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English Literature Curriculum Map 2013-2014Gale BurrowClaremont University Consortium

Char BoothClaremont University Consortium

Dani BrecherClaremont University Consortium

M. Sara LoweClaremont University Consortium

Sean M. StoneClaremont University Consortium

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This map displays degree requirements, courses, faculty information, clubs & organizations, andLibrary resources associated with American Studies across the seven Claremont Colleges (7Cs) forthe 2013-14 academic year. It was compiled using public information drawn from Colleges websites,course schedules and catalogs, and the Claremont Colleges Library website. These maps should beunderstood as a snapshot of the consortium in time, and not representative of currentinformation beyond 2013-14.This project was completed as part of an IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant in 2013-14.

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Recommended CitationBurrow, Gale; Booth, Char; Brecher, Dani; Lowe, M. Sara; Stone, Sean M.; and Tagge, Natalie, "English Literature Curriculum Map2013-2014" (2014). Curriculum Maps. Paper 4.http://scholarship.claremont.edu/ccct_cmaps/4

AuthorsGale Burrow, Char Booth, Dani Brecher, M. Sara Lowe, Sean M. Stone, and Natalie Tagge

This curriculum tool is available at Scholarship @ Claremont: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/ccct_cmaps/4

ClaremontCollegesLibrary:7CsEnglishLiteratureCurriculum,

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Clubs&Organizations

CMC Undercurrents:literaryjournalofCMC

Pomona Passwords:literarymagazine(5C)

Courses

CMC

Completecourselisting r T

LIT10CompositionandLiteraryAnalysis

LIT31IntroductiontoCreativeWriting r

LIT34CreativeJournalism

LIT36Screenwriting

LIT38FictionWriting r

LIT57BritishWritersI r

LIT58BritishWritersII

LIT60AmericanWritersto1900 r

LIT61Bible

LIT62Shakespeare’sTragedies

LIT63Chaucer r

LIT64Shakespeare’sHistoriesandRomances

LIT65LovePoetryoftheEnglishRenaissance

LIT66Shakespeare’sComedies

LIT67Milton

LIT68Sex,Lies,and18th-CenturyEnglishStageComedy

LIT7119th-CenturyBritishNovel

LIT72JaneAusten

LIT74GothicandtheLiteratureofSensation r

LIT76ModernBritishFiction

LIT77RichardWrightandZoraNealeHurston

LIT8019th-CenturyAmericanFiction

LIT81Melville(seminar)

LIT82AmericanModernism

LIT8320th-CenturyAmericanShortStory

LIT86AmericanNovel,1900-1945

LIT87ModernBlackFiction

LIT90BlackPoliticsandtheLiteraryImagination

LIT91AmericanPoetry:TraditionandExperiment

LIT98NewsfromtheDelphicOracle:AncientGreekLiteratureandCulture

LIT99SpecialTopicsinLiterature r

LIT100LiteraryTheorySincePlato r

LIT102ExploringPoetry

LIT103ModernPoetry

LIT105DomesticBliss?TheMedievalHousehold

LIT106ComedyandLaughter

LIT107ModernDrama

LIT108EarlyWomenWriters:Medieval

LIT109BibleinMedievalArtandLiterature

LIT111DanteandBoccaccio:theItalianFourteenthCentury.

LIT112Dante

LIT113HomerandVirgil

LIT116Autobiograpgy&LiteraryImagination r

LIT118RomanticRevolution

LIT11919th-CenturyRussianNovel

LIT120HistoryoftheEnglishNovel

LIT121BritishModernism r

LIT122EuropeanModernistFiction

LIT123FugitivesFromUtopia:TheWritersofPost-WarPoland

LIT124LiteratureandWar

LIT12520th-CenturyEnglishandIrishPoetry

LIT12620th-CenturyBlackPoetics

LIT127NovelSinceWorldWarII

LIT130LanguageofFilm

LIT131FilmHistoryI(1925-1965) r

LIT132FilmHistoryII(1965-present)

LIT133FilmandLiterature r

LIT134SpecialStudiesinFilm(seminar)

LIT138FilmandMassCulture

LIT139FilmTheory

LIT143VictorianPoetryandEssay

LIT145WildeandCo.

LIT147LiteratureoftheUnderground:SubterraneanThemesAcrossTraditions

LIT148RalphEllison’sAmerica

LIT153PostcolonialNovel

LIT155WritingNature:Gardens,Fields,andWilderness

LIT157EthicsofScientificLeadership:LiteraryPerspectives

LIT160ScienceandFaithinModernLiterature

LIT160-AFCaribbeanLiterature r

LIT161LeadershipandDiversityinLiterature

LIT162LiteratureandtheVisualArts

LIT163LeadershipinLiteratureandFilm

LIT164BritishFeministLiterature

LIT165Nietzsche,Marx,andFreud

LIT166FeministTheory

LIT167GayandLesbianWriters

LIT168PostmodernismandPostmodernFiction

LIT170WomenandComedy

LIT175Women’sMagazinesandtheFemaleJournalist

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LIT177ArtofOratory

LIT182JamesJoyce(seminar) r

LIT183AdvancedFictionWriting r

LIT195RobertFrost

LIT199IndependentStudyinLiterature

Fall2013

LIT031CM-01-IntrotoCreativeWriting

LIT038CM-01-FictionWriting

LIT057CM-01-BritishWritersI

LIT061CM-01-TheBible

SubtoLIT081CM-01-Melvillepic

LIT099CM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-TheArtofAttention

LIT099ACM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-Swann'sWayCentennialSeminar

