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Advanced Seminars

Beowulf

ENGL 218.301

Emily Steiner

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora 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

Premodern Women and Writing

ENGL 221.401

also offered as: GSWS 223

David Wallace

MW 2-3:30 PM

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora 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

Word, Phrase, Sentence: Early Modern Europe and America

ENGL 234.401

also offered as: COML 411, HIST 411

Peter Stallybrass, Roger Chartier

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

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

Milton

ENGL 238.301

Anne Hall

TR 1:30-3:00 pm

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

China in the English Imagination

ENGL 241.301

Chi-ming Yang

TR 12-1:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Melville and the World

ENGL 243.301

Adam Lewis

TR 1:30-3 pm

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Dickens

ENGL 255.301

Emily Steinlight

MW 3:30-5

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Dramaturgy

ENGL 256.401

also offered as: THAR 274

Cary Mazer

TR 10:30-12

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Topics in Modernism: Poetry and the New Woman

ENGL 259.401

also offered as: GSWS 269

Bob Perelman

TR 1:30-3

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

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 Literature of Dissent canceled

ENGL 263.301

Catherine Turner

TR 9-10:30 am

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

American Avant-Gardes

ENGL 264.301

Katie L. Price

MW 3:30-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Reparations and Human Rights

ENGL 266.301

David L. Eng

TR 12-1:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

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

War and Asian America

ENGL 272.401

also offered as: ASAM 202

Josephine Park

TR 12-1:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

Kelly Writers House Fellows Seminar: T.C. Boyle, Buzz Bissinger, Rae Armantrout

ENGL 274.301

Al Filreis

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Blackface, Yellowface, Redface, Jewface: Theatrical Representations of "Others"

ENGL 276.401

also offered as: THAR 240

Cary Mazer

TR 12-1:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Narrating Race in the Post-Racial Era

ENGL 281.401

also offered as: AFRC 281

Herman Beavers

TR 10:30-12

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

The American Line

ENGL 288.301

Josephine Park

TR 3-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

Benjamin Franklin Seminars

Pamela Craze

ENGL 341.301

Toni Bowers

TR 10:30-12

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Victorian Action Heroes

ENGL 355.301

Jed Esty

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major

Topics in Film Studies: Cinema and Psychoanalysis: Gawkers, Stalkers, Serial Killers, Citizens, and Spies

ENGL 392.402

also offered as: CINE 392

Max Cavitch

TR 3-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Contempoary European Cinema

ENGL 392.401

also offered as: CINE 392

Timothy Corrigan

TR 12-1:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Literary Theory Ancient to Modern

ENGL 394.401

also offered as: CLST 396, COML 383

Rita Copeland

MW 2-3:30 pm

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

Creative Writing Seminars

Creative Writing

ENGL 010.304

A. Jackson

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Creative Writing

ENGL 010.303

Lynn Levin

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Creative Writing

ENGL 010.302

Jamie-Lee Josselyn

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Creative Writing

ENGL 010.301

Sam Apple

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Experimental Writing

ENGL 111.401

also offered as: COML 115

Charles Bernstein

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Fiction Writing Workshop

ENGL 112.301

Karen Rile

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Poetry Workshop

ENGL 113.401

also offered as: AFRC 114

Herman Beavers

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Fiction Writing: One Book, One Philadelphia, One Penn

ENGL 115.302

Lorene Cary

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Fiction Writing

ENGL 115.301

Max Apple

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

The Arts and Popular Culture

ENGL 117.301

Anthony DeCurtis

Thursdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Poetry Workshop

ENGL 118.301

Greg Djanikian

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Art Reviewing and Criticism

ENGL 119.301

Susan Bee

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

The Translation of Poetry and the Poetry of Translation

ENGL 120.401

Taije Silverman

TR 10:30-12:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

The Cat in the Sorting Hat: Writing for Young (er) Readers

ENGL 121.601

Melissa Jensen

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

The Art of Editing

ENGL 126.301

Julia Bloch

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Screen Writing

ENGL 130.401

also offered as: CINE 130

Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Peer Tutoring

ENGL 135.401

also offered as: WRIT 135

Valerie Ross

TR 10:30-12:00

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Creative Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 135.302

Gwyneth K Shaw

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Creative Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 135.301

Beth Kephart

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Writing In Concert: Learn

ENGL 145.401

also offered as: AFRC 145, URBS 273

Lorene Cary

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 145.302

Lise Funderburg

Thursdays 1:30-4:30

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 145.301

Paul Hendrickson

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Finding Voice: Perspectives on Race, Class, & Gender

