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English Department

Courses Fall 2019

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Table of Contents

Courses that meet Common Curriculum requirements….3

Courses required for the Major ………………...…………4

Advising Sheets for Majors and Minors……………..…...5

100-level Courses………………..……………..................9

Gateway Courses……………………………………….…..13

Writing Courses:

Lower Division………………………......................17

Upper Division…………...……………...................18

Electives:

Lower Division………………………….................19

Upper Division………………………….................20

Capstone Requirement……………………………..........27

NOTE: Checklists for the English major and minor as well as internship

guidelines are available on the English department website. The URL is:

http://www.csbsju.edu/english/

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Capstone Requirement

English 365D: Capstone: Othering in the Middles Ages (4)

CRN 15642

Days: TR Professor: Jessica Harkins

Time: 11:10 am— 12:30 pm Office: Quad 350B

Location: Quad 353

This course looks at encountering difference through the lens of medieval liter-

ature.

#winteriscoming #therewillbedragons

What happens when worlds collide? While it’s true that empires rose and fell

in the Middle Ages, for the most part textual and cartographic evidence reveals

a world far more intermixed and multilingual than may be imagined. People

often peacefully negotiated difference along trade routes and other sites of en-

counter; lived in intercultural and interfaith communities; and/or traveled for

political, scholarly, and geographical knowledge. Nonetheless, readers of west-

ern European literature encounter strange figures: demonized Saracens and non

-Christian others, hybrid creatures, and monstrous, supernatural women.

Our course is also intentionally hybrid! Writing projects throughout the semes-

ter focus on integrating research meaningfully into creative writing as well as

literary and historical analyses (I.e.: the course has been designed to support

projects in literary criticism and creative writing.)

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ENGL 387: Introduction to Linguistics (4)

CRN 14276

Days: MWF Professor: Sarah Schaaf

Time: 11:50 am— 12:45 pm Office: Richa P20

Location: HAB 101

Linguistics, as a discipline, is the scientific study of human language. This

course will cover the core of linguistic study: phonetics and phonology (sounds

and sound systems), morphology (word shapes), syntax (sentence structure),

semantics (the meanings of linguistic forms), and pragmatics (meaning in

context). We'll also look at a wide variety of other topics including

sociolinguistics (language and identity), language contact, change, death, and

revitalization; and writing systems. This challenging but fascinating topic area

will prove relevant not only to students of English and education but also to

those majoring in foreign languages, philosophy, psychology, or computer

science.

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Courses that Meet Common Curriculum Requirements

Offered Fall 2019

Humanities (HM): ENGL: 120G, 120I, 122D, 122E, 221F, 222D, 223E, 286, 381, 383, 385K, 385L, 386

Gender (GE): ENGL: 243, 381

Intercultural (IC): ENGL: 381, 383, 385K

Experiential Learning (EL): ENGL: 206

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Courses Required for the Major(s)

Offered Fall 2019

Gateway Courses

See pages 13-16

English 243: Literary Theory and Criticism See page 16

English 213: Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction (Requirement for English Major with a Concentration in Creative Writing)

See page 17

English 311: Writing Essays See page 18

English 365D: Capstone: Encounters/Medieval World

See page 27

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ENGL 386: Studies in Film: It’s Film Heaven---Analyzing Genre Films in an Interpretive

Community (HM)(4) CRN 10252

Days: TR Professor: Luke Mancuso

Time: 2:20 pm— 3:40 pm Office: Quad 355B

Location: Quad 346

Lab: Tuesdays 3:50 pm— 6:00pm

The English/Comm 386 course is an upper-level course in the English/

Communication Department sequence of upper-division courses at CSB/SJU.

It is also a liberal arts course. As a 300-level course, it seeks to build on

foundational skills you have encountered (such as effective critical thinking,

reading, writing, and oral communication skills in Core and Humanities) so

that you can pursue upper-division academic work (in this case, a

specific exploration of one facet of film studies) competently, efficiently, and

even in leadership roles. There are no prerequisites.

As a liberal arts course, English/Comm 386 deals with contemporary social

values in culture (personal identity, film viewing habits, gender positions, class

positions, narrative representations), and how those social values shape,

determine, regulate our individual responses to everyday life. In other words,

this liberal arts story is your story.

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ENGL 385L: American Environmental Literature

(HM)(4)

CRN 15706

Days: TR Professor: Kyhl Lyndgaard

Time: 11:10 pm — 12:30 pm Office: AlcuL 355

Location: PENGL 229

The course surveys the American literary approach to nature and environment,

with particular attention to questions of power and privilege. Some of this liter-

ature is about how people have depicted nature as a utilitarian space—what has

been done with vast forests, minerals, or rivers, particularly in terms of energy

creation and the ramifications of these usage decisions? How has that affected

various cultures and indigenous people, as well as natural plant and animal

communities? The styles and traditions of American environmental writing

have changed dramatically over time and we will examine the work of nature

writers from cities as well as rural spaces, and lots of writers of color. We will

read, think, discuss, and write critically about a wide range of environmental

writers from various genres. We will gain an appreciation for and become fa-

miliar with many of the most influential writers and texts in the field as well as

some of the most innovative new writers.

This course is cross-listed with ENVR 315

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English Major: 40 Credits

Requirements:

_____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas

_____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism

_____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays

_____ 4 credits of Capstone:

ENGL 365: Capstone

HONR 398 Honors Senior Essay, Research or Creative Project

EDUC 362 Student Teaching

20 additional credits of English electives:

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

At least 16 credits of coursework must be 300 level:

ENGL _____; ENGL _____; ENGL 311; Capstone Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the major.

Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in 300-level courses.

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English Major with Creative Writing Concentration:

44 Credits

Requirements: _____ 4 credits of ENGL 213: Creative Writing—Fiction and Poetry _____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas _____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism _____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays _____ 4 credits of ENGL 313: Advanced Creative Writing _____ 4 credits of Capstone

ENGL 368: Creative Writing Capstone HONR 398 Honors Senior Creative Project

16 additional credits of English electives*:

ENGL _____ ENGL _____ ENGL _____ ENGL _____ *Students may apply 4 credits from COMM 245: Media Writing; COMM 345: Advanced Media Writing; or THEA 211: Playwriting At least 16 credits of coursework must be 300-level: ENGL _____; ENGL 313; ENGL 311; Capstone Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the major. Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in 300-level courses.

