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Spring 2023 Course Promo Index
Oct 25, 2022

Here's an index of our Spring 2023 course promos (in reverse numerical order).ENG 5910 - World Literature: The World in Translation - Çandar (Spring ...

English 2350 / Section 103: Studies in American Literature: “Imperiled Rhythms: Music, Memory, & Uncertainty in American Fiction” - McGuckin (Spring 2023) flyer

English 2350 / Section 103: Studies in American Literature: “Imperiled Rhythms: Music, Memory, & Uncertainty in American Fiction” - McGuckin (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

"Music is awareness flowing in through the ear. And nothing is more terrifying than being aware."Richard Powers' statement is unnerving, but there is ...

ENG/JHP 3712: Literature and Mass Violence - Walzer (Spring 2023) flyer

ENG/JHP 3712: Literature and Mass Violence - Walzer (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

From WWII to partition to contemporary state violence and climate change displacement, this course will examine literatures emerging out of and respon...

ENG 5540 Cultural Studies: Posthumanism -> Becoming Human - Atkinson (Spring 2023) flyer

ENG 5540 Cultural Studies: Posthumanism -> Becoming Human - Atkinson (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

Posthumanism has (at least) two distinct meanings. Post•humanism, which is about humanism and why it would be such a good idea to get beyond it, and...

ENG 2120 African American Literature - Adams (Spring 2023)

ENG 2120 African American Literature - Adams (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

African American literature possesses an enriching legacy of liberation narratives, folklore, poetry, drama, autobiographies, novels, and essays. The ...

ENG 4880/4881 Literature of the Victorian Period: Victorian Culture and British Aestheticism  - Ehnenn (Spring 2023)

ENG 4880/4881 Literature of the Victorian Period: Victorian Culture and British Aestheticism - Ehnenn (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

This course will examine the intersections of art and life in Victorian England, focusing on visual and literary texts associated (both directly and t...

ENG 4660: History of the English Language - Gulley (Spring 2023) flyer

ENG 4660: History of the English Language - Gulley (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

We use language to communicate with one another, build relationships, and create a sense of community, and in turn language shapes and reflects a give...

ENG 5840.101 Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Social Justice - Staub (Spring 2023) flyer

ENG 5840.101 Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Social Justice - Staub (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

Shakespeare holds a unique status in America (as well as other countries) and his works have historically been used to assert the supremacy of Western...

ENG 4509–410. Junior/Senior Honors Seminar Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Alternative Pasts. - Brewer (Spring 2023) flyer

ENG 4509–410. Junior/Senior Honors Seminar Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Alternative Pasts. - Brewer (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

During the last 200 years, fiction writers and futurologists have speculated about the effects of scientific innovation, the future of humanity, and h...

English 4172: Advanced Film: The Wind Will Carry Us: Post-Revolution Iranian Cinema - Fischer (Spring 2023) flyer

English 4172: Advanced Film: The Wind Will Carry Us: Post-Revolution Iranian Cinema - Fischer (Spring 2023)
Oct 25, 2022

This course is a deep dive into the remarkable Iranian cinema: its development before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, its persistence despite the carnage...