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Course poster for ENG 3220, Environmental Rhetorics, a new Spring 2027 course with Dr. Savannah Paige Murray, over a photo of a grassy coastal cliff path under a blue sky.

ENG 3220: Environmental Rhetorics with Dr. Savannah Paige Murray
Oct 19, 2026

Concerned about the climate? Want to know more about the history and future of environmentalism? This class is for you!This 3000-level course offers s...

Course poster for ENG 2430, Animals and Literature, with Dr. Jessica Cory, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15 on the Hickory Campus: a raccoon with raised paws above portraits of Alice Walker, Christopher Rowe, J. Drew Lanham, Nickole Brown, J.M. Coetzee and Linda Hogan.

ENG 2430: Animals and Literature with Dr. Jessica Cory
Oct 19, 2026

This course serves as an introduction for both English majors and non-majors to the representation of animals in literature; students will learn about...

Course poster for ENG 3250, Literature and the Sacred, Spring 2027 with Prof. Mark Powell: a gilded oval frame around a painting of hands holding an open book, on a brown map and newsprint background.

ENG 3250: Literature and the Sacred with Professor Mark Powell
Oct 19, 2026

Religious belief—for good and bad—has been a powerful force throughout human history. In this course we will examine the intersections of literatu...

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...

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