LIT099BCM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-DocumentaryFilm&History

LIT102CM-01-ExploringPoetry

LIT110CM-01-TheAgeofChivalry

LIT122CM-01-EuropeanModernistFiction

LIT131CM-01-FilmHistoryI(1925-1965)

LIT138CM-01-FilmandMassCulture

LIT170CM-01-WomenandComedy

Spring2014

LIT058CM-01—BritishWritersII C lassarea1

ETC120Titletitletitle

ETC140Titletitletitle

LIT067CM-01—Milton

LIT080CM-01—19thCenturyAmericanFiction

LIT099ACM-01—SpecialTopicsinLiterature-LoveSongs T

LIT099CM-01—SpecialTopicsinLiterature-TheArtoftheShortStory

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LIT100CM-01—LiteraryTheorySincePlato T

LIT105CM-01—Gender&FamilyinMedievalLit T

LIT115CM-01—ShakespeareandhisRivals T

LIT118CM-01—TheRomanticRevolution T

LIT130CM-01—IntroductiontoFilm T

LIT181CM-01—AdvancedCreativeWriting T

LIT195CM-01—StudiesinLiterature:Frost T

Pitzer

Completecourselisting T

Fall2013

ENGL001PZ-01-LiteraryTheory

ENGL009AF-01-BlackFeministCommunityLearning&Lit

ENGL011APZ-01-SurveyofAmericanLitto1865

ENGL012AF-01-IntrotoAfr-AmerLitafter1865

ENGL030PZ-01-IntroductiontoCreativeWriting

ENGL030PZ-02-IntroductiontoCreativeWriting

ENGL032PZ-01-PoeticsofCorrespondence

ENGL075PZ-01-Contemp.Chicana/oLiterature

ENGL090PZ-01-Alienation&ExileinModWorld

ENGL111PZ-01-Love&LossinBritLit1750-Present

ENGL153PZ-01-PerformingLiterature

ENGL192PZ-01-LiteratureofTransnationalism

Spring2014

ENGL009AF-01—BlackFeministCommunityLearning&Lit T

ENGL010BPZ-01—SurveyofBritishLiteratureII T

ENGL011BPZ-01—SurveyofAmericanLitAfter1865 T

ENGL015BPZ-01—Introto20thCWorldLiterature T

ENGL034PZ-01—IntermedCreativeWriting:Fiction T

ENGL074PZ-01—USSportsLiterature T

ENGL091PZ-01—CrossBorders,RitesofPassage T

ENGL128PZ-01—WritingtheBody T

ENGL130PZ-01—AdvancedPoetryWorkshop T

ENGL131PZ-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Fiction T

ENGL173PZ-01—DesireinLiterature&Culture T

ENGL198PZ-01—SeniorSeminar T

Pomona

Completecourselisting r T

ENGL50ModernBritishLiterature

ENGL51ModernAmericanFiction r

ENGL5320thCenturyAmericanWomenWriters

ENGL55TopicsinContemporaryFiction

ENGL56ContemporaryNativeAmericanLiterature

ENGL57ModernBritish&IrishPoetry r

ENGL64ElementsofCreativeWriting r

ENGL65SpecialTopicsinCreativeWriting

ENGL67LiteraryInterpretation r

ENGL74BritishNovel,BehnthroughAusten

ENGL75BritishNovelII

ENGL80BibleasLiterature

ENGL81HistoryoftheBook:Papyrus,Parchment,Paper,Pixel

ENGL83ArthurianLiterature

ENGL85HistoryoftheEnglishLanguage

ENGL86PoetryMovementsSincethe1950s

ENGL87Writing:Theories,Processes,Pedagogies r

ENGL88Poetsinthe21stCentury

ENGL89MMadnessandPostwarAmericanCulture

ENGL89NLAStories

ENGL90MedievalandRenaissanceLiterature

ENGL91Enlightenment,RomanticandVIctorianLiterature

ENGL92ANglo-IrishLiteraryTradition

ENGL94Pre-ContacttoC ivilWarUSLiterature

ENGL95FromAntebellumtoPostwar:USLiteraturefrom1855-1955

ENGL100Literature&CulturesofUSImperialism

ENGL101EnglishLyricBefore1700

ENGL103LiteratureoftheEnlightenment

ENGL104LiteratureoftheRomanticPeriod

ENGL105LiteratureoftheVictorianPeriod

ENGL10619thCenturyWomenWriters

ENGL107WIlliamBlake

ENGL110WomenandtheRiseoftheNovel

ENGL113StepRightUp:Race,Gender,&PopularCulture1865-1917

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ENGL115EatingtheOther:Race,Gender,&LiteraryFoodStudies

