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Professors C.W. Sten, D. McAleavey, O.A. Seavey, A. Romines, J.A. Miller, M. Alcorn, J.J. Cohen, J.G. Harris, K. Moreland, S. Knapp, R.L. Combs, G. Wald (Chair), M. Frawley, R. McRuer, T.G. Wallace
Associate Professors G. Carter, M.S. Soltan, D. Moshenberg, J.M. Green-Lewis, P. Cook, P. Chu, J.C. James, K. Daiya, A. Huang
Assistant Professors H. Dugan, A. Lopez, J. Hsy, H.G. Carrillo, G. Pardlo
Master of Arts in the field of English with optional concentrations in English or American literature-Prerequisite: a Bachelor of Arts degree with an undergraduate major in English or American literature, or 24 credit hours in English or American literature above the sophomore level.
Required: the general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, including (1) 30 credit hours of course work planned in consultation with the department advisor; and (2) a master's portfolio submitted at the end of course work. Students have the option of writing a thesis (6 credit hours) on an approved topic, directed by a member of the department's graduate faculty. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.25.
Doctor of Philosophy in the field of English with optional concentrations in English or American literature-Prerequisite: a Bachelor of Arts degree with an undergraduate major in English or American literature, or 24 credit hours in English or American literature above the sophomore level.
Required: the general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, including satisfactory completion of (1) course work planned in consultation with the department advisor; (2) a comprehension exam in a language approved by the department; (3) a qualifying examination passed at the beginning of the student's second year and a field examination passed by the end of the student's course work, topics and reading lists for which are designed in consultation with two graduate faculty advisors; (4) a dissertation proposal after the field exam; and (5) a dissertation on an approved topic, directed by a member of the department's graduate faculty and completed by the end of the fifth year of study. Each student plans a program of studies in consultation with the department advisor and a committee of the graduate faculty. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.5.
Note: All graduate English courses, except Engl 6100, may be repeated for credit with permission of the director of graduate studies.
| 6100 |
Introduction to Literary Theory (3) |
McRuer, Alcorn, Harris, Lopez
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An overview of methodologies for examining texts as linguistic and cultural productions. Methodologies explored may include structuralism, formalism, deconstruction, cultural materialism, postcolonial theory, feminism, gender studies, and queer theory.
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| 6120 |
Advanced Literary Theory (3) |
McRuer, Alcorn, Harris, Lopez
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The course focuses on a major figure or topic in theory (e.g., Foucault, Lacan, Barthes, Kristeva, Bakhtin, post-Marxist theory, language and power, the canon).
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| 6130 |
Selected Topics in Criticism (3) |
Wald, McRuer, Harris
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Topics may include cultural studies, film, gay/lesbian studies, others.
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| 6220 |
Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (3) |
Cohen, Harris, Dugan, Hsy, Huang
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Topics may include gender and body; postcolonial approaches to the period; surveys of poetry and/or prose with a special thematic coherence. (Fall)
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| 6240 |
Literature of the British Archipelago (3) |
Cohen, Harris, Dugan, Hsy
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The literary and historical texts of early modern and medieval Britain within a pan-insular framework: England in conflict and coexistence with Ireland, Wales, Scotland. (Fall)
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| 6250 |
Transnational England (3) |
Cohen, Harris, Dugan, Hsy
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The early literature of England within a global framework: England, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, the Levant, the Americas, Africa, India, the Caribbean. (Spring).
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| 6260 |
Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (3) |
Cohen, Harris, Dugan, Hsy, Huang
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Trends and cutting-edge research in medieval and early modern studies. (Spring)
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| 6350-53 |
Nineteenth Century (3-3-3-3) |
Green-Lewis, Moreland, Romines, Seavey, Sten, Wallace, James, Frawley
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Topics in British and American nineteenth-century writing and culture, exploring national traditions and international movements and issues, such as Romanticism, Realism, and others.
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| 6450-53 |
Twentieth Century (3-3-3-3) |
Chu, Green-Lewis, Miller, Moreland, Romines, Wald, James, Lopez, Soltan
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Topics in twentieth-century British and American writing and culture, exploring national traditions and international movements and issues, such as literary modernism, anti-modernist and post-modernist currents, others.
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| 6510 |
Writing Race and Nation (3) |
Chu, Miller, Wald, Cohen, James, Dugan, Lopez, Hsy, Harris, Wallace
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Literary culture as a basis for exploration of intersections of origins and evolution of racial and ethnic identities and national myths and political objectives.
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| 6520 |
Ethnicity and Identity (3) |
Chu, Cohen, Lopez, Harris, Hsy
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Literary culture is used to explore how individuals, communities, and societies construct self-awareness and knowledge about others for cultural exchange.
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| 6530 |
Conceptualizing Genders (3) |
Cohen, McRuer, Wald, Wallace, Dugan
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Structures of sex and gender difference considered historically and theoretically, including masculinity/femininity, sexualities, and their textual representations.
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| 6540 |
Women and Writing (3) |
Romines, Wald, Wallace
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Selected topics in the traditions, theory, and texts of women's literary production and culture. Same as WStu 6251.
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| 6550-51 |
Studies in Genre (3-3) |
Sten, Daiya, Wallace
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Questions of genre, considered theoretically and practically. Content varies.
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| 6560 |
Postcolonialism (3) |
Daiya, Lopez, Wallace, Chu
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Postcolonial theory and texts by representative writers.
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| 6620 |
Medicine and Society (3) |
Alcorn and Staff
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The interaction of medicine and society in ways that touch on philosophy, economics, sociology, and public policy, but that cannot be fully understood in terms of any single perspective. Society's effect on medicine and medicine's effect on society.
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| 6630 |
Literature and Medicine (3) |
Alcorn
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Methods of critical theory applied to issues concerning the practice of medicine. The polar constructs of illness and health, life and death, and life's worth or its waste.
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| 6720 |
Independent Research (3) |
Staff
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Written permission of instructor required. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 9 hours.
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| 6740 |
Mastering the Canon (3) |
Staff
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Independent reading under a faculty member.
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| 6998-99 |
Thesis Research (3-3) |
Staff
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| 6810-11 |
Folger Institute Seminars (3-3) |
Staff
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Topics will be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. Consult the graduate advisor before registration.
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| 8998 |
Advanced Reading and Research (arr.) |
Staff
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Limited to students preparing for the Doctor of Philosophy general examination. May be repeated for credit.
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| 8999 |
Dissertation Research (arr.) |
Staff
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Limited to Doctor of Philosophy candidates. May be repeated for credit.
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