Department of English
Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
South Hall 2607
Telephone: (805) 893-8711
E-mail: englishinfo@english.ucsb.edu
Website: www.english.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Department Chair: William B. Warner
Contents:
Steven Allaback, Ph.D., University of Washington, Professor (fiction, American literature, fiction writing)
Sheridan Blau, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (English education, 17th-century literature)
Maurizia Boscagli, Ph.D., Brown University, Associate Professor (gender studies, modern literature)
Janice Caldwell, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant Professor (Victorian literature)
Julie Carlson, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Associate Professor (English Romantic literature, feminist theory)
Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, Ph.D., Stanford University, Associate Professor (18th-century literature)
Andrew Enda Duffy, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (English literature, post-colonial literature, Irish literature)
Robert A. Erickson, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (17th- and 18th-century English literature)
Guy Mark Foster, Ph.D., Brown University, Assistant Professor (African-American literature, gay and lesbian writing/theory, interracial narratives)
L. O. Aranye Fradenburg, Ph.D., University of Virginia, Professor (medieval literature)
Patricia Fumerton, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (Renaissance literature and culture)
Bishnupriya Ghosh, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Associate Professor (20th-century British literature, South Asian literature, film)
Giles Gunn, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Professor (American literature and critical theory)
Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor (Chicano and American literature)
Richard Helgerson, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (literature and culture of the English Renaissance)
Ken Hiltner, Ph.D., Harvard University, Assistant Professor (Renaissance literature)
Yunte Huang, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, Associate Professor (Asian-American literature, American modernism, twentieth-century American poetry, trans-Pacific literature)
James Kearney, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor ( Renaissance literature)
Stephanie LeMenager, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (19th-century American literature)
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Professor (Asian-American literature, post-colonial literature, ethnic and feminist writing)
Alan Y. Liu, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (Romantic literature, literary theory, literature and information culture)
David Marshall, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (18th-century European literature)
Mark Maslan, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (American literature)
Christopher Newfield, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor (American literature)
Michael O’Connell, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (Renaissance poetry and drama)
Carol Braun Pasternack, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor (medieval studies)
Rita Raley, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor (Digital Humanities, Global English)
Mark Rose, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor (Shakespeare, early modern cultural studies, authorship and intellectual property)
Darieck Scott, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (African-American literature, fiction writing, lesbian/gay and queer studies)
Russell Samolsky, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, Assistant Professor (postcolonial literature)
Candace Waid, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor (regional American literature)
William B. Warner, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (18th-century literature, the novel, history and theory of media, technology and literature)
Kay Young, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (Victorian literature, the novel)
H. Porter Abbott, Ph.D., University of Toronto, a Research Professor Emeritus (narrative, autobiography, 19th- and 20th-century literature)
Elliott Butler-Evans, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz, Associate Professor Emeritus (Marxist cultural theory, gender and sexuality studies, narrative theory, cultural semiotics, African-American literature and culture)
Michael A. Fernandez, M.A., California State University, San Francisco, Lecturer Emeritus
Donald Guss, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (English literature 1500-1660, Italian Petrarchism, Renaissance-literary history)
Paul Z. Hernadi, Ph.D., University of Vienna, and Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (literary theory, history of criticism, comparative literature, modern drama)
Edward Loomis, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus
William S. Marks III, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (19th-century American fiction, modern-British and Continental fiction)
Patrick J. McCarthy, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (Victorian literature)
Stephen Miko, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus (modern novel)
Anne Pidgeon, M.A., University of Michigan, Lecturer with Security of Employment Emerita
John Ridland, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, Professor Emeritus (writing, poetry, teaching of writing and poetry)
Logan Speirs, M.A., Cambridge University, Professor Emeritus (English and comparative literature)
T.R. Steiner, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (18th-century literature, criticism and theory, detective fiction)
Alan Stephens, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Professor Emeritus
Garth St. Omer, M.F.A., Columbia University, Ph.D., Princeton University, Professor (modern fiction and the writing of fiction)
Homer Swander, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus
Susan Derwin, Ph.D. (Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies)
Jody Enders, Ph.D. (French and Italian)
James Lee, Ph.D. (Asian American Studies)
George Lipsitz, Ph.D. (Black Studies)
Constance Penley, Ph.D. (Film and Media Studies)
Chéla Sandoval, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Barbara Tomlinson, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies)
What does it mean to study English today? The English department engages that question by offering its students the opportunity to explore Old English texts, Internet texts, American novels, minority writing, Anglo-Irish literature, queer textuality, science fiction, women’s literature, literature of the body, modern poetry, post-colonial texts, Shakespeare, etc. - all kinds of “literatures” written in English. We study the complex interactions between literature, culture, and history. At the heart of literary study lies the simple yet striking recognition that language is both a technology of thought and a constituent of human reality. The major in English transforms this recognition into a program of study that develops the critical skills required to negotiate complicated literary and cultural texts. Together, we spend time working on questions like these: How do historical and cultural contexts lend written texts their intelligibility and convey their strange power? How do gender and minority discourses inform our understanding of literature? How does the study of English engage the public sphere in its intersection with other fields, such as cognitive science, social science, and information science?
