Adolescence Education core requirement "E"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 T,F 12:45-2:00 p.m. Professor Leoff Code: 4050
We will study all of Keats's major work, including the letters. Our primary effort will be directed at gaining a sense of the canon as a whole, with attention to his handling of crucial themes such as ecstasy, horror, heroism, altered consciousness, metamorphosis, vision, dream. His friendships and love affair will be noticed, as well as the spirit of the age in which he lived. Oral as well as written exercises in the explication of poetry will be required and a final term paper. NO AUDITORS.

ENGLISH 390.54 THE GENIUS OF THE MODERN THEATER
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature,Language, Criticism elective; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 Fri. 5:10-7:40 p.m. Professor Brinberg Code: 1033
Modern European and American playwrights, rejecting the conventions of the historical drama, the comedy of manners, and melodrama, have confronted human rights issues with an unprecedented degree of honesty and daring through a variety of strikingly original theatrical forms. Some of the plays to be discussed are: Spring Awakening by Wedekind, A Doll's House and Rosmersholm by Ibsen, The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, Miss Julie by Strindberg, Mrs. Warren's Profession and Major Barbara by Shaw, The Plough and the Stars by O'Casey, Mother Courage by Brecht, Six Characters in Search of an Author by Pirandello, Look Back in Anger by Osborne, Death of a Salesman by Miller, Long Day's Journey into Night by O'Neill, A Streetcar Named Desire by Williams, Waiting for Godot by Beckett, The Balcony by Genet, Dutchman by Baraka, and Knuckle by Hare. Requirement: two papers, quizzes, and a final exam.

ENGLISH 390.70 NEW YORK CITY WRITERS: THE CITY IN LITERATURE
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220. May be used to satisfy one of the following: Literature, Language, Criticism area of study "D" or elective; Adolescence Education core requirement "F"; English Language Arts elective.
Section 01 M,TH 9:45-11:00 p.m. Professor Luria Code: 1037
New York City - crossroads and cultural magnet, center of differences - continues to be home to a large literary community. New York writers will consider the impact of this great city on the creative imagination of noted essayists, poets, and novelists such as Kazin, James, Wharton, Dos Passos, Yezierska, di Donato, Baldwin, Auster, Hijuelos, and Lee. Requirements: two papers, midterm and final.
This is a writing intensive class.

ENGLISH 395 AMERICAN PROSE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
3 credits; Prerequisite is English 220
Section 01 T,F 2:10-3:25 p.m. Professor Tolchin Code: 1038
This course surveys major and canon-breaking texts by Native American, Puritan, Revolutionary era, and American Renaissance writers (Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Whitman). Special emphasis will be placed on the politics of canon formation (how we decide which texts deserve to be read in a course like this), especially as it is shaped by class, race, gender and ethnicity. We will explore the cultural and social contexts of the period. Our reading will include recently re-discovered women and African American writers. Midterm, final, and reading journal. Attendance, preparation and participation are crucial, as your responses to the literature will be the focal point of our discussions.

Section 51 M,W 7:00-8:15 p.m. Mr. Meyers Code: 1039
Selected works from Puritan (1620-1758) and Romantic (1820-1865) literature, with special emphasis on the cultural, social, and political contexts of this literature. Paper, midterm, and final.

ENGLISH 397 AMERICA POETRY TO 1917
3 credits; Prerequis