English Major

Requirements

The major consists of ENG 150, ENG 250, and at least eight other courses. These must include at least five at the 300 level or above that satisfy three geographical areas (British, U.S., and World) and three historical periods (Medieval & Early Modern, Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries, and Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries). The same course may satisfy both an area and a period requirement, but no single course can be used to satisfy two areas or two periods.

One of the eight other courses must be a senior seminar, a 400-level critical individual study, or a critical seniors honors study. These courses also satisfy areas and periods.

Only one course at the 100 level, in addition to ENG 150, may be counted towards the minimum of ten courses required for the major. One course in a foreign-language literature may be counted towards the minimum of ten; such a course cannot satisfy an area or period requirement.

Only two courses in creative writing (ENG 105, ENG 217, ENG 220, ENG 221, ENG 222, ENG 222A, ENG 222B, ENG 240, ENG 300, ENG 321, ENG 322, ENG 340, ENG 481, ENG 482) may be counted towards the minimum of ten courses, although all writing courses are counted in determining the maximum of sixteen courses allowed in one department.

Two courses taken outside the College may be counted towards the major with permission of the chair.

Required Courses for all Students:

ENG 150ESSENTIALS OF LITERARY STUDY

4

ENG 250THEORY & PRACTICE OF LIT STUDY

4

British Literature

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 309EARLY ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 310LATE ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 312MILTON

4

ENG 323SEX, POLITICS, RELIGION POETRY

4

ENG 329RACE, NATION, EMPIRE 18TH CENT

4

ENG 330AVISUAL & LIT MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

4

ENG 330B/GWS 330BLOVE & SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES

4

ENG 330CMEDIEVAL TRAVELS, REAL/FANTASY

4

ENG 331SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE

4

ENG 333THE CANTERBURY TALES

4

ENG 339DELAYED GRATIFICATION

4

ENG 343ULYSSES: ORIGINS TO AFTERLIFE

4

ENG 345FORM/FAMILY IN MODERNIST FICT

4

ENG 346/GWS 345/THE 346SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES

4

ENG 347/GWS 347/THE 347SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDY/HISTORY

4

ENG 348LIT & SCI IN 17TH-CEN ENGLAND

4

ENG 350SICKNESS/HEALTH IN REN LIT

4

ENG 353DESIRE/DISAPPOINTMNT: VICT FIC

4

ENG 354PROBLEM PROTAGONISTS

4

ENG 382GLOBAL MIDDLE ENGLISH

4

ENG 383SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT

4

ENG 384/GIS 384/GWS 384FRAMING MEDIEVAL DESIRE

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

ENG 493N/GWS 493SEX, GENDER, MODERNISM

4

U.S. Literature

ENG 301/GWS 301AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 316/AFR 316REPETITION

4

ENG 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 319/CRE 319/GWS 319LEATHER AND GLITTER

4

ENG 325/AMS 323/ES 323THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4

ENG 329RACE, NATION, EMPIRE 18TH CENT

4

ENG 336/AMS 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTHER ANIMALS IN US LIT

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 344/AFR 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4

ENG 345FORM/FAMILY IN MODERNIST FICT

4

ENG 351/AFR 351FUGITIVE JAMES BALDWIN

4

ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4

ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345RADICAL DIETS IN US LITERATURE

4

ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 370/THE 370MODERN DRAMA

4

ENG 377/ES 377LITERATURES OF UTOPIA

4

ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4

ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4

ENG 493QHENRY JAMES & QUEER AFTERLIVES

4

ENG 493S/AMS 420/ES 420/GWS 423WHITMAN, DICKINSON, & AFTER

4

World Literature

ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

ENG 319/CRE 319/GWS 319LEATHER AND GLITTER

4

ENG 330B/GWS 330BLOVE & SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES

4

ENG 330CMEDIEVAL TRAVELS, REAL/FANTASY

4

ENG 342CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY

4

ENG 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4

ENG 360/AFR 360/FLM 360RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

4

ENG 362/GWS 362ALICE MUNRO & THE SHORT STORY

4

ENG 366/GIS 366WAR AND PEACE:MOD MIDDLE EAST

4

ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4

ENG 381/GIS 381/CRE 381GLOBAL GRAPHIC NOVELS

4

ENG 382GLOBAL MIDDLE ENGLISH

4

ENG 384/GIS 384/GWS 384FRAMING MEDIEVAL DESIRE

4

ENG 477/HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

Medieval and Early Modern

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 312MILTON

4

ENG 323SEX, POLITICS, RELIGION POETRY

4

ENG 330AVISUAL & LIT MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

4

ENG 330B/GWS 330BLOVE & SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES

4

ENG 330CMEDIEVAL TRAVELS, REAL/FANTASY

4

ENG 331SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE

4

ENG 333THE CANTERBURY TALES

4

ENG 346/GWS 345/THE 346SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES

4

ENG 347/GWS 347/THE 347SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDY/HISTORY