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ENGL 385K: Studies in Literature

Not Just a Song and Dance:

Bollywood Cinema and Social Change in India(4)

CRN 15701

4 credits CD Mod/Study Abroad Winter Break

HM, IC, elective for Asian Studies

Days: CD- TR Professor: Madhu Mitra

Time: 2:40 pm— 4:00 pm Office: Richarda P28

Location: CSB

Lab Day/Time: (T) 4:15 pm— 6:00 pm

On-Campus: CD Mod course starting October 17, 2019

Experiential Component: December 26, 2019 – January 10, 2020

This course will introduce students to Indian culture and society through a study of

popular Indian cinema. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world and

wields tremendous power as an economic and cultural force in the country.

Focusing primarily on the “Bollywood” film industry based in Mumbai, we will

examine how commercial cinema has influenced cultural attitudes and social

change in India. The course will highlight how Bollywood films have addressed

contentious topics like national identity, gender injustice, and globalization in

contemporary India.

The course consists of two parts: The first part, taught over a CD Mod in fall 2019,

will introduce students to Bollywood cinema and its impact on Indian society.

Following that, students will travel to India for two weeks (Dec. 27-Jan. 9) to

experience firsthand the complex mechanisms that fuel this industry. In Mumbai,

students will have the opportunity to observe the production and marketing aspects

of Bollywood films, visit a studio, meet with people who work in the industry, and

attend lectures/workshops given by experts in the field. In Kolkata, students will

learn about the “parallel” cinema movement in India and, in collaboration with

students of St. Xavier’s College, will investigate the impact of Bollywood on the

everyday lives of people in India. The trip will wind down with a visit to one of

India’s greatest cultural treasures, the Taj Mahal of Agra.

Attention: Additional Study Abroad costs for this class

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ENGL 383: Post–Colonial Literature (HM) (IC) (4)

CRN 15643

Days: MWF Professor: Madhu Mitra

Time: 9:30 am— 10:25 am Office: Richarda P28

Location: HAB 106

A study of literature, partly in translation, from African, Asian and the Caribbean countries. The course examines the specific historical and cultural contexts in which these literatures arise.

“[T]he accession to independence of the colonial countries places an important

question before the world.... The fundamental duel which seemed to be that

between colonialism and anti-colonialism, and indeed between capitalism and

socialism, is already losing some of its importance. What counts today, the

question which is looming on the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of

wealth. Humanity must reply to this question, or be shaken to pieces by it.”

--Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

Fanon's comment serves as a point of entry for this course. Gesturing towards

a “postcolonial” world, Fanon identifies the need for a global, not national,

resolution for the problem of unequal distribution of wealth which European

imperialism had created. It’s an urgent matter for all humanity, he warns.

Today, when we confront the devastating consequences of global inequalities,

Fanon’s warning rings as true as it did in the 1950s when formal or territorial

colonization was coming to an end and the “Third World” was emerging.

Fanon’s way of seeing the world—not as discrete units of nations and cultures,

but as people and communities located unequally in the global networks of

commerce and power—is a foundational concept in postcolonial studies.

Postcolonial studies is a dynamic and multidisciplinary field that has given rise

to some of today’s most innovative and influential theories of cultural

production. This class is intended to serve as a general introduction to

postcolonial literature and theory. Toward that end, we will read some great

novels by postcolonial authors, grapple with some thought-provoking theory,

and watch some stirring films. We will pay special attention to the imperatives

of globalization and how they are shaping the future of postcolonial studies.

Our texts will include Frantz Fanon’s, The Wretched of the Earth, Harris Wilson’s, Palace of the Peacocks, Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, Chris Abani’s, Graceland, Chimamanda Adichie’s, Half a Yellow Sun, Achmat Dangor’s, Bitter Fruit, Jamaica Kincaid’s, A Small Place, and Michelle Cliff’s, No Telephone to Heaven.

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English Major: Concentration in English – Communication Arts/Literature for 5-12 Education Licensure (44 credits) Students who entered in Fall 2013 or later Required Courses: _____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas _____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism _____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays _____ 4 credits ENGL 382: Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Literature or ENGL

383: Post-Colonial Literature _____ 4 credits of ENGL 387: English Language (Linguistics) _____ 8 credits of required courses from the Communication Department+

2 credits of COMM 200: Public Speaking 2 credits of COMM 252: Listening 4 credits of COMM 103: Mass Communication

_____ 4 credits of EDUC 362 (Capstone) _____ 8 additional credits of English electives*

ENGL _____ ENGL _____

*The English Department strongly recommends ENGL 352: Shakespeare as 4 of these credits. + These courses count toward the English major only for students who complete the Education minor. See also the Education Department's listing of courses required for a 5-12 licensure. Students may apply only one course from 120 to 124 toward the major.

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English Minor (20 credits)

_____ 20 credits of English courses, including at least 12 at the upper-division level*

ENGL ____ ENGL ____ ENGL 3___ ENGL 3___ ENGL 3___

*The English Department strongly recommends that students take English 311.

Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the minor.

Writing Minor (20 credits)

_____ 12 credits of writing courses within the English major*+

ENGL ____ ENGL ____ ENGL ____

*Students may substitute COMM 245: Introduction to Media Writing andCOMM 345: Advanced Media Writing+ The English department strongly recommends that students take English 311.

_____ 8 additional elective English credits

ENGL ____ ENGL ____


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ENGL 381: Literature by Women (IC)(GE)(HM)(4)

CRN 15616

Days: TR Professor: Christina Tourino

Time: 9:35 am— 10:55 am Office: Quad 354B

Location: Quad 343

What happens when women take their concerns to the page in fiction and

plays? This course explores comparative modern women's literatures from the

Americas and Europe. In imaginative (and often nearly autobiographical)

worlds from women of various races, sexualities, and class standings, we will

look at marriage and domesticity, motherhood and pregnancy, migration and

war, work and law. We will also consider keystone works of theory and

philosophy by women.

