English

Major

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Requirements for the Major (44 credits)

Credits distributed among four and two credit courses. The introductory sequence and the sophomore survey course must be taken before any upper-level courses. They may be taken concurrently with each other and with intermediate courses.

Within the courses selected to meet major requirements, students should include:

• Two courses before 1800 (at least 50% of content before 1800)
• Two seminars
• Four upper-level courses
• One global-, ethnic-, or gender-focused literature course

I. Introductory Sequence (2 courses; 6 credits)

• ENGL 9/Introduction to Literary Analysis (4)
• ENGL 4/Writing in the Discipline of English (2)

II. Breadth-Historical and Geographical (4 courses; 12-16 credits)

• ENGL 20a/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition I: 20th Century (2)
• ENGL 20b/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition II: 19th Century (2)
• ENGL 21a/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition III: 17th and 18th Century (2)
• ENGL 21b/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition IV: Medieval and Early Renaissance (2)

Two additional courses (at least 6 credits) in two different periods at any level

III. Method and Approaches (2 courses; at least 6 credits)

Two courses chosen from among courses designated as “Approaches” courses (ENGL 121-128). For those planning to attend graduate school, the department recommends that one of the courses be in literary theory.

IV. Depth-A Concentration (3 courses, at least 2 of which are upper level; at least 10 credits)

The focus of the concentration-made up of three interrelated courses-should be chosen from the list of options below, though students may propose alternatives. Specific courses to fill the concentration should be selected in consultation with the adviser. Students must present a one-page proposal for the concentration to their adviser.

Concentrations must be approved by the end of the junior year. Alternative concentrations must be approved by the department. Students wishing to propose an alternative concentration must present a one-page proposal for the concentration to their adviser and to the department. Student-designed concentrations might be particularly appropriate for interdisciplinary courses of study such as visual art and literature (e.g., humanities course, literature course, art course), literature and religion/philosophy and for topical and thematic concentrations. Only one extradepartmental course may be counted in any concentration. Majors might consider the ways in which an interdisciplinary concentration could be a bridge between the major and a minor.

Potential concentrations could come from the following categories:

• A genre (three courses focusing on a specific literary genre such as narrative, poetry or drama)
• A period (three courses focusing on a particular period, such as Medieval, Renaissance, the Long 18th century, 19th century, Modernism or Contemporary)
• Literary theory (three courses focusing on in-depth reading in theory or application of theory)
• Postcolonial and Anglophone literature (three courses focusing on literatures in relation to competing notions of colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial cultures)
• Race and ethnicity (three courses focusing on literatures that interrogate and/or reinforce notions of race and ethnicity. Students may choose to emphasize a particular tradition [African American, Asian American, or Latino/a] or aspect [such as immigration])
• Women’s Studies, Gender, and sexuality (three courses focusing on the study of literatures that articulate and contest notions of gender and sexuality. Students may develop an historical focus)
• Language and rhetoric (Focus on the history of the language, linguistics, persuasion, or philosophy of language)
• Interdisciplinary [requires a proposal to the department] (Possible topics include Interart, Religion and Literature, Philosophy and Literature, History and Literature)

V. Seminars (8 credits)

Two courses (ENGL 170-178) normally taken in the senior year. They must be taken in the department and may not be replaced by any course taken outside the department or by independent study.

VI. Independent work (2-4 credits)

No more than four credits of independent study or an Honors thesis may be counted toward the 44 credit requirement.

No more than two course from among the following may be counted toward the major:

• One upper-level writing course may substitute for one upper-level literature course
• Two courses from a study abroad program may count toward the major as upper-level courses with adviser/departmental approval
• One course from a literature department other than English may count toward the major with the department’s approval if the student demonstrates its relevance to his or her course of study

Minor

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Requirements for the English Literatures Minor (22 credits)

The purpose of the Drew English minor is to help prepare students who love literature, but who are not majoring in English, for a lifetime of intelligent and enjoyable reading. The analytical and critical skills, written and oral, developed in the minor will also serve students well in their processing of information and their interactions with others in their careers as well as in their role as participant citizens. The English Department has designed its curricular offerings so as to provide an opportunity for students to explore a number of approaches and methodologies for the study of literature: historical, thematic, text-based, author-based, and culture-based. Different approaches to a literary text will yield different results. Accordingly, we urge students in the minor to experiment with some of the many ways in which to engage and appreciate a literary text. At the declaration of the minor, the student should meet with an English Department advisor to plan a coherent approach to course selection.

I. ENGL 9/Introduction to Literary Analysis (4)

II. At least one 2-credit module from ENGL 20-21/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition.

III. A minimum of 2 courses (at least 4 credits) chosen from “Intermediate LiteratureCourses”.

IV. A minimum of 12 credits chosen from the “Advanced” English offerings, at least 4 credits of which are an “Approaches” course.

Faculty

Faculty

• Professors: James Hala, Sandra Jamieson, Wendy Kolmar (Chair), Frank Occhiogrosso, Nadine Ollman, Robert Ready, Peggy Samuels
• Associate Professors: Martin Foys, Cassandra Laity, Neil Levi, Melissa Nicolas
• Assistant Professors: Shakti Jaising, Anoop Mirpuri, Patrick Phillips, Karen Schiler, Sarah Wald, Hannah Wells, Jennifer Holly Wells

Courses

Courses Offered

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Writing Courses

ENGL 210 - Formerly 4 - Writing in the Discipline of English (2)

This six-week module will use the texts discussed in a/b or a/b as the basis for papers and extended research. Students will study the discourse conventions of English and practice the skills necessary for writing in the discipline of English. The course will include instruction in MLA style, advanced library research, and bibliographic skills.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Meets: twice a week for six weeks. Corequisite or Prerequisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following: A, B, A, OR B. Offered first and second half of each semester.
Fulfills: WM

ENGL 213 - Formerly 53 - Special Topics Creative Writing Workshop (2-4)

A Creative writing workshop in creative non-fiction, poetry, or fiction, that focus on a particular theme, sub-genre, or problem. Topics could include writing that engages with the public sphere; occasional poetry (poetry that is composed for a particular occasion or is meant to be delivered to a particular person); interart poetry that engages with the visual arts, music, or vocal performance; writing that engages with a particular place such as New York City or the Drew campus; writing that combines genres or works intertextually; writing that engages with new media.
Course may be repeated.

