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Course poster for ENG 4860, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature, with Dr. Jennifer Wilson, marking the 300th anniversary of Gulliver's Travels, with an illustration of a young woman in a headscarf holding a tiny Gulliver in her hand.

ENG 4860: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature with Dr. Jennifer Wilson
Oct 12, 2026

300th Anniversary of Gulliver’s TravelsThis year marks the 300th Anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726), an instant sellout c...

Course poster for ENG 5640, Cultural Studies: American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000, Spring 2027 with Professor Craig Fischer: a wide-eyed dog with a revolver held to its head, a famous National Lampoon cover image.

ENG 5640: Cultural Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

“American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000”MAD (1952- ), THE REALIST (1958-2001), ZAP (1968-2014), NATIONAL LAMPOON (1970-1998), SPY (1986-1998), and ...

Course poster for ENG 3150, Approaches to Film and Media Studies, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer: a film still of a man and a woman in close profile, her head resting on his shoulder.

ENG 3150: Approaches to Film and Media Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

This class will be useful in two ways. First: we’ll explore the important ideas and methods in the history of film theory—realism, formalism, aute...

Course poster for ENG 4172/4173, Advanced Studies in Film, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer:

ENG 4172 and 4173: Advanced Studies in Film / Capstone Advanced Studies in Film with Dr. Craig Fischer
Oct 12, 2026

“The Wind Will Carry Us: Post-Revolution Iranian Cinema”This course is a deep dive into the remarkable Iranian cinema: its development before the ...

Course poster for ENG 3760, Studies in Drama, Spring 2027 with J. Ivory: two pale theatrical masks in dark light, with the quotation

ENG 3760: Studies in Drama with Dr. James Ivory
Oct 12, 2026

“From Antiquity to the Postmodern”ENG 3760 Studies in Drama. C’mon folks! Step right up. Get your ticket for the greatest show on Earth. Get the...

Course poster for ENG 4590, Topics in World Literature: Identity Theft, from antiquity to the modern age, with Dr. Alexander Brock: an engraving of a giant crouching in a cave over a man clinging to the underside of a ram.

ENG 4590: Topics in World Literature with Dr. Alexander Brock
Oct 5, 2026

“Identity Theft”In the ancient tales that relate the former lives of the Buddha, the king of the gods comes down to earth and steals the identity ...

ENG 4895: Twentieth Century British Literature: 1945-Present with Dr. James Ivory
Oct 5, 2026

“Postmodernity and Beyond”We will explore literary postmodernism. Conclusively defining postmodernism is impossible. Some scholars suggest the pos...

Course poster for ENG 2190, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Spring 2027 with J. Ivory, over a glowing orange, purple and blue nebula, with a quotation from Neil Gaiman.

ENG 2190: Science Fiction & Fantasy with Dr. James Ivory
Oct 5, 2026

“The Anthropocene and Posthumanism”Science Fiction is a thought experiment which speculates, employing questions and discourse around a series of ...

Course poster for ENG 5910, World Literature:

ENG 5910: World Literature with Dr. Brittany Roberts
Oct 5, 2026

“Planet in Peril: Global Ecohorror & Environmental Crisis”This seminar will examine the global horror sub-genre of ecohorror, which explores h...

Charles Demuth's 1928 painting

ENG 2360: American Literature and The Arts with Leon Lewis
Oct 5, 2026

The Making of Modern America – 1945–The PresentFiction and Film, Poetry and Painting, that defined an era of transformationEnglish 2360 will conce...

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