ENGL116Excess r

ENGL117Postructuralism r

ENGL118NatureofNarrativeinFictionsandFilms

ENGL123HolocaustinLiteratureandFilm

ENGL127Pre-ModernPsychology

ENGL138HenryJamesonArt&Society r

ENGL140LiteratureofIncarceration:WritingsfromNoMan'sLand

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ENGL142AmericanPoetry

ENGL143AmericanPoeticModernisms r

ENGL144PsychoanalysisandLiterature

ENGL145GothicTradition r

ENGL147ContemporaryCriticalTheory

ENGL148LiteraryTheory,Ancient&Modern

ENGL153Chaucer&HisWorld

ENGL154Shakespeare:TheComedies&Histories

ENGL155Shakespeare:TheTragedies&Romances

ENGL156Milton&VisualCulture

ENGL157Nature&Gender:ReadingEnvironmentalLiterature

ENGL158JaneAusten

ENGL159Literature&theNaturalWorld r

ENGL160TheoriesofAuthorship

ENGL161JamesJoyce

ENGL163T.S.Eliot&VirginiaWoolf

ENGL167ContemporaryPoetry

ENGL168WritingMachines

ENGL170AdvancedStudiesSeminar r

ENGL183AdvancedCreativeWriting

ENGL184NewPoetics r

ENGL189SpecialTopics r

ENGL99/199Reading&Research

ENGL190/191SeniorExercise:SeminarOption(190),SeniorThesis(191)

