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EN 203 - Major Writers: American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A study of selected works written by major American writers from two or more periods, focusing primarily on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course may be organized chronologically, thematically, or by genre. Specific readings and periods vary by section. Students who take EN 203 may not take EN 366 without written permission of the department chair.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IAF/ICL/IU
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EN 204 - British and American Literature: Coming of Age in Times of Conflict (3.00 cr.)
Acquaints students with a variety of British and American literary forms: poetic (contemporary poetry), dramatic (film/visual arts), and epic (novel/memoir). Several texts are set in Southeast Asia and explore social, ethical, cultural, and political issues related to the theme of coming of age in times of conflict. Offered in Bangkok only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Recommended Prerequisite: WR 100 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 205 - Major Writers: Shakespeare (3.00 cr.)
Readings of selected plays by England's greatest dramatist. In this approach designed specifically for the non-English major, the focus is on the human and artistic elements of Shakespeare's world. Readings include selected tragedies and comedies; histories and sonnets may be read as well. Performance and film adaptations may be considered. At least one brief research paper is required. Students majoring in English, or seriously contemplating such a major, should take EN 310 or EN 311 rather than EN 205.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 206 - Major Writers: Gender, Culture, and Madness (3.00 cr.)
A study of the foundational connections between literature and psychology, this course explores the relationship between creativity and mental illness. Throughout history and across cultures, the label of "madness" has often been applied to women and men whose gender identities, emotions, and behaviors fall outside social norms. Through case studies of American authors, many of whom were hospitalized for mental illness, the course examines how gender constructs and values continue to shape definitions of mental health and illness. The course fulfills both the EN 200-level and the second Social Science core requirement. For PY majors, it fulfills a Category VI requirement. Same course as PY 270 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 and PY 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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EN 211 - Major Writers: Classical Mythology (3.00 cr.)
A study of the traditional stories of the Greeks and Romans as expressed in their literature and art, with an emphasis on the literature's background, value, and influence. Art elective for elementary education majors. Same course as CL 211 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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EN 212 - Major Writers: The Classical Epics (3.00 cr.)
A study of the epic poetry of Homer and Virgil in translation, with an emphasis on the poetry's background, value, and influence. The course may include a short survey of other epics. Same course as CL 212 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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EN 213 - Major Writers: Greek Drama (3.00 cr.)
A study of selected plays in English translation by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and others, with an emphasis on the literature's background, value, and influence. Specific readings vary with the instructor. Same course as CL 213 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 214 - Major Writers: The Ancient Novel (3.00 cr.)
A study of the ancient novel in English translation, with particular emphasis on Apuleius and Petronius-master stylists and literary innovators who chronicled life in the Roman Empire at its most diverse, complex, and decadent. Same course as CL 214 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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EN 218 - Major Writers: The Golden Age of Rome (3.00 cr.)
A study of selected works in translation by some of Rome's greatest writers, with special emphasis on Virgil, Ovid, and Livy. The course may be organized chronologically or thematically. Specific readings vary with the instructor. Same course as CL 218 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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EN 220 - Comic Books as Literature, Television, and Cinema (3.00 cr.)
Traces the evolution of comic books and graphic novels over the last century, from their beginnings on pulp paper to their extravagant adaptations on screen. The course explores how comic books and graphic novels have been used to reflect American culture during events such as WWII, The Vietnam War, The Civil Rights Movement, and Black Lives Matter.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 291 - Race, Law, and American Literature (3.00 cr.)
Explores questions of race and justice in America through a careful study of law and literature. Students read a range of American fiction, poetry, and drama as well as legal texts, such as statutes and court decisions.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 300 - Great Traditions (3.00 cr.)
A survey of some of the most important preromantic authors in English literature in their historical context, thus offering students a coherent overview, as well as an introduction to individual writers and texts. Required for English majors.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IM
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EN 301 - Chaucer (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Also includes selected readings from Chaucer's other works.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Even Years
Interdisciplinary Studies: IM
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EN 302 - Medieval Passion (3.00 cr.)
