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Concentration Areas for 2004-2005

Please note that this information is tentative and subject to change. You should plan to review it often as you plan your major.

1. Literary Theory and Criticism

Note: Courses listed in Course Group IV are included in the concentration area

English 72.1 Neither Harmonious nor Homogeneous: African American Fiction and Criticism in the 1990s 04F

2. Genre

Drama

English 24 Shakespeare 04F, 05S

English 26 English Drama to 1642 05W

English 65 Merchant of Venice 05W

English 47 American Drama 05S

English 54 Modern British Drama 05S

English 66.2 Restoration Comedy 05S

Poetry

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 04F

English 23 English Renaissance 04F

English 28 Milton 05S

English 40 American Poetry 04F

English 60.2 Oral and Related Poetry from the West Indies 04X

English 67.1 Bob Dylan 04X

English 67.4 Contemporary American Poetry 05S

English 70.1 Spenser 04F

English 70.2 The Story of Troilus and Cressida 05W

English 72.2 Elizabeth Bishop 04F

English 72.3 William Butler Yeats 04F

Narrative

English 41 American Prose 04F

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature 04F

English 38 19th Century English Novel 05W

English 55 20th Century British Fiction 05S

English 63.1 The Historical Novel 04F

English 66.3 The Victorian Novel and the City 05S

English 66.4 Dickens and Fictional Autobiography 05S

English 67.3 Virginia Woolf 05W

English 72.4 James Joyce 05W

English 72.6 The Autobiographical Impulse in Asian American Literature 05S

English 72.5 Postmodern Fiction 05W

English 72.7 Contemporary Experimental Fiction 05S

3. Literary History

Note: Courses for this concentration area are usually drawn from Course Groups I, II, and III.

English 67.3 Virginia Woolf 05W

4. Period Study

Note: Students pursuing period study should select four courses from any one of the historical course groups (Course Groups I, II and III). Students may choose to have these four courses form a more precise focus such as medieval literature or Victorian studies

5. National Traditions and Counter-Traditions

English 18 History of the English Language 05W

English 22 Medieval English Literature 05S

English 30 Order and Disorder in British Neoclassicism 04X

English 34 Romantic Literature: Writing and English Society 1780-1832. 05S

English 39 Early American Literature 05S

English 40 American Poetry 04F

English 41 American Prose 04F

English 42 American Fiction to 1900 05W

English 46 20th Century American Fiction 04X

English 47 American Drama 05S

English 49 Modern Black American Literature 05S

English 54 Modern British Drama 05S

English 55 20th Century British Fiction 05S

English 60.1 Caribbean/New World Identities 04X

English 60.3 Ruins, Ridicule and Resistance: Intro to Irish Literature 05W

English 60.5 Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature 05S

English 62.1 Immigrant Women Writing in America 05S

English 65.1 Merchant of Venice 05W

English 66.1 Colonialism and 18th Century British Literature 05W

English 67.2 Modernism, Modernity and Realism in 20th Century British Literature 04

English 67.5 Native Cultural Production: (Re)Mapping Race, Gender and Nation 05W

English 67.6  Jews in American Culture and Theory: The New York Intellectuals 05S

English 70.1 Spenser: Poetry, Myth, Nation 04F

English 71.1 Moby Dick and the Invisible Man 05W

English 72.1 Neither Harmonious nor Homogeneous: African American Fiction and Criticism in the 1990s 04F

English 72.3 William Butler Yeats 04F

6. Multicultural and Colonial / Postcolonial Studies

English 39 Early American Literature 05S

English 49 Modern Black American Literature 05S

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature 04F

English 66.1 Colonialism and 18th Century British Literature 05W

English 60.1 Caribbean/New World Identities 04X

English 60.2 Oral and Related Poetry from the West Indies 04X

English 66.1 Colonialism and 18th Century British Literature 05W

English 67.5 Native Cultural Production: (Re)Mapping Race, Gender and Nation 05W

English 72.4 James Joyce 05W

English 72.6 The Autobiographical Impulse in Asian American Literature 05S

7. Genders and Sexualities

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 04F

English 23 The English Renaissance 04F

English 26 English Drama to 1642 05W

English 28 Milton 05S

English 60.5 Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature 05S

English 62.1 Immigrant Women Writing in America 05S

English 70.2 The Story of Troilus and Cressida 05W

English 72.2 The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop 04F

8. Cultural Studies and Popular Culture

English 16 Old and New Media 04F

English 18 History of the English Language 05W

English 22 Medieval English Literature 05S

English 42 American Fiction to 1900 05W

English 49 Modern Black American Literature 05S

English 67.1 Bob Dylan 04X

English 67.2 Modernism, Modernity and Realism in 20th Century British Literature 04F

English 67.6  Jews in American Culture and Theory: The New York Intellectuals 05S

English 70.3 Elizabethan Romance 05S

English 71.1 Moby Dick and the Invisible Man 05W

English 71.2 Victorians In Italy 05W   CANCELLED

English 72.5 Postmodern Fiction 05W

9. Creative Writing

English 80 Creative Writing 04X, 04F, 05W, 05S

English 83 Advanced Creative Writing 04X

English 85 Senior Workshop in Poetry and Prose Fiction 04F

English 81 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry 05W

English 82 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction 05W, 05S

10. Independent Proposal