This course is cross-listed with GEND 360N

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Electives: Upper Division

ENGL 315B: Editing & Publishing (4)

CRN 15641

Days: MWF Professor: Cindy Malone


Location: Quad 341

With literary publishing in rapid flux, book publishers knit their brows and try

to forecast demand for printed books and e-books. Every prediction prompts a

new round of hand-wringing about the future of the book. The shift from print

to electronic formats has had—and continues to have—enormous

consequences for the publishing industry. Claims that this shift spells the death

of books, however, demand careful examination. In English 315, we’ll explore

the rapidly changing book-publishing industry, looking closely at the ways in

which industry developments and new technologies affect writers, readers, and

publishing companies. We’ll begin by studying the traditional book-publishing

model, and then we’ll study the effects of digital technologies on the

transmission of writers’ works to audiences of readers. By the end of the

semester, we may not arrive at certain answers about the future of literary

publishing, but we’ll understand many of the forces that will shape that future.

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100-Level Courses

ENGL 120G: Expedition Through Literature

(4) (HM)

CRN 15333

Days: MWF Professor: John Kendall

Time: 9:10 am— 10:05 am Office: Quad 354A

Location: Quad 339

Heroes are easy to find in REALLY good books, right? However, have you

ever wondered what makes those heroes “heroic”? What makes heroic

characters relatable and unreachable at the same time? Can villains be heroic?

Can heroes be bad? Throughout your semester-long literary expedition, we’ll

look at MANY types of heroic characters—some characters you might like

and some you won’t; some you can relate to and some you can’t.

We’ll begin our expedition by creating a literary guide and a literary roadmap

in order to figure out how to effectively identify heroic characters. As we

navigate through myriad literary worlds, the following is a list of “heroes”

we’ll likely bump into (not in any particular order): Gilgamesh, Lisbeth

Salander, Guinevere, Esther, Aragorn, Odysseus, Aeneas, Laura Ingalls,

Beowulf, Harry Potter, Natty Bumppo/Hawkeye, Wife of Bath, Dracula,

Sherlock Holmes, Lucy Pevensie, Achilles, Katniss Everdeen. Who knows,

you might even encounter an Ironman or a Black Widow or a Rick Grimes or

an Aladdin or a Xena along the way. Join us as we travel vast literary worlds

in search of the sometimes elusive but always interesting literary hero.

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ENGL 120I: Reading Science AND Fiction:

From the Known to the Unknown (and Back Again)

(4) (HM)

CRN 15638



Location: QUAD 360

Imagine asking your smart-device to continue reading Isaac Asimov's book

"I, Robot." Imagine attending a history lecture on the Black Death of

medieval Europe. Imagine listening to a speaker on catastrophic climate

change and its impact on humans in North America. Imagine having a

discussion with a psychology professor or colleague about changing gender

roles and expectations. Imagine watching an anti-gravity football game with

your teammates. The common link between these “imaginings” is this:

Fiction helps discuss science AND science helps inform fiction. In this

introduction to reading fiction course, students will have the opportunity to

explore intersections between worlds of fiction and worlds of science by

reading and discussing works by authors, thinkers, and scholars such as

Leonardo DaVinci, Charles Darwin, George Orwell, HG Wells, Stephen

Hawking, Sun Tzu, Sigmund Freud, Marie Curie, Margaret Atwood, Philip

K. Dick, Isaac Asimov (and others). Students will have opportunities to seek

out places where new life might emerge, to explore strange new (and old)

worlds, and to go boldly where they may not have gone before in their

reading and collegiate experience.

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Electives: Lower Division

ENGL 286: Intro to Film Studies (HM) (4)

CRN 10238

Days: MWF Professor: Luke Mancuso


Location: Quad 346

Lab: Mondays 4:00 pm— 6:15pm

Welcome to Film Heaven: An Introduction to Active Spectatorship. In film

heaven, we will go beyond the level of ―two thumbs up and will work toward

a more theoretical and historical understanding of Hollywood film and film

history. Students will gain an understanding of the history of film in the U.S.

and abroad, and we will look at aesthetic and technical aspects of filmmaking.

Students will also become familiar with film terminology. 2G2BT.

We will watch many cinema masterworks in the course of the semester, and

there will be a lab scheduled for this purpose. We will also read film theory,

reviews, and other texts to broaden our understanding of the medium and its

genres. Attendance at film lab is mandatory.

Students will do presentations, writing, and will be expected to participate

actively in our discussions. They will also be expected to keep up with

readings and screenings. There may be a nominal cost for photocopied

materials.

Attention: This course requires vigorous and active participation.

This course is cross-listed with COMM 286

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Writing Courses: Upper Division

ENGL 311: Writing Essays (4)

CRN 10362

Days: TR Professor: Matt Callahan

Time: 2:20 pm— 3:40 pm Office: Quad 355D

Location: Quad 339

Prerequisites: Completion of FYS and junior standing

Simply stated, the goal in Writing Essays is to write well, to place one word

after another in a unique and careful way so that not only will the reader

understand the message conveyed in a given essay, but they might understand

something of the messenger as well. How is this done?

It is not an easy task or one that is undertaken lightly. There are many aspects a

writer must consider and some of these will be explored during the semester.

Word choice will be discussed and examined since, like fingerprints, each

word leaves an individual imprint along an essay’s path. Style, the

unmistakable scent of a writer, will be developed too since it is often the case

that how an essayist writes is every bit as important as what an essayist writes.

Focus, consistency, authority and self-discovery all must be factored into the

equation, too. Indeed, it is the process of self-discovery or self-exploration that

can be at once the most maddening and most rewarding aspect of the essay

writing experience.

The class format will be a blend of reading and discussion of our texts, brief

writing exercises, peer workshops, in class readings and conferences with the

instructor. Our readings will provide examples of some of the finer essayists of

our time and will serve as guides for what a truly great essay can do. But the

primary concern of the class will be on the creation and refinement of our own

work so that, by the semester’s end, each student will be able to trace back,

word by word, their own unique and carefully crafted written landscape.

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ENGL 122D: Lit: Men, Women, and Aliens

(4) (HM)

CRN 15329

Days: MWF Professor: Betsy Johnson-Miller

Time: 8:00 am— 8:55 am Office: Quad 355C

Location: Quad 353

“Find me near the flower‘s eye

that takes in provocation

and begins to grow.”

--Rumi

One definition of the word provoke is "to stir up intentionally." In this class,

we will examine literature that provokes readers. The literature we will

encounter will provoke us in a variety of ways: from asking us to examine race

and gender roles, to asking us to question some firmly and commonly held

beliefs; from asking us to enter into a poem that we might not understand, to

demanding that we jump into a narrative that will not let us go. The purpose of

this class is to get stirred up by literature, to find ourselves breathless, angry,

thrilled, confused, all within the confines of a page, so that we may, as Rumi

suggests, begin to grow.

