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Concentration Areas for Core English Courses

PLEASE BE SURE TO NOTE that this information is tentative and very subject to change. You should plan to review it often as you plan your major.

1. Literary Theory and Criticism

English 14 Introduction to Criticism

English 15. Introduction to Literary Theory

English 16 Old and New Media

English 17 Intro to New Media

2. Genre

Drama

English 24 Shakespeare

English 26 English Drama to 1642

English 47 American Drama

English 54 Modern British Drama

Poetry

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

English 21 Chaucer: Troilus and Other Poems

English 23 The English Renaissance

English 27 The Seventeenth Century

English 40 American Poetry

English 50 American and British Poetry Since 1914

Narrative

English 19 Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Epic and Saga

English 32 The Rise of the Novel

English 38 The 19th Century English Novel

English 41 American Prose

English 42 American Fiction to 1900

English 46 20th Century American Fiction

English 48 Contemporary American Fiction

English 53 Twentieth-Century British Fiction

English 55 Twentieth-Century British Fiction: WWII to Present

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature

3. Literary History

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

English 14 Introduction to Criticism

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 19 Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Epic and Saga

English 22 Medieval English Literature

English 30 Order and Disorder in British Neoclassicism

English 34 Romantic Literature: Writing and English Society, 1780-1836

English 39 Early American Literature

English 40 American Poetry

English 41 American Prose

English 42 American Fiction to 1900

English 43 Early Black American Literature

English 45 Native American Literature

English 46 20th Century American Fiction

English 47 American Drama

English 48 Contemporary American Fiction

English 49 Modern Black American Literature

English 50 American and British Poetry Since 1914

English 53 Twentieth-Century British Fiction

English 54 Modern British Drama

English 55 Twentieth-Century British Fiction: WWII to Present

English 59 Critical Issues in Postcolonial Studies

6. Multicultural and Colonial / Postcolonial Studies

English 39 Early American Literature

English 43 Early Black American Literature

English 45 Native American Literature

English 49 Modern Black American Literature

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature

English 59 Critical Issues in Postcolonial Studies

7. Genders and Sexualities

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

English 21 Chaucer: Troilus and Other Poems

English 23 The English Renaissance

English 26 English Drama to 1642

8. Cultural Studies and Popular Culture

English 16 Old and New Media

English 17 Introduction to New Media

English 22 Medieval English Literature

English 36 Victorian Literature and Culture: 1837-1859

English 37 Victorian Literature and Culture: 1860-1901

9. Creative Writing

English 80, 81, 82 and 85

10. Independent Proposal