Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 534 (02) - 21st Century Journalism: How the News Works

21st Century Journalism

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 12190

This class explores ways new technology, including social media, has affected the practice of journalism, and examines journalism past and present. Students discuss libel law, ethics and how to define plagiarism in the digital age. This survey is meant not only to lay a foundation for prospective journalists, but also to provide a broad understanding of the news media for those interested in how the news works.

Section Comments: This section open for General registration/all students

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Cross listed with : ENGL 534.01

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Lisa Miller

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

This is a required course for all English/Journalism majors. This section (534.02) is open to all students regardless of major or class standing.

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ENGL 550 (01) - Introduction to the Literature and Culture of Race

Intro to Lit and Cult of Race

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16147

This course introduces students to readings across the field of ethnic literature and culture in order to form their capacity to speak and think critically about race relations in America. Readings will include those in race theory, racial construction and authenticity, histories of raced subjects in America, the rise of ethnic studies, white ignorance and whiteness studies, the intersectionality of race with gender, sexual orientation, economic class, religion, and faith. Includes Asian American, African American, Native, and Latino/a literature.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Inquiry (Discovery), Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Monica Chiu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Detailed Description:

What is race? How does it matter and why? This course introduces students to very contemporary literature and media by and about ethnic Americans, specifically Black, Asian American, Native American, and Latinx subjects. What issues do the characters in these works face? What do their challenges mean for us? Novels, poems, essays, graphic narrative, pop culture, film. Possible texts include Orange’s Vanishing Stars; Ward’s Let Us Descend; selections from Castillo’s How to Read Now: Essays; selected poems by Ocean Vuong and Tayi Tibble; one graphic narrative. Students also will use materials in the UNH archive to research and write about race and UNH, past and present.

This course satisfies the Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies requirement for English Majors.

This cousre satisfies the Race & Racial Theories requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3, English Teaching Majors.

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ENGL 585 (01) - Introduction to Women in Literature

Intro to Women in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16135

The goal of this course is to examine women's roles in literary traditions, including women as authors and women as characters. We interrogate categories of sex, gender, and sexuality as they intersect with other categories of identity including race, class, and nation. Specific topics differ each semester according to the individual instructor. Recent semesters have included "Jewish Women Writers" and "Female Authors of the Mystery Novel". May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic.

Section Comments: Special Topic: Women Writers on the Edge

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): ENGL 585H, ENGL 585R

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Brigitte Bailey

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 108

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: Women Writers on the Edge

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The goal of English 585 is to examine women's roles in literary traditions, including women as authors and women as characters. We interrogate categories of sex, gender, and sexuality as they intersect with other categories of identity including race, class, and nation. In this version of English 585, we’ll read fiction and one graphic autobiography by 19^th, 20^th,and 21st-century women writers who imagine characters at the margins of their social worlds. 19^th-century novels will include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Julia Ward Howe’s The Hermaphrodite, and Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig. 20th-century novels will range from Nella Larsen’s Passing to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale to Octavia Butler’s Kindred. The graphic narrative will be Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. We’ll also read some short stories, poems, and short nonfiction by contemporaries of these authors. English 585 is writing intensive. In Fall 2024 this course may count towards a Women’s and Gender Studies major or minor.

This course satsifes a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Majors.

This course satisfies the "One English Department course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature" requirenent for English Teaching majors.

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ENGL 595 (01) - Literary Topics

Literary Topics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16136

Investigate in depth a literary topic of particular interest, in a course specially designed for both majors and non-majors. Themes vary from semester to semester--recent topics include the contemporary short story, Irish literature, animals in literature, and the literature of the Vietnam War. See the English Department for details of current offerings. May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic.

Section Comments: Special Topic: Lit & Medicine

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): ENGL 595H, ENGL 595W

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Sandhya Shetty

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 201

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: Literature & Medicine

Focusing on the intersections between literature and medicine, this course is for anyone curious about the cultural dimensions of medicine. With the help of literature, we will read and write about the enduring questions that arise around situations and experiences the body and mind undergo when sick, recovering, suffering, or dying. We will examine historical and visual texts that enhance our understanding of medicine and of literature, two discourses with affiliations that go back centuries. Ranging over several centuries and cultures, the works selected help us define key historical moments as well as urgent contemporary issues with respect to the body, human and sometimes nonhuman. Collectively, the literary texts we will read illuminate the experience of illness (pain, suffering, sympathy etc.); explore the nature of medical practice and disease in various cultures and the way the medical is intertwined with the politics underlying these realms of human experience; provide a historical perspective on all of the foregoing. Texts will be drawn from different genres (fiction, essay, and drama), national cultures, and historical periods.

This course satisfies the Genres or Theory requirment for English Majors.

This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Law 3+3, English/Journalism Majors.

This course satisfies the "One English Course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature" requirement for English Teaching Majors.

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ENGL 605 (01) - Intermediate Linguistic Analysis

Intermediate Linguistic Analys

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 10266

Introduces analysis methods and problem solving in phonology, morphology, and syntax using data from many languages. Emphasis will be both practical (learning how to describe the grammar and sound system of a language) and theoretical (understanding languages' behavior).

