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spring 2010

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Freshman Seminars

Gender, Sexuality and the Modern Novel: Virginia Woolf and Company

ENGL 016.401

Andrew Gaedtke

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Phototextuality: The Art of Photographs in Literary Texts

ENGL 016.402

Thadious Davis

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

College Requirement Courses

Shakespeare

ENGL 101.001

Zachary Lesser

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

The 20th-Century

ENGL 104.401

Peter Conn

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Disability Narratives

ENGL 105.401

Heather K. Love

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Intermediate Level Courses

Literature Before 1660: Medieval and Renaissance Literature

ENGL 020.001

Cristina Pangilinan

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Grotesque Bodies and Medieval Romance

ENGL 022.010

Cristina Pangilinan

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Renaissance Literature & Culture

ENGL 031.001

Barbara Riebling

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

A Landscape of British Poetry, 1660-1914

ENGL 040.301

Michael Gamer

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

British Poetry: 1660 to 1914

ENGL 040.302

Jane Malcolm

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

18th-Century Novel

ENGL 045.401

Toni Bowers

fulfills requirements:

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Romantic Revolutions

ENGL 050.001

Jeffrey Edwards

fulfills requirements:

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Our Dark Materials: 19th Century American Gothic Writing

ENGL 053.001

Deborah Burnham

fulfills requirements:

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Early American Race Theory

ENGL 057.001

Jeffrey Edwards

fulfills requirements:

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Modern Irish Literature

ENGL 058.001

Jed Esty

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Museum and Modern Literature

ENGL 059.001

Aaron Levy

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The 20th-Century British Novel

ENGL 065.001

James English

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Gender, Sexuality and Literature: Sexuality, Race, and Empire in Modernism

ENGL 090.401

Heather K. Love

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Introduction to Literary Theory

ENGL 094.401

Andrew Gaedtke

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Seminars

Chaucer and Shakespeare

ENGL 225.301

Cristina Pangilinan

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Pre-1700 or Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Topics in the History of the Book: Reading, Writing, and Printing in Early Modern England, Europe, and America

ENGL 234.401

Peter Stallybrass, Roger Chartier

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Pre-1700 or Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Satire

ENGL 241.301

Andrew Gaedtke

fulfills requirements:

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Pirates, Sinners and Castaways: Literature from the Other Atlantic

ENGL 248.301

David Kazanjian

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Literature of Slavery

ENGL 248.302

Joseph Rezek

fulfills requirements:

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

19th-Century American Novel

ENGL 255.301

Jeffrey Edwards

fulfills requirements:

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Connecting: From Stage to Screen to Monitors – and Back Again

ENGL 256.401

Timothy Corrigan, Marcia Ferguson

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Documentary Drama (The Edinburgh Project)

ENGL 256.402

Cary Mazer

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Future of Memory

ENGL 261.301

Aaron Levy

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Topics in the Literature of Africa and the African Diaspora: Cityscapes

ENGL 271.401

Tsitsi Ella Jaji

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Asian American Literature of War

ENGL 272.401

Josephine Park

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Kelly Writers House Seminar: Joyce Carol Oates, David Milch and Susan Howe

ENGL 274.301

Al Filreis

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Fiction/Nonfiction Perplex

ENGL 274.302

Wendy Steiner

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

African American Modernism

ENGL 281.401

Thadious Davis

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Rebelling Against Stereotypes: Native American Film

ENGL 282.401

Timothy Powell

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Revolution of the Word: Modernist American Poetry and Poetics (1900-1945)

ENGL 288.401

Charles Bernstein

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Black Woman: Post-Civil Rights African-American Women’s Literature

ENGL 290.401

Salamishah Tillet

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Postapartheid Literature

ENGL 293.401

Rita Barnard

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Slought Curatorial Seminar canceled

ENGL 294.402

Aaron Levy

Teaching American Studies

ENGL 401.401

Peter Conn

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Elective of the Standard Major

Benjamin Franklin Seminars

Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 326.301

Phyllis Rackin

fulfills requirements:

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Pre-1700 or Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Literature and Political Culture among the Ancients

ENGL 329.401

Anne Hall

The Pamela Craze

ENGL 341.401

Toni Bowers

fulfills requirements:

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

American Prison Writing

ENGL 363.301

Amy Kaplan

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

American Theatre Left and Right

ENGL 376.401

Cary Mazer

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Creative Writing Seminars

Creative Writing: Writing the Personal Essay, Writing Fiction

ENGL 010.301

Liz Moore

Creative Possibilities in Creative Nonfiction and Poetry

ENGL 010.302

Thomas E. Devaney, Jr.