Fall2013

ENGL055CPO-01-WesternsandGold

ENGL056PO-01-ContemporaryNativeAmericanLit

ENGL064APO-01-CreativeWriting:Fiction

ENGL067PO-01-LiteraryInterpretation

ENGL067PO-02-LiteraryInterpretation

ENGL087FPO-01-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies

ENGL087HPO-01-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies

ENGL087HPO-02-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies

ENGL125CAF-01-IntroductiontoAfr-AmericanLit

ENGL149PO-01-Korea'sIMF-CrisisC inema

ENGL151PO-01-TopicsinMedievalLit&Culture

ENGL154PO-01-Shakespeare:Comedies&Histories

ENGL158PO-01-JaneAusten

ENGL170DPO-01-MobyDick

ENGL170PPO-01-EarlyModernEnvironments

ENGL195PO-01-Criticism:AdvancedMethods

Spring2014

ENGL050PO-01—ModernBritish&IrishFiction T

ENGL054PO-01—Asian/AmericanLitSince2000

ENGL058PO-01—NativeAmericanWomenWriters T

ENGL064APO-01—CreativeWriting:Fiction T

ENGL064BPO-01—CreativeWriting:Poetry T

ENGL067PO-01—LiteraryInterpretation T

ENGL091PO-01—Englightnmnt,Romantic,VictorianLit T

ENGL093PO-01—Rock&RollWriting T

ENGL094PO-01—Pre-ContacttoC ivilWarUSLit T

ENGL097PO-01—Religion/Literature/Environment T

ENGL105PO-01—LiteratureofVictorianPeriod T

ENGL124AF-01—AfroFuturisms T

ENGL155PO-01—Shakespeare:Tragedies&Romances T

ENGL156PO-01—MiltonandVisualCulture T

ENGL170BPO-01—Dickens&theRoleoftheAuthor T

ENGL170KPO-01—TheCanterburyTales T

ENGL183APO-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Fiction T

ENGL183BPO-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Poetry T

RUST185PO-01—TheNovelsofVladimirNabokov T

Scripps

Completecourselisting T

Fall2013

ENGL101ASC-01-SurveyBritishLiteraturePart1

ENGL102ASC-01-Surveyto1865:AmericanLit

ENGL105SC-01-AmericanShortStory

ENGL107SC-01-TheP-Word:ReclaimingPoetry

ENGL121SC-01-Milton:Nature,Knowledge,Creation

ENGL123ASC-01-TheElizabethanShakespeare

ENGL143SC-01-VictorianNovel

ENGL176SC-01-SouthernWomenWriters

ENGL180SC-01-AsianAmericanFiction

ENGL184DCH-01-Chicana/oShortFiction

ENGL185MSC-01-Memoir:CreativeNonfictionWrit

ENGL189DSC-01-Genre:TheArtFilm

ENGL190SC-01-SeniorSeminarinEnglish

ENGL190SC-02-SeniorSeminarinEnglish

Spring2014

ENGL101BSC-01—SurveyBritishLiteraturePart2 T

ENGL104SC-01—AmerNaturalism:Marx,Darwin,Freud T

ENGL115SC-01—JuniorSeminarinLitTheory T

ENGL123BSC-01—TheJacobeanShakespeare T

ENGL135SC-01—TheSatiricalImagination

ENGL151SC-01—ModernBritishNovel T

ENGL174SC-01—ContemporaryWomenWriters T

ENGL178SC-01—WomenandtheWritingofScience T

ENGL184ACH-01—ChicanoMovementLiterature T

ENGL185PSC-01—PoetryWritingWorkshop T

ENGL189ASC-01—AmericanFilm:Ford,Capra,Hitchcock T

CGU

Completecourselisting

ENGL345AmericanClassics

ENGL370IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory

ENGL371PostmodernMelodrama

ENGL247SCContemporaryWomenWriters

ENGL285SCMemoir:CreativeNon-FictionWriting

ENGL359Nineteenth-CenturyAmericanLit

ENGL361EighteenthCenturyWomenNovelists

ENGL364WorkshopinPetrarchanLyric

ENGL366MiltonSeminar

ENGL383ProustSeminar

ENGL385EmilyDickinson:HerLife&Work

ENGL390LiteraryTheoryfromPlatotothePresentDayPt1

ENGL391AmericanShortStory,1945-present

ENGL400MContinuousRegistration(MAStudents)

ENGL499DoctoralStudy(PhDStudents)

ENGL125Biblicalliterature

Fall2013

ENGLISH333-NarrativeTheory

ENGLISH358-TeachingtheHumanities:CreatingandDesigningTechnique

ENGLISH365-HenryJamesandEdithWharton

ENGLISH366-MiltonSeminar

ENGLISH435-SentimentandSensationintheEarlyAmericanNovel,1789-1861

ENGLISH438-Religion&Secularismin20thCenturyAmericanLiterature

ENGLISH440-England,Empire,Novel

ENGLISH456-HemisphericAmericas

ENGLISH489-OntheBanksoftheLARiver

Spring2014

ENGLISH383;ProustSeminar

ENGLISH400:AmericanLiteratureandPoliticalTheory,18thc.-present

ENGLISH415:TheAmericanRenaissance

ENGLISH421:TheStyleofTheory

ENGLISH430:EarlyModernFieldExamSpringSeminar:EarlyModernReligiousLiterature

ENGLISH433:TheAmericanNovelafter1945

ENGLISH434:SocialRealism:TheAfricanAmericanNovelatMidTwentiethCentury

ENGLISH436:VisualStorytelling

HISTORY327:PrintHistory,OralTraditions,andWritingTechnologiesinEarlyModernEngland

Faculty

CMC TLiterature

AudreyBilger

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Feminism;MarriageEquality;GenderStudies;ComedyandSatire;FeministTheory;EnglishLiterature/EnglishNovel

ChristineCrockett

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:EighteenthCenturyBritishLiterature,TheGothicNovel,GenderStudies,MedicalLiterature,TheEnglishNovel

RobertFaggenDirector,GouldCenterforHumanisticStudies

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:AmericanLiterature,AmericanPoetry,EasternEuropeanLiterature,HistoryofScience,ScienceandLiterature,AmericanCulture,LiteraryCriticism

JohnC.Farrell

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Post-EnlightenmentLiteratureandCulture;CriticismandCriticalTheory;LiteratureandPhilosophy;LiteratureandScience;Psychoanalysis

JamaicaKincaidJosephineOlpWeeksChair

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:CreativeWriting

SethLobis

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BrianMcGrath T

JamesMorrison

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:FilmandLiterature

KatharineNoel

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EricPuchner

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EllenK.Rentz

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:MiddleEnglishliteratureanddrama,medievalreligiousculture,urbanstudies,historyofthebook

ThomasSchur T

RobertvonHallberg

TGouldResearchProfessor2010-2011

NicholasWarner

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:BritishandAmericanRomanticism;19th-CenturyRussianLiterature;LeadershipinLiteratureandFilm

HarveyMuddHSA(literature)

IsabelBalseiro(complit)

Researchinterests:ContemporarywritersandfilmmakersofAfricaandSouthAmerica•culturalandracestudies•filmandpostcolonialliterature

AmbereenDadabhoy(literature)

Researchinterests:EarlymodernEnglishliterature•Shakespeare•postcolonialtheory•East-Westencounter

JeffGroves(literature)

Researchinterests:Nineteenth-centuryAmericanliterature•historyofthebook•Shakespeare

Pitzer

BrentArmendinger

ResearchInterests:contemporarypoetry,creativewriting,culturalrepresentationsofillnessanddisability,textandimagecollaborations,queertheory,writingandcommunityoutreach

SumangalaBhattacharya

JaneCorreia

LauraHarris

ResearchInterests:20thcenturyAfricanAmericanliteratureandculture,FeministandQueerTheory,HarlemRenaissanceStudies,AfricanDiasporaStudies,PerformanceStudies

MelissaHidalgo

ResearchInterests:Chicana/oliteratureandculturalproduction;comparativeUSEthnicandpostcolonialliteraturesandcultures;gender/sexuality/queerstudies;culturesofUSschoolingandeducation;lateVictorian/earlyModernBritishliterature;mediaandfilmstudies;popularmusicandfandom;Morrissey;Ireland;sportsinUSculture.