ENGL 214 - Formerly 54 - Theory and Practice of Writing Center Tutoring (4)

This course introduces students to composition and tutoring theory and pedagogy. A writing intensive course, "Theory and Practice" combines readings in composition studies with a practicum that allows student to directly engage and interrogate the ideas and pedagogies they encounter. A significant portion of the course involves working directly with writers from a variety of disciplines. After successfully completing the class, students will be invited to apply for "writing fellow" and "writing tutor" positions in the Writing Center.

Fulfills: WI

ENGL 216 - Formerly 59 - Introduction to Journalism (4)

An introduction to the fundamentals and procedures of operating a newspaper. Emphasizes gathering news and writing clear, vigorous copy. Studies layout, editing, feature and editorial writing, and copy-editing as well as the ethics and responsibilities of journalism.
Enrollment limit: 15 Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement Offered fall semester.

ENGL 215 - Formerly 65 - Writing For and About Business (4)

Concentrates on the development of a clear, precise writing style and practice in dealing with specific types of business writing problems. Students complete writing projects, individually and in teams, in the context of hypothetical business situations, such as preparing and presenting a report, preparing and presenting a project proposal, applying for a job, and reviewing a report or project proposal.
Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement Offered every semester.

ENGL 311 - Formerly 103 - Nonfiction Writing (4)

Workshops with weekly round-table editing sessions, offering writing and reading assignments in established and innovative nonfiction forms. Emphasizes expressive writing-the personal and informal essay, autobiography and biography, the character sketch, vignette, narrative, and prose lyric.
At the discretion of the department, may be taken twice for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement Offered annually.
Fulfills: BA

ENGL 312 - Formerly 104 - Nonfiction Writing: Articles (4)

Workshops with weekly round-table editing sessions, offering writing and reading assignments in established and innovative nonfiction forms. Emphasizes the factual article as a literary form-practice in assembling facts (research and interviewing procedures) and in shaping the informative, lively article, editorial, and critical review.
At the discretion of the department, may be taken twice for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement Offered annually.

ENGL 313 - Formerly 107 - Creative Writing Workshop: Short Fiction (4)

Exercises in characterization, setting, dialogue, and narration. Incorporates these elements of fiction into complete stories. Class discussion of manuscripts.
Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. At the discretion of the department, may be taken twice for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement. Offered annually.
Fulfills: BA

ENGL 314 - Formerly 108 - Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry (4)

Practice in elements of the poet's craft, focusing particularly on the language of emotion and the uses of metaphor. Explores traditional verse patterns and encourages the development of one's own imaginative perception and style.
Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. At the discretion of the department, may be taken twice for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College Writing Requirement. Offered annually.
Fulfills: BA

ENGL 315 - Formerly 109 - Creative Writing Workshop: Advanced Fiction (4)

This course is a workshop for students wishing to develop a sophisticated fiction writing vocabulary and a vigorous exploration of literature via the study and creation of it. The course will be made up of creation classes on specific issues of craft, such as point of view, character development, and dialogue. Students will read full novels and story collections and be expected to use skills gleaned from these texts in their own work. The course will push students past the "write what you know" paradigm; key to this course will be developing research and observational skills in order to create and appreciate literature beyond your own experience.
Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. Course may be repeated twice for credit. Enrollment priority: writing minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 103,104,107 or 108, submission of writing sample and application. Offered fall semester.

ENGL 316 - Formerly 110 - Creative Writing Workshop: Advanced Poetry (4)

An advanced course in the art of poetry for students who have completed an introductory creative writing workshop. Focused on advanced strategies for developing poets, including metrics, prosody, traditional formal schemes, imitations, radical revisions, experimental poetry, sequences, and the longer lyric.
Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. Course may be repeated twice for credit. Enrollment priority: writing minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 311 - Formerly 103 - , 104, 107 or 108, submission of writing sample and application. Offered fall semester.
Fulfills: BA

Language Courses

ENGL 220 - Formerly 38 - History and Structure of the English Language (4)

A study of the development of English from Anglo-Saxon to its present status as a "global" language. The development of English is placed within the framing social, political and economic contexts of its speakers. May also examine the historical development of theories attempting to explain English, its styles, dialects, and literatures.
Same as: LING 220 - Formerly 105 - . Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

Literature Courses

ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - Literary Analysis (4)

Emphasis in the first part of the course is on expanding and honing strategies for close reading. The course covers accuracy and richness of interpretation, narrative theory, moving beyond the boundaries of the text to other cultural documents, reading drama performatively. By the end of the course, students should understand and be able to use a variety of criteria for judging the legitimacy of their own and others' interpretations. Students will be introduced to a range of ways that scholars work in the field of literary study. Emphases vary depending on instructor.
Offered every semester.
Fulfills: BH

Introductory Studies in English and American Literature

These courses survey literary periods in English and American literature from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Individual offerings of the courses may focus on themes linking the works, or they may be organized in chronological sequence by authors or historical issues. Consult the annual English department listing of courses to be offered over a two-year period.

ENGL 253 - Formerly 20A - Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition 1900-Presen (2)

Taught in four two-credit modules, this course maps Anglo-American literary history from the medieval period to the twentieth century. This essential experience grounds English majors and minors in key texts as well as in major periods, transitions, shifts, and trends along with influences between and among them. Conducted primarily in lecture and discussion form to facilitate students' reading of difficult texts, the course involves extensive reading of primary works from each period and select twentieth-century texts set in dialogue with them. Assessment is primarily through written exams.
Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - Corequisite: ENGL 210 - Formerly 4 - (Simultaneous enrollment with one of the four modules). Offered annually, 20 A/B in the spring, 21 A/B in the fall).