What can one “do” with a degree in English? Graduate and professional schools and employers seek people who can read, write, speak, and analyze - the basic skills acquired by our English majors. Students who study English learn how to think, and to think independently. They are trained to read a variety of literary and cultural works from across centuries and continents, to write proficiently, and to make lively arguments. English majors learn about how the past informs the present, become “keepers” of past works and present cultures, and leave college thinking and feeling more deeply about life and how to live it.
Current and prospective English majors are urged to consult the departmental undergraduate advisor for assistance in preparing programs of study. Students may also consult faculty advisors about academic and career aspects of their studies. Students should check the English department website at www.english.ucsb.edu for up-to-date information on the department.
English majors are also encouraged to explore the opportunities for study abroad provided by the University of California’s Education Abroad Program. Students may fulfill both major requirements and electives through exchanges with universities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. At most European universities and in Israel, students may fulfill elective requirements while taking courses in a foreign language. Because all courses taken through EAP are accepted as UC courses, students may spend a year of study in a foreign university with no loss of time in completing their degrees. The departmental advisor for the Education Abroad Program can assist in the choice of programs and courses that will best meet the goals of the major.
The Writing Program offers required and elective courses at freshman and advanced levels. Specifically, Writing 1, 2, 50, and 109AA-ZZ are offered through the Writing Program. See the Writing Program listing for information about these courses.
Students with a bachelor’s degree in English who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.
Undergraduate Program
All courses to be applied to the major requirements must be completed on a letter-grade basis. Requires 56 units in English, at least 44 of which must be upper-division units.
Preparation for the major. Required, with a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher: a choice from either English 10 , 10A ,10 EM or 10 LC, in additon to English 15; one optional lower-division elective English course (4 units). Students entering the major with upper-division standing may substitute English 105A or 105B for the English 15 requirement. Students electing this option may not apply their English 15 substitute toward the minimum 44 upper-division units also.
Foreign language requirement. Students must complete either Option 1 or Option 2 below. Option 1 is recommended. Election to Phi Beta Kappa requires Option 1. Students who contemplate graduate study should consult their prospective graduate schools to determine if specific languages are required.
Option 1: Completion of the fifth quarter or its equivalent in any foreign language currently taught at UCSB.
Option 2: Complete A and B, as follows: (A) Quarter three or equivalent of any foreign language currently taught at UCSB. (B) Three upper-division foreign language literature in translation courses (see department advisor for list of options).
Upper-division major. At least 44-48 units, including 20 units in the following courses: English 101, 102, 103A or 103B, 104A or 104B and 197. Twenty-eight upper-division units of electives required if no lower-division elective English course is completed; 24 units required if a lower-division elective English course is completed.
Specializations. The English department offers students the opportunity to specialize in one of three areas: 1. American Culture, 2. Early
Modern Studies, 3. Literature and the Culture
of Information. Students also have the opportunity to fashion their own specialization, working in concert with a faculty mentor. A sheet describing these areas of specialization
is available in the English department and
at www.english.ucsb.edu.
For the content of any particular English course, refer to the website at www.english.ucsb.edu.
Special Opportunities, Programs, and Awards
Honors Program. The honors program in English provides the opportunity for qualified majors to pursue advanced literary research and writing. To qualify for the program, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 (overall and/or in the major) and have completed at least two quarters of the junior year at UCSB. After consulting with their department advisors, they may then apply to a professor of their choice with whom they will work for two quarters of their senior year on the writing of a thesis (or equivalent in creative composition), the successful completion of which will merit the award of Distinction in the Major at graduation.
Students are also encouraged to apply for admission to the College of Letters and Science Honors Program as early as possible in their college careers.
Further information about the honors program is available from the department’s undergraduate staff advisor.
Supplemental Seminars. Students may take advantage of honors seminars that are sometimes offered in conjuction with large lecture courses. These seminars provide an opportunity for motivated students to work closely with faculty members while enriching their large lecture experience.
Research Assistant Program. By application, qualified upper-division students may gain experience in academic research, while earning academic credit, as research assistants to the English faculty.
Awards. The William Frost Award is given annually to a senior or upper-division English major and carries a substantial stipend. Entrants are judged on their academic records, as well as on a critical essay which represents the student’s best work. The Kieth E. Vineyard Honorary Scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate in recognition of outstanding skills in creative writing. Entry dates are announced during the winter quarter.
In recent years the department has sponsored several other awards and contests, some that recognize excellence in creative writing, both poetry and fiction, and others that honor academic excellence in combination with financial need.
English Club. The English Club, a student-organized group, arranges programs of interest for all English undergraduates throughout the academic year. The English department undergraduate listserv disseminates information for and about the English Club and other topics of interest to English majors. To subscribe to the listserv, refer to the website at www.english.ucsb.edu.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis, including both courses offered in English and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor. Only one course substitution outside the department of English can be petitioned.
Preparation for the minor. Four lower-division units in English. May include English 10 but not courses in English composition.
Upper-division minor. Twenty units, distributed as follows:
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Four units of literature pre-1700, selected from the following courses: English 101, 105A-B-C, 110A, 110B, 115, 119, 119X, 144, 152A, 157, 162.