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ENGL 122E: Atlas of a Difficult World

(4) (HM)

CRN 15492

Days: TR Professor: Chris Bolin

Time: 8:00 am— 9:20 am Office: Quad 359D

Location: Quad 344

I borrowed the title of this literature course from a long poem by Adrienne

Rich, in which she asks whether poetry can help us find our way through

the dangers that mark the world of the twenty-first century. Rich and many

other writers have asked what value imaginative literature has in "a difficult

world." Does it create a bridge to cross the abyss between the personal and

the public, the aesthetic and the political, the I and the we? Should

literature be such a bridge, or is this a misunderstanding and misuse of art?

To address these questions, we will read the works of poets, fiction writers,

memoirists, and theorists. You will add your voices to this conversation by

doing many kinds of writing-a poetry anthology, a personal essay, and a

critical/analytical essay. I will also give frequent short written assignments

which will become the spring—boards into each day's discussion. I hope we

will often find ourselves out beyond the known world, needing an atlas or at

least a GPS. There will be a written mid- term exam and an oral final exam.

I will ask you to present some of your work to the class, memorize and

recite a poem, raise questions, bring your experience of the world to bear on

what we read, help each other improve as writers, and actively engaged in

all course activities.

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Writing Courses: Lower Division

ENGL 206: Creative Writing: Clinical Encounters

(4) (EL) CRN 14171


Time: 11:10 am— 12:30 pm Office: Quad 359D

Location: Quad 341

English 206 is a year-long, creative-writing course for pre-health science

majors, which offers a sustained, clinical experience. Students learn to guide

patients through creative-writing exercises, at local clinics, while developing

their own writing lives. This course helps future clinicians learn to

communicate with precise imagery and metaphors, while revealing

connections between the practice of medicine and the arts of poetry and

fiction. Additionally, this course helps students see “patients” as people who

are not defined by their diseases while increasing students’ capacity for

working with ambiguity (moral, creative, and narrative).

*Service Learning Required

ENGL 213: Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction CRN 13239

Days: MWF Professor: Rachel Marston


Location: Quad 347

In our Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction class, we will delve deeply into the

act of writing. We will explore poetry and fiction through the reading of

published work and the writing (and revising) of poems and stories. We will

discuss language, voice, and form. We will investigate how poems and stories

work and ask why the piece works the way it does. And, most importantly, we

will write. A LOT. The class will include daily writing exercises, discussion of

craft and construction, and writing homework, as well as larger creative

projects in poetry and fiction.

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ENGL 243: Literary Theory & Criticism (GE) (4)

CRN 10358



Location: Quad 361

In this course, instead of reading literature, we will read about literature. In a

well-developed philosophical tradition stretching back at least to Plato,

scholars have asked, “What is literature, and what does it do?” This semester,

we will join them.

The working definition of theory in this course is a set of generalizations or

questions, usually rather abstract, about the nature or value of a particular

practice or set of practices. Literary theory, then, refers to the process of

understanding the nature of literature, the function of literature in society, and

the relation between the text and the author, the reader, language, culture, and

history. Some questions we will explore in this course: What is literature and

what does it do? How do we read and interpret literary texts? Is it possible to

arrive at a “correct" interpretation of a text? Does the “meaning” of a literary

text reside in the text itself, in the author, or in the reader? How are texts

related to other texts? How are texts shaped by extra-textual matters?

Literary theory is inseparable from social theory, which attempts to understand

something about why things are as they are. We will study some major

statements of literary and social theory spanning many schools of thought,

such as Hermeneutics, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Structuralism,

Post-structuralism, Post-modernism, Post-colonialism, Feminism, Queer

theory, and Cultural Studies.

Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of

department chair required for non-majors. Not available to first-year students

without permission.

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Gateway Courses

ENGL 221F: Medieval Literature (4) (HM)

CRN 15639

Days: MWF Professor: Jessica Harkins


Location: Quad 339

This course explores the earliest stories written in English. Funny, brutal, and

mesmerizing, these tales from the medieval period--spanning 1,000 years--

seem strange and yet oddly familiar. We'll divide the course into three

sections: early, middle, and late medieval, reading foundational texts from

each era, such as the extraordinary Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,

The Canterbury Tales, and The Dream Vision of Piers Plowman. While we

approach each text historically, we remain mindful of how medieval works

exist in dialogue with literature from across the world and with later literature

even into our present day. Students further enhance their study of manuscript

culture and early literary production through hands-on visits to our HMML

library and Book Arts Studio.

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ENGL 222D: Shocking Discoveries

(4) (HM)

CRN 15332



Location: Quad 361

Excavations of dinosaurs, experiments with electrical currents, and theories

of human origins charged the scientific, literary, and popular imagination in

19th-century Britain. In this course, we will explore the dynamic relationship

between scientific and literary writing in 19th-century Britain. We’ll read

fiction and poetry by writers who see human lives and relationships through

the lens of scientific discoveries. Texts may include George Eliot’s The

Lifted Veil, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In

Memoriam A.H.H., Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, and the

poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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ENGL 223E: American Outsiders 1945 & On

(4) (HM)

CRN 15640


Time: 11:30 am— 12:25 pm Office: Quad 357A

Location: Quad 353

In this course, we will consider the role of the outsider (socially, politically,

culturally, ethnically, aesthetically, and more) in the literature of the

Americas from World War II to the present. The outsider has long figured in

American literature, an oft celebrated figure, such as Henry David Thoreau

writing alone in his cabin at Walden Pond. In this class we will study writers

and artists who have chosen to work outside expected norms and others who

have not had the choice, whose outsider status is determined by the

dominant culture.

We will carefully read poetry, drama, fiction, cultural criticism, and

nonfiction to understand: What does it mean to be an outsider? Who decides

who belongs and who does not? How does the literature and art-making of

this period demonstrate how individuals and groups agitate for belonging,

create new communities of belonging, and/or challenge artistic and social

norms?

Authors and artists may include: James Baldwin, Flannery O’Connor, Leslie

Marmon Silko, Toni Morrison, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, Junot

Diaz, Claudia Rankine, John Cage, the Beat Poets, the Guerilla Girls, Kathy

Acker, and more.