ENGL 252 - Formerly 20B - Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition: 1800-1900 (2)

Taught in four two-credit modules, this course maps Anglo-American literary history from the medieval period to the twentieth century. This essential experience grounds English majors and minors in key texts as well as in major periods, transitions, shifts, and trends along with influences between and among them. Conducted primarily in lecture and discussion form to facilitate students' reading of difficult texts, the course involves extensive reading of primary works from each period and select twentieth-century texts set in dialogue with them. Assessment is primarily through written exams.
Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - Corequisite: ENGL 210 - Formerly 4 - (Simultaneous enrollment with one of the four modules). Offered annually, 20 A/B in the spring, 21 A/B in the fall).

ENGL 251 - Formerly 21A - Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition: 1600-1800 (2)

Taught in four two-credit modules, this course maps Anglo-American literary history from the medieval period to the twentieth century. This essential experience grounds English majors and minors in key texts as well as in major periods, transitions, shifts, and trends along with influences between and among them. Conducted primarily in lecture and discussion form to facilitate students' reading of difficult texts, the course involves extensive reading of primary works from each period and select twentieth-century texts set in dialogue with them. Assessment is primarily through written exams.
Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - Corequisite: ENGL 210 - Formerly 4 - (Simultaneous enrollment with one of the four modules). Offered annually, 20 A/B in the spring, 21 A/B in the fall).

ENGL 250 - Formerly 21B - Mapping the Anglo-Amer.Lit. Trad: Medieval to Renaissance (2)

Taught in four two-credit modules, this course maps Anglo-American literary history from the medieval period to the twentieth century. This essential experience grounds English majors and minors in key texts as well as in major periods, transitions, shifts, and trends along with influences between and among them. Conducted primarily in lecture and discussion form to facilitate students' reading of difficult texts, the course involves extensive reading of primary works from each period and select twentieth-century texts set in dialogue with them. Assessment is primarily through written exams.
Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - Corequisite: ENGL 210 - Formerly 4 - (Simultaneous enrollment with one of the four modules). Offered annually, 20 A/B in the spring, 21 A/B in the fall).

ENGL 101 - Formerly 30 - Western Literature I (4)

Reading and analysis of selected works in the Western literary tradition from ancient to early medieval periods. Approaches may vary from a survey of works from Homer to Augustine, to a topical approach such as a study of justice and individual choice represented in the works, to a genre approach such as a study of epic.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered fall semester.
Fulfills: BH, WI

ENGL 102 - Formerly 31 - Western Literature II (4)

Reading and analysis of selected works in the Western literary tradition from the High Middle-Ages to the modern period. Approaches may vary from a survey of works from Dante to Woolf, to a topical approach such as a study of power represented in the works, to a genre approach such as a study of prose narrative.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered spring semester.
Fulfills: WI, BH

ENGL 103 - Formerly 32 - Gender and Literature (2-4)

An introduction to questions of how gender, as it intersects with race, class, and sexuality, shapes literary texts, authorship, readership, and representation. Most often organized thematically, the course may focus on such issues as creativity, subjectivity, politics, work, sexuality, masculinity, or community in works chosen from a variety of periods, genres, and areas.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors, Women's Studies majors and minors. Offered fall semester.
Fulfills: BH

ENGL 104 - Formerly 33 - Sexuality and Literature (2-4)

This course examines how sexuality is articulated and mediated through literature and such modes of cultural production as film and two-dimensional art. Attention will be paid to specific iterations of sexuality and the labels that attend them (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual). We will address theories of sexuality and study such authors as Jeanette Winterson, Mark Doty, Edmund White, Hart Crane, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, and Michael Cunningham. The course may additionally encompass how sexuality intersects with ethnicity, science and politics.
Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 105 - Formerly 34 - Topics in American Ethnic, Immigrant, or Regional Lit. (4)

An exploration of literature of the American ethnic, immigrant, or regional experience. The course may focus on one ethnicity, such as Jewish American or Arab American; explore the immigrant experience as it is articulated in works from several ethnicities including Italian American, Irish American, Eastern European, Asian American, South Asian American, or Latino/a; or it may focus on literature produced within specific geographical regions, regional schools, or regional traditions of the United States, including Southern literature, literature of the Great Plains, the Northwest, the Southwest, California, New York City, or New Jersey.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate fall semesters..
Fulfills: BH, DUS

ENGL 106 - Formerly 35 - African American Literature (4)

A study of the writers in the African American literary tradition from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Through a variety of genres, we will examine the work of selected writers in light of their historical time and place, major themes, conclusions about the nature of black experience in the United States and their contributions to this literary tradition and to the American literary canon. We will pay close attention to particular movements in this tradition, such as the Harlem Renaissance, protest literature, the Black Arts movement, and contemporary directions in the literature since 1970. Writers may include: Alain Locke, Claude McKay, Nella Larsen, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Ntozake Shange, Paule Marshall, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, and Alice Walker.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate spring semesters..
Fulfills: DUS, BH

ENGL 107 - Formerly 36 - Asian American Literature (2-4)

Examines works by women writers in the Anglo-American and Anglophone tradition through the historical and theoretical approaches that have emerged from recent feminist criticism and theory. May focus on a particular genre, period, author or authors, the literature of a particular region, or on literature in particular social or cultural contexts. Such topics as: Women Writers and World War I; Female Bildungsroman; African American Women Writers; Victorian Women Poets.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
Fulfills: BH, DUS

ENGL 108 - Formerly 37 - Latino/a Literature (2-4)

This course will reconsider such issues as critical race theory and identity construction, gender and sexuality, hybridity, American canon formation, and nation-building in light of the contemporary Latino Boom (in music, film, art, television, and literature). The course considers thematic and figurative background to the literature such as la Malinche, Aztlan, Quetzalcoatl, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, la Llorona, la Virgen de Guadalupe, Nepantla, and Braceros. Authors studied may include Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, Rudolfo Anaya, Rolando Hinojosa, Luis Valdez, Cristina Garcia, Junot Diaz, and Julia Alvarez.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate fall semesters.
Fulfills: BH, DUS

