Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 778 (01) - Race and Gender in Film and Popular Culture

Race and Gender in Film

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

Class Size: 25
CRN: 13578

This course explores representations of race and gender in American cinema and popular culture and features weekly readings in contemporary race and gender theories. Topics include the black women's gaze; woman as object; the action hero and hyper-masculinity; hybridity; race/ethnicity and hypersexuality; the crisis of white masculinity; white privilege; sexual orientation; transsexual and transgender performance. This course is reading and Canvas intensive, requiring weekly writing assignments and papers.

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Instructors: Delia Konzett

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS G34

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This course will explore representations of gender and race in American cinema and popular culture, ranging from Classical Hollywood, social critical cinema of the 1950s/1960s to contemporary films that feature representations of the body in various contexts. Weekly readings of contemporary gender and race theories will guide us in identifying the various stereotypes and subversive aspects depicted in cinema and popular culture. Topics include various representations of masculinity and the crisis of white masculinity; the black woman’s gaze; objectification and lighting of white women; race/ethnicity and hypersexuality; white privilege; sexual orientation; and transgender performance. This course is reading and writing intensive and examples from films will be discussed and closely analyzed in class. Films discussed include Mahogany; Deliverance; Jackie Brown; Pocahontas; Twilight; The Shining; Moonlight; The Silence of the Lambs; Get Out. Please note that this course requires heavy use of myCourses (mC)/Canvas.

This course satisfies the Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies requirement for English majors following degree requirements activated in Fall 2023.

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

This course may be taken for CAPSTONE credit by English majors following degree requirements in place prior to Fall 2023. Pick up a Capstone Decalration Form in the main ENGL office (HS 230F) if interested in this option.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 787 (01) - English Major Seminar

English Major Seminar

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16142

This Capstone course offers you an opportunity to study a specialized topic in depth in a seminar format. Enrollment is limited to 15 so that you can take active part in discussion and work closely with the instructor on a research project. Topics vary from semester to semester. Recent topics include Tragedy, Comedy, American Women Poets, Medicine in Literature, and Feminist Print Culture. May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic. For details see semester specific course descriptions available in the English Department.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 419 with minimum grade of B

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

Equivalent(s): ENGL 787R

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Monica Chiu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: "Climbing the Empathy Wall": Race in Contemporary American Literature

“An empathy wall is an obstacle to deep understanding of another person,” writes Arlie Russell Hochschild in her study Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, “one that can make us feel indifferent or even hostile to those who hold different beliefs or whose childhood is rooted in different circumstances.” This course asks, “How can we climb that empathy wall?” Through very contemporary literature—published from 2015 onward, including novels, short stories, poetry, essays, graphic narratives, media images and other pop culture—we will discuss what health, wealth, environment, education, and justice mean for BIPOC (biracial, indigenous, people of color) and for poor whites. Possible texts; Orange’s Vanishing Stars; Munoz’s The Consequences; Ward’s Let Us Descend; selections from Castillo’s How to Read Now: Essays; Potts’ The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America; selected poems by Ocean Vuong, Tayi Tibble, and/or Erin Marie Lynch; Huang’s Disorientation; Jacobs’ graphic narrative Good Talk; and selected chapters from Irving’s Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race and Hochschild’s Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right.

In Fall 2024 this course satisfies the Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies requirement for English Majors following degree requirements activated in Fall 2023.

This course may be taken for CAPSTONE credit by English Majors following degree requirements in place prior to fall 2023. Pick up a Capstone Declaration Form in the main ENGL office (HS 230F) if interested in this option.

This course satisfies the Capstone requirement for English Literature Majors.

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

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Manchester Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 787 (M1) - English Major Seminar

English Major Seminar

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 12838

Section Comments: Course Title: The Other Voices of Comic Books

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 419 with minimum grade of B

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

Equivalent(s): ENGL 787R

Cross listed with : ENGL 800.M1

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Susanne Paterson

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	T	9:10am - 12:00pm	PANDRA P531

Additional Course Details:

From the medium's origin in the Early 20th century's interwar years, comic books have allowed minority and under-represented communities to make their voices heard and their stories told. Starting with the 1938 debut of Superman - a literal alien adopted by prototypical heartland Americans - immigrants, religious and ethnic minorities, and women have found colorful and fantastical ways to share their experiences. This course will explore the creative expression of some of those other voices of comic books.

English 787, English Major Seminar: The Other Voices of Comic Books is a Writing Intensive course that fulfills part of the Capstone requirement (as well as the “Poetics” requirement) for the Literary Studies option within the English Studies major. At UNH Manchester, it also fulfills the diversity requirement for the B.A. in English Teaching. Prerequisite: English 419, or instructor’s permission.

Although the course is titled “English Major Seminar,” students from other majors are very welcome and may find the subject matter of interest (please note the “instructor’s permission” option).

English 787 may be repeated for credit, up to a maximum of 8 credits, provided that the content is not significantly duplicated.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 788 (01) - Senior Honors

Senior Honors

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 10881

Open to senior English majors who, in the opinion of the department, have demonstrated the capacity to do superior work. An honors project consists of supervised research leading to a substantial thesis or writing of poetry or fiction portfolio. Required of students in the honors in major program. (Not offered every year.)

Section Comments: This course is required for all students in the Honors in Major Program. Open to Senior English majors only.