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ENGL 222D: Shocking Discoveries

(4) (HM)

CRN 15332



Location: Quad 361

Excavations of dinosaurs, experiments with electrical currents, and theories

of human origins charged the scientific, literary, and popular imagination in

19th-century Britain. In this course, we will explore the dynamic relationship

between scientific and literary writing in 19th-century Britain. We’ll read

fiction and poetry by writers who see human lives and relationships through

the lens of scientific discoveries. Texts may include George Eliot’s The

Lifted Veil, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In

Memoriam A.H.H., Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, and the

poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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ENGL 223E: American Outsiders 1945 & On

(4) (HM)

CRN 15640


Time: 11:30 am— 12:25 pm Office: Quad 357A

Location: Quad 353

In this course, we will consider the role of the outsider (socially, politically,

culturally, ethnically, aesthetically, and more) in the literature of the

Americas from World War II to the present. The outsider has long figured in

American literature, an oft celebrated figure, such as Henry David Thoreau

writing alone in his cabin at Walden Pond. In this class we will study writers

and artists who have chosen to work outside expected norms and others who

have not had the choice, whose outsider status is determined by the

dominant culture.

We will carefully read poetry, drama, fiction, cultural criticism, and

nonfiction to understand: What does it mean to be an outsider? Who decides

who belongs and who does not? How does the literature and art-making of

this period demonstrate how individuals and groups agitate for belonging,

create new communities of belonging, and/or challenge artistic and social

norms?

Authors and artists may include: James Baldwin, Flannery O’Connor, Leslie

Marmon Silko, Toni Morrison, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, Junot

Diaz, Claudia Rankine, John Cage, the Beat Poets, the Guerilla Girls, Kathy

Acker, and more.

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ENGL 243: Literary Theory & Criticism (GE) (4)

CRN 10358



Location: Quad 361

In this course, instead of reading literature, we will read about literature. In a

well-developed philosophical tradition stretching back at least to Plato,

scholars have asked, “What is literature, and what does it do?” This semester,

we will join them.

The working definition of theory in this course is a set of generalizations or

questions, usually rather abstract, about the nature or value of a particular

practice or set of practices. Literary theory, then, refers to the process of

understanding the nature of literature, the function of literature in society, and

the relation between the text and the author, the reader, language, culture, and

history. Some questions we will explore in this course: What is literature and

what does it do? How do we read and interpret literary texts? Is it possible to

arrive at a “correct" interpretation of a text? Does the “meaning” of a literary

text reside in the text itself, in the author, or in the reader? How are texts

related to other texts? How are texts shaped by extra-textual matters?

Literary theory is inseparable from social theory, which attempts to understand

something about why things are as they are. We will study some major

statements of literary and social theory spanning many schools of thought,

such as Hermeneutics, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Structuralism,

Post-structuralism, Post-modernism, Post-colonialism, Feminism, Queer

theory, and Cultural Studies.

Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of

department chair required for non-majors. Not available to first-year students

without permission.

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Gateway Courses

ENGL 221F: Medieval Literature (4) (HM)

CRN 15639

Days: MWF Professor: Jessica Harkins


Location: Quad 339

This course explores the earliest stories written in English. Funny, brutal, and

mesmerizing, these tales from the medieval period--spanning 1,000 years--

seem strange and yet oddly familiar. We'll divide the course into three

sections: early, middle, and late medieval, reading foundational texts from

each era, such as the extraordinary Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,

The Canterbury Tales, and The Dream Vision of Piers Plowman. While we

approach each text historically, we remain mindful of how medieval works

exist in dialogue with literature from across the world and with later literature

even into our present day. Students further enhance their study of manuscript

culture and early literary production through hands-on visits to our HMML

library and Book Arts Studio.

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ENGL 122E: Atlas of a Difficult World

(4) (HM)

CRN 15492


Time: 8:00 am— 9:20 am Office: Quad 359D

Location: Quad 344

I borrowed the title of this literature course from a long poem by Adrienne

Rich, in which she asks whether poetry can help us find our way through

the dangers that mark the world of the twenty-first century. Rich and many

other writers have asked what value imaginative literature has in "a difficult

world." Does it create a bridge to cross the abyss between the personal and

the public, the aesthetic and the political, the I and the we? Should

literature be such a bridge, or is this a misunderstanding and misuse of art?

To address these questions, we will read the works of poets, fiction writers,

memoirists, and theorists. You will add your voices to this conversation by

doing many kinds of writing-a poetry anthology, a personal essay, and a

critical/analytical essay. I will also give frequent short written assignments

which will become the spring—boards into each day's discussion. I hope we

will often find ourselves out beyond the known world, needing an atlas or at

least a GPS. There will be a written mid- term exam and an oral final exam.

I will ask you to present some of your work to the class, memorize and

recite a poem, raise questions, bring your experience of the world to bear on

what we read, help each other improve as writers, and actively engaged in

all course activities.

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Writing Courses: Lower Division

ENGL 206: Creative Writing: Clinical Encounters

(4) (EL) CRN 14171


Time: 11:10 am— 12:30 pm Office: Quad 359D

Location: Quad 341

English 206 is a year-long, creative-writing course for pre-health science

majors, which offers a sustained, clinical experience. Students learn to guide

patients through creative-writing exercises, at local clinics, while developing

their own writing lives. This course helps future clinicians learn to

communicate with precise imagery and metaphors, while revealing

connections between the practice of medicine and the arts of poetry and

fiction. Additionally, this course helps students see “patients” as people who

are not defined by their diseases while increasing students’ capacity for

working with ambiguity (moral, creative, and narrative).

*Service Learning Required

ENGL 213: Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction CRN 13239



Location: Quad 347

In our Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction class, we will delve deeply into the

act of writing. We will explore poetry and fiction through the reading of

published work and the writing (and revising) of poems and stories. We will

discuss language, voice, and form. We will investigate how poems and stories

work and ask why the piece works the way it does. And, most importantly, we

will write. A LOT. The class will include daily writing exercises, discussion of

craft and construction, and writing homework, as well as larger creative

projects in poetry and fiction.

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Writing Courses: Upper Division

ENGL 311: Writing Essays (4)

CRN 10362

Days: TR Professor: Matt Callahan

Time: 2:20 pm— 3:40 pm Office: Quad 355D

Location: Quad 339

Prerequisites: Completion of FYS and junior standing

Simply stated, the goal in Writing Essays is to write well, to place one word

after another in a unique and careful way so that not only will the reader

understand the message conveyed in a given essay, but they might understand

something of the messenger as well. How is this done?