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Four units of literature from the 1700s to the 1900s, selected from the following courses: English 102, 103A, 103B, 126B, 126C, 137A, 169, 172, 179, 180.
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Twelve units of English electives.
Depending on course content, the following courses may apply to Area A or Area B of the upper-division minor: English 114AA-ZZ, 128AA-ZZ, 131AA-ZZ, 133AA-ZZ, 134AA-ZZ, 146AA-ZZ, 147AA-ZZ, 148AA-ZZ, 151AA-ZZ, 165AA-ZZ. Any of these courses apply automatically to Area C. Contact the department to see which courses will apply to Areas A and B in a given quarter. Information can also be obtained at www.english.ucsb.edu.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
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Graduate Program
The Department of English offers two closely related graduate programs: an M.A./Ph.D. program for students who have completed the B.A., and a Ph.D. program for those who come to UCSB with an M.A. from another institution. Both programs include extensive coursework in English and American literature, two qualifying examinations (the first of which also serves as the M.A. examination), and a doctoral dissertation. The M.A./Ph.D. is normally a five-year program. The Ph.D. program for students who enter with an M.A. is designed as a four-year program. Fellowship support is available for particularly strong candidates in their first and/or last years of graduate study. Additional support comes from teaching assistantships. Most students become teaching assistants by their second year in the program, if not earlier. Teaching assistants serve as section leaders in undergraduate literature courses and as sole instructors in English 10, Introduction to Literary Study. In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must meet university degree requirements found in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB.”
Students entering either the M.A./Ph.D. or the Ph.D. program should be aware that they are undertaking not only to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of major literary texts, modes, and movements, but also to explore their potential as interpreters, scholars, and in most cases, teachers of literature and language. They are embarking on a systematic course of study designed to ensure an understanding of literary history and its major achievements and to make them fully participating members of a professional community of scholars.
Admission
In addition to departmental requirements for admission, applicants must also meet the university requirements for admission described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB.” Students admitted to the M.A./Ph.D. program will normally have completed an undergraduate major in English or have done extensive undergraduate work in English. For admission to the Ph.D. program applicants must have completed an M.A. in English or a closely related field. Admission to both programs is based on five criteria: (1) transcripts; (2) letters of recommendation; (3) scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general test and subject test in English literature; (4) a writing sample; (5) a statement of purpose. The writing sample should normally be a substantial paper written in an upper-division or graduate English literature course.
The Yvonne Gartrell Memorial Scholarship is awarded on an annual basis to a deserving incoming graduate student. The William and Marjorie Frost Award for Scholarly Writing by a Graduate Student is given each year to one graduate student in the English department for a scholarly essay. The Pearl Butler Evans Memorial Award is made annually for outstanding writing by a graduate student on any aspect of African-American literature. The Donald Pearce award is given annually to one outstanding graduate student in support of dissertation work. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant in English Award is given annually to three English graduate teaching assistants. In addition to these awards, the department and graduate division make a number of fellowships available to incoming students on a competitive basis. Continuing students may compete for other graduate division fellowships as well.
Degree Requirements
Requirements for the M.A. include the successful completion of (1) 36 units of graduate coursework; (2) an examination or coursework in one foreign language; (3) a comprehensive first qualifying examination. Only those students who complete their graduate coursework and the first qualifying examination with sufficient distinction will be invited to continue working toward the Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy - English
Degree Requirements
Requirements for the Ph.D. include (1) 12 units of graduate coursework beyond the M.A. (from UCSB), or 24 units of graduate coursework for students entering with the M.A. from another institution; (2) an examination or coursework in one foreign language for students entering with the M.A. from another institution; (3) a second qualifying examination; (4) the dissertation. Students entering the Ph.D. program directly with an M.A. from another institution must also take the first qualifying examination no later than their fourth quarter of residence.
Additional information concerning both the M.A./Ph.D. program and the Ph.D. program can be found in the English Department’s graduate brochure and handbook, and on the website at www.english.ucsb.edu.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Global Studies
Students pursuing a Ph.D. in certain departments may petition to add an emphasis in global studies. The departments for which the emphasis is available include anthropology, English, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology. To be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. emphasis, students must be admitted to the Ph.D. program in one of the departments choosing to offer this emphasis with their existing Ph.D. program and petition successfully to add the optional emphasis.
The student’s dissertation committee must have one member from a participating department other than the student’s own department. The student may also elect a global emphasis for his or her department field/area/specialization exam, if such an emphasis is offered within the department. The chair of the Coordinating Committee will determine when the student has successfully completed all of the requirements for the emphasis.
By “global” we refer to transnational economic, political, environmental, social, and cultural interactions and flows that operate at a global (i.e., trans-continental) scale. “Global studies” views the world as comprised of increasingly interdependent processes, rather than as shaped exclusively or even primarily by the interplay of discrete nation-states.
Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission in the emphasis that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee) may be counted towards completion.
To satisfy the Ph.D. emphasis in global studies, students are required to take four one-quarter graduate-level courses. One course is Global 201, the introductory gateway seminar, offered by the Global and International Studies Program. Three additional courses must be chosen from among qualifying global theory and global issues courses offered by participating departments. These courses will be selected from an approved list of global theory and global issues graduate courses prepared by the Ph.D. Emphasis Coordinating Committee each spring, for the following academic year. At least one of these three courses must be a global theory course, and at least one must be a global issues course. Courses will typically be taken for a letter grade.