PlascenciaSalvador

AlbertWachtel

ResearchInterests:JamesJoyce;Shakespeare;epicandscripture;theancientworld;fiction;creativenon-fiction,dramaandfictionwriting;tragedy;theoryofliterature;20th-centurynovel.

Pomona

KevinDettmar

Expertise:JamesJoyce;rock&roll;modernBritishliterature;modernIrishliterature;popularculture;culturalstudies

HillaryGravendyk

Expertise:20th-CenturyAmericanLiterature;PoetryandPoetics;Phenomenology;DisabilityStudies;EnvironmentalStudies

JosephJonghyunJeon

Expertise:Asian/Americanliteratureandvisualculture;20th-centuryAmericanliterature;AmericanModernism

JordanKirk

Expertise:MiddleEnglishLiterature(1100-1500);Medievalphilosophy,theology,andtheoryoflanguage;Continentalphilosophy

AaronKunin

Expertise:Milton;Englishliterature1500-1800;poetics

JonathanLethem

Expertise:CreativeWriting

PaulMannExpertise:Poetry;WilliamBlake;TheHolocaust;LiteraryCriticism;CreativeWriting;Philosophy;Poststructuralism

SarahRaff

Expertise:Eighteenth-CenturyLiterature;PsychoanalyticandGenderTheory;HistoryandTheoryoftheNovel

C laudiaRankine

Expertise:CreativeWriting;Poetry

ArdenReed

Expertise:Modernism;Image/TextRelations;ContemporaryArt;EnglishRomanticLiterature;19th-CenturyFrenchCulture

DaraRegaignon

Expertise:VictorianLiteratureandCulture;Children’sLiterature;Composition;WritingintheDisciplines;Pedagogy;GenreTheory

ColleenRosenfeld

Expertise:Shakespeare;EarlyModernPoetryandPoetics

ValorieThomas

Expertise:AfricanDiasporafilm/literature;language,race,andsocialjustice;BlackfeministwritersincludingToniMorrison;Screenwriting.

KylaTompkins

Expertise:CulturalTheory;AmericanStudies;FoodStudies;Nineteenth-CenturyU.S.Literature;RaceandGenderintheNineteenth-Century;FeministTheory;GenderTheory;RaceandGenderintheNineteenth-Century;QueerTheoryandSexuality

Scripps

KimberlyDrake

ResearchandTeachingInterests:Writing;Americanliteratureandculture;protestwritingandsubculturesofprotest

GayleGreene

ResearchandTeachingInterests:Shakespeare,womenwriters,feministcriticism,creativenonfiction(memoir),healthandenvironmentalissues

AaronMatz

ResearchandTeachingInterests:Nineteenth-andtwentieth-centuryBritishnovel,Anglo-Frenchliteraryrelations,satire,realism,literatureandmorality.

WarrenLiuResearchandTeachingInterests:ContemporaryAmericanliterature;AsianAmericanliterature;Americanpoetryandpoetics

JohnPeavoy

ResearchandTeachingInterests:18thCenturyBritishLit,GothicFiction,AmericanFilm,popularculture.

CherylWalker

ResearchandTeachingInterests:AmericanWomenPoets(especiallyElizabethBishop,EdnaMillay,AdrienneRich,andEmilyDickinson),ReligionandPoetry,Nineteenth-Century,NativeAmericanLiterature,FeministTheory,AfricanAmericanliteratureandFreud

JacquelineWernimont

ResearchandTeachingInterests:16thand17thcenturyBritishliterature,historyofscienceandmathematics,digitalhumanities,theoriesofpoesis,narrative,gender,andpossibleworlds.

CGU TEnglish

LoriAnneFerrell

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RESEARCHINTERESTS:Theeffectreligiousandpoliticalchangehadonearlymoderntexts--theological,literary,theatrical,andpractical--intheturbulentcenturybeforetheoutbreakofcivilwarinBritain.

MarleneDaut

TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Earlyandnineteenth-centuryAmericanandCaribbeanliteraryandculturalstudies

DavidLuis-Brown

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DegreeRequirements

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LiteratureMajor

Description:Theliteraturemajorisdesignedtogivestudentsanunderstandingandappreciationofourliteraryheritage,andtoallowthemtodevelopandpursuetheirpersonalliteraryinterests.Literatureisahumanisticdisciplinethatemphasizescloseobservationandanalysis,imaginativeresponse,thinkinginabroadintellectualandhistoricalcontext,andtheskillsofspeechandwriting.Literaturemajorsthriveinmanyprofessions,buttheskillsweemphasizetranslatemostdirectlyintocareersinlaw,government,business,advertising,journalism,education,andentertainment.

Themajorconsistsofatwo-coursesurveyoftheprincipalwritersofBritishliterature,usuallytakeninthesophomoreyear;anintensivecourseinthehistoryofliterarycriticism,usuallytakeninthejunioryear;onecoursefocusingontheworkofasingleBritishorAmericanauthor;onecourseinAmericanliterature;andasetoffourelectives,twounrestrictedandtwodistributedbyperiod.Literaturemajorsshouldhaveanadvisorinthedepartment,orregularlyconsultwithamemberofthedepartmentastheyareplanningtheircourses.