ENGL 221 - Formerly 39 - History of Rhetoric (4)

Rhetoric, most typically defined as "the art of persuasion," has had a variety of descriptions based on the describer and his or her historical context. This class will study the changing definitions of rhetoric from 5th-century B.C. Greece to contemporary American culture and why those changes took place. Students will also be asked to analyze rhetoric's relation to politics, religion, law and cultural identity from antiquity to the present day.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 201 - Formerly 40 - Selected Topics in Literature I (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such as gothic literature, Anglophone literature, Bible as literature, postcolonial literature, writers writing on visual art, humor in literature, the literature of the Holocaust, or other topics.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BH

ENGL 202 - Formerly 41 - Selected Topics in Literature & Language II (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such as film and film adaptations of literature, non-fiction prose, graphic novels, myth, modern constructions of older/ancient texts, or other topics.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BH

ENGL 204 - Formerly 42 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Language (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such as Anglophone literature, Bible as literature, postcolonial literature, writers writing on visual art, humor in literature, the literature of the Holocaust, film and film adaptations of literature, non-fiction prose, graphic novels, myth, modern constructions of older/ancient texts or other topics.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BI

ENGL 278 - Formerly 43 - Literary Translation (4)

This seminar introduces students to a variety of theoretical approaches to literary translation, as well as experience in translating literary texts. The course will begin with a history of approaches to translation, by reading both theoretical essays and a set of common texts in multiple translations, including works of classical and Biblical literature as well as contemporary prose and poetry. Each student will then undertake a translation of a short work of fiction or poetry with the goal of producing a publishable text in English. Students may work from any language into English or from a dialect or historical variety of English into a contemporary idiom. The seminar will feature guest lectures by Drew faculty from various programs whose work includes literary translation speaking about their own projects and experience as translators.
Signature of instructor required for registration. Same as: WLIT 260 - Formerly 60 -
Fulfills: BA

ENGL 205 - Formerly 44 - Studies in American Ethnic or Immigrant Literature I (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such Anglophone, postcolonial, border or immigrant literature, literature from US territories, regional literature, the literature of the Holocaust, Bible as literature, or other topics. This course includes an emphasis on diverse literatures and cultures of the United States.
Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: DUS

ENGL 206 - Formerly 46 - Studies in American Ethnic or Immigrant Literature II (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such Anglophone, postcolonial, border or immigrant literature, literature from US territories, regional literature, the literature of the Holocaust, Bible as literature, or other topics. This course includes an emphasis on diverse literatures and cultures of the United States from the perspective of the humanities.
Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BH, DUS

ENGL 207 - Formerly 47 - Interdisciplinary Studies in American Ethnic or Immigrant L it (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such Anglophone, postcolonial, border or immigrant literature, literature from US territories, regional literature, the literature of the Holocaust, Bible as literature, or other topics. This course includes an emphasis on diverse literatures and cultures of the United States from the perspective of more than one discipline, area, or field.
Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BI, DUS

ENGL 209 - Formerly 48 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Anglophone or World Literature (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such Anglophone, postcolonial, border or immigrant literature, literature from US territories, literature in translation, the literature of the Holocaust, Bible as literature, or other topics. This course includes an emphasis on international and/or transnational literatures from the perspective of more than one discipline, area, or field.
Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Fulfills: BI, DIT

ENGL 299 - Formerly 49 - Intermediate Open Topics-- Community-Based Learning (2-4)

This course is a community-based learning course, focused on making connections between a literary topic and some form of applied work in the community. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated as topic changes. Students should expect to devote some hours to work with community organizations beyond the established class time.
Course may be repeated.

ENGL 212 - Formerly 51 - Spoken Word: The Oral Interpretation of Literature (2)

This course explores literature as a performance art. In this course, students use many different methods to hone their ability to observe, describe, physically feel, and enact in performance the dynamic interaction of rhythm, syntactical structures, and semantics in literary texts. Students may perform their own writing in the course the work of spoken word and/or canonical writers. The course is useful for creative writers and for all students of literature, giving them insight into the mechanisms that produce emotional force, clarity, and the dynamics of the interplay between thought and feeling in all kinds of writing.
Check department listing for offering. Enrollment priority: English majors and writing minors.
Fulfills: BA

Advanced Studies in English and American Literature

These courses continue the study of the literature of historical periods in England and America as well as literary issues, literary theory, individual authors, and literary genres. Individual offerings of these upper-level courses may be organized by specific themes or by other organizational concepts. For specific offerings available under the following rubrics, consult the annual English department listing.

ENGL 350 - Formerly 112 - Advanced Studies in Medieval or Renaissance Literature (2-4)

Topics may include Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, the impact of literacy on the fictions and poetry of medieval Britain, the medieval romance, medieval literature and spirituality, medieval and early Renaissance drama, Renaissance poetry.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: B Offered in alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 351 - Formerly 113 - Adv.Studies in British Lit.of The 17th or 18th Century (2-4)

This course investigates developments in the Early Modern period that set foundations for our contemporary literature. Topics may include social settings in which manuscripts were written and exchanged, the rise of print culture, breaking the icon of the King, religious lyric poetry, love lyrics, Restoration drama, experiments with fiction and the beginnings of the novel, early women writers, political and social satire, and cultural responses to the French Revolution and to the expansion of empire.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 352 - Formerly 114 - Advanced Studies of British Literature of the 19th Century (2-4)

Offerings of this course take a variety of subjects and forms in studying British literature of the nineteenth century: specific authors or groups of authors in the Romantic or Victorian periods; subjects within and across the two periods such as literary responses to revolution, industrialism, empire, class and religious issues; topics such as the Gothic, realism, Victorian, "medievalism," the psychological self in nineteenth-century writing, the role of art in the social order.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: B Offered in alternate fall semesters.
Fulfills: WI