It is not an easy task or one that is undertaken lightly. There are many aspects a

writer must consider and some of these will be explored during the semester.

Word choice will be discussed and examined since, like fingerprints, each

word leaves an individual imprint along an essay’s path. Style, the

unmistakable scent of a writer, will be developed too since it is often the case

that how an essayist writes is every bit as important as what an essayist writes.

Focus, consistency, authority and self-discovery all must be factored into the

equation, too. Indeed, it is the process of self-discovery or self-exploration that

can be at once the most maddening and most rewarding aspect of the essay

writing experience.

The class format will be a blend of reading and discussion of our texts, brief

writing exercises, peer workshops, in class readings and conferences with the

instructor. Our readings will provide examples of some of the finer essayists of

our time and will serve as guides for what a truly great essay can do. But the

primary concern of the class will be on the creation and refinement of our own

work so that, by the semester’s end, each student will be able to trace back,

word by word, their own unique and carefully crafted written landscape.

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ENGL 122D: Lit: Men, Women, and Aliens

(4) (HM)

CRN 15329

Days: MWF Professor: Betsy Johnson-Miller

Time: 8:00 am— 8:55 am Office: Quad 355C

Location: Quad 353

“Find me near the flower‘s eye

that takes in provocation

and begins to grow.”

--Rumi

One definition of the word provoke is "to stir up intentionally." In this class,

we will examine literature that provokes readers. The literature we will

encounter will provoke us in a variety of ways: from asking us to examine race

and gender roles, to asking us to question some firmly and commonly held

beliefs; from asking us to enter into a poem that we might not understand, to

demanding that we jump into a narrative that will not let us go. The purpose of

this class is to get stirred up by literature, to find ourselves breathless, angry,

thrilled, confused, all within the confines of a page, so that we may, as Rumi

suggests, begin to grow.

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ENGL 120I: Reading Science AND Fiction:

From the Known to the Unknown (and Back Again)

(4) (HM)

CRN 15638



Location: QUAD 360

Imagine asking your smart-device to continue reading Isaac Asimov's book

"I, Robot." Imagine attending a history lecture on the Black Death of

medieval Europe. Imagine listening to a speaker on catastrophic climate

change and its impact on humans in North America. Imagine having a

discussion with a psychology professor or colleague about changing gender

roles and expectations. Imagine watching an anti-gravity football game with

your teammates. The common link between these “imaginings” is this:

Fiction helps discuss science AND science helps inform fiction. In this

introduction to reading fiction course, students will have the opportunity to

explore intersections between worlds of fiction and worlds of science by

reading and discussing works by authors, thinkers, and scholars such as

Leonardo DaVinci, Charles Darwin, George Orwell, HG Wells, Stephen

Hawking, Sun Tzu, Sigmund Freud, Marie Curie, Margaret Atwood, Philip

K. Dick, Isaac Asimov (and others). Students will have opportunities to seek

out places where new life might emerge, to explore strange new (and old)

worlds, and to go boldly where they may not have gone before in their

reading and collegiate experience.

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Electives: Lower Division

ENGL 286: Intro to Film Studies (HM) (4)

CRN 10238

Days: MWF Professor: Luke Mancuso


Location: Quad 346

Lab: Mondays 4:00 pm— 6:15pm

Welcome to Film Heaven: An Introduction to Active Spectatorship. In film

heaven, we will go beyond the level of ―two thumbs up and will work toward

a more theoretical and historical understanding of Hollywood film and film

history. Students will gain an understanding of the history of film in the U.S.

and abroad, and we will look at aesthetic and technical aspects of filmmaking.

Students will also become familiar with film terminology. 2G2BT.

We will watch many cinema masterworks in the course of the semester, and

there will be a lab scheduled for this purpose. We will also read film theory,

reviews, and other texts to broaden our understanding of the medium and its

genres. Attendance at film lab is mandatory.

Students will do presentations, writing, and will be expected to participate

actively in our discussions. They will also be expected to keep up with

readings and screenings. There may be a nominal cost for photocopied

materials.

Attention: This course requires vigorous and active participation.

This course is cross-listed with COMM 286

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Electives: Upper Division

ENGL 315B: Editing & Publishing (4)

CRN 15641



Location: Quad 341

With literary publishing in rapid flux, book publishers knit their brows and try

to forecast demand for printed books and e-books. Every prediction prompts a

new round of hand-wringing about the future of the book. The shift from print

to electronic formats has had—and continues to have—enormous

consequences for the publishing industry. Claims that this shift spells the death

of books, however, demand careful examination. In English 315, we’ll explore

the rapidly changing book-publishing industry, looking closely at the ways in

which industry developments and new technologies affect writers, readers, and

publishing companies. We’ll begin by studying the traditional book-publishing

model, and then we’ll study the effects of digital technologies on the

transmission of writers’ works to audiences of readers. By the end of the

semester, we may not arrive at certain answers about the future of literary

publishing, but we’ll understand many of the forces that will shape that future.

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100-Level Courses

ENGL 120G: Expedition Through Literature

(4) (HM)

CRN 15333



Location: Quad 339

Heroes are easy to find in REALLY good books, right? However, have you

ever wondered what makes those heroes “heroic”? What makes heroic

characters relatable and unreachable at the same time? Can villains be heroic?

Can heroes be bad? Throughout your semester-long literary expedition, we’ll

look at MANY types of heroic characters—some characters you might like

and some you won’t; some you can relate to and some you can’t.

We’ll begin our expedition by creating a literary guide and a literary roadmap

in order to figure out how to effectively identify heroic characters. As we

navigate through myriad literary worlds, the following is a list of “heroes”

we’ll likely bump into (not in any particular order): Gilgamesh, Lisbeth

Salander, Guinevere, Esther, Aragorn, Odysseus, Aeneas, Laura Ingalls,

Beowulf, Harry Potter, Natty Bumppo/Hawkeye, Wife of Bath, Dracula,

Sherlock Holmes, Lucy Pevensie, Achilles, Katniss Everdeen. Who knows,

you might even encounter an Ironman or a Black Widow or a Rick Grimes or

an Aladdin or a Xena along the way. Join us as we travel vast literary worlds

in search of the sometimes elusive but always interesting literary hero.

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English Minor (20 credits) _____ 20 credits of English courses, including at least 12 at the upper-division level* ENGL ____ ENGL ____ ENGL 3___ ENGL 3___

ENGL 3___

*The English Department strongly recommends that students take English 311.