Requirements:Literaturemajorstakeatleastnineliteraturecourses,distributedasfollows:1.LIT057CM-BritishWritersI2.LIT058CM-BritishWritersII3.LIT100CM-LiteraryTheorySincePlato4.Onecreativewritingcourse5.Onecourseemphasizingliteraturebefore17006.Onecourseemphasizingliteraturebetween1700-19007.OnecourseinAmericanliterature8.Twoelectivecoursesinliterature

Note:Oneoftheseninecoursesmustqualifyasasingle-authorcourse.Withtheexceptionofthesingle-authorrequirement,nocoursemaybecountedtowardmorethanonerequirement.

SeniorThesis:Theseniorthesisisageneraleducationrequirementandthecapstoneexperienceofastudent’sundergraduateeducation.Studentsmustcompleteaseniorthesisinatleastoneoftheirmajorsundersupervisionofafacultyreaderwhoteacheswithinthatmajor,unlessgrantedaspecialexception.

Literaturemajorsshouldselectathesisadvisorasearlyaspossibleinthespringoftheirjunioryear,orearlieriftheywillbeabroadthatsemester.Studentschoosingacreativewritingthesisarerequiredtoprovidetheirprospectiveadvisorswithawritingsampleintheirchosengenre.

Theseniorthesisandtheresearchcoursemaynotbecountedascoursesinthemajor.Literaturemajorswritingatwo-semesterthesismusttakeagradeof“P”(inprogress)inthefirstsemestersothatthetwosemesters’workcanbegradedattheend.

DualMajors

Dualmajorsmustcompleteatleast7coursesincludingallrequirementsforthefullmajorexceptLIT100CM-LiteraryTheorySincePlatoandoneelective.Dualmajorsarealsoencouragedtowriteaseniorthesisinliterature.

HonorsinLiterature

Tobeeligiblefordepartmentalhonorsinliterature,studentsmajoringinliterature,includingstudentswithadualmajor,must:•Earnatleasta10.50GPAinallliteraturecourses.•Writeathesisinliterature.

Departmentalhonorsareconferredbyvoteofthedepartment.

Studentswithadualmajorincludingliteraturewhowishtobeconsideredforhonorsinliteraturewillonlyreceivehonorsifthey:•Havecompletedallrequirementsforafullmajorinliteratureandaregrantedhonors,or•Qualifyandreceivehonorsinbothdisciplinesoftheirdualmajor.

Pitzer

Majors

TheEnglishandWorldLiterature:LiteratureTrackatPitzerCourseworkontheLiteraturetrackisdesignedtodevelopandimprovethestudent’scapacitytoengageinmeaningfulinterpretation,creativewriting,analyticalthoughtandaestheticappreciation.Majorsandnon-majorsalikewillhavetheopportunitytogainanawarenessoftheintellectualandhistoricalcontextsofliteraturewhiletheyworktoachieveskillfulwrittenandoralexpression,andtorefinecriticalthinkingskills.RequirementsfortheMajorinEnglishandWorldLiteratureAmajorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionoften(10)courses,whichmayincludeindependentstudycoursesandaseniorthesis/project.Six(6)coursesshouldbecompletedpriortothesenioryear.MajorsarealsoencouragedtoattainatleastreadingknowledgeofalanguageotherthanEnglish(twoyearsofcollege-levelcourse).Coursesmaybetakeninanysequence,butitispreferablethatENGL001PZistakenearlyinthestudent’scareer.LiteratureTrack:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiteraturebefore1780(ENGL010APZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinBritishLiteratureafter1780(ENGL010BPZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinAmericanLiteraturebefore1865(ENGL011APZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinAmericanLiteratureafter1865(ENGL011BPZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•FourelectivecoursesinEnglishand/orWorldLiterature,ofwhichtwomaybecreativewriting.

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TheEnglishandWorldLiterature:CreativeWritingTrackatPitzerWebelievethatstudentworkhasmeaningfulliteraryandintellectualvalue,andwefosterasupportivecommunityofwritersamongourstudents.Throughwritingexercises,workshops,andintensivereading,studentsbegintotakecreativerisksintheirownwriting.Theaimofthewriterisnottomakeaprecisereplicaofexperience,nottodegradetheworldinsuchaway,noritsever-changingnature,buttobuildadoor.Ifwearelucky,ourreaderswalkthroughthatdoor,arrivingataroomwecouldneverhavepredictedalone.RequirementsfortheMajorinEnglishandWorldLiteratureAmajorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionoften(10)courses,whichmayincludeindependentstudycoursesandaseniorthesis/project.Six(6)coursesshouldbecompletedpriortothesenioryear.MajorsarealsoencouragedtoattainatleastreadingknowledgeofalanguageotherthanEnglish(twoyearsofcollege-levelcourse).Coursesmaybetakeninanysequence,butitispreferablethatENGL001PZistakenearlyinthestudent’scareer.CreativeWritingTrack:ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheoryENGL030PZ-IntroductiontoCreativeWritingThreecreativewritingelectives,atleastoneofwhichshouldbeinagenreoutsidethestudent’sprimaryfocus.AdvancedCreativeWritinginthestudent’sprimarygenre.OnecourseinBritishLiteratureOnecourseinAmericanLiteratureOnecourseinWorldLiterature.Oneelectivecourseinliterature