Experimental Writing

ENGL 111.401

Charles Bernstein

Fiction Writing Workshop

ENGL 112.301

Karen Rile

Fiction Writing Workshop

ENGL 112.302

Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Playwriting Workshop

ENGL 114.401

Seth Bauer

Advanced Fiction Writing

ENGL 115.301

Max Apple

Screenwriting Workshop

ENGL 116.401

Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve

The Arts and Popular Culture

ENGL 117.301

Anthony DeCurtis

Advanced Poetry Workshop

ENGL 118.301

ENGL 121.301

ENGL 122.401

Erin Gautsche, Tricia Treacy

Advanced Screenwriting

ENGL 130.401

Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve

Creative Non-Fiction Writing

ENGL 135.301

Lorene Cary

Creative Non-Fiction Writing Your Travels

ENGL 135.302

Marion Kant

Creative Non-Fiction Writing

ENGL 135.401

Valerie Ross

Advanced Non-Fiction Writing

ENGL 145.301

ENGL 145.401

ENGL 155.301

Advanced Journalistic Writing: Global Journalism

ENGL 158.301

Peter Tarr

Political Commentary Writing in the Blog Age

ENGL 159.301

Dick Polman

The Art of the Profile

ENGL 161.301

Dick Polman

Writing Through Art and Literature

ENGL 165.301

Kenneth Goldsmith

Advanced Projects in Popular Culture

ENGL 170.301

Anthony DeCurtis

Cross-Listed Courses

Native American Films and Photographs: A Bridge to Indian Country

ENGL 016.403

Karen Redrobe, Timothy Powell

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Science and Literature

ENGL 075.401

Mark Adams

fulfills requirements:

Elective of the Standard Major

Jewish Films and Literature

ENGL 079.401

Kathryn Hellerstein

fulfills requirements:

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

World Film History and Analysis to 1945

ENGL 091.401

Meta Mazaj

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Introduction to Film History

ENGL 095.401

Karen Redrobe

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Film History Recitation

ENGL 095.405

Department Staff

Narratives Across Cultures

ENGL 103.401

Roger Allen

fulfills requirements:

Elective of the Standard Major

Dante’s Divine Comedy

ENGL 232.401

Kevin Brownlee

Freud

ENGL 261.401

Liliane Weissberg

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Foreigners and Citizens in Asian American Literature

ENGL 272.402

Jeehyun Lim

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

American Musical Theatre

ENGL 274.401

David Fox

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Writing Science

ENGL 275.401

Mara Mills

fulfills requirements:

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Closely Related Courses

“Reading” Medieval Art at Penn

ENGL 100.301

Robert Maxwell

College of Liberal and Professional Studies Courses

ENGL 010.601

ENGL 101.601

fulfills requirements:

Elective of the Standard Major

The Short and the Long of It: Short Fiction from Poe to the Present

ENGL 103.601

Deborah Burnham

fulfills requirements:

Elective of the Standard Major

Creative Non-Fiction Writing

ENGL 135.601

Kathryn Watterson

Seduced! Politics and Persuasion in Early American Literature

ENGL 243.601

Jarrett Anthony

fulfills requirements:

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1640-1832) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

British Women Writers

ENGL 290.601

Jonathan Scott Enderle

fulfills requirements:

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Woody Allen

ENGL 292.601

Valerie Ross

Cross Listed College of Liberal and Professional Studies Courses

World Film History and Analysis, 1945-Present

ENGL 092.601

Peter Gaffney

fulfills requirements:

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Great Story Collections

ENGL 099.601

David Sean Azzolina

Online College of Liberal and Professional Studies Courses

Introduction to Romanticism

ENGL 104.601

Myra Lotto

fulfills requirements:

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Master of Liberal Arts

Writing and Remembering: a Memoir Workshop

ENGL 435.640

Kathryn Watterson

Women in Literature: The Diary canceled

ENGL 490.601

Batsheva Ben-Amos

A History of Catastrophe

ENGL 495.660

Barbara Riebling

Literature and the Law

ENGL 566.640

Michael Gamer, Lorenzo Valterza

Post-apartheid Literature, Film, and Society

ENGL 592.640

Rita Barnard

Graduate Courses Open to Undergraduates by Permission of Instructor

The Global 1790s

ENGL 551.401

Michael Gamer

Songs of the Underground: Music and African-American Literature

ENGL 570.401

Salamishah Tillet

Auteurism: Theories and Practices

ENGL 573.401

Timothy Corrigan

The Bible and Religious Literature

ENGL 590.401

Peter Stallybrass

Theories of Modernism

ENGL 591.401

Jed Esty