At least one of these three courses will be taken from the student’s home department, and at least two must be taken from the six other participating departments or the Global and International Studies Program. No more than one of the three seminars (excluding Global 201) can be taken from a single instructor.
For additional information, please contact the graduate advisor in one of the participating departments or global studies.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women's Studies
The Women’s Studies Program, with over 30 core and affiliated faculty members in over eleven disciplines, serves as a mode of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women’s studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. Using an interdepartmental set of conversations and intellectual questions, women’s studies support a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach women’s studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their women’s studies training.
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the women’s studies graduate emphasis: Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Dramatic Art and Dance; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies; History; History of Art and Architecture; Religious Studies; Sociology; or Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the women’s studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees. Applications to the Women’s Studies Doctoral Emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work; and applications deadlines are November 1, 2005 and May 2, 2006.
Students pursuing the emphasis in women’s studies will successfully complete four graduate courses. Only one may be taken in the student’s home department.
1. Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy (Women’s Studies 270/Fall). A one-quarter seminar that considers women’s studies as a distinct field. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings cover past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.
2. Special Topics in Women’s Studies (594 AA-ZZ). A one-quarter seminar offered by a women’s studies faculty member on topics of central concern to the field of women’s studies.
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Research Practicum (Women’s Studies 280). A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of students’ own graduate projects. Students may fulfill the Area 2 requirement by taking either a Special Topics Seminar or the Research Practicum.
3. Feminist Theories. A one-quarter graduate seminar in feminist theory offered by any department, including women’s studies.
4. Topical Seminar. A one-quarter graduate seminar, outside the student’s home department, that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in European Medieval Studies
The Medieval Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary doctoral emphasis to students previously admitted to a Ph.D. program in the Departments of Dramatic Art, English, French and Italian, History, History of Art and Architecture, Music, Religious Studies, and Spanish and Portuguese. Students pursuing the emphasis in European medieval studies must receive a grade of B or better in each of the following: Medieval Latin (Latin 103); one course in a vernacular, western European or Middle Eastern medieval language (English 205, English 230, French 206, Spanish 222A, Spanish 222B, Portuguese 222, Religious Studies 148A, Religious Studies 148 B, Religious Studies 210); Paleography and/or Diplomatics (History 215S, History 215T); Medieval Studies 200A-B-C; and 8 additional units in graduate courses on medieval topics. Students may petition to have appropriate courses from other institutions, or independent study, substituted for these requirements. Medieval Studies 200A-B-C is the program’s colloquium series; graduate students in the emphasis attend the series and write brief papers on each colloquium (one per term), to be reviewed by the chair of the program (2 units). To qualify for the emphasis, at least one member of a Ph.D. candidate’s dissertation committee must be an affiliated faculty member of the European Medieval Studies Program. Contact the European Medieval Studies Program for additional information on faculty interests, course offerings, and program requirements, or visit our website at www.medievalstudies.ucsb.edu.
Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Technology and Society
Students pursuing a Ph.D. in this department may petition to add an emphasis in technology and society. The emphasis brings together doctoral students in engineering, social sciences, and the humanities to engage in multidisciplinary coursework and research into the cultural and societal changes resulting from the use of new information technologies. The emphasis features a structured set of courses that may be taught individually and collaboratively by faculty across disciplines: Anthropology, Communication, Computer Science, English, History, Media Arts and Technology, Political Science, and Sociology.
To be eligible for admission to the emphasis, students must be enrolled in good standing in the department. Petitions for adding the emphasis can be made at any time in a student’s graduate career, but typically will be made after at least one successful year of study in the home department. Work completed prior to admission that meets emphasis requirements (as determined by the Ph.D. Emphasis Faculty Executive Steering Committee) may be counted towards its completion.
Requirements for completing the optional emphasis in technology and society include:
1. Gateway Technology and Society Colloquium. Students must complete a 1-unit colloquium that brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to explore various approaches to studying technology and society. In addition to helping students understand similarities and differences in conceptualization and knowledge production across disciplines, the seminar promotes interaction among students from different departments.
2. Graduate Coursework. Students must complete four 4-unit courses with a grade of B or better, two each from Area 1 (Culture and History) and Area 2 (Society and Behavior). Area 1 courses explore the humanistic study of cultures, histories and meanings as they intersect with technology. Area 2 investigates the social scientific study of technology in relationship to human behavior, organizations, and social structures.
One course from the student’s home department can be applied toward meeting this requirement. Students can petition to substitute a non-listed course, subject to approval by the Technology and Society Faculty Executive Committee.
3. Dissertation. A student’s dissertation must have relevance to at least one of the two Emphasis areas. In addition, the student’s dissertation committee must include a member from another department participating in the emphasis. Exceptions are subject to approval by the Technology and Society Faculty Executive Committee.
For additional information and a current list of courses, please contact the graduate advisor or visit www.technology-society.ucsb.edu.
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English Courses
Detailed descriptions of English courses for the next quarter may be found in the Course Outline Booklet available in the department office prior to registration and on the departmental website at www.english.ucsb.edu.