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Minor

RequirementsfortheEnglishandWorldLiteratureMinorAminorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionofsixgradedcourses:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiterature•OnecourseinAmericanLiterature•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•Twoelectivecoursesinliteratureorcreativewriting

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CombinedMajor

RequirementsfortheEnglishandWorldLiteratureCombinedMajorAcombinedmajorshouldreflectacoherentintegrationofEnglishandWorldLiteratureandanotherdiscipline.ItrequiresthesatisfactorycompletionofatleastsevencoursesInEnglishandWorldLiterature,includingaseniorproject,thesis,orIndependentStudyinwhichtheconstituentfieldsofthemajorareinterrelated:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiterature•OnecourseinAmericanLiterature•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•Twoelectiveliteratureorcreativewritingcourses•Seniorproject,thesis,orIndependentStudyinwhichtheconstituentfieldsofthemajorareinterrelated.

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Major

MethodsofLiteraryStudy(2courses)

ENLG067PO.Thisintroductoryseminaracquaintsstudentswithcertainhistoricalandmethodologicaldimensionsofliterarystudy,withanemphasisonclosereadingtechniques.Thecourseisaprerequisitefortheadvancedstudiesseminar(ENGL170PO)andseniorthesis(ENGL191PO).Itshouldbetakenduringthefirstorsecondyear—eitherbeforeor,atthelatest,duringthesemesterinwhichastudentdeclaresthemajor.Oneadditionalcoursedesignated“theory-intensive”(TH),inwhichthetheoryofliterarycriticismisasignificantcomponentofthecourse’sreadingandapproach.Thecoursemustbetakenbefore,orconcurrentlywith,ENGL191PO.

HistoricalBreadthRequirement(4courses)

Coursescenteredinfourofthefollowingfiveperiods:Medieval(H1)Renaissance/EarlyModern(H2)18thCentury(H3)19thCentury(H4)20th–21stCentury(H5)

GenreRequirement(2courses)

Onecourseemphasizingthestudyofpoetryandpoetics(PO)Onecourseemphasizingthestudyofproseandnarrative(PR)

Single-AuthorStudy(1course)

Onecoursefocusingonthestudyofanindividualauthor’swork(SA)

Interpretive“Lenses”(2courses)

Coursesemphasizingtwoofthefollowingthreesociopoliticalareas:Race/Class(RC)Gender/Sexuality(GS)Diaspora/Geopolitics(DG)

AdvancedStudiesSeminar(1course)

ENGL170APO,ENGL170BPO,ENGL170CPO,etc.StudentsmusttakeENGL067PObeforetakingENGL170PO.Majorselectingthethesisoptionareadvisedtotaketheirseminarduringthejunioryear.

SeniorExercise(1–2credits)ThesisOptionStudentswhochoosetowriteaseniorthesistakethefall-semesterENGL195PO(LiteraryInterpretation:AdvancedMethods,1credit)andthetwo-semesterENGL191PO(SeniorThesis;.5credit/semester).Permissiontowriteaseniorthesisisbasedonanapplicationsolicitedbythedepartmentinthespringsemesterofthestudent’sjunioryear.SeminarOptionThosewhoelectnottowriteathesistakeasecond170-seminarseriesduringeithersemesterofsenioryearandregisterconcurrentlyforthenon-creditENGL190PO(SeniorExercise/SeminarOption).Inexceptionalcases,thedepartmentmaypermitastudenttoreplaceoneEnglishadvancedstudiesseminar(170-series)withanadvancedseminarinanotherdepartmentorprogram.

Allseniormajorswillpresentseniorexerciseresearch—eitheraportionoftheseniorthesisorwrittenworkproducedforthesecond170-seriesseminartaken—attheDepartmentSymposiumtowardtheendofspringsemester.

Electivecourses(upto5,SeminarOption;upto4,ThesisOption)

StudentsmaypetitiontohaveoneorsometimestwocoursesfromoutsidetheEnglishDepartmentcounttowardthefulfillmentofthisrequirement.Suchpetitionsmustmakeclearwhythecourseorcoursesinquestionareessentialtothestudent’scurriculum.Note:Onlytwocreativewritingcourses(fromtheENGL064and/orENGL183series)maybecountedtowardmajorrequirements.

ThePass/NoCredit(P/NC)gradingoptionisallowedonlybypetitiontothedepartmentchair.Withrareexceptions,twoP/NCcoursesareallowedforthemajor.

