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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...

Marble statue of the goddess Pallas Athene (Athena) in profile, wearing a headband, against a gray background.

ENG 2070: World Mythologies with Leon Lewis
Oct 5, 2026

Classical Conceptions & Modern ManifestationsTravel through Space/Time on a journey of exploration as origins, deities, epic “hero figures,” l...

Course poster for ENG 4550-101, Senior Seminar in Creative Writing: Writing the Contemporary South, with Caleb Johnson: a vintage illustration of pink rhododendron blossoms beside the course title on a rust-colored background.

ENG 4550-101: Senior Seminar in Creative Writing with Caleb Johnson
Oct 5, 2026

“Writing the Contemporary South”This course asks you to interrogate and define for yourself what it means to write fiction set in the contemporary...

Course poster for ENG 3652-102, Creative Writing: Prose (Fiction), with Caleb Johnson: an ink-pen hand drawing in a circle beside the words

ENG 3652-102: Creative Writing: Prose (Fiction) with Caleb Johnson
Oct 5, 2026

This course is designed to introduce students to the elements that make a compelling, artful short story. To do that, we’ll look at our own writing ...

Course poster for ENG 3652-101, Creative Writing: Prose (Fiction), with Caleb Johnson: an ink-pen hand drawing in a circle beside the words

ENG 3652-101: Creative Writing: Prose (Fiction) with Caleb Johnson
Oct 5, 2026

This course is designed to introduce students to the elements that make a compelling, artful short story. To do that, we’ll look at our own writing ...

Course poster for ENG 2120, African American Literature, Dr. Michael Docherty, Spring 2027, online asynchronous: raised fists and the word

ENG 2120: African American Literature with Michael Docherty
Oct 5, 2026

This course is a fast-paced and immersive introduction to key ideas, eras, and movements in the history of African American literature. We will read s...