Department of English
The One Series
The One Series offers students the opportunity to undertake a semester-long in-depth study of a major literary text. Discussions will address emergent research methods, advanced writing and critical thinking issues, and debates surrounding canonization. The seminar may involve working with primary sources and archival materials; reviewing the critical literature; using online databases of historical newspapers, periodicals, and other cultural materials; exploring relevant contexts in literary, linguistic, and cultural history; studying the etymological history and changing meanings of words; experimenting with new methods of computational analysis of texts; and other methodologies.
English majors may take this course at any time while at Penn, and do not need to be a junior to enroll. Anything within the range ENGL 4500-4998 will fulfill The One Series requirement.
Every semester, 4-6 different seminars that showcase a wide range of key texts and questions will be offered.
The One Series Courses
2025 spring
ENGL 4512.301
instructor(s):
TR 5:15-6:44pm
ENGL 4510.301
instructor(s):
MW 5:15-6:44pm
ENGL 4511.301
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59pm
2024 fall
ENGL 4511.301
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59
ENGL 4510.301
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-4:59pm
2024 spring
ENGL 4516.401
crosslisted as: CIMS 4516
instructor(s):
Monday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL 4508.301
instructor(s):
MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL 4512.301
instructor(s):
Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL 4514.301
instructor(s):
MW 12:00-1:29pm
2023 fall
ENGL 4500.301
instructor(s):
MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL 4514.301
instructor(s):
TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL 4514.302
instructor(s):
MW 8:30-10:14am
ENGL 4517.401
crosslisted as: LALS 4517
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59pm
JRS Course Archive
2023 spring
ENGL 4958.301
instructor(s):
MW 1:45-3:14pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Lyric Wreckage and the Climate Crisis cancelled
ENGL 4980.301
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59pm
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
ENGL 4980.302
instructor(s):
Wednesday 3:30-6:29pm
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
ENGL 4980.303
instructor(s):
Thursday 3:30-6:29pm
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
ENGL 4986.301
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-4:59pm
fulfills requirements
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
Out of Work: 1930s Literature cancelled
ENGL 4980.304
instructor(s):
Wednesday 3:30-6:29pm
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
2022 fall
ENGL 4980.301
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59pm
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
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 4978.301
instructor(s):
MW 10:15-11:44am
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 4980.302
instructor(s):
Monday 8:30-11:29am
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
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 4987.301
instructor(s):
TR 12:00-1:29pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
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
ENGL 4997.301
instructor(s):
Tuesday 10:15-1:14pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 4997.302
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-4:59pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2022 spring
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 1:45-3:15pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
MW 12-1:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.308
instructor(s):
TR 10:15-11:45am
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
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 10:15-11:45am
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar: Working from Home: The Making of Domesticity in Early Modern England cancelled
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
MW 1:45-3:15pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 12-1:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2021 fall
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 12-1:30pm
fulfills requirements
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
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 1:45-3:15pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
MW 10:15-11:45am
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 10:15-11:45am
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
TR 12-1:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.308
instructor(s):
MW 1:45-3:15pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
2021 spring
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
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
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
R 3-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5:00pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30pm
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
2020 fall
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 1:30-3pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
2020 spring
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
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
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Haunting/Haunted Matter cancelled
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
2019 fall
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
TR 12-1:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
2019 spring
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
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
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
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
2018 fall
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
MW 5-6:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2018 spring
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2017 fall
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30
fulfills requirements
Elective Seminar of the Standard Major
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 5-6:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2017 spring
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
MW 5-6:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Pre-1700 or Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 12-1:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Pre-1700 or Pre-1900 Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 1:30-3:00
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
2016 fall
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 2:00-3:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5:00 pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12:00pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 12:00-1:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
TR 1:30-3:00pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
Cultural Diversity in the US of the College's General Education Curriculum
ENGL 200.306
instructor(s):
TR 3:00-4:30pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.307
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6:00pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2016 spring
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
TR 9:00-10:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 12:00-1:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
MW 3:30-5:00
fulfills requirements
Sector 3: Early Literature to 1660 of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 10:30-12:00
fulfills requirements
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 5:00-6:30
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2015 fall
ENGL 200.304
instructor(s):
TR 9-10:30 am
fulfills requirements
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
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.305
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30 pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 5-6:30 pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.302
instructor(s):
TR 4:30-6:00 pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
ENGL 200.303
instructor(s):
TR 3-4:30 pm
fulfills requirements
Sector 2: Difference and Diaspora of the Standard Major
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
Junior Research Seminar Requirement of the Standard Major
2014 fall
ENGL 200.301
instructor(s):
MW 2-3:30 pm
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