Writing Minor (20 credits) _____ 12 credits of writing courses within the English major*+ ENGL ____ ENGL ____ ENGL ____ *Students may substitute COMM 245: Introduction to Media Writing and COMM 345: Advanced Media Writing + The English department strongly recommends that students take English 311. _____ 8 additional elective English credits

ENGL ____ ENGL ____ Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the minor.

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ENGL 381: Literature by Women (IC)(GE)(HM)(4)

CRN 15616



Location: Quad 343

What happens when women take their concerns to the page in fiction and

plays? This course explores comparative modern women's literatures from the

Americas and Europe. In imaginative (and often nearly autobiographical)

worlds from women of various races, sexualities, and class standings, we will

look at marriage and domesticity, motherhood and pregnancy, migration and

war, work and law. We will also consider keystone works of theory and

philosophy by women.

This course is cross-listed with GEND 360N

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ENGL 383: Post–Colonial Literature (HM) (IC) (4)

CRN 15643

Days: MWF Professor: Madhu Mitra

Time: 9:30 am— 10:25 am Office: Richarda P28

Location: HAB 106

A study of literature, partly in translation, from African, Asian and the Caribbean countries. The course examines the specific historical and cultural contexts in which these literatures arise.

“[T]he accession to independence of the colonial countries places an important

question before the world.... The fundamental duel which seemed to be that

between colonialism and anti-colonialism, and indeed between capitalism and

socialism, is already losing some of its importance. What counts today, the

question which is looming on the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of

wealth. Humanity must reply to this question, or be shaken to pieces by it.”

--Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

Fanon's comment serves as a point of entry for this course. Gesturing towards

a “postcolonial” world, Fanon identifies the need for a global, not national,

resolution for the problem of unequal distribution of wealth which European

imperialism had created. It’s an urgent matter for all humanity, he warns.

Today, when we confront the devastating consequences of global inequalities,

Fanon’s warning rings as true as it did in the 1950s when formal or territorial

colonization was coming to an end and the “Third World” was emerging.

Fanon’s way of seeing the world—not as discrete units of nations and cultures,

but as people and communities located unequally in the global networks of

commerce and power—is a foundational concept in postcolonial studies.

Postcolonial studies is a dynamic and multidisciplinary field that has given rise

to some of today’s most innovative and influential theories of cultural

production. This class is intended to serve as a general introduction to

postcolonial literature and theory. Toward that end, we will read some great

novels by postcolonial authors, grapple with some thought-provoking theory,

and watch some stirring films. We will pay special attention to the imperatives

of globalization and how they are shaping the future of postcolonial studies.

Our texts will include Frantz Fanon’s, The Wretched of the Earth, Harris Wilson’s, Palace of the Peacocks, Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, Chris Abani’s, Graceland, Chimamanda Adichie’s, Half a Yellow Sun, Achmat Dangor’s, Bitter Fruit, Jamaica Kincaid’s, A Small Place, and Michelle Cliff’s, No Telephone to Heaven.

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English Major: Concentration in English – Communication Arts/Literature for 5-12 Education Licensure (44 credits) Students who entered in Fall 2013 or later Required Courses: _____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas _____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism _____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays _____ 4 credits ENGL 382: Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Literature or ENGL

383: Post-Colonial Literature _____ 4 credits of ENGL 387: English Language (Linguistics) _____ 8 credits of required courses from the Communication Department+

2 credits of COMM 200: Public Speaking 2 credits of COMM 252: Listening 4 credits of COMM 103: Mass Communication

_____ 4 credits of EDUC 362 (Capstone) _____ 8 additional credits of English electives*

ENGL _____ ENGL _____

*The English Department strongly recommends ENGL 352: Shakespeare as 4 of these credits. + These courses count toward the English major only for students who complete the Education minor. See also the Education Department's listing of courses required for a 5-12 licensure. Students may apply only one course from 120 to 124 toward the major.

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English Major with Creative Writing Concentration:

44 Credits

Requirements: _____ 4 credits of ENGL 213: Creative Writing—Fiction and Poetry _____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas _____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism _____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays _____ 4 credits of ENGL 313: Advanced Creative Writing _____ 4 credits of Capstone

ENGL 368: Creative Writing Capstone HONR 398 Honors Senior Creative Project

16 additional credits of English electives*:

ENGL _____ ENGL _____ ENGL _____ ENGL _____ *Students may apply 4 credits from COMM 245: Media Writing; COMM 345: Advanced Media Writing; or THEA 211: Playwriting At least 16 credits of coursework must be 300-level: ENGL _____; ENGL 313; ENGL 311; Capstone Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the major. Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in 300-level courses.

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ENGL 385K: Studies in Literature

Not Just a Song and Dance:

Bollywood Cinema and Social Change in India(4)

CRN 15701

4 credits CD Mod/Study Abroad Winter Break

HM, IC, elective for Asian Studies

Days: CD- TR Professor: Madhu Mitra

Time: 2:40 pm— 4:00 pm Office: Richarda P28

Location: CSB

Lab Day/Time: (T) 4:15 pm— 6:00 pm

On-Campus: CD Mod course starting October 17, 2019

Experiential Component: December 26, 2019 – January 10, 2020

This course will introduce students to Indian culture and society through a study of

popular Indian cinema. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world and

wields tremendous power as an economic and cultural force in the country.

Focusing primarily on the “Bollywood” film industry based in Mumbai, we will

examine how commercial cinema has influenced cultural attitudes and social

change in India. The course will highlight how Bollywood films have addressed

contentious topics like national identity, gender injustice, and globalization in

contemporary India.

The course consists of two parts: The first part, taught over a CD Mod in fall 2019,

will introduce students to Bollywood cinema and its impact on Indian society.

Following that, students will travel to India for two weeks (Dec. 27-Jan. 9) to

experience firsthand the complex mechanisms that fuel this industry. In Mumbai,

students will have the opportunity to observe the production and marketing aspects

of Bollywood films, visit a studio, meet with people who work in the industry, and

attend lectures/workshops given by experts in the field. In Kolkata, students will

learn about the “parallel” cinema movement in India and, in collaboration with

students of St. Xavier’s College, will investigate the impact of Bollywood on the

everyday lives of people in India. The trip will wind down with a visit to one of

India’s greatest cultural treasures, the Taj Mahal of Agra.