ENGL 353 - Formerly 115 - Advanced Studies in British Literature of the 20th Century (2-4)

An advanced examination of British and/or Anglophone literatures in the 20th century, focusing on topics such as, modernism and fascism, post-colonialism, the representation and effects of the World Wars, gender and modernism, expatriation and alienation, and modernist women writers.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A Offered in alternate spring semesters.
Fulfills: WI

ENGL 354 - Formerly 116 - Advanced Studies in American Literature to the Civil War (2-4)

An advanced examination of American literature before the Civil War. Topics include transcendentalism, visions and revisions, the American novel, literary responses to the Civil War and the aftermath of slavery. Writers may include Irving, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Jacobs, Douglass, Stowe.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: B Offered in alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 355 - Formerly 117 - Advanced Studies in American Literature from the Civil War to World War I (2-4)

Topics include women writers in post-Civil War America and regional and national voices from the Civil War to WWI. Perspectives on realism, naturalism, women's voices, regional and national voices in the fiction, nonfiction and poetry from the end of the Civil War to World War I. Writers may include Twain, James, Dickinson, Adams, Crane, Davis, Chopin, London, Gilman, Wharton, and Jewett.
Amount of credit established at registration. Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A or 20B Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 356 - Formerly 118 - Advanced Studies in American Literature of the 20th Cent. (2-4)

Topics include artistic movements such as Naturalism, the Beats, New Journalism, Modernism, or Postmodernism; covering fields such as women's literature, ethnic literatures, or immigrant literature; intertextuality; literature in relation to social movements of the second half of the century, historical eras such as the Great Depression, Cold War, World Wars; or major authors.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A Offered in alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 357 - Formerly 119 - Advanced Studies in Literature of the 20th Century (2-4)

Recognizing the fluidity of boundaries and national identities, this course is an advanced study of British, American, and Anglophone literature of the 20th Century. The course will focus on particular literary themes, topics, or genres that cross or problematize national or geographic boundaries. For example, American expatriate authors, diasporic literatures, literary concerns of immigrants from one specific nation to several (e.g., from India or African nations to America and Britain).
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A Offered in alternate spring semesters.
Fulfills: WI

ENGL 321 - Formerly 121 - Comparative Critical Theory and Practice (2-4)

May focus on one or compare two contemporary or historical approaches to literature, such as close reading, psychoanalytic, philosophical, new historicist, feminist, Marxist, structuralist, deconstructive, or reader-response criticism.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: Either ENGL 20A/B OR ENGL 21A/B Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 302 - Formerly 122A - Cultural Studies (4)

This course will provide students with a working knowledge of critical methods in "cultural materialism" and "cultural studies," specifically focusing on Marxist approaches to the criticism of literature and culture. In what sense has Marx's understanding of "ideology" and intellectual production provided modern cultural criticism with new models for understanding the value and function of art, literature, and discourse in relation to the formation of civil society? How have these analytical and theoretical models been complicated and revised in light of key developments in the 20th century, from the rise of mass culture, the emergence of new technologies for the production and dissemination of culture, to more recent shifts in cultural production augmented by transformations in the global political economy?
Prerequisite: One of the following as appropriate: A, B, A, ENGL21B.

ENGL 322 - Formerly 123 - Intensive reading of a single text (2-4)

This course allows sustained concentration on a single text. In some semesters, the text itself will be a long and difficult one (e.g., Paradise Lost or Finnegan's Wake). In other semesters the course will cover a more accessible literary text but that text will be viewed through the lenses of various kinds of interpretation (e.g., cultural criticism, performance theory, formalism, gender studies, deconstruction, psychoanalytical theory).
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: One of the following as appropriate: A, B, ENGL21A, ENGL+ 21B. Offered alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 323 - Formerly 124 - Approaches to Literature: Genre (2-4)

All writers conceive of themselves as writing inside of a genre. If writing inside of a genre involved only the imposition of constraint, writers surely would not choose to do it. What is genre? How does it open possibilities for writing? How do genres change over time and across cultures? What is the relationship between literary genre and the way humans frame their emotional, intellectual, and social experience? The focus will be on a single genre (e.g., novel, lyric poem, tragedy, comedy, epic, ballad, gothic novel, graphic novel, etc.)
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Priority given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: One of the following as appropriate: A, B, ENGL21A, ENGL+ 21B. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 324 - Formerly 125 - Approaches to Literature: Biographical (2-4)

How much can we read into a work based on our knowledge of a writer's life? In this course we will look at literary texts in relation to letters and diaries. We will then look at how biographers and literary critics used those same letters and diaries to say something about the author's life or writings. After reading some essays by biographers about the challenges that they have faced in their work, students will attempt to compose an argument of their own by drawing on letters, diaries, or other primary sources.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: One of the following as appropriate: A, B, ENGL21A, ENGL+ 21B. Offered in alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 325 - Formerly 126 - Approaches to Literature: Intertextual (2-4)

This course explores the various ways that texts "answer" each other or imbricate each other. Writers often compose a text in response to another work (sometimes contemporaneous, sometimes distant). Writers also develop rivalries, write for each other as audience, feel especially influenced by or even possessed by another writer. In some eras, all literature is considered to be "part" of a larger project or in response to a "big" text (e.g., the Bible). Some literary works are written in the shadow of another language. Different theories of intertextuality will be covered.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 326 - Formerly 127 - Approaches to Literature: Cultural (2-4)

How do critics work on the relationship between literary texts and other cultural materials (such as popular culture, legal and religious discourse, social history, political history)? This course will look at literary texts in the context of extra-literary materials.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B. Offered in alternate fall semesters.

