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ENGL 894 (01) - Syntax

Syntax

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   5  
CRN: 50796
The relationship of grammar and meaning as viewed from the standpoint of modern linguistic theory. Emphasis on the syntax and semantics of English, with special attention to the construction of arguments for or against particular analyses. (Also offered as ENGL/LING 794). Prereq: a basic linguistic course or permission of the instructor.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Rochelle Lieber
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 9:40am - 11:00am HS 108
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ENGL 897 (D01) - Special Studies in Literature

Special Studies in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   4  
CRN: 56539
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; F) English Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century; I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Nonfiction; M) American Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English department.
Section Comments: Special Topic: Women's Literary Traditions
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Rachel Trubowitz
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 MW 2:10pm - 3:30pm HS 344
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SP23 Course Details: Special Studies in Literature "Early English Women Writers"

This course takes a close look at women writers in England, from the medieval period through the eighteenth century.  We will view their work within a historical, social, biographical, theoretical, and critical context.

The course builds on earlier waves of women’s studies and women’s literary studies. The first phase in 1960s and 1970s sought a voice for women scholars as well as for women writers, which led to the establishment of theoretical women’s studies programs in the 1980s.  In the 1980s scholars focused primarily on the “recovery” of unknown women authors (most notably through the Brown Women’s Writers Project, founded at Brown University in 1986, and dedicated to making available hand-typed transcriptions of women’s works published in their own time but not available in any modern edition).  The 1990s and early 2000’s witnessed the merging of women’s studies with gender studies (in an effort to include men as well as women and multiple sexual orientations). In the last fifteen years, scholars have reviewed women’s writing through a more critical (vs. biographical) lens. New digital technologies led to new ways of recovering “lost” early women writers and the social networks in which their works circulated. As a result of all these movements, early modern women writers are no longer non-existent, as was the case in the academy through the late 1980s.

Incorporating both old and new discoveries and formats, this course will open your eyes to a blazing new world of early women writers from Marie de France to Mary Wroth, to Mary Wollstonecraft.  Readings will include, Marie de France, “Lanval” (@1155); Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies (1405); Elizabeth I (1500s); Amelia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham “(1611); Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus (1621); Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World (1666); Fanny Burney, Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1778); and Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).

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ENGL 897 (M01) - Special Studies in Literature

Special Studies in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   5  
CRN: 56646
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; F) English Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century; I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Nonfiction; M) American Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English department.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Brigitte Bailey
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 MW 10:10am - 11:30am HS G35
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SP23 Special Topic: Urban Writing and American Cities

Big cities were new in the 19th-century U.S.—and triggered new forms of consciousness and representation. This course traces the growth of urban literature from the period before the Civil War into the 20th century. We’ll “visit” Boston, New York (a lot), and Chicago—and we’ll consider the city as a space of capital, consumption, and labor. We’ll read mostly novels, which became THE method for plumbing the depths of modern, urban experience and consciousness—by such writers as the Jewish-American immigrant Abraham Cahan and the Harlem Renaissance observer Nella Larsen. But we’ll also look at Edgar Allan Poe’s tales, Fanny Fern’s urban journalism, and Jacob Riis’s documentary photos; and we’ll end with a silent film: The Crowd. Other writers may include Horatio Alger, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Theodore Dreiser, and James Weldon Johnson. We’ll consider theories of urban space, consciousness, and expression that will open up all that we read and view. Assignments will include: summaries of theoretical and critical readings, short response papers on specific texts, an annotated bibliography, oral reports, a 5-page paper, and a 12-15 page research paper.

   

 

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ENGL 897 (N01) - Special Studies in Literature

Special Studies in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 56391
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; F) English Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century; I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Nonfiction; M) American Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English department.
Section Comments: Special Topic: Trauma and The Environment
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Petar Ramadanovic
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 M 1:10pm - 4:00pm HS 336
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ENGL 897 (N02) - Special Studies in Literature

Special Studies in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   5  
CRN: 56578
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; F) English Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century; I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Nonfiction; M) American Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English department.
Section Comments: Special Studies in Literature: Asian Americans in Prose & Pictures
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Monica Chiu
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 MW 11:10am - 12:30pm HS 108
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Spring 2023 Special Topic: Asian American Studies in Prose and Pictures

“I’m not a virus” resonated among Asian North Americans during the height of anti-Asian violence, instigated by the Covid-19 pandemic. With allies, they railed against a resurgence of the repellant notion of a Yellow Peril. They called for better understanding and new representations of Asian North Americans. What do you want to learn about the histories, cultures, and stories of Asian North Americans? This course will use both very contemporary written works (novels, short stories, poetry) and the medium of graphic narrative to widen our understanding of who Asian North Americans are as expressed in their own words and self-images. Possible course texts include the following pairings: Cao’s novel Monkey Bridge with GB Tran’s graphic narrative Vietnamerica; Ng’s novel Everything I Never Told You with Chong and Webber’s graphic pathography Dancing After TEN; Otsuka’s novel When the Emperor Was Divine with Tamaki’s collection of graphic narrative vignettes Boundless, among other titles.

