English Major

Requirements

The major consists of ENG 150 (formerly ENG 202), ENG 250 (formerly ENG 220), 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 literature's) and three historical periods (Medieval/Renaissance literature, Renaissance/Eighteenth Century/Romantic literature, and literature from 1800 to the present). The same course may satisfy both an area and a period requirement, but no single course can satisfy two area or two period requirements.

Required Courses for all Students:

ENG 150ESSENTIALS OF LITERARY STUDY

4

ENG 250THEORY/PRACT OF LITERARY STUDY

4

British Literature Courses:

ENG 303HIST & TEXT IN RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303BRELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

4

ENG 309EARLY ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 310LATE ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 312MILTON

4

ENG 324DONNE, HERBERT, MARVELL

4

ENG 327THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

4

ENG 328STDY IN VICTORIAN/MODERN NOVEL

4

ENG 329RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C

4

ENG 330SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LIT

4

ENG 330AVISUAL/LITERARY WRLDS MED ENGL

4

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

4

ENG 331SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE

4

ENG 333THE CANTERBURY TALES

4

ENG 338PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

4

ENG 339VICTORIAN SERIAL FICTIONS

4

ENG 343ULYSSES: ORIGINS TO AFTERLIFE

4

ENG 350SICKNESS/HEALTH IN REN LIT

4

ENG 353DESIRE/DISAPPOINTMNT: VICT FIC

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

ENG 493YSHAKESPEARE'S BRAIN, BODY

4

U.S. Literature Courses:

ENG 301/GWS 301AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 306CONTEMPORARY POETRY

4

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

4

ENG 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4

ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4

ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345RADCL DIETS:FOOD/DRINK AM LIT

4

ENG 361BLACK QUIETUDE

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 377/ES 377LITERATURES OF UTOPIA

4

ENG 493CHEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD

4

ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4

ENG 493LHENRY JAMES & EDITH WHARTON

4

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

4

World Literature Courses:

ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 313/GIS 313POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TODAY

4

ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

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

4

ENG 345FORM/FAMILY IN MODERNIST FICT

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 493JGORDIMER & COETZEE:NOVEL/HIST

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

Medieval/Renaissance Literature Courses:

ENG 303HIST & TEXT IN RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303BRELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

4

ENG 312MILTON

4

ENG 324DONNE, HERBERT, MARVELL

4

ENG 330SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LIT

4

ENG 330AVISUAL/LITERARY WRLDS MED ENGL

4

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

4

ENG 331SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE

4

ENG 333THE CANTERBURY TALES

4

ENG 338PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

4

ENG 350SICKNESS/HEALTH IN REN LIT

4

ENG 493MARTHURIAN LEGEND

4

ENG 493YSHAKESPEARE'S BRAIN, BODY

4

Renaissance/Eighteenth Century/Romantic Literature Courses:

ENG 303HIST & TEXT IN RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303BRELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

4

ENG 309EARLY ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 310LATE ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 312MILTON

4

ENG 324DONNE, HERBERT, MARVELL

4

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

4

ENG 327THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

4

ENG 329RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C

4

ENG 331SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE

4

ENG 338PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

4

ENG 350SICKNESS/HEALTH IN REN LIT

4

ENG 368/ES 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493YSHAKESPEARE'S BRAIN, BODY

4

Literature from 1800 to the present courses:

ENG 301/GWS 301AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

4

ENG 306CONTEMPORARY POETRY

4

ENG 306BRECENT AMERICAN POETS

4

ENG 310LATE ROMANTICISM

4

ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 313/GIS 313POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TODAY

4

ENG 314THE NOVEL AND GLOBALIZATION

4

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

4

ENG 327THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

4

ENG 328STDY IN VICTORIAN/MODERN NOVEL

4

ENG 336/ES 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19 C AM LIT

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 339VICTORIAN SERIAL FICTIONS

4

ENG 343ULYSSES: ORIGINS TO AFTERLIFE

4

ENG 344OF HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACK

4

ENG 345FORM/FAMILY IN MODERNIST FICT

4

ENG 352/AFR 352WRITING EMPATHY/BLACK LIFE

4

ENG 353DESIRE/DISAPPOINTMNT: VICT FIC

4

ENG 356/AMS 356/ES 345RADCL DIETS:FOOD/DRINK AM LIT

4

ENG 358CPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE TODAY

4

ENG 361BLACK QUIETUDE

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 493CHEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD

4

ENG 493G/GWS 413JANE AUSTEN

4

ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4

ENG 493LHENRY JAMES & EDITH WHARTON

4

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

4

All majors are required to complete a senior seminar (ENG 493 or ENG 494) unless they are writing a critical honors thesis. Both the senior seminar and honors study may be used to meet the area and period requirements of the major. Only one course at the 100 level, in addition to ENG 150, may be counted towards the minimum of ten. 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 writing (ENG 217, ENG 221, ENG 240, ENG 300, ENG 321, ENG 322, ENG 340) may be counted towards the minimum of ten, although all writing courses are counted in determining the maximum of 16 courses allowed in one department.

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

Concentration in Creative Writing

Students are expected to concentrate in either fiction or poetry writing.

Fiction writing concentration requirements

Students must complete the ten courses for the major, including:

ENG 217WRITING THE SHORT STORY

4

and

ENG 321SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

or

ENG 322SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

Students elect two additional courses in fiction writing. A course in poetry writing may be substituted for a course in fiction writing:

ENG 221NARRATIVE NONFICTION

4

ENG 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 321SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

ENG 322SEMINAR IN FICTION

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

or

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

and

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Poetry Writing Concentration

Students must complete the ten courses for the major, including

ENG 240READING & WRITING POEMS

4

ENG 340WRITING POETRY: INTERMEDIATE

4

Students elect two additional courses in poetry writing. A course in fiction writing may be substituted for a course in poetry writing:

ENG 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ENG 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

or

ENG 497HONORS STUDY

4

and

ENG 498HONORS STUDY

4

Advisers: B. Boyd, C. Hartman

Race and Ethnicity Concentration

Students must complete the major as described above, with the addition of CRE 206 and the two-credit fellowship course CRE 394. Students must also complete a seminar writing requirement with a paper on race and ethnicity for a course or individual study at the 400 level.

Of the ten English courses required of the major, one must be:

ENG 242RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM

4

Three courses must be from those that satisfy the concentration in race and ethnicity, including one in the pre-1830 period:

ENG 303HIST & TEXT IN RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303APAIN/VIOLENCE RENAISS DRAMA

4

ENG 303BRELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

4

ENG 311AFRICAN NOVELS

4

ENG 329RACE,NATN,EMPR IN THE 18TH C

4

ENG 337/GWS 337THE LITERATURE OF PASSING

4

ENG 374THE ARAB SPRING

4

ENG 493H/GWS 418TONI MORRISON

4