An examination of different kinds of love (courtly, spiritual, homosocial) found in popular figures and texts from the Middle Ages. Readings may include drama, mystery plays, love lyrics, romances, religious poetry, and major works.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IM
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EN 306 - Topics in Medieval Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in medieval literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IM
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EN 307 - Seminar in Medieval Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem or author in medieval literature. Recent topics include, "Reinventing the Middle Ages," "Medieval Heroism," and "Medieval Passion." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Recommended Prerequisite: One EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IM
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EN 310 - Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (3.00 cr.)
The achievement of Shakespeare, primarily the histories and tragedies, set against the background of his time and the works of his contemporaries.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 311 - Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances (3.00 cr.)
The achievement of Shakespeare, primarily the comedies and romances, set against the background of his time and the works of his contemporaries.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 312 - Seminar in Shakespeare (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, or problem in Shakespearean literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Recommended Prerequisite: One EN 200-level course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 313 - Renaissance Literature (3.00 cr.)
A study of Renaissance poetry, drama, and prose, with primary emphasis on English literature but possible consideration of influential continental traditions and masterworks. Readings may include Dante, Petrarch, Erasmus, Castiglione, Machiavelli, Rabelais, Montaigne, More, Marlowe, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Milton.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 317 - Seminar in Renaissance Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem or author in Renaissance literature. Recent topic: "Shakespeare's Rivals." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Recommended Prerequisite: One EN 200-level course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 320 - Milton (3.00 cr.)
Through epic and tragedy, Milton reigns supreme in English. After a brief excursion through his lyrics, this course focuses on his major works-Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 322 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3.00 cr.)
A survey of the major poets and prose writers between the Renaissance and the Restoration, excluding Milton. Poets covered usually include Donne, Jonson, Herbert, and Marvell; prose writers usually include Bacon, Browne, Hobbes, Burton, and Donne.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 325 - Topics in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in seventeenth century literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 327 - Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in seventeenth-century literature. Recent topic: "Love's Alchemy: The Poetry and Prose of John Donne." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 330 - The Long Eighteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
The long eighteenth century (1688-1832) was on its well-polished surface a period of aristocratic dominance and Augustan calm. Yet beneath the surface seethed enormous forces of change-in government and empire, in the arts and letters, and in industry and society. This interdisciplinary course jointly taught by faculty in the Departments of English and History challenges students to read eighteenth-century literature from John Dryden to Jane Austin in the context of eighteenth-century history-and vice versa.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course, and HS 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 334 - Novels of the Eighteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
Prose fiction from Swift to Austen, including Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Johnson, Walpole, and others.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Odd Years
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EN 335 - Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in eighteenth- century literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 337 - Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a movement, issue, problem, or figure in eighteenth-century literature. Recent topics include, "Jane Austen and Her World" and "Humor in the Long Eighteenth Century." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 338 - Intensive Independent Study (Pre-1830) (3.00 cr.)
A close and rigorous study of a literary theme, problem, or author before 1830. Written or electronic permission of the instructor is required. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 339 - Seminar in Literary Topics before 1800 (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a literary theme, topic, problem, or author before 1800. Recent topics include, "The Mirror of Love" and "The Art of Biblical Literature." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 341 - Literature and Catholicism (3.00 cr.)
A study of literary representations reflecting the sacramental vision of Catholic imaginative thought. Recent topic: "Tolkien and Lewis". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IC
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EN 344 - Book, Edition, Archive (3.00 cr.)
How does literature become literature? This course examines the production of literature from editorial, material, and digital perspectives, considering how editorial decisions and practices help give form—and meaning—to literary texts. Students take on an editorial project that enables them to apply course concepts and gain experience in editing and preparing texts for production and dissemination.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 345 - Literary Criticism and Theory (3.00 cr.)