ENGL 327 - Formerly 128 - Approaches to Painterly Literature: (2-4)

The course covers interactions between literary artists and visual artists. We will look at individual writers' responses to particular works of art as well as broader relationships such as visual iconography in medieval works or breakthrough moments in modernism and postmodernism when writers' exposure to the visual arts led them to invent new modes of composition and of perception.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: One of the following as appropriate: A, B, ENGL21A, ENGL+ 21B. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 308 - Formerly 131 - Advanced Studies in Anglophone Literature (2-4)

An examination of literature in English by authors residing in or originating from English speaking nations other than Britain and America. The course may focus on literature from any one region, such as the Caribbean or South Asia; one nation, such as South Africa, Australia, or India; or a continent, such as Africa. It may explore the literature of those who emigrate from those regions, connections between the literature of those who remain at home and those who leave, the effects of colonialism on the nation, or the development of national literatures after colonialism. The course may also focus on specific historical moments, such as apartheid South Africa or Indian partition; or problems, such as the definition of "postcolonial," hybridity and identity, or the development of global Englishes.
Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A or B as appropriate. Offered in alternate fall semesters.
Fulfills: DIT

ENGL 303 - Formerly 132 - Women's Literary Tradition (4)

Examines works by women writers in the Anglo-American and Anglophone tradition through the historical and theoretical approaches that have emerged from recent feminist criticism and theory. May focus on a particular genre, period, author or authors, the literature of a particular region, or on literature in particular social or cultural contexts. Such topics as: Women Writers and World War I; Female Bildungsroman; African American Women Writers; Victorian Women Poets.
Cross listed with Women's Studies. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester.
Fulfills: BH

ENGL 304 - Formerly 133 - Advanced Studies in Sexuality & Literature (4)

In continuing the study of and moving beyond English 33, this class examines how sexuality is articulated and mediated through literature and such modes of cultural production as film and two-dimensional art. Attention will be paid to specific iterations of sexuality and the labels that attend them (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual). Emphasis on queer theory and critical thinking on sexuality. We will read such authors as Sappho, Wilde, Gilbert and Gubar, Whitman, Ginsberg, Winterson, Doty, White, Bishop and Hart Crane. The course may focus on a specific theme or sub-genre such as speculative Utopic narratives or Race, Ethnicity & Sexuality.
Course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester in alternate years.

ENGL 305 - Formerly 134 - Advanced Studies in Ethnic American Literature (4)

Intensive study in American ethnic literatures: African American, Asian American, Latino/a, American Indian, Jewish, and Caribbean literatures, among others. Instructors may select particular emphases for these areas of study, which can include a focus on chronological or thematic approaches or on the development of a particular genre, such as poetry, novel, short fiction, autobiography, or drama. Central to the study of these literatures is a consideration of the unique aspects of ethnic cultures in the United States that inform various American ethic literary traditions.
Course may be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - or permission of the instructor. Offered in alternate spring semester.
Fulfills: DUS

ENGL 301 - Formerly 140 - Topics in Literature (4)

An advanced study of particular literary subjects (e.g. the literature of the Holocaust, immigrant literature), topics (Old English language and literature, myth and literature), problems (e.g., literacy and orality, modern constructions of older/ancient texts), and methodologies (e.g., psychoanalytic approaches, comparative literature.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Priority is given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 150 - Formerly 9 - or permission of the instructor. Offered fall semester.

ENGL 320 - Formerly 142 - Advanced Studies in History of the Language (2-4)

Topics may include Anglo-Saxon ("Old English") language, Middle English, African American Vernacular English, dialect studies, global Englishes.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: Given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B. Offered in alternate spring semesters.

ENGL 276 - Formerly 143 - Shakespeare (4)

An advanced study of the development of Shakespeare as a dramatist through the study of about seven plays-comedies, histories, and tragedies. Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority given to English majors and minors.
Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: B Offered annually fall semester in London.

ENGL 306 - Formerly 146 - Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Language (2-4)

This course will focus on selected topics such as Anglophone, postcolonial, border or immigrant literature or film, literature from US territories, regional literature, literature and film, literature and environment, or other topics. This course includes an emphasis on diverse literatures and cultures of the United States from the perspective of more than on discipline, area, or field.

ENGL 300 - Formerly 180 - Independent Study in Literature (2-4)

A tutorial course with meetings by arrangement and oral and written reports. Students who wish to pursue independent study must offer for approval of the instructor a proposal on a literary topic not covered in the curriculum. Joint proposals by two or more students may be submitted.
Course may be repeated. Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.

Capstone

ENGL 400 - Formerly 199 - Senior Capstone in English (4)

The Capstone is the culmination of a student's work in the major. It offers seniors the opportunity to integrate the skills and approaches they have learned in previous classes and use them to analyze and discuss works of literature selected by the faculty and to guide further research in an area of their concentration. In addition to discussing selected common texts, each student develops an extended research project drawing on the courses they have taken as part of their concentration. Students present their research to each other and faculty members throughout the term and produce an expanded research paper. Signature of instructor required for registration.
[CAP] Capstone Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Pre-requisite: Permission of instructor. Approved major concentration. Open to seniors only. Offered Fall and Spring semesters.

Seminars

ENGL 371 - Formerly 171 - Studies in Poetry: Seminar (4)

A study of selected major works of poetry or a school of poetry. For example, Caribbean poetry, New York School poets, or modern American poetry.
Course may be repeated. Open to a maximum of 15 juniors and seniors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: a/b and 21 a/b and at least one Approaches course. Offered Annually.

ENGL 372 - Formerly 172 - Studies in Fiction: Seminar (4)

A study of selected major works of fiction. Focus depends on instructor. Course may be repeated as topic varies.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment limit: 15. Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B and at least one Approaches course. Offered fall semester.

ENGL 373 - Formerly 173 - Studies in Poetry or Drama: Seminar (4)

A study of selected major works of poetry or drama or a school of poetry or drama. For example, Caribbean poetry, New York School poets, medieval drama, or modern American drama. Course may be repeated as topic varies.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment limit: 15 Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B and at least one Approaches course. Offered fall semester.

