ENGLISH 5561      Shakespeare:Tragedies And Romances
A study of Shakespeare's major tragedies and late romances with special emphasis on his dramatic literature after 1600. Students will make in-class presentations and submit papers requiring research and bibliographical work.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5562      Restoration And 18th- Century Drama
The drama after the restoration of the monarchy and the reopening of the theatres through the 18th century. Special emphasis is placed on the comedy of manners and the heroic drama in the Restoration and the sentimental comedy in the 18th-century. Includes such playwrights as Dryden, Congreve, Etherege, Wycherley, Steele, Lillo, Cumberland, Sheridan, and Goldsmith. Students will make in-class presentations and submit papers requiring research and bibliographical work.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5563      Contemporary Drama
A study of contemporary drama: Continental, British, and American, including history and development, critical theory and literary evaluation. This course will focus on the more recent writers, including the absurdists, with special attention to experimental drama. This course is a continuation of ENGLISH 5553. Students will make in-class presentations and submit papers requiring research and bibliographical work.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5564      Medieval Methods & Paleography
This course examines the methodology and historiography of Medieval Studies. Through an introduction to paleography, the study of medieval handwritings, it prepares students for advanced work in Medieval and Renaissance studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course will examine the historical and cultural settings for medieval texts, their physical form and production, as well as the tradition of textural transmission in the medieval world. In addition to gaining familiarity with the many different types of primary sources, such as literary, artistic, legal, and notarial sources, students will be exposed to methods for practical archival work in various European nations. Cross-listed with HISTORY 5583. Prerequisite: First Year Latin or permission of instructor. Offered: On Demand
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5565      Studies In Modern Novel
An intensive study of no more than three major 20th- century novelists. The content of the course will change depending on the instructor. Students will make in-class presentations and submit papers requiring research and bibliographical work.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5566      Cluster Course: Images Of The Human Body In The Renaissance
Focusing on Renaissance conceptions of the human body, this cluster treats the following topics as they are reflected in Renaissance literature, art, astrology, astronomy, biology, anatomy, medicine, and politics: A) The dignity of the human body B) Microcosm and macrocosm. C) The human body and the heavens D) Stranger manifestations: freaks and beasts E) The humors F) Disorders of the human body G) The body politic H) The human body as an object of study.
Credits: hours
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ENGLISH 5575      Advanced Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
This course is devoted to the study and crafting of the personal essay. Students will explore - and - practice many different varieties of this diverse form. Whether in the guise of aesthetic appreciation, cultural critique, personal history, political reportage, or travelogue, our course readings are first and foremost PERSONAL narratives, both troubled and enriched by their subjectivity (the essay's ' I '). Students will study the many challenges particular to this form (most of which concern notions of truth, and its rendering) and strive to overcome them as they create vivid personal narratives of their own.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5591      Research In Selected Fields
Individual study under the direction of a senior member of the department, leading to the writing of a formal or scholarly paper. Enrollment through approval forms in the English Department. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1,3 hours
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ENGLISH 5598      MFA Thesis
Under the guidance of a graduate MFA faculty member, students completing the MFA must complete and orally defend a publishable or producible manuscript. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours credit. Offered: On Demand.
Credits: hours
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ENGLISH 5599      Research And Thesis
A student, with permission of the graduate committee, may write a thesis for 3 hours credit.
Credits: 1,9 hours
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ENGLISH 5600      Introduction To Doctoral Study In English
Introduction to research skills necessary for doctoral work, particularly for writing the thesis; attention will be paid both to traditional skills such as bibliography and to computer skills.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5601      Culminating Experience in Literature
Under the guidance of a graduate faculty member in English, students following the program of study in Literature must revise and orally defend a 20-30 page paper in Literature on a pass/no pass basis.
Credits: 1 hours
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ENGLISH 5602      Culminating Experience in Language & Literature
Under the Guidance of a graduate faculty member in English, Students following the program of study in Language & Literature must revise and orally defend a 20-30 page paper in Language & Literature on a pass/no pass basis.
Credits: 1 hours
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ENGLISH 5603      Culminating Experience in Manuscript, Print Culture, & Editing.
Under the guidance of a graduate faculty member in English, students following the program of Study in Manuscript, Print Culture, and Editing must revise and orally defend a 20-30 page paper in Manuscript, Print Culture, and Editing on a pass/no pass basis.
Credits: 1 hours
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ENGLISH 5650      Doctoral Seminar
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5691      Doctoral Research In Selected Fields
Individual study under the direction of a senior member of the department leading to the writing of a formal or scholarly paper. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGLISH 5699      Research And Dissertation
Research and preparation for the doctoral dissertation.
Credits: 1,15 hours
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ENGLISH 5899      Required Graduate Enrollment
Credits: 1 hours
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