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ENGL 898 (01) - Special Studies in Creative Writing

Spec Study in Creative Writing

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   15  
CRN: 56368
Courses offered under this number focus on topics within creative writing, such as poetic influences, the short story form, and writing the novel. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, course may be repeated for credit. For details, see the course descriptions available in the English Department.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits.
Instructors: Jaed Coffin
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 T 2:10pm - 5:00pm HS 250C
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Spring 2023 Special Topic: THE SPOKEN STORY

In this course, we’ll be focusing on the ancient and recently resurgent genre of the spoken story. While spoken narratives pre-date written ones, the dominance of text as the default vehicle for storytelling has recently been challenged by live platforms like The Moth Radio Hour, Storycorps, TED and many, many others. In the first half of the semester, we’ll be engaging with these various platforms, studying them for structure and image, lyric and movement (just as we would with any narrative). In the second half of the term, we’ll be developing our own stories and learning how to produce them for both live and digital consumption. Students should be prepared to “perform” narratives in this class—a skill that will draw on the poet’s mind for memorization and compression, the fiction writer’s mind for plotting and pacing, and the nonfiction writer’s mind for engaging with the raw material of personal experience. The semester will end with a (small scale) live storytelling event.

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ENGL 899 (01) - Master of Fine Arts in Writing Thesis

MFA in Writing Thesis

Credits: 1.0 to 8.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term* (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Graduate Credit/Fail grading
Class Size:   15  
CRN: 50850
Eight credits required, that can be taken in any combination during the student's academic coursework. IA (Continuous grading). Cr/F.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.
Instructors: Janine Wilks
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 Hours Arranged TBA
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ENGL 901 (01) - Advanced Writing of Fiction

Advanced Writing of Fiction

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 50200
Workshop discussion of advanced writing problems and readings of students' fiction. Individual conferences with instructor. Prereq: writing fiction or equivalent. Written permission of the instructor required for registration. May be repeated for credit with the approval of the department chairperson.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Ann Joslin Williams
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 W 1:10pm - 4:00pm HS 250C
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ENGL 901 (02) - Advanced Writing of Fiction

Advanced Writing of Fiction

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 52383
Workshop discussion of advanced writing problems and readings of students' fiction. Individual conferences with instructor. Prereq: writing fiction or equivalent. Written permission of the instructor required for registration. May be repeated for credit with the approval of the department chairperson.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Thomas Payne
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 T 5:10pm - 8:00pm HS 232
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ENGL 914 (02) - Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric

Spc Top/Composition & Rhetoric

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 56238
Topics chosen by instructor may include: A) Political, Philosophical, and Ethical Issues in Composition; B) Gender and Writing; C) Cognition and Composition; and D) Ethnographics of Literacy. May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: Christina Ortmeier-Hooper
Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 F 11:10am - 1:30pm HS 232
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Spring 2023 Detailed Description/Special Topic: WAC/WID and WPA

In this seminar, we ask: What does writing and writing expectations look like in the disciplines and majors across the university?  How do students transfer their knowledge of writing from one class to the next?  How do Writing-Across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs help faculty and students in higher education and secondary settings?  What is the role of a Writing Program (or ESL Program) Administrators (WPA) as they negotiate the needs of students, instructors, and university stakeholders in delivering writing (first-year writing, writing centers, ESL, writing-intensive, junior year writing, etc.) programs to the university community? What understandings are necessary to lead when placed (or offered a job) in these roles?

In this course, we take up the specialized areas of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC), Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID), and writing program administration (WPA).  Writing across the curriculum is an approach to learning which argues for the value of writing in all subject and disciplinary areas. It considers what kinds of appropriate infrastructure and support are needed for all stakeholders (faculty, students, university, etc.).  It imagines what the roles of rhetoric and composition specialist (and I would add, ESL specialists) beyond service or a single course.  WAC/WID specialists also develop programs and provide infrastructure to help all other departments in the teaching of writing. In recent years, WAC/WID scholarship has considered program sustainability and also students’ writing transfer, and the researchers in the field have used empirical methods to study transfer as it pertains to writing skills and knowledge.  Considerations about transfer and WAC/WID begin with a focus on first-year writing, but the interests of WAC/WID specialists reaches into professional writing, writing in the community, and other areas. By its very nature, WAC demands a knowledge of writing outside of English studies, or at least not customary for it. With this in mind, our conversations will be designed to discuss WAC/WID theories and programs, but also consider transfer with an eye toward such programs, our work with students, and program administration. 

For the most part, all WAC and WID work involves some layer of writing program administration, particularly in terms of working with stakeholders, faculty, program building, etc.  However, we will take the latter part of the semester to delve into program administration a bit more deeply.  Our WPA discussions will begin with the recognition that not all universities are research institutions with large numbers of graduate students; therefore we’ll think of administration broadly, considering not only the traditional WPA, but a variety of types of WAC/WID and WPA work, including research, program building, developing intra-institutional relationships, and more.

Throughout the semester, we will consider a broad range of questions, focusing on several which I believe are enduring, but working together to find other questions to consider:

  • What are some of the origins and traditions that guide the WAC and WID scholarship in composition?
  • What are some of the theories that guide the work of compositionists that study WAC and WID?
  • What are some models for WAC program development and working with faculty across the curriculum? How can these program be sustainable?
  • What roles should assessment, research, and data-driven decision-making play in contemporary WAC/WID and WPA work?
  • What can the study of WPA history offer those asked to perform WPA work?
  • What responsibilities do WAC and WID programs have for ensuring second language and multilingual students are treated fairly and respectfully, and supported successfully?
  • How should and how can writing programs, writing centers, English departments, and other institutional units be interconnected and/or organized?