ENGL 374 - Formerly 174 - Advanced Literary Studies: Seminar (4)

An intensive study of a theme, problem, or literary genre. The topic varies from year to year, but the seminar is designed to offer students an extended analysis of that topic and the opportunity to explore it from a number of perspectives and critical positions.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment limit: 15 Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B and at least one Approaches course. Offered fall semester.

ENGL 375 - Formerly 175 - Major Author: Seminar (4)

A close reading and a critical examination of the work of an individual British, American, or Anglophone author. The author varies from year to year, but the focus of the course is an immersion into the work of that author and an engagement with the criticism of that work. In some seminars students may work with archival material. Others will focus primarily on the texts, explore significant debates about the work or its interpretation, or view the texts through a specific theoretical framework. Course may be repeated as topic varies.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment limit: 15 Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: ENGL 20A,20B,21A,21B, and at least one Approaches course. Offered spring semester.

ENGL 376 - Formerly 176 - Shakespeare on Film: Seminar (4)

An intensive study of about four major plays by means of examination of different film versions.
Enrollment limit: 15 Open only to students with junior or senior standing Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: A, 20B, 21A, 21B, at least one Approaches course, and ENGL 276 - Formerly 143 - or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate spring semesters.

Off-Campus Programs: Drew London Semester

ENGL 383 - Formerly 169 - British Political Drama (4)

Under the premise that all theatre has a political dimension and works its influence on audiences both overtly and subversively, this course is designed to take advantage of the huge variety of productions available in London venues (not necessarily conventional theatre spaces), with a focus on the political questions they raise for twenty-first century audiences. Because the 1960s saw big changes on the theatrical scene in Britain it is taken as a starting point, and we see what we can of the playwrights who helped form our present day theatre through the twentieth century. Because it does not operate in a vacuum, appropriate plays may be chosen from other periods and cultures that address crucial global, social and political issues.
Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered Fall Semester. Same as: THEA 383 - Formerly 169 -
Fulfills: BH, BA

ENGL 380 - Formerly 182 - Research Tutorial (4)

Each student conducts research and writes a paper on a topic approved by the London program instructor. The project stresses normal library research as well as personal interviews and other out-of-class experiences as part of the research process. Students are urged to consult with their home campus adviser about their topic before going to London.
Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered in the London program. Same as: PSCI 380 - Formerly 182 -

ENGL 384 - Formerly 189 - Studies in British Literature: London Literature (4)

For this course we shall become London flaneurs, walking the streets and interpreting the signs of the city as if it were a text. We shall read a range of nineteenth and twentieth century writings, including classics such as Our Mutual Friend, and lesser known works. Through Amy Levy (Reuben Sachs), Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway) and Jean Rhys (Good Morning, Midnight) we can explore the changing role of women in the metropolis. In Alexander Baron's The Lowlife we can glimpse the East End's historic importance as a home to refugees and see how it turned into Bangla Town in Monica Ali's Brick Lane. In Conrad we find London as the centre of Empire and in the work of Sam Selvon and Monica Ali we have examples of how the Empire has written back. By paying close attention to both text and context, we shall achieve a lively appreciation of the works in and of themselves and as part of the cultural life of London.
Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester in London.

AP Exams

Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations

A student receiving a 4 or 5 on the English Language and Composition examinations may apply that to satisfy the college writing requirement only. AP credit may not be applied to the major or minor in English literature, nor may it be used to fulfill the general education requirement in literature. See pages 15-16 for further information about AP credits.

Writing

Writing Courses

The First-Year Experience — College Writing (2-4 credits)
Students select one of three college writing classes to take in their first semester at Drew, and about half of our students take writing in their second semester as well. These courses students develop and practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education. They develop their critical reading, writing, and research skills, and strengthen all aspects of the writing process from invention to editing. The courses build on the sense of intellectual community developed in the College Seminar and serve as a bridge between the first year writing sequence and the writing intensive and writing in the majors courses that follow.  Review descriptions of College Writing courses here.

Learning Goals for College Writing I and II
Upon completion of College Writing, student will be able to:

• Use writing as a mode of learning and as a way to share ideas and research and enter into a scholarly dialog. This includes drafting and revising papers; writing in a manner appropriate for college-level papers; reading, interpreting, and responding to a variety of ideas and texts;
• Comprehend, evaluate and analyze resources as well as think synthetically and creatively;
• Evaluate and explain the appropriate use of different kinds of information from a variety of academic and non-academic sources, engage with that source material, and correctly incorporate information into their own writing.

Writing as a Liberal Arts Proficiency
Students develop fundamental liberal arts proficiencies as part of their Drew education; these proficiencies lay the essential foundations for future study, employment and participation as a citizen in a democratic society and an increasingly globalized world. Each proficiency is introduced early and strengthened throughout the student’s four years. One of those proficiencies is writing. In addition to College Writing, students take a Writing in the Major course or sequence and two Writing Intensive courses, one of which may be taken in the major field.

Writing in the Major field (2-4 credits) [WM]
Writing in the Major courses are designed to introduce students to the conversations in the field and invite them to join those conversations using the writing and documentation styles and formats appropriate to the discipline. The purpose of these courses is to teach students to understand and practice the kinds of writing that are specific to the discipline they are studying and to strengthen their information literacy skills in the field. For this reason, no two majors’ courses look the same; however, all of these courses and course sequences share the same broad goals. Writing in the major courses are most commonly taken in the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year. Students should consult the requirements in their major departments for their specific requirements.

Learning objectives for Writing in the Major
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use writing as a way to enter ongoing conversations and scholarly dialogs on a variety of issues appropriate to the major field. This includes identifying, evaluating, and explaining the appropriate use of different kinds of information from a variety of academic and non-academic sources in the major field; engaging with source material; summarizing and synthesizing ideas and information as part of their writing; and correctly incorporating the ideas of others into their own writing.
• Use writing as a mode of learning and as a way to share ideas and research with different audiences. This includes reading, interpreting, and responding in writing to a variety of ideas and texts; drafting, revising, and editing papers; evaluating discourse communities and adapting their writing accordingly, and writing in a manner appropriate for college-level papers in this field.
• Use analytical and critical thinking as a part of the writing process. This includes comprehending, evaluating, and analyzing resources; and thinking synthetically and creatively as they develop ideas and revise their prose.