10. Introduction to Literary Study
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2.
Acquaints students with purposes and tools of literary interpretation. Introduces techniques and vocabulary of analytic discussion, introduces students to critical writing. Some emphasis is on poetry with attention also to drama, essay and the novel.
10AC. Introduction to Literary
Study - Exploring American Cultures
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2.
Course recommended as alternative to Writing 50 or 109 for students who plan to major in English or literary study.
Acquaints students with purposes and tools of literary interpretation. Introduces techniques and vocabulary of analytic discussion and critical writing. Emphasis is on American identities and global crisis. The class introduces students to the American Cultures and Global Contexts Center located within the English Department.
10EM. Introduction to Literary
Study - Exploring Early Modern Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2.
Course recommended as alternative to Writing 50 or 109 for students who plan to major in English or literary study.
Acquaints students with purposes and tools of literary interpretation. Introduces techniques and vocabulary of analytic discussion and critical writing. Emphasis is on early modern studies. The class also introduces students to the Early Modern Center located within the English Department.
10LC. Introduction to Literary
Study - Exploring Literature and the Culture of Information
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2.
Course recommended as alternative to Writing 50 or 109 for students who plan to major in English or literary study.
Acquaints students with purposes and tools of literary interpretation. Introduces techniques and vocabulary of analytic discussion and critical writing. Emphasis is on literature and the culture of information. Introduces students to the Transcription Project located within the English Department.
15. Introduction to Shakespeare
(4) Staff
Introduction to Shakespeare in which a number of major plays are read with close attention to language, dramatic structure and historical context.
15S. Seminar on Shakespeare
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 15; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 15 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 15 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
21. Introduction to Narrative
(4) Staff
An introduction to the study of narrative forms with a focus on the nature of narrative, the functions of narrative, and the transformations that occur when a narrative is moved from one medium or cultural context to another.
21S. Seminar on Introduction to Narrative
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in English 21; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 21 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 21 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
25. Introduction to Literature and the Culture of Information
(4) Staff
Introduction to the age of information in its relation to history, society, and the arts. Topics include the history of information, hypertext, virtual reality, cyberspace, and the role of literature and literacy in the digital age. Introduction of practical skills and technologies associated with the digital age.
25S. Seminar on Literature and the Culture of Information
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 25; consent of instructor.
Seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 25 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary reading or more intensive study of the English 25 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
30. Introduction to American Literature
(4) Staff
Introduction to major works and themes of American literature designed for lower-division students and non-majors. Topics vary from one quarter to another.
50. Introduction to U.S. Minority Literature
(4) Lim
An introduction providing historical and cultural contexts to one or more American minority literatures usually taken to signify writing from an ethnic community: African American, Asian American, Chicano/a, and Native American.
50S. Seminar on U.S. Minority Literature
(1) Lim
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 50; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 50 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 50 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
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100AA-ZZ. Honors Seminar
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing; consent of instructor.
Student must be enrolled in corresponding English course.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in one of the following courses: English 113AA-ZZ, 114AA-ZZ, 122AA-ZZ, 128AA-ZZ, 131-134AA-ZZ, 165AA-ZZ, 182AA-ZZ, and 187AA-ZZ. Designed to enrich the lecture experience for the movtivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more extensive study of the reading lists as well as supplementary writing.
101. English Literature from the Medieval Period to 1650
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed English 20.
An introduction to English literature from the medieval period to 1650. The organizing thread of this course, and the selection of texts to be studied vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
101S. Seminar on English Literature from the Medieval Period to 1650
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 101; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 101 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 101 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
102. English and American Literature from 1650 to 1789
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed English 30.
An introduction to English and American literature from 1650 to 1789. The organizing thread of this course, and the selection of texts to be studied, vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
102S. Seminar on English and American Literature from 1650 to 1789
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 102; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 102 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or more intensive study of English 102 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
103A. American Literature from 1789 to 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed English 136B.
An introduction to American literature from 1789 to 1900. The organizing thread of this course, and the selection of texts to be studied, vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
103AS. Seminar on American Literature from 1789 to 1900
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 103; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 103A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 103A reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
103B. British Literature from 1789 to 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed English 40.
An introduction to British literature from 1789 to 1900. The organizing thread of this course, and the selection of texts to be studied, vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
103BS. Seminar on British Literature from 1789 to 1900
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 103; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 103B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 103B reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
104A. American Literature from 1900 to Present
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed English 136C.
An introduction to American literature from 1900 to the present. The organizing thread of this course and the selection of texts to be studied, vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
104AS. Seminar on American Literature from 1900 to Present
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 104; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 104A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 104A reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
104B. British Literature from 1900 to Present
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
An introduction to British literature from 1900 to the present. The organizing thread of this course, and the selection of texts to be studied, vary from quarter to quarter. Consult the department’s Course Description Booklet to see what will be taught in any particular quarter.
104BS. Seminar on British Literature from 1900 to Present
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 104B; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 104B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 104B reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
105A. Shakespeare, Poems and Earlier Plays
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Major poems and plays of Shakespeare, 1593-1602, including such works as the Sonnets, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry the Fourth, Twelfth Night.