An examination of major schools, movements, and trends in modern literary criticism. Emphasis is placed on the competing practical claims made by literary and critical theory.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 346 - Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a movement, issue, problem, or figure in literary criticism and theory. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 347 - Seminar in Romantic Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem or author in romantic literature. Recent topics: "It's Not Easy Being Green" and "Excess and the Monstrous." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 350 - The Romantic Movement (3.00 cr.)
A study of British literature written during the revolutionary era, 1780-1830, with special attention paid to the poetry and poetic theory of the age. Major figures include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 354 - Topics in Romanticism (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in romantic literature. Recent topics include, "Romantic Objects" and "Vision and the Visionary." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 355 - Jane Austen (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of the iconic author's novels within the context of literary and cultural history.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 357 - Philosophy and Literature (3.00 cr.)
Literature gives concrete expression to our sense of reality and in its history "re-presents" the status of man and human events as each age presupposes it. Herein resides the intimate relationship which has always existed between literature and philosophy. The history of this relationship explains both the continuity and the discontinuity which is present in Western literature. Focuses on one (or more) special topics, such as tragedy, modernism, aesthetic theories of literature, and existentialism. Same as PL 357 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-Level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 360 - The Nineteenth-Century English Novel (3.00 cr.)
Covers the evolution of the novel from Jane Austen through the Age of Reform. Authors studied may include Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, the Brontes, Hardy, and Eliot. Some reading of applied theory.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 361 - Topics in Victorian Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in Victorian literature. Recent topic: "Crime, Mystery, and Detection." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 362 - Victorian Poetry: Madmen, Saints, and Sinners (3.00 cr.)
A study of the topics and controversies that engaged Victorian imaginations, and the poetic forms that poets chose or invented to explore them. Poets studied include Tennyson, Robert Browning, Arnold, Hopkins, Elizabeth Browning, Christina Rossetti, Meredith, Hardy, and others.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 363 - Seminar in Victorian Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem or author in Victorian literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 365 - Seminar in Literature and Catholicism (Post-1800) (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author or group of writers who wrote after 1800, reflecting literary depictions of Catholic thought and/or practice. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 366 - American Literature to the First World War (3.00 cr.)
A survey of primarily nineteenth-century American literature, with special emphasis on the writers of the American Renaissance and the rise of American realism. Students who take EN 203 may not count EN 366 toward their English major.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 367 - Topics in American Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in American literature. Recent topic: "Representing Segregation." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG/IU
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EN 368 - Critical Methodologies (Post-1800): Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
A study of an author, theme, genre, or movement, with particular emphasis placed on the differences between distinct critical approaches to the topic at hand. Roughly half of the class material consists of primary texts, and roughly half consists of critical works. Recent topic: "Banned Books." Topic announced each time course is offered.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 369 - The Novel in America (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the novel's development as a literary genre in the United States and its relationship to and influence on American society and history.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 370 - Modern Fiction (3.00 cr.)
The development of British, American, Commonwealth, and/or transatlantic fiction from 1900 to 1950, with an emphasis on the evolution of an aesthetic that values poetic composition and experimentation with narrative methods above traditional concepts of narrative structure. Authors studied may include Conrad, Dos Passos, Faulkner, Hemingway, Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf. May be repeated once for degree credit.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 371 - Contemporary Literature (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the key themes, movements, and authors in literature since 1950.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 372 - Modern Poetry (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of a revolution in modern poetry from 1900 to 1950 that challenged almost every aspect of the genre's style, theme, attitude, and structure. Extensive attention to major authors such as Yeats, Pound, Eliot, and Williams within the context of a broader modernist movement.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG
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EN 373 - African American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A study of African American literature, with special attention to placing literary expression in the context of slavery, segregation, civil rights, and the black diaspora. The course may survey the development of a black literary tradition, or it may focus on an important era, movement, writer, or issue in that tradition.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IAF/ICL/IPJ
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EN 374 - Modern Drama (3.00 cr.)
