English Department

Courses & Requirements

Course Highlights 2022-2023 Academic Year

  • Fall 2022
    Requirements Description
    Confronting the Canon EGL 193 NEW Confronting the Canon: Queering the Hero’s Journey
    Prof. Murphy
    Shakespeare EGL 201/ATH 257 Shakespeare after 1600
    Prof. Venning
    Pre-1700 EGL 212 The Restoration
    Prof. Jenkins
    1700-1900

    EGL 220 The Romantic Revolution
    Prof. Burkett

    EGL 236 Trans-Atlantic Realism & Naturalism
    Prof. Murphy

    BIPOC literature

    EGL 237 Black Lit 1900 to Black Arts,
    Prof. Lynes

    EGL 253 Lit Hauntings
    Prof. Tuon

    EGL 254 Discourses on the Viet Nam War
    Prof. Tuon

    Jr. Seminars EGL 304/GSW 495 Jr. Seminar: Queer Theory
    Prof. Mitchell
    Sr. Seminars EGL 402 Thesis Seminar 1
    Prof. Doyle
    NEW

    EGL 111 NEW Intro to Creative Writing
    Prof. McAuliffe

    EGL 120 NEW Fictional Forms
    Prof. Lewin

    EGL 193 NEW Confronting the Canon: Queering the Hero’s Journey
    Prof. Murphy

    ALSO: 100, 101, 102, 110, 257, 294

  • Winter 2023
    Requirements Description
    Confronting the Canon
    Shakespeare EGL 200/ATH 256 Shakespeare before 1600
    Prof. Wareh
    Pre-1700 EGL 208 Renaissance Drama
    Prof. Jenkins
    1700-1900

    EGL 217 The Enlightenment
    Prof. Kuhn

    BIPOC literature
    Jr. Seminars EGL 302 Jr. Seminar: Literary Theory
    Prof. Bracken
    Sr. Seminars

    EGL 400 Adv. Poetry Workshop
    Prof. Smith

    EGL 403 Honors Thesis 2
    Prof. Doyle

    NEW

    EGL 115 NEW BLM Poetry
    Prof. Tuon

    EGL 117 NEW Queer Poetry
    Prof. Mitchell

    EGL 290 NEW Studies in Film Genre: The Essay Film
    Profs. Troxell/de Sève

    ALSO: 101, 102, 276 280, 284, 295

  • Spring 2023
    Requirements Description
    Confronting the Canon EGL 191 NEW Confronting the Canon: The Modernist Edition
    Profs. Bracken/Mitchell
    Shakespeare EGL 201/ATH 25 Shakespeare after 1600
    Prof. Jenkins
    Pre-1700 EGL 202 Amazons, Saints, and Scholars
    Prof. Doyle
    1700-1900

    EGL 220 The Romantic Revolution
    Prof. Burkett

    EGL 233 Early Lit of the African Diaspora
    Prof. Lynes

    BIPOC literature

    EGL 233 Early Lit of the African Diaspora
    Prof. Lynes

    EGL 406 Sr. Seminar: Toni Morrison
    Prof. Tuon

    Jr. Seminars EGL 301 Jr. Seminar: Fiction Workshop
    Prof. McAuliffe
    Sr. Seminars EGL 406 Sr. Seminar: Toni Morrison
    Prof. Tuon
    NEW

    EGL 111 NEW Intro to Creative Writing
    Prof. McAuliffe

    EGL 140 NEW intro to Digital Studies
    Prof. Burkett

    EGL 191 NEW Confronting the Canon: The Modernist Edition
    Profs. Bracken/Mitchell

    ALSO: 100, 101, 102, 275, 279, 292, 296