105AS. Seminar on Shakespeare: Poems and Earlier Plays
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 105A; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 105A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 105A reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
105B. Shakespeare, Later Plays
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Major works of Shakespeare from 1603-1613, including such plays as King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, The Tempest.
105BS. Seminar on Shakespeare: Later Plays
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 105B; consent of instructor.
A seminar for a select number of students enrolled in English 105B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 105B reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
105C. Shakespeare Advanced Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Advanced study of Shakespearean topics.
106. Creative Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Writing in such forms as the short story, poetry, and fiction.
107. Writing of Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units.
Workshop and practice in fiction writing.
107S. Seminar in Fiction Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units but only 8 units may be applied to the major.
Advanced seminar in fiction writing.
109. Writing of Verse
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units.
Workshop and practice in verse writing.
110A. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Introduction to language, prose, and shorter poems of seventh to tenth century Anglo-Saxons. Computerized exercises for grammar and syntax. Readings include The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer, as well as riddles and selections from the Chronicles.
110C. Topics in Old English Literature
(4) Pasternack
Prerequisite: English 110A.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, but only 8 units count towards the major.
Readings in Old English Literautre, in the original language.
111. The History of the English Language
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
English in its old, middle, and modern forms. Such introductory topics as language families and change; etymology, semantics; grammars, syntax; oral, written; groundwork for such methods of literary analysis as stylistics.
113AA-ZZ. Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Exploration in traditions and innovations of critical theory, literary interpretation, and philosophy. Topics vary from quarter to quarter, but will focus on the major critical figures or movements (from Aristotle to the present) that have shaped our notion of “literature.”
114AA-ZZ. Women and Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit providing the letter designations are different, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
The courses offered will include at different times such subjects as feminist theory, women writers, and women in literature.
115. Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
English and Continental literature through the fifteenth century, exclusive of the Canterbury Tales but including such works as Beowulf, Morte d’Arthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and selected romances and lyrics.
116A. Biblical Literature: The Old Testament
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
A literary approach to the Hebrew scriptures and the Apocrypha.
116AS. Seminar for Biblical Literature: The Old Testament
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing; concurrent enrollment in English 116A; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 116A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 116A reading list, as well as supplementary writing.
116B. Biblical Literature: The New Testament
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Recommended preparation: English 116A.
A literary approach to the New Testament.
116BS. Seminar for Biblical Literature: The New Testament
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing; concurrent enrollment in English 116B; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 116B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 116B reading list, as well as supplementary writing.
119. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109 or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the department’s course outline booklet.
119X. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
Same course as French 137X.
A study of one or more major medieval works in translation.
120. Modern Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
European and American drama from Ibsen to the present.
121. The Art of Narrative
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
An exploration of traditions and functions of storytelling; may include a range of forms from the anecdote to the novel.
122AA-ZZ. Cultural Representations
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
A study of literary works, paintings, films, and other representational forms as they influence cultural attitudes. The courses offered focus on such topics as the body, the city, the everyday, the marketplace, and the machine.
122NE. Cultural Representations: Nature and the Environment
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Same course as Environmental Studies 122NE.
Perceptions of nature have changed throughout the history and vary across cultures. Course explores changing expressions of our changing relations to the world we live in, with emphasis on cultural movements (films, literature, newspapers, etc.) that have affected contemporary American experience.
124. Readings in the Modern Short Story
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Consult the Course Outline Booklet in the department office for the authors read in any particular quarter.
124S. Seminar on the Short Story
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing; concurrent enrollment in English 124; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 124 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 124 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
126A. Survey of British Fiction (I)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
The eighteenth century. Such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollet, and Sterne.
126B. Survey of British Fiction (II)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
The nineteenth century to 1850. Such writers as Austen, the Brontes, Thackeray, and Dickens (earlier novels).
126C. Survey of British Fiction (III)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
The nineteenth century from 1850. Such writers as Dickens (later novels), Eliot, Trollope, and Hardy.
128AA-ZZ. Literary Genres
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Detailed readings in, and critical examinations of, specific literary forms. Recently taught genres have included autobiography, comedy, romance, satire.
129. Queer Textuality
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Investigation of the interrelations between writing and queer sexualities, i.e. those sexualities (gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, etc.) which represent an averse or contestatory relation to normative heterosexuality. Specific topics will vary by quarter.
131AA-ZZ. Studies in American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different, but only 8 units may apply toward the major.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being taught any particular quarter, students should consult the department’s Course Outline Booklet.
132AA-ZZ. Studies in American Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Courses in individual American writers such as Hawthorne-Melville (132HM); Henry James (132J); Mark Twain (132T); Ernest Hemingway (132H); William Faulkner (132F); Emily Dickinson (132 D); Robert Frost (132FR); Walt Whitman (132W).
133AA-ZZ. Studies in American Regional Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Courses on American writing associated with particular regions such as the South, the West, New England.
134AA-ZZ. Studies in the Literature of Cultural and Ethnic Communities in the United States
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Studies in literature of cultural and ethnic communities in the United States. Courses on writing produced by, or associated with, cultural communities in America such as Afro-Americans, Chicanos, Asian-Americans.