Charts the two major streams of naturalism and absurdism in twentieth century drama. Also examines significant developments in contemporary theater. With the exception of works by such influential playwrights as Chekhov and Brecht, the course focuses on modern and contemporary plays by British, Irish, and American authors.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 375 - Topics in African-American Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in African-American literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN-200 level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 376 - Postcolonial Literature (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to writing about the colonized world, from the perspectives of colonized peoples, in order to locate the sources and discuss the conditions of postcolonial thought.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IPJ
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EN 377 - Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in twentieth-century literature. Recent topic: "Literature of the City." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 378 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the impact of race and ethnicity in the formation of American literature from the colonial period to the present. Selections include autobiography, poetry, and fiction by authors from a variety of racial and ethic backgrounds. Special attention is given to the impact of slavery, immigration, and the civil rights movement on literary expression.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
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EN 379 - Gender in American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A study of the representation of gender in American literature. Authors studied may include Fern, Hawthorne, Melville, Warner, James, Gilman, Crane, Barnes, Hemingway, Morrison, and Hwang. Literary readings are supplemented by foundation readings in literary and cultural theory.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG/IU
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EN 380 - The History of Narrative Cinema (3.00 cr.)
An exploration of the origins and development of narrative film, covering the technology of the moving image from sixteenth-century flipbooks to contemporary digital media. Focus is on cinema's importance as a storytelling medium and includes investigation of narrative genres, national film movements, the influence of the classical Hollywood style, and related topics.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IF
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EN 381 - Seminar in African-American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in African-American literature. Topic will be announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IAF/ICL
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EN 382 - Topics in Literature and Film (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of a theme, issue, movement, or tradition in literature and film. Recent topics include, "Shades of Black: Film Noir and Post-War America" and "England Swings: Literature, Film, and Culture in the 1960s." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IF
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EN 383 - Seminar in Modern Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in modern literature. Recent topics include, "Drama" and "History and Memory in Twentieth-Century Literature." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 384 - Topics in Postcolonial Literature (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in postcolonial literature, often focusing on literature from a specific geographical area. Recent topic: "Travel Literature." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 385 - Seminar in Postcolonial Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in postcolonial literature. Recent topic: "Travel Literature." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL
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EN 386 - Seminar in Literature and Film (Post-1800) (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author after 1800 involving both literature and film. Recent topics include, "The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock," "Nineteenth-Century Novels into Film," and "From Berlin to Hollywood: German Directors and Classic American Film." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IF
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EN 387 - Seminar in Contemporary Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in contemporary literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 388 - Seminar in Multiethnic American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a writer, theme, issue, movement, or tradition in the multiethnic literature of the United States. Recent topic: "Impersonating Race." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IU
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EN 389 - Seminar in Literature and Gender (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a writer, theme, issue, movement, or tradition involving literary representations of gender. Recent topic: "Dead Women Walking." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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EN 390 - Literature of the U.S.-Mexico Border (3.00 cr.)
An exploration of the literature and culture of the borderlands, from 1848 to present day. Selections may include poems, novels, short stories, films, and important texts in border theory.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IL
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EN 391 - Topics in Multiethnic U.S. Literature (3.00)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in multiethnic U.S. literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IAF/ICL
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EN 392 - Topics in Literature of the Americas (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, theme, or movement in the literature of the Americas. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 397 - Seminar in American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in American literature. Recent topic: "The Book in America." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 398 - Intensive Independent Study (Post-1800) (3.00 cr.)
A close and rigorous study of a literary theme, problem, or author after 1800. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 399 - Seminar in Literary Topics after 1800 (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a literary theme, problem, or author after 1800. Recent topics include, "Narcissistic Fiction" and "Blue Notes: The Literature of Jazz." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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EN 400 - The Aperio Seminar (3.00 cr.)
An intense experiential learning course in which a small group of students edit and prepare a manuscript or collection for publication. The work is then published in book form by Loyola's Apprentice House as part of the Aperio Series. Recent publications: an edition of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Music at the Crossroads: Lives and Legacies of Baltimore Jazz. By invitation only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 405 - Capstone Project in American Studies (3.00 cr.)
