Spring 2021 English Course Descriptions

Looking for courses to take in the Spring 2021 semester? Check out the English department's offerings and find the ones that fit your interests and schedule!

Spring 2021 classes are listed below with topic and instructor name. PDF with full descriptions available at the top of this page.

ENGL 303 – The Art of the Essay (MW 4:00 - 5:15)
Instructor: Purpura

ENGL 305 – British Literature: Restoration to Romantic (T/Th 1:00 - 2:15)
Instructor: Falco
 
ENGL 307 – American Literature: From New World Contact to Civil War (T/Th 11:30 - 12:45)
Crimes and Tropes of Transgression
Instructor: Tran

ENGL 308 – American Literature: The Civil War to Present (MW 10:30 - 11:45) Revolution in Form
Instructor: Finberg

ENGL 310 – Topics in Poetry (T/Th 10:00 - 11:15)
Poetry and Landscape
Instructor: Falco

ENGL 332 – Contemporary American Literature (T/Th 1:00 - 2:15)
American Dreams and Nightmares
Instructor: Tran

ENGL 349 – The Bible and Literature (MW 2:30 - 3:45)
Instructor: Osherow

ENGL 351 – Studies in Shakespeare (MW 5:30 - 6:45)
Shakespeare’s Afterlives
Instructor: Osherow

ENGL 371 – Creative Writing - Fiction (MW 1:00 - 2:15)
Instructor: Shivnan

ENGL 373 – Creative Writing: Poetry (MW 5:30 - 6:45)
Writing Poetry
Instructor: Purpura

ENGL 382 – Feature Writing (MW 2:30 - 3:45)
Instructor: Rudacille

ENGL 383 – Science Writing (MW 1:00 - 2:15)  
Instructor: Rudacille

ENGL 385 – New Media and Digital Literacies (T/Th 2:30 - 3:45)
Instructor: Brooks

ENGL 407 – Language in Society (W 7:10 - 9:40)
Instructor: McCarthy

ENGL 448 – Seminar in Literature and Culture (MW 4:00 - 5:15)
Poetry and Capitalism
Instructor: Finberg

ENGL 451 – Seminar in Major Writers (T/Th 10:00 - 11:15)
Jane Austen and the Romantic Novel
Instructor: Smith

ENGL 469 – Studies in Race and Ethnicity (T 4:30 - 7:00)
Minor Universes
Instructor: Tran

ENGL 493.01 – Seminar in Communication and Technology (M 4:30 - 7:00)
Writing Disability Identities
Instructor: Holladay

ENGL 493.02 – Seminar in Communication and Technology (Th 4:30 - 7:00)
African American Rhetoric
Instructor: Brooks