137A. Poetry in America before 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Developing traditions of American poetry within a variety of historical and cultural contexts from the beginnings to the modern era.
137B. Poetry in America since 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Developing traditions of American poetry withi a variety of historical and cultural contexts: modern to contemporary.
140. Contemporary American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
An intensive study of American writing from World War II to the present.
144. The European Renaissance
(4) Helgerson
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50 or equivalents.
Same course as Comparative Literature 180.
The generic forms of cultural issues characteristic of early modern European poetry, fiction, and drama. Such authors as Petrarch, Boccaccio, More, Rabelais, Montaigne, Ariosto, Montaigne, Camoes, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Cervantes.
146AA-ZZ. Literature of Technology
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Studies of literary genres, authors, periods, or themes that engage or exemplify technology, whether historical technologies or contemporary digital, bio, nano, and other technologies. Examples of topics include Pynchon’s novels and information theory, hypert fiction, the new poetry of codework, cyberpunk science fiction, nineteenth century literature and steam technology, and literature of industrialization.
147AA-ZZ. Media History and Theory
(4-8) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Studies in historical and contemporary media systems including orality, writing, print electronic media (telegraph, phone, radio, film, TV video, satellite communications), and digital media (the Internet, word-processing, etc.) in their relation to literary or cultural expression. Example topics include: Enlightenment media, modern literature, and graphic design, film and literature, twentieth century media theory.
148AA-ZZ. Society, Culture, and Information
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
Courses on the social, political, legal, economic, gender, race, and other aspects of information technology and its institutions as these affect or are affected by the realm of cultural or symbolic expression, including literature and art. Examples of topics include free speech and censorship from print to the Internet, globalism, etc.
149. Media and Information Culture
(5) Warner, Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or
English 10.
Focuses on the history and theory of twentieth and twenty-first century media. Students study and create media projects. Media topics include film, radio, television, computer hypertext, the internet, and computer games. Course includes lecture and lab. The lab teaches the skills needed to do web-based projects and media presentations.
150. Anglo-Irish Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
A study of twentieth century Irish literature written in English against a background of Irish history during the struggle for independence and later. Major emphasis on Yeats, Joyce, Synge, and O’Casey; other writers of the period, such as Stephens, O’Flaherty, O’Connor, and Behan, will also be touched on.
150S. Anglo-Irish Literature Seminar
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or equivalents; concurrent enrollment in English 150; upper-division standing; consent of instructor.
Seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 150 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings, or more intensive study of English 150 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
151AA-ZZ. Studies in British Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Courses in individual writers such as Spenser, Jonson, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, Blake, Wordsworth, Dickens, Lawrence, and Yeats.
152A. Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Intensive study of the Canterbury Tales.
152AS. Seminar on Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing; concurrent enrollment in English 152A; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 152A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 152A reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
157. English Renaissance Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
A course in the English drama of the period from 1500 to 1642, excluding Shakespeare. Such writers as Marlowe, Jonson, Dekker, Heywood, and Webster.
162. Milton
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Intensive study of Milton.
165AA-ZZ. Topics in Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Studies of topics not limited to a specific author, period, or literary form. Specific course titles will be announced prior to the beginning of each quarter.
169. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50.
Such dramatists as Dryden, Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, and Sheridan.
172. Studies in the Enlightenment
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated with consent of department chair to a maximum of 8 units if course content varies.
A course in the neoclassical literature of England and the Continent. Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the department’s Course Outline Booklet.
179. British Romantic Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Such writers as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Shelley, Lamb, and Hazlitt.
182AA-ZZ. Craft of Prose
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Reading of selected fiction and other relevant prose emphasizing analysis and understanding of literary methods, kinds, techniques, and objectives from the viewpoint of the practicing writer.
183AA-ZZ. Craft of Verse
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Reading of selected poems and critical statements by the authors emphasizing analysis and understanding of literary methods, kinds, techniques, and objectives from the viewpoint of the practicing writer.
184. Modern European Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Helps to fulfill the English major requirement in foreign language (Option 2). Such authors as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust, Kafka, Mann, and Sartre in translation.
185. Modernism in English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
A survey of English Modernism. Reading may include works by immediate precursors of English Modernism (Pater, Wilde), but will concentrate on representative texts by such central figures as Eliot, Pound, HD, Williams, Yeats, Stein, Woolf, Conrad, and Barnes.
186. Modernism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Introduction to Modernism as an international complex of interconnected aesthetic ideas and practices across the media.
187AA-ZZ. Studies in Modern Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different, but only 8 units may apply toward the major.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the department’s Course Outline Booklet.
189. Contemporary Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Study of English and American contemporary drama, fiction, and poetry written since 1960.
190AA-ZZ. World Literature in English
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Literature in English from such countries as India, the Caribbean, and the African nations.
191. Afro-American Fiction and Criticism, 1920s to the Present
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Such early writers as Hughes, Hurston, Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, and such contemporary writers as Reed, Walker, Morrison, Bambara within various cultural and theoretical contexts.
192. Science Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Suitable for majors as well as non-majors.
The course examines science fiction as a literary genre. Emphasis throughout is upon the nature and development of the genre in its historical and cultural context.