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

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman, Junior, Sophomore

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Honors course

Instructors: Delia Konzett

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 789 (01) - Special Topics in English Teaching

Special Topic/English Teaching

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

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16385

Advanced theories and practices course on English Teaching. Topics such as A) Teaching Young Adult Literature, C) Teaching English in Diverse Contexts, D) Teaching Drama, N) Teaching Nonfiction, R) English Teachers as Researchers, and T) Alternate Literacies and Teaching Technologies. Barring duplication of subject, course may be repeated for credit. For details see course descriptions available in the English department.

Section Comments: Special Topic: YA Literature

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

Cross listed with : ENGL 889.01

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Laura Smith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 332

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: Teaching YA Literature

Adolescence, for many students, seems to be a period during which love of reading dies. In fact, studies reveal that “less than one-third of 13-year-olds read daily” and “only 16 percent of high school students” identify as “high frequent readers” (Gilmore 47; Newkirk 117). But there is hope in the field of popular young adult (YA) literature! In YA lit, adolescents can find books that match their interests and reading levels. In this course, we’ll explore how YA literature can be used to foster lifelong readers. We will read widely among genres of young adult literature (including both contemporary YA works as well as canonical literary works written for an adult audience but deemed appropriate for secondary students), focusing on the particular skills of literary criticism and theory required to establish a developmentally appropriate literature curriculum at the secondary level and to link young adult literature to canonical literary traditions. Students should prepare themselves for quick-paced reading, discussion, research, and assignments in varied formats, from written responses to digital projects.

This course is the required CAPSTONE for English Teaching majors. Speak to your advisor about readiness for Capstone coursework.

This course may be taken as an upper-level Elective by English majors following degree requirements activated in Fall 2023.

This course may be taken for CAPSTONE credit by English Majors following degree requirements in place prior to Fall 2023. Pick up a Capstone Declaration Form in the main English Dept office (HS 230F) if interested.

Manchester Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 791 (M1) - English Grammar

English Grammar

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 13278

An introduction to the terminology and major concepts in English grammar. Covers descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar, parts of speech, phrase structure, clause types, and basic sentence patterns. Useful for pre-service teachers seeking to acquire the background knowledge needed to make informed decisions about teaching of English grammar.

Cross listed with : ENGL 891.M1

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Susanne Paterson

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	W	9:10am - 12:00pm	PANDRA P368

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Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 793 (01) - Phonetics and Phonology

Phonetics and Phonology

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 12840

The sound system of English and other languages as viewed from the standpoint of modern linguistic theory, including the following topics: the acoustic and articulatory properties of speech sounds, the phonemic repertories of particular languages, phonological derivations, and prosodic phenomena such as stress and intonation.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 405 or LING 405 or ENGL 605 or LING 605

Equivalent(s): LING 793

Cross listed with : ENGL 893.01, LING 793.01

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Instructors: Sean Madigan

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MWF	2:10pm - 3:00pm	HS G21

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 797 (M01) - Special Studies in Literature

Special Studies in Literature

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16386

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) Non-fiction, M) American Literature, N) A Literary Problem, O) Literature of the Renaissance, R) Race and Racial Theories. 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: Literature & Culture Between the World Wars

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

Cross listed with : ENGL 897.M01

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Lisa MacFarlane

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	1:10pm - 2:30pm	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: Literature & Culture Between the World Wars

The first half of the 20^th century was a time of global turmoil: two world wars, a global pandemic, a worldwide economic depression, climatological disasters. It was also a time of aesthetic innovation (modernisms), a recommitment to art as a vehicle for social change (both publicly and privately funded), and the dissemination of new media (radio, recordings, film). In this course, we’ll read across a range of genres to map the contours of this period, both historically and culturally. We’ll begin with W.E.B. DuBois’ The Souls of Black Folk in which he declares that the problem of the 20^th century will be the problem of the color line and end with literature produced in the shadow of WWII. In between we’ll consider fiction, documentary, poetry, satire, journalism, and film produced in a variety of styles and discourses. Expect to read a lot; expect to write frequently; expect to take ownership of class discussion.

This course satisfies the Literature After 1800 requirement for English majors following degree requirements activated in Fall 2023.

This course may be taken for CAPSTONE credit by English majors following degree requirments in place prior to Fall 2023. Pick up a Capstone Declaration Form in the main English office (HS 230F) if interested in this option.

This course counts as one of two Post-1800 Literature requirements for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Majors.

This course counts as one of two upper-level Literature requirements for English Teaching majors.

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Manchester Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 800 (M1) - Studies in Literature

Studies in Literature

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

Class Size: 2
CRN: 12839

Students in the MAT, MEd, and MST programs, as well as non-degree students, can register for graduate course work in English under this number. The precise topics and focus of each section vary. Topics include Old English Literature, Medieval Literature, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, English Romantic Period, Victorian Period, 20th and 21st Century, Drama, Novel, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, A Literary Problem, Literature of the Renaissance, Postcolonial Literature, 20th to 21st Century American Literature. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. Note: Students in the MA and PhD programs in English may not take English 800 for credit toward their degrees. English 800 will only be offered on the Manchester campus.

Section Comments: The Other Voices of Comic Books

Cross listed with : ENGL 787.M1

Instructors: Susanne Paterson

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	T	9:10am - 12:00pm	PANDRA P531

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Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 804 (01) - Advanced Nonfiction Writing

Advanced Nonfiction Writing

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

Class Size: 10
CRN: 11554

This workshop embraces all forms of narrative nonfiction, including essays, memoir, literary journalism, and travel writing. Students write multiple pieces that serve as the heart of class discussion. In addition, the class discusses elements of craft and a myriad of selected readings that reflect the genre's range. May be repeated for credit with approval of the MFA director.

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

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 24 credits.

Instructors: Sue Hertz

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	M	9:10am - 12:00pm	HS 232