Attention: Additional Study Abroad costs for this class

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ENGL 385L: American Environmental Literature

(HM)(4)

CRN 15706

Days: TR Professor: Kyhl Lyndgaard

Time: 11:10 pm — 12:30 pm Office: AlcuL 355

Location: PENGL 229

The course surveys the American literary approach to nature and environment,

with particular attention to questions of power and privilege. Some of this liter-

ature is about how people have depicted nature as a utilitarian space—what has

been done with vast forests, minerals, or rivers, particularly in terms of energy

creation and the ramifications of these usage decisions? How has that affected

various cultures and indigenous people, as well as natural plant and animal

communities? The styles and traditions of American environmental writing

have changed dramatically over time and we will examine the work of nature

writers from cities as well as rural spaces, and lots of writers of color. We will

read, think, discuss, and write critically about a wide range of environmental

writers from various genres. We will gain an appreciation for and become fa-

miliar with many of the most influential writers and texts in the field as well as

some of the most innovative new writers.

This course is cross-listed with ENVR 315

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English Major: 40 Credits

Requirements:

_____ 8 credits of ENGL 221-223 (must be differently numbered): 221: World Literatures 222: Literatures in English 223: Literature of the Americas

_____ 4 credits of ENGL 243: Literary Theory and Criticism

_____ 4 credits of ENGL 311: Writing Essays

_____ 4 credits of Capstone:

ENGL 365: Capstone

HONR 398 Honors Senior Essay, Research or Creative Project

EDUC 362 Student Teaching 20 additional credits of English electives:

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

ENGL _____

At least 16 credits of coursework must be 300 level:

ENGL _____; ENGL _____; ENGL 311; Capstone Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the major.

Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in 300-level courses.

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Courses Required for theMajor(s)

Offered Fall 2019

Gateway CoursesSee pages 13-16

English 243: Literary Theory and Criticism See page 16

English 213: Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction (Requirement for English Major with a Concentration in Creative Writing)

See page 17

English 311: Writing EssaysSee page 18

English 365D: Capstone: Encounters/MedievalWorld

See page 27

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ENGL 386: Studies in Film: It’s Film Heaven---Analyzing Genre Films in an Interpretive

Community (HM)(4) CRN 10252

Days: TR Professor: Luke Mancuso


Location: Quad 346

Lab: Tuesdays 3:50 pm— 6:00pm

The English/Comm 386 course is an upper-level course in the English/

Communication Department sequence of upper-division courses at CSB/SJU.

It is also a liberal arts course. As a 300-level course, it seeks to build on

foundational skills you have encountered (such as effective critical thinking,

reading, writing, and oral communication skills in Core and Humanities) so

that you can pursue upper-division academic work (in this case, a

specific exploration of one facet of film studies) competently, efficiently, and

even in leadership roles. There are no prerequisites.

As a liberal arts course, English/Comm 386 deals with contemporary social

values in culture (personal identity, film viewing habits, gender positions, class

positions, narrative representations), and how those social values shape,

determine, regulate our individual responses to everyday life. In other words,

this liberal arts story is your story.

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ENGL 387: Introduction to Linguistics (4)

CRN 14276

Days: MWF Professor: Sarah Schaaf

Time: 11:50 am— 12:45 pm Office: Richa P20

Location: HAB 101

Linguistics, as a discipline, is the scientific study of human language. This

course will cover the core of linguistic study: phonetics and phonology (sounds

and sound systems), morphology (word shapes), syntax (sentence structure),

semantics (the meanings of linguistic forms), and pragmatics (meaning in

context). We'll also look at a wide variety of other topics including

sociolinguistics (language and identity), language contact, change, death, and

revitalization; and writing systems. This challenging but fascinating topic area

will prove relevant not only to students of English and education but also to

those majoring in foreign languages, philosophy, psychology, or computer

science.

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Courses that Meet Common Curriculum Requirements

Offered Fall 2019

Humanities (HM): ENGL: 120G, 120I, 122D, 122E, 221F, 222D, 223E, 286, 381, 383, 385K, 385L, 386

Gender (GE): ENGL: 243, 381

Intercultural (IC): ENGL: 381, 383, 385K

Experiential Learning (EL): ENGL: 206

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Table of Contents

Courses that meet Common Curriculum requirements….3

Courses required for the Major ………………...…………4

Advising Sheets for Majors and Minors……………..…...5

100-level Courses………………..……………..................9

Gateway Courses……………………………………….…..13

Writing Courses:

Lower Division………………………......................17

Upper Division…………...……………...................18

Electives:

Lower Division………………………….................19

Upper Division………………………….................20

Capstone Requirement……………………………..........27

NOTE: Checklists for the English major and minor as well as internship

guidelines are available on the English department website. The URL is:

http://www.csbsju.edu/english/

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Capstone RequirementEnglish 365D: Capstone: Othering in the Middles Ages (4)

CRN 15642

Days: TR Professor: Jessica Harkins


Location: Quad 353

“Otherness is a fundamental category of human thought. Thus, it is that no

group ever sets itself up as the One without at once setting up the Other over

against itself.”

–Simone de Beauvoir

Readers of Medieval European literature often encounter strange figures:

demonized Saracens and non-Christian others, hybrid creatures, and

monstrous, supernatural women. Who or what is being Othered in these

representations? On whose authority are African people represented as

half-animal? Or Muslims as demonic? Our course examines the creation of

‘outsiders’ in the Middle Ages and how medieval writers constructed

difference. Topics of inquiry include: Othering of Saracens and

non-Christians; Muslim-Christian Dialogues, Estranging the Feminine,

Labyrinths, and Hybrid Creatures: Myth, Monsters, and the Imagination.

#winteriscoming

As part of this highly active course, our group visits HMML to learn about

interfaith dialogue and co-existence in Middle Eastern manuscripts; we

examine the Othering of women in scientific as well as literary treatises, as

well as important responses to this Othering in the works of female Christian

mystics and secular writers such as Christine de Pizan; and, we

uncover hybridity as an image of difference: mythical creatures abound in

medieval texts, romances in particular but also in epic poems and in

sea-monster laden cartography. Writing projects throughout the semester focus

on integrating research meaningfully into creative writing as well as literary

and historical analyses.

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English Department Courses Fall 201919... · Wilson’s, Palace of the Peacocks, Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, Chris Abani’s, Graceland, Chimamanda Adichie’s, Half a Yellow