193. Detective Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Critical and historical study of fiction from the classics of Poe, Conan Doyle, and Christie to the many contemporary kinds.
193S. Seminar on Detective Fiction
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in English 193; consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 193 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary readings or more intensive study of English 193 reading list, as ell as supplemental writing.
194. Research Seminar in Literature and Culture of Information
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: a prior course in English 146AA-ZZ or 147AA-ZZ or 148AA-ZZ series. (If you have taken lower-division courses in the Literature and Culture of Information specialization, including English 10LCI and English 25, and would like to use those as your prerequisite, please consult the instructor.
Team based independent research under the supervision of a faculty member on issues related to contemporary or historical cultures of technology, media, and information including the topics covered in English 146AA-ZZ, 147AA-ZZ, and 148AA-ZZ. Student teams choose topics and conduct research using methods that include online and library research, interviews with experts, field visits, etc. Results are put online in an online research magazine managed by the English department.
195I. Internship in English
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; consent of department; English majors only.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units but only 4 units can be applied to the major.
Under supervision of English department faculty, English majors may obtain credit for work without pay in publishing, editing, journalism, or other employment related to English literature. Required are works hours, weekly meeting with the professor, and a final paper or journal.
196. Honors English Senior Thesis
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or upper-division standing; consent of department; successful completion of English 199.
For students in the English department’s honors program only. This is the second half of thesis preparation and requires writing a 50+ page paper.
197. Upper-Division Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109AA-ZZ or English 10 or upper-division standing.
Content will vary with each instructor. Students will be asked to do a project that acquaints them with some of the resources of the library and results in their reading beyond the primary course materials.
199. Independent Studies in English
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in English; consent of instructor and department.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding 3 quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of 199/199AA-ZZ course work toward the English major.
Reading and conference for students with upper-division standing.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance in English
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in English; consent of instructor and department.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding 3 quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of 199/199AA-ZZ course work toward the English major.
Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance.
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200AA-ZZ. Methods of Literary Study
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Providing that letter designations are different, the course may be repeated for credit with the consent of the graduate advisor.
Course on literary theory and critical methods required for all graduate students in the department. Specific authors and topics vary from class to class.
205A. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Introduction to the language, prose, and shorter poems.
205C. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: 205A; graduate standing.
May be repeated for credit with consent of the chair of the department graduate committee.
Topics in Old English literature.
225. The Arts of Writing: Theories, Pedagogies, and Practices for Creative Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Examines theories of creativity and linkages between philosophical, rhetorical, and psychoanalytical concepts and current creative writing pedagogies. Experiments with classroom practices, with focus on the participants’ own creative work.
Contents of “studies” courses listed below will vary from quarter to quarter, therefore; these may be repeated for credit with the consent of the chair of the department graduate committee.
230. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
231. Studies in Renaissance Literature
(4) Staff
232. Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
(4) Staff
233. Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
(4) Staff
234. Studies in Twentieth Century Literature
(4) Staff
235. Studies in American Literature
(4) Staff
236. Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory
(4) Staff
265. Seminar in Special Topics
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
May be repeated for credit with the consent of the chair of the departmental graduate committee.
Content of two-quarter course varies from year to year.
274A-B-C. American Cultures and Global Contexts
(1-1-2) Gunn
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
A 3-quarter in-progress course with final grade assigned after completion of English 274C.
Explores connections between theorizations of the nature and history of globalization and recent reconceptualizations of American literary and cultural studies and explores issues for future research into potentially productive intersections. Includes readings in the latest research, student presentations, and a research paper.
297. Graduate Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Maximum of 4 units will count towards M.A. degree with consent of the graduate advisor. No unit credit allowed toward Ph.D. degree.
Graduate tutorial involving regular conferences with instructor and directed research toward seminar paper(s). Attendance at relevant upper-division lectures also required.
500. Directed Teaching
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: appointment as a teaching assistant.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degrees.
Supervision and instruction of teaching assistants. Teaching assistants must register for this course.
591. Doctoral Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Course provides support for graduate students when developing their dissertation ideas. Focus on research in the humanities at a practical level.
592. Transcriptions Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Provides graduate students: a) introduction to the hardware and software used in advanced webpage design; b) an overview of the intellectual issues of “digital culture;” c) a context for developing a web-authoring project.
593. Graduate Technology Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degrees.
Provides guidance, training, a forum, and a common center for the various technical research endeavors engaged in by student assistants.
594. American Cultures and Global Contexts Center (ACGCC) Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Explores connections between theorizations of the nature and history of globalization and recent reconceptualizations of American literary and cultural studies with an eye to exploring issues for future research into potentially productive intersections.
595. Early Modern Center (EMC) Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Trains students in the use of EMC databases and courses; webpage design; colloquia and conference organization. Includes an exploration of research facilities both on and off campus.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Individual tutorial. A written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by the graduate advisor.
597. Individual Study for Master’s Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations
(1-12) Staff
Maximum of 12 units per quarter. S/U grade. Enrollment limited to 24 units per examination. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree(s).
Instructor should be the student’s major professor or the chair of the doctoral committee.
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Only for research underlying the dissertation, writing the dissertation.
Related Courses in Other Departments
Education: see SE 394, SE 396
Linguistics: see 160
