Summer Session

EGL 121: Global Film Traditions

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 101 or equivalent or Corequisite: WRT 102

DEC: B SBC: GLO; HUM

An introductory film course with a focus on the cross-cultural study of film from multiple traditions. Students will learn the basics of film analysis and terminology. They will also develop a familiarity with film traditions outside the US, including (but not necessarily limited to) parts of Europe, Senegal and other parts of Africa, South Asia (India, Pakistan, and elsewhere), Iran, China, Korea, Japan, and elsewhere.

EGL 194: Film: Mastering the Movies

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 101 or equivalent or Corequisite: WRT 102

DEC: B SBC: GLO; HUM

Offers an introduction to film, including a basic familiarity with the terminology of film production and with techniques of film analysis. The course emphasizes critical viewing and writing, with attention to cinematography, editing, sound, narrative, authorship, genre and ideology. The course also offers an introduction to multiple cinematic traditions from across the globe.

EGL 206: Survey British Literature II

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 102 or equivalent

DEC: I SBC: HFA+

The study of British literature from the Restoration of the Monarchy (1660) after the Civil Wars to the end of the 19th century.

EGL 218: American Literature II

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 102

DEC: K SBC: HUM; USA

The study of the literatures of the United States from the American Civil War through the Second World War.

EGL 303: Genre or Media

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 102 and EGL 204

SBC: HFA+

The study of the development of one literary genre or media form such as fiction, poetry, film, drama, nonfiction prose, or hypertext. Readings include theories and criticism of the form as well as examples of the genre. May be repeated as the topic changes.

EGL 308: Single Author

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 102 and EGL 204

SBC: HFA+

The study of one (or two closely related) author(s) or director(s). Students will read a range of works by this figure as well as learn about his or her biography, social context, and impact. Covers the Single Author topic for the English major. May be repeated as the topic changes.

EGL 317: Energy Humanities and Lit

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: WRT 102

SBC: HFA+; SPK; TECH

How has the English-speaking world's technological reliance on energies like wind, water, coal, and petroleum shaped literature, and how has literature in turn shaped arguments and assumptions about their effects? Versions of this course may vary in genre and scope, from a focus on a particular period or region to an expansive global view on artistic and technological inventions through the past, present, and future. Covers the Interdisciplinary topic for the English major.

EGL 584: Topics in Genre Studies

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: enrollment in the English MA, Ph.D. or MAT programs.

Changing issues in the historical study of particular genres, such as the novel, lyric poetry, film, drama, etc. Fall, Spring, Summer,

EGL 585: Topics in Cultural Studies

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: enrollment in the English MA, Ph.D. or MAT programs.

Changing issues in the interdisciplinary study of culture, including literature, popular culture, discourse studies, media studies, etc. Focus is on the analysis of historical contexts and on methods derived from contemporary cultural theory. Fall, Spring,

EGL 587: Topics in Race, Ethnic Studies

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: enrollment in the English MA, Ph.D. or MAT programs.

Changing historical or theoretical focus on issues of race or ethnicity, on U.S., British, or global ethnic literatures, or on experiences, histories, or theories of colonization, decolonization, empire, globalism, or diaspora. Fall, Spring, Summer,