ENGL 145.601

Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Elective of the Standard Major

Introduction to Journalistic Writing

ENGL 157.301

Avery Rome

Tuesdays 1:30-4:30

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Global Journalism

ENGL 158.301

Peter Tarr

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Long-Form Journalism

ENGL 160.301

Paul Hendrickson

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

The Art of the Profile

ENGL 161.301

Dick Polman

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Political Commentary Writing

ENGL 162.301

Dick Polman

Wednesdays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Writing Through Art and Literature

ENGL 165.301

Kenneth Goldsmith

Thursdays 1:30-4:30

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Advanced Writing Project

ENGL 170.301

Anthony DeCurtis

Fridays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry

ENGL 410.640

Lynn Levin

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Story-Telling in Fiction and Nonfiction

ENGL 410.641

Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson

Thursdays 5:30-8:20 pm

College of Liberal and Professional Studies Courses

Romantic Revolutions

ENGL 050.601

Emma Stapely

Wednesdays 5-8pm

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Poetry and Poetics

ENGL 069.601

Bronwyn V. Wallace

Mondays 5-8:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Topics in Literature and Society: The World of Work

ENGL 105.601

Deborah Burnham

Wednesdays 6-9:00 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector IV: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences of the College's General Education Curriculum

The Cat in the Sorting Hat: Writing for Young (er) Readers

ENGL 121.601

Melissa Jensen

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Finding Voice: Perspectives on Race, Class, & Gender

ENGL 145.601

Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Elective of the Standard Major

Real Artifice: Documentary Literature canceled

ENGL 261.601

Katie L. Price

Thursdays 6-9:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Shakespeare's Sister

ENGL 290.601

Bronwyn V. Wallace

Thursdays 5-8:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Cross Listed College of Liberal and Professional Studies Courses

World Film History 1945 to Present

ENGL 091.601

also offered as: CINE 101, ARTH 108, COML 123

Meta Mazaj

Tuesdays 4:30-7:30 pm

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector III: Arts & Letters of the College's General Education Curriculum

Great Story Collections

ENGL 099.601

also offered as: FOLK 241, COML 193

David Sean Azzolina

Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 pm

Shape-Shifters: Stories of Metamorphosis

ENGL 222.601

also offered as: COML 076

Jessica Rosenberg

Mondays 4:30-7:30 pm

Higher Dimensions in Literature

ENGL 261.602

also offered as: COML 075

Neşe Lisa Devenot

Tuesdays 6-9:00 pm

Study of an Auteur: Woody Allen

ENGL 292.601

Valerie Ross

Wednesdays 5-8:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Master of Liberal Arts

Story-Telling in Fiction and Nonfiction

ENGL 410.641

Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson

Thursdays 5:30-8:20 pm

Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry

ENGL 410.640

Lynn Levin

Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Jane Austen and Adaptation

ENGL 455.640

Michael Gamer

Tuesdays 6-8:45 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

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

ENGL 466.640

Peter Decherney

Thursdays 5-8:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The American 1930s

ENGL 486.640

Peter Conn

Wednesdays 5:30-8:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Graduate Courses Open to Undergraduates by Permission of Instructor

Internet Policy and the Online Video Revolution

ENGL 505.401

also offered as: CINE 505

Peter Decherney

Thursdays 12-3:00 pm

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture

ENGL 540.301

Toni Bowers

Thursdays 3-6:00 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Premodern Women and Writing

ENGL 553.401

also offered as: GSWS 553, HIST 553, COML 554

David Wallace

Mondays 9-12:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Pitch of Poetry

ENGL 589.401

also offered as: COML 577

Charles Bernstein

Mondays 7-10:00 pm

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Shakespeare

ENGL 597.301

Zachary Lesser

Mondays 12-3:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cross-Listed Courses

Images in Conflict: A Visual History of Violence

ENGL 016.402

also offered as: ARTH 100

Aaron Levy

Tuesdays 3-6:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Science and Literature

ENGL 075.401

also offered as: STSC 110, HIST 117, HSOC 110

Mark Adams

MW 11-12:00 pm

Elective of the Standard Major

First Israeli Writers

ENGL 079.401

also offered as: NELC 159, CINE 159, COML 282, JWST 102

Nili Gold

TR 1:30-3

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cross Cultural Requirement of the College's General Education Curriculum

Indroduction to Film Theory

ENGL 095.401

also offered as: CINE 103, ARTH 107, COML 116

Meta Mazaj

TR 10:30-12

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cities at Play from the Renaissance to the Rise of Realism