As the capstone experience for the American Studies minor, each student develops an independent research project, internship, or service-based project, to be advised by two professors from different departments and presented at an end-of-year American Studies Symposium. The project constitutes the culmination of the student's work in American Studies and provides an opportunity for the student to bring together the perspectives of two different disciplines on a research area of particular interest. A project proposal must be submitted to and approved by the American Studies committee prior to registration for either the fall or spring semesters of senior year. The project must contain both a research and a formal writing component (the equivalent of a 20-25 page research paper). Written or electronic permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 407 - Seminar in Medieval Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in medieval literature. Recent topics include "Reinventing the Middle Ages", "Medieval Heroism", and "Medieval Passion". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 409 - Honors Seminar: Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, topic, or theme, the specifics of which will be determined by the instructor. Students are required to make extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. Recent topics include, "Modern Classic Revisions," "First Signifiers: How to Read the World," and "Literature of the American West." By invitation only. Seminar format with limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 410 - Senior Honors Thesis (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, topic, or theme, culminating in a written thesis and an oral defense. Students are expected to confront scholarship and do research at an advanced level. By invitation only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 , one EN 200-level core course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 412 - Seminar in Shakespeare (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, or problem in Shakespearean literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 417 - Seminar in Renaissance Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in Renaissance literature. Recent topic: "Shakespeare's Rivals". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 427 - Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in seventeenth-century literature. Recent topic: "Love's Alchemy: The Poetry and Prose of John Donne." Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 430 - Honors Seminar Pre-1800 (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of an author, topic, or theme (pre-1800), the specifics of which are determined by the instructor. Students are required to make extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. By invitation only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 437 - Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a movement, issue, problem, or figure in eighteenth-century literature. Recent topics include "Jane Austen and Her World" and "Humor in the Long Eighteenth Century". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students entering Fall 2021 and beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 439 - Seminar in Literary Topics before 1800 (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a literary theme, topic, problem, or author before 1800. Recent topics include "The Mirror of Love" and "The Art of Biblical Literature". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 446 - Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a movement, issue, problem, or figure in literary criticism and theory. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 450 - Honors Seminar: Nineteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of a nineteenth-century author, topic, or theme, the specifics of which are determined by the instructor. Students are required to make extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. By invitation only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 454 - Seminar in Romantic Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in romantic literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 463 - Seminar in Victorian Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in Victorian literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 470 - Honors Seminar: Twentieth and Twenty First Century (3.00 cr.)
An intensive study of a twentieth- and twenty-first century author, topic, or theme, the specifics of which are determined by the instructor. Students are required to make extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. By invitation only.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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EN 481 - Seminar in African American Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in African American literature. Topic will be announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF
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EN 483 - Seminar in Modern Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in modern literature. Recent topics include "Drama" and "History and Memory in Twentieth-Century Literature". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 485 - Seminar in Postcolonial Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in postcolonial literature. Recent topic: "Travel Literature". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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EN 486 - Seminar in Film and Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author after 1800 involving both literature and film. Recent topics include "The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock", "Nineteenth-Century Novels into Film", and "From Berlin to Hollywood: German Directors and Classic American Film". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IF
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EN 487 - Seminar in Contemporary Literature (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in contemporary literature. Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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EN 488 - Seminar in Multiethnic American Literatures (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a writer, theme, issue, movement, or tradition in the multiethnic literatures of the United States. Recent topic: "Impersonating Race". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 489 - Seminar in Literature and Gender (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a writer, theme, issue, movement, or tradition involving literary representations of gender. Recent topic: "Dead Women Walking". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG
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EN 497 - Seminar in American Literatures (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a theme, issue, problem, or author in American literature. Recent topic: "The Book in America". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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EN 499 - Seminar in Literary Topics after 1800 (3.00 cr.)
A close and intensive study of a literary theme, problem, or author after 1800. Recent topics include "Narcissistic Fiction" and "Blue Notes: The Literature of Jazz". Topic announced each time the course is offered. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: EN 101 .
Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2021-2022 or beyond.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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