Minor

Tocompleteaminor,studentsmustpassatotalofsixcourses.ThesemustincludeENGL067POandacourseinthe170series.TheP/NCgradingoptionisallowedonlybypetitiontothedepartmentchair.Fortheminor,oneP/NCcourseisallowed.

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TwoBritishLiteratureSurveys r

TwoAmericanLiteratureSurveys r

OnecourseinBritishLiteraturebefore1900 r

FourElectives r

SeniorSeminarandSeniorThesis r

HonorsRequirements r T

TwoBritishLiteratureSurveys r

TwoAmericanLiteratureSurveys r

OncecourseinBritishBritishLiteratureoftheMedievalorRenaissanceperiods

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OnecourseinBritishliteratureofthe18thor19thcenturies r

FourElectives r

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CGU

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DegreeRequirements

AcompletedB.A.degreeisaprerequisiteforadmissiontothe40-unitM.A.program.Degreerequirementsincludethefollowing:40unitsofcoursework(10coursesof4unitseach)andoneforeignlanguage.Studentsareadvisedtotakenomorethan12unitspersemester.

DistributionRequirement

The10coursesmustfulfillthefollowingdistributionrequirement:onecourseinBritishliteraturebefore1800;oneinBritishliteratureafter1800;oneinAmericanliteraturebefore1900;oneinAmericanliteratureafter1900;andoneothercourseinBritishorAmericanliteratureofanyperiod.

Language/ResearchToolRequirement

M.A.studentsmustpassoneforeignlanguageexam.TheSchoolofArtsandHumanitiespolicyonforeignlanguageResearchToolsis:fulfillmentofrequirementbydemonstratingcompetencyattranslatinganapprovedlanguageintoEnglishcanonlybeachievedbypassinganapproved,writtenexamination.ThisappliestoallSAHstudents,includingnativespeakersofthelanguageunderconsideration.

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DistributionRequirement

The72unitsofcoursework(typically18seminars)mustfulfillthefollowingdistributionrequirement:

onecourseinBritishliteraturebefore1700onecourseinBritishliteratureafter1700onecourseinAmericanliteraturebefore1900onecourseinAmericanliteratureafter1900oneothercourseinBritishorAmericanliteratureofanyperiodoneTransdisciplinarycourse

Language/ResearchToolRequirement

Thestudentmustdemonstrateproficiencyintwoforeignlanguagesorinoneforeignlanguageandanapprovedresearchtool.ForeignlanguageproficiencyisdemonstratedwhenthestudentpassesthelanguageexamadministeredbytheSchoolofArtsandHumanitiesforreadingcomprehension.

Evaluation

Ph.D.studentswillbereviewedeveryyearuntilcourseworkhasbeencompleted.AllstudentswhoareenrolledinorcompletingPh.D.courseworkmustprovidethereviewcommitteeintimelyfashionwithacopyofagradedtermpaper,anexplanationforanyloworincompletegrades,andanyotherrelevantdataordocumentsrequestedbythereviewcommittee.Studentswhodonotreceivethereviewcommittee'spermissiontoadvanceinthePh.D.programwillnotbeallowedtocontinueandcouldelecttoworktowardtheM.Phil.

QualifyingExaminations

Normally,thePh.D.qualifyingexamsareofferedtwiceeachyear.Theopportunitytotakethequalifyingexamsisnotautomatic.FormalpermissionmustbeobtainedfromtheCGUcorefacultyinEnglishperthe"Evaluation"sectionabove.Tobeeligibletotaketheexams,thestudentmusthavesuccessfullycompleted64unitsofcoursework,satisfiedallthedistributionrequirements,rectifiedalloutstanding"Incompletes,"andsatisfiedallotherinstitutionalrequirements.See"DegreeRegulations"intheCGUBulletin.

StudentsmustselectonemajorfieldandmayselecttwominorfieldsfromthefollowingfieldsdrawnfromthegeneralfieldscoveredbyCGUcorefaculty,i.e.,BritishLiterature,preandpost1750,andAmericanLiteraturepreandpost1900.Specificexamdesignisundertakenbytheexaminerinconsultationwiththestudent.MinorfieldsmayalsobeselectedfromfieldsoutsidetheEnglishDepartment,inconsultationwiththestudent’sadvisorandtherelevantfaculty.

DissertationRequirements

Thestudentmustprepareanacceptabledissertationundertheguidanceofanappointeddissertationcommittee,andmustpassanoralexaminationonit.

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LibrarianliaisonGaleBurrow,LiaisonforBritish&AmeicanLiterature T

DatabasesforEnglish

AmericanLiterature T

EnglishLiterature T

Literature&Languages T

ResearchGuides

British&AmericanLiterature T

GraphicNovels&Comics T

JaneAusten T

Shakespeare T

SpecialCollections TSpecialCollectionsfocusedonliterature T

ClaremontCollegesDigitalLibraryCollections T

ConnieMartinsonTalksBooks T

EdwardEllerkerWilliamsNotebook T

RenaissanceGradual T