4

ENG 348LIT & SCI IN 17TH-CEN ENGLAND

4

ENG 350SICKNESS/HEALTH IN REN LIT

4

ENG 382GLOBAL MIDDLE ENGLISH

4

ENG 383SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT

4

ENG 384/GIS 384/GWS 384FRAMING MEDIEVAL DESIRE

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

ENG 309EARLY ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 310LATE ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 325/AMS 323/ES 323THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4

ENG 329RACE, NATION, EMPIRE 18TH CENT

4

ENG 336/AMS 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTHER ANIMALS IN US LIT

4

ENG 339DELAYED GRATIFICATION

4

ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4

ENG 353DESIRE & DISAPPOINTMENT 19C UK

4

ENG 354PROBLEM PROTAGONISTS

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 377/ES 377LITERATURES OF UTOPIA

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493QHENRY JAMES & QUEER AFTERLIVES

4

ENG 493S/AMS 420/ES 420/GWS 423WHITMAN, DICKINSON, & AFTER

4

Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

ENG 301/GWS 301AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 314/CRE 313THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

ENG 316/AFR 316REPETITION

4

ENG 317/AFR 317/AMS 317/GWS 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 319/CRE 319/GWS 319LEATHER AND GLITTER

4

ENG 325/AMS 323/ES 323THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4

ENG 336/AMS 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTHER ANIMALS IN US LIT

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 342CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY

4

ENG 343ULYSSES: ORIGINS TO AFTERLIFE

4

ENG 344/AFR 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4

ENG 345FORM/FAMILY IN MODERNIST FICT

4

ENG 351/AFR 351FUGITIVE JAMES BALDWIN

4

ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345RADICAL DIETS IN US LITERATURE

4

ENG 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4

ENG 362/GWS 362ALICE MUNRO & THE SHORT STORY

4

ENG 366/GIS 366WAR AND PEACE:MOD MIDDLE EAST

4

ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 370/THE 370MODERN DRAMA

4

ENG 377/ES 377LITERATURES OF UTOPIA

4

ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4

ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4

ENG 381/GIS 381/CRE 381GLOBAL GRAPHIC NOVELS

4

ENG 477/HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

ENG 493N/GWS 493SEX, GENDER, MODERNISM

4

ENG 493QHENRY JAMES & QUEER AFTERLIVES

4

Senior Seminar, 400-Level Critical Individual Study, or Critical Honors Study

ENG 477/HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

ENG 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

ENG 493N/GWS 493SEX, GENDER, MODERNISM

4

ENG 493QHENRY JAMES & QUEER AFTERLIVES

4

ENG 493S/AMS 420/ES 420/GWS 423WHITMAN, DICKINSON, & AFTER

4

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Concentration in Creative Writing

The minimum number of courses to satisfy both the major and the concentration in creative writing is twelve, four of which must be in creative writing. Of the four courses in creative writing, at least three must be devoted to either fiction/non-fiction or poetry.

Fiction/non-fiction specialization within the concentration

Students in the creative writing concentration who choose fiction/non-fiction must take both of these courses:

ENG 220WRITING THE SHORT STORY

4

ENG 321SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

Students in the creative writing concentration who choose fiction/non-fiction must also take either two more fiction/non-fiction courses OR one more fiction/non-fiction course and one poetry course. (Note that individual studies and honors study courses only count towards the concentration if they are taken as creative writing courses.)

ENG 221NARRATIVE NONFICTION

4

ENG 222SPECIAL TOPICS IN FICTION

4

ENG 222ADOUBLE TAKES

4

ENG 222BWRITING LONG FICTION

4

ENG 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 321SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 481INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CREATIVE

4

ENG 482INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CREATIVE

4

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Poetry specialization within the concentration

Students in the creative writing concentration who choose poetry must take both of these courses:

ENG 240READING & WRITING POEMS

4

ENG 340POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP

4

Students in the creative writing concentration who choose poetry must also take either two more poetry courses OR one more poetry course and one fiction/non-fiction course. (Note that individual studies and honors study courses only count towards the concentration if they are taken as creative writing courses.)