Section Comments: Also listed as LING 605.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 405 or LING 405

Equivalent(s): LING 605

Cross listed with : LING 605.01

Instructors: Rachel Burdin

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 104

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ENGL 616C (01) - Studies in Film/Culture and Ideology

Studies in Film/Cult &Ideology

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 16137

Advanced, focused study of the narrative, dramatic, and poetic practices of cinema, within one of four possible subject areas: A) Genre; B) Authorship; C) Culture and Ideology; D) Narrative and Style. Precise issues and methods may vary, ranging from general and specific considerations of how a given subject area involves film theory, criticism, and history, to its use in diverse analyses of selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers. May be repeated for credit barring duplication of topic. Barring duplication of material taken for credit in CMN 650, course may be repeated for credit. Detailed course descriptions available in the English department office.

Section Comments: Special Topic FA24: Sci-Fi Film

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): AMST 605, ENGL 616

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Matthias Konzett

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 201

Additional Course Details:

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This course examines the emergence of sci-fi films from cheaper and sensational B genre productions into ambitious and costly A genre films raising serious social and cultural questions. As imagined utopian or dystopian spaces, sci-fi films address contemporary issues of technology, standardization, authoritarian rule, invasion of privacy and surveillance. From within worlds of seemingly sanitized order, sci-fi films focus on troubling questions of health and immunology, genetics, eugenics, race, class, and gender. On a conceptual level, sci-fi films challenge perceptual notions of space and time and erase the difference between simulation and reality in their imagined cyber worlds. We will explore the relation of future oriented cinematic worlds to the cultural present in which they are screened. Classic sci-fi films (e.g. 2001: A Space Odyssey) will be examined along with more recent films (e.g. Children of Men, District 9; Minority Report). Particular attention will be paid to the variety of genres invoked by sci-fi films ranging from horror (Alien), to mystery (Ex-Machina) epic superhero (The Matrix) noir (Blade Runner), and the recent Dune series by Dennis Villeneuve.

This course satisfies the 'Genres or Theory' requirement for English majors.

This course satisfies the GENRE requirement for English Literature majors.

This course counts towards the DH Component requirement for English: TBD majors.

This course may satisfy the 'One English Course in Writing Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'One additional 500/600/700 level (non-Journalism course) requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

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ENGL 618 (01) - Film Theory

Film Theory

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 10866

Examines basic theories of film and their relationship to the practice of close analysis of film. Theories are meant to provide students with a vocabulary for critical analysis and stress the many ways of seeing film.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Matthias Konzett

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS G35

Additional Course Details:

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We will examine basic theories of film and their relationship to the practice of “close analysis.” How do film theorists discuss the experience of film, spectatorship, apparatus, and production in a variety of theoretical contexts and explore major film theories such as those of formalism, realism, auteurism, star/celebrity culture, gender, psychoanalysis, genre, race, cultural and media studies? Theories are meant to provide students with a vocabulary for close analysis of film and will stress the many ways of seeing and experiencing film. Our primary responsibility will be finding ways to speak and write about film and its significance as a complex aesthetic and social sign. Films discussed in class iinclude works by Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Coen Brothers, Christopher Nolan, Ryan Coogler, Kathryn Bigelow, Lana and Lily Wachowski, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Benny and Josh Safdie, Peter Jackson, and Alejandro Iñárritu.

This course satisfies the 'Genres or Theory' requirement for English majors.

This course satisfies the GENRE requirement for English Literature majors.

This course counts towards the DH Component requirement for English: TBD majors.

This course may satisfy the 'One English Course in Writing Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'One additional 500/600/700 level' (non-Journalism course) requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 621 (01) - Newswriting

Newswriting

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 10047

Students get a strong journalistic foundation with hands-on experience reporting and writing compelling news stories for print and digital platforms. Skills taught include finding news stories and tracking down sources; conducting interviews and verifying facts; and drafting and revising stories. ENGL 621 may be taken more than once for credit with the approval of the Journalism Program Director. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Section Comments: Students repeating this course for credit must visit the ENGL department office for a "Repeat for Credit" form.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 401 or ENGL 401H) and ENGL 534

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Lisa Miller

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Course Details:

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This is the class where you’ll learn to seek answers to these kinds of questions and tell the true stories they reveal. By researching and writing weekly news articles, you’ll begin to grasp the practice of journalism and better understand the role of journalists in our society.

Responsible, accurate journalism is more important now than it ever was. We’re bombarded with so much information every day that it’s hard to determine what’s reliable and what’s not. The world needs great journalists to tell important stories.

This is a required course for all English/Journalism majors.

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ENGL 623 (01) - Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 11020

Intensive writing course emphasizing the blend of basic elements that constitute creative nonfiction: research, observation, and personal experience. Also readings and discussion of some of the best published creative nonfiction. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Section Comments: Students repeating this course for credit must visit the ENGL department office for a "Repeat for Credit" form.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Sue Hertz

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 126

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Linguistics or Writing requirement for all English majors.

This course counts towards the 'One English Dept course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course counts towards the 'One of Three on-campus Journalism courses' requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

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ENGL 625 (01) - Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop

Intermediate Fiction Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16138

Students continue to explore the aspects of fiction writing. Through short exercises students learn to create visual scenes, integrate exposition with dramatic scene, and construct convincing characters in believable situations. We'll continue to explore the basic elements of what makes a short story, such as point of view, dialogue, dramatization, voice, meaning, language. Students write short stories and significantly revise them. Through discussion of student writing in a workshop format, as well as reading and responding to short stories by published authors, we'll address the questions: What is a short story? How do we create a world in which the reader is fully involved? Where does the story evoke emotion or meaning? ENGL 625 may be taken more than once for credit, recommended with two different instructors. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Ann Joslin Williams

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 124

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Linguistics or Writing requirement for all English majors.

This course counts towards the 'One English Dept course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'One additional 500/600/700 level ENGL course' requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.