Writing Intensive Courses (8 Credits) [WI]
Writing Intensive (WI) courses build on the academic literacy skills taught in College Writing and expand those skills. They require students to use writing as a mode of learning and as a way of entering scholarly conversations about topics presented in a course. WI courses may not require any more pages of writing than regular sections of the same course; however, they do require that faculty spend some class time on the discussion of writing and give sufficient written feedback on student writing and that students use such feedback to rethink, revise, and improve their writing. This process of writing, engaging with feedback from instructors and peers, and revising is the heart of the writing-intensive course experience.

Learning objectives for Writing Intensive courses
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use writing as a mode of learning and as a way to share ideas and research with different audiences. This includes reading, interpreting, and responding in writing to a variety of ideas and texts; drafting, revising, and editing papers; evaluating discourse communities and adapting their writing accordingly, and writing in a manner appropriate for college-level papers.
• Use analytical and critical thinking as a part of the writing process. This includes comprehending, evaluating, and analyzing resources; and thinking synthetically and creatively as they develop ideas and revise their prose.
• Use writing as a way to enter ongoing conversations and scholarly dialogs on a variety of issues. This includes identifying, evaluating, and explaining the appropriate use of different kinds of information from a variety of academic and non-academic sources; engaging with source material; summarizing and synthesizing ideas and information as part of their writing; and correctly incorporating the ideas of others into their own writing.

Graduate School Courses

See the Graduate School catalog for Graduate School courses. Qualified juniors and seniors may take certain graduate courses for credit toward the bachelor’s degree, with the proper approval.

Off Campus

Off-Campus Programs

Drew London Semester

The London Semester, offered in the spring semester annually, allows students to explore political and social change in Britain. Courses focus on the interplay of British history and politics, and literary and theatrical portrayals of social and political themes. The program is directed by a Drew faculty member, and classes are taught by a continuing staff of distinguished British faculty. Field trips to political meetings, party conferences, theatres, and museums, along with guest speakers from British political, literary, and theatrical life, are a regular feature of the academic program. Students live in apartments prearranged by the program staff. A variety of cultural activities and special events introduce the students to the cultural life of London.

Revisions

Summary of Changes to the Major in English Effective Fall 2012

Transition Plan

All seniors under the new general education program will be required to take ENGL 199, and it will replace one of the two seminars that are currently required as part of the major. Students fulfilling the old Gen Ed may take this course or take two senior seminars.

Updated Requirements for the English Major (44 credits)

Credits distributed among four and two credit courses. The introductory sequence must be taken before any upper-level courses. They may be taken concurrently with each
other and with intermediate courses.

Within the courses selected to meet major requirements, students should include:

• Two courses before 1800 (at least 50% of content before 1800)
• Four upper-level courses

I. Introductory Sequence (14 credits)

• ENGL 9/Introduction to Literary Analysis (4)
• ENGL 4/Writing in the Discipline of English (2)
• ENGL 20a/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition I: 20th Century (2)
• ENGL 20b/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition II: 19th Century (2)
• ENGL 21a/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition III: 17th and 18th Century (2)
• ENGL 21b/Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition IV: Medieval and Early Renaissance (2)

III. Method and Approaches (2 or 3 courses; at least 6 credits)

Two or three courses chosen from among courses designated as “Approaches” courses (ENGL 121-128). For those planning to attend graduate school, the department recommends that one of the courses be in literary theory.

IV. A Concentration (3 courses, at least 2 of which are upper level; at least 10 credits)

The focus of the concentration–made up of three interrelated courses–should be chosen from the list of options below, though students may design alternatives. The focus as well as the specific courses to fill the concentration should be selected in consultation with the adviser. Students must present a one-page proposal for the concentration to their adviser. Concentrations must be approved by the end of the junior year. Only one extradepartmental course may be counted in any concentration. Majors might consider the ways in which an interdisciplinary concentration could be a bridge between the major and a minor.

Possible concentrations:

• A genre (three courses focusing on a specific literary genre such as narrative, poetry or drama)
• A period (three courses focusing on a particular period, such as Medieval, Renaissance, the Long 18th century, 19th century, Modernism or Contemporary)
• Literary theory (three courses focusing on in-depth reading in theory or application of theory)
• Postcolonial and Anglophone literature (three courses focusing on literatures in relation to competing notions of colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial cultures)
• A literary tradition defined by a particular group identity [such as African American, Asian American, Latino/a, Native American, LGBT, disability, women]
• Critical Race Studies (three courses focusing on literatures and/or theory that thematizes or interrogates concepts of race and ethnicity)
• Disability Studies (three courses focusing on literatures and/or theory that thematizes or interrogates concepts of ability/disability)
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (three courses focusing feminist theory and/or on the study of literatures that thematizes and interrogates notions of gender and sexuality.
• Language and rhetoric/Writing studies (Focus on the history of the language/rhetoric, linguistics, literacy studies, writing center  theory, or philosophy of language);
• Interdisciplinary  (Possible topics include Interart, Environmental studies, Religion and Literature, Philosophy and Literature, History and Literature)

V. Seminars (4 credits)

One course (ENGL 170-178) normally taken in the senior year. The course must be taken in the department and may not be replaced by any course taken outside the department or by independent study.

Capstone (4 credits)

One course (ENGL 199) normally taken in the senior year. The course must be taken in the department and may not be replaced by any course taken outside the department or by independent study.

Courses counted for the major may include (no more than two courses or 8 credits):

• One upper-level writing course (4 credits) may substitute for one upper-level literature course
• Two courses from a study abroad program (8 credits) may count toward the major as upper-level courses with adviser/departmental approval
• One course from a literature department other than English may count toward the major with the
  department’s approval if the student demonstrates its relevance to his or her course of study
• No more than four credits of independent study or Honors thesis work.