ENG 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 481INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CREATIVE

4

ENG 482INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CREATIVE

4

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Concentration in World Literature

The history of the English language is inextricable from histories of imperialism, colonialism, decolonization, liberation, power, inequality, violence, and freedom. The Concentration in World Literature is for students who wish to focus their study of English literature beyond British and American works and to think about how stories and poems cross national borders and intertwine with world history.

The minimum number of courses to satisfy both the major and the World Literature concentration is twelve, three of which must be in World Literature. In addition to the College language requirement, students in the concentration must take at least one course in a foreign language at the intermediate level or beyond. To complete the concentration, students must also complete a World Literature-themed senior seminar paper, honors study, or individual study at the 400 level.

Students concentrating in World Literature are strongly encouraged to study away. They may complete an advanced-level literature course in a language other than English at the 300 or 400 level (taught either in the original language or in translation) in lieu of one of the two additional courses.

Of the three courses in World Literature, at least one of them must be from the list of core courses in the concentration and two more courses from either the core course list or the additional course list.

Core Courses in World Literature

ENG 311/AFR 312AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 314/CRE 313THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

ENG 330CMEDIEVAL TRAVELS, REAL/FANTASY

4

ENG 342CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY

4

ENG 358C/CRE 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4

ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ENG 381/GIS 381/CRE 381GLOBAL GRAPHIC NOVELS

4

Additional courses that count towards the World Literature concentration. (Note that individual studies and honors study courses only count towards the concentration if they are taken as World Literature courses.)

ENG 107/GIS 107/SLA 107CC:NOMADS, SHAMANS, & MYSTICS

4

ENG 137FICTIONS OF EMPIRE

4

ENG 181/AT 181CC:LIT ACTIVISM & SOCIAL MEDIA

4

ENG 241BORDERLANDS

4

ENG 366/CRE 366/GIS 366WAR AND PEACE: MOD MIDDLE EAST

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 384/GIS 384/GWS 384FRAMING MEDIEVAL DESIRE

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 477/HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

ENG 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Concentration in Race, Power, Difference

The Concentration in Race, Power, Difference brings together the English Department's courses that foreground the interplay of race, power, and difference in literature. Students in the concentration will coalesce their research interests in race, gender, queer theory, age studies, disability studies, empire, and other areas of power and difference for use on literary texts.

Students take three Race, Power, Difference courses (one core course and two more courses from either the core course list or the additional course list) in order to conduct a sustained investigation of how the intertwining of these categories is represented in literary and other texts. To complete the concentration, these courses must be capped with a Race, Power, Difference-themed comprehensive exercise—a full-length senior seminar paper, honors study, or individual study at the 400 level—that must be completed by the senior year.

The minimum number of courses to satisfy both the major and the Race, Power, Difference concentration is twelve, three of which must be in Race, Power, Difference. Of the three courses in Race, Power, Difference, at least one of them must be from this list of core courses in the concentration:

Core Courses in Race, Power, Difference

ENG 205/AFR 204NEW WORLD BLACK MASCULINITIES

4

ENG 316/AFR 316REPETITION

4

ENG 329RACE, NATION, EMPIRE 18TH CENT

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 344/AFR 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4

ENG 358C/CRE 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4

ENG 477/HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

Additional courses that count towards the Race, Power, Difference concentration. (Note that individual studies and honors study courses only count towards the concentration if they are taken as Race, Power, Difference courses.)

ENG 123/AFR 123/AMS 123/GWS 123INTRO TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT

4

ENG 301/GWS 301AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 311/AFR 312AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 314/CRE 313THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

ENG 317/AFR 317/AMS 317/GWS 317BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 325/AMS 323/ES 323THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4

ENG 342CROSS-CULTURAL POETRY

4

ENG 351/AFR 351FUGITIVE JAMES BALDWIN

4

ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4

ENG 366/CRE 366/GIS 366WAR AND PEACE: MOD MIDDLE EAST

4

ENG 367/ES 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ENG 379/AFR 379/AMS 379BLACK POETICS

4

ENG 380/AFR 380/AMS 380COMMEMORATION

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4