ENGL 097.401

also offered as: THAR 111

Marcia Ferguson

TR 9-10:30 am

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Playwriting

ENGL 114.401

also offered as: THAR 114

Jackie Goldfinger

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Screenwriting

ENGL 116.402

also offered as: CINE 130

Keir Politz

Tuesdays 4:30-7:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Screenwriting

ENGL 116.401

also offered as: CINE 116

Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve

Mondays 2-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Screenwriting

ENGL 116.403

also offered as: CINE 116

Keir Politz

Thursdays 4:30-7:30 pm

Elective of the Standard Major

Gay Theatre canceled

ENGL 256.402

also offered as: THAR 275, CINE 225

David Fox

MW 2-3:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sustainability and Utopianism

ENGL 275.401

also offered as: GRMN 239, COML 209, ENVS 239, STSC 368

Bethany Wiggin

MW 2-3:30 pm

Jewish Films and Literature

ENGL 279.401

also offered as: GRMN 261, CINE 279, JWST 261, COML 265

Kathryn Hellerstein

TR 12-1:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

A History of Films By and About Native Americans

ENGL 282.401

also offered as: RELS 208, ANTH 282

Timothy Powell

TR 10:30-12:00 pm

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

The Coen Brothers and Their Influences

ENGL 292.402

also offered as: CINE 292

Christopher Donovan

MW 3:30-5:00 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

World Cinema

ENGL 292.401

also offered as: CINE 202

Meta Mazaj

TR 1:30-3

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

The Avant-Garde Film

ENGL 295.401

also offered as: CINE 350, AFRC 349, COML 351, ARTH 301

Terri Francis

Wednesdays 4:30-7:30 pm

Elective Seminar of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Dante's Divine Comedy

ENGL 323.401

also offered as: ITAL 333, COML 333

Kevin Brownlee

TR 1:30-3:00 pm

College Requirement Courses

Literature and Law

ENGL 066.001

David L. Eng

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector IV: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences of the College's General Education Curriculum

World Film History 1945 to Present

ENGL 092.401

also offered as: ARTH 109, CINE 102, COML 124

Timothy Corrigan

TR 9-10:30 am

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector III: Arts & Letters of the College's General Education Curriculum

Theories Gender and Sexuality: Queer Theory/Queer Politics

ENGL 096.401

also offered as: GSWS 096

Heather K. Love

TR 1:30-3 pm

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

Sector IV: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences of the College's General Education Curriculum

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

Introduction to Literature: Dangerous Writers

ENGL 100.401

also offered as: COML 100

Max Cavitch

TR 10:30-12

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector III: Arts & Letters of the College's General Education Curriculum

Shakespeare

ENGL 101.001

Zachary Lesser

MW 3:30-5:00 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Sector III: Arts & Letters of the College's General Education Curriculum

Jane Austen and Adaptation

ENGL 101.401

also offered as: GSWS 101, CINE 100

Michael Gamer

MWF 10:00 am

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector III: Arts & Letters of the College's General Education Curriculum

Core Courses

Literature Before 1660

ENGL 020.301

Lucia Martinez

MW 3:30-5:00 pm

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

King Arthur: Medieval to Modern

ENGL 021.301

Emily Steiner

TR 12-1:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

Renaissance Americas canceled

ENGL 031.001

Ann Rosalind Jones

MW 2-3:30 pm

Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major

British Poetry 1660-1914

ENGL 040.301

Chi-ming Yang

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Modern Irish Literature

ENGL 058.001

Jed Esty

TR 12-1:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Modernisms and Modernities

ENGL 059.401

also offered as: COML 059

Emily Hyde

MWF 1:00 pm

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Modern America

ENGL 064.001

Rita Barnard

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Contemporary American Literature and Film

ENGL 074.401

also offered as: CINE 074

Jean-Christophe Cloutier

MW 2-3:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

American Fiction: The American Novel; Trash: The Novel

ENGL 089.001

David Kazanjian

TR 12-1:30 pm

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sex in the City: Women and Fiction

ENGL 090.401

also offered as: GSWS 090

Deborah Burnham

MW 2-3:30 pm

Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major

Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum

Introduction to Literary Theory: How to Read

ENGL 094.401

also offered as: COML 094

David Kazanjian

TR 3-4:30 pm

Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major

Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major

Closely Related Courses

Improvisation: History, Theory, Practice canceled

THAR 250.301

Marcia Ferguson

TR 12-1:30 pm