English

ENGL 100. Transitions to College Reading and Writing. 0.5 Units.

Emphasizes strategies and practices for first-year students who need more support to succeed during their adjustment to Stetson University writing expectations. This 8-week course is an intensive workshop experience designed to help students build rhetorical range, reflective thinking, and confidence. If completed with a C or better, ENGL 100 will count as part of the Writing requirement.

ENGL 122A. Introduction to Film Studies. 1 Unit.

ENGL 123A. Monster Movies. 1 Unit.

What do monsters reveal about us? This course examines how monster films reflect cultural fears, desires, and social tensions across different historical moments. From classic Hollywood horror to contemporary and international cinema, monsters—whether vampires, zombies, or other creatures - often embody anxieties about science, disease, identity, and the boundaries of the human. Students will analyze how films construct ideas of normalcy and otherness, and how cinematic techniques such as camera, sound, and editing shape emotional and ideological responses. The course includes a range of styles, from serious horror to camp, and emphasizes the relationship between film form and cultural meaning. Writing-intensive.

ENGL 130A. Reading Literary Non-Fiction. 1 Unit.

Focuses on learning to read film, especially to understand how it constructs stories, communicates ideas, and creates aesthetic experiences. Topics may include techniques specific to film (production design, costuming, lighting, cinematography, editing, and sound); considerations of the spatial and psychological relationships between the camera and the spectator; and cinematic, cultural, and historical contexts. Students will be expected to master a fundamental vocabulary for film criticism, and to attend screenings as required. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 131A. Reading Narrative. 1 Unit.

Introduces students to questions, concepts, and perspectives that inform the study of narrative. It emphasizes close, attentive, critical reading as well as different interpretive approaches to narrative texts. It examines texts of many different eras, cultures, and genres; it introduces critical terms, conventions, and discourses appropriate to the study of narrative. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 132A. Reading Lyric. 1 Unit.

Introduces students to questions, concepts, and perspectives that inform the study of the lyric, including but not limited to poetry. It also introduces students to a variety of lyric genres, and to lyrics produced within many different eras and cultures. The course emphasizes attentive critical reading, as well as thought about individual readers’ interpretive choices. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 133A. Understanding Drama. 1 Unit.

ENGL 134. Understanding Comp & Rhetoric. 1 Unit.

ENGL 135A. Introduction to Shakespeare. 1 Unit.

ENGL 136A. Literary Forms & Textual Attn. 1 Unit.

How do we attend to a text, and what can the variety of literary forms, including lyric poetry, the novel, drama, and the essay, teach us about different ways of paying attention? By focusing on reading as a specialized and shifting attentional task, students will consider what types of attention govern their day-to-day lives as well as how literary study requires them to develop different kinds of attention for different kinds of texts. Students will read lyric poetry, essays, a short story, a play, and a novel, considering how each literary form requires both time and attention from the reader even as these various forms produce different attentional distributions of time, space, self, other, and society. Following J. Hillis Miller’s emphasis that “good reading” is “slow reading,” students will cultivate a reading practice that reflects on and creates conditions for careful, critical reading. To this end, in addition to considering the attentional requirements of different literary forms, students will learn a variety of literary terms that help them to describe these effects: prolepsis, analepsis, focalization, chiasmus, metonymy, catachresis etc. with the aim of developing a vocabulary for describing what texts do to manipulate attention. Using this vocabulary, students will learn to describe how different texts create different attentional economies and demand different reading strategies. The goal of the course is to give students a metacognitive understanding of their own attentional habits as well as what attentional strategies the study of literature requires and enhances. By the end of the course, students will take an inventory not only of how to pay attention to different kinds of literary texts but also how the attentional disciplines of literary study might enhance their ability to read, write, learn, and reflect critically on their own intellectual growth. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 180. English Elective. 0.75 to 1 Units.

ENGL 181. English Writing. 0.75 to 1 Units.

ENGL 185. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

ENGL 187. Writing About:. 1 Unit.

Students will immerse themselves in a topic (such as "Writing About Food and Drink," "Writing About Science," "Writing About Music," "Writing About Film") chosen by the instructor. They will develop expertise in research and analysis for various kinds of writing on that topic. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 189. English Writing. 0.75 to 1 Units.

ENGL 190. Special Topics in Literary Study. 1 Unit.

ENGL 204. Global Modernisms. 1 Unit.

Cross-listed as GERM 204. Modernity is often characterized as the epoch of constant change where “all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned ...” In this, we explore how the experience of this radical transformation has been expressed in literary form. After learning about traditional theories of modernity, modernization, and modernism, we will explore how our understanding of these phenomena is being contested, transformed, and redefined when we adopt a truly global lens. Understanding modernization as a global and ongoing process, this course will focus on the problem of literary form in relation to political, social, and economic contradictions. To truly understand this problem, we will trace the meanings of modernity, modernization, and modernism across a variety of global literatures, from the Americas to Africa, Europe, and Asia.

ENGL 218. Technical Writing. 1 Unit.

ENGL 219. Nature Writing. 1 Unit.

Combines field experience in local outdoor natural areas with classroom instruction and writing workshops. Students develop skills in writing non-fiction genres, including natural history, creative non-fiction, science writing, travel writing, and reportage. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 221. Writing Tutor Training. 1 Unit.

This course serves as a prerequisite to employment as a Writing Fellow. Students will study composition pedagogy, with a particular focus on reflective practice and response techniques, and will also engage in a practicum sequence involving both observation of tutoring and guided practice. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 222. Global Englishes. 1 Unit.

This course explores how and why historical, sociopolitical, and economic developments have led to the spread of English and emergence of global Englishes. It will begin by introducing foundational concepts, debates, and theories relevant to studying global Englishes. Then it explores diverse perspectives from linguistics, sociolinguistics, and postcolonial studies, examining how the varieties of Englishes shape and are shaped by social, political, ideological and linguistic relations. A brief history of English and geographical varieties in terms of phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntactic structure will also be discussed.

ENGL 226H. Monsters to Metropole: 1000 Years of British Literature. 1 Unit.

Surveys historical developments in the literature of the British Isles over the period from the fourth century CE to the Restoration late in the seventeenth century. Prepares students to undertake systematic inquiry into the development of literary forms, themes, tropes, works, authors, and institutions associated with the English language.

ENGL 228A. Medieval Literature. 1 Unit.

Considers the literature of England between 700 and 1500, with attention to textual, social, cultural, and formal issues.

ENGL 229A. Renaissance Literature. 1 Unit.

Surveys significant literary trends in their cultural context during the English Renaissance, c. 1509-1674. It may attend to questions of gender, race, class, and the division between popular and high cultures; may also include some works of Continental literature influential in Renaissance England.

ENGL 230A. Shakespeare. 1 Unit.

Introduces students to a broad selection of Shakespeare’s plays and may also include attention to non-dramatic works.

ENGL 237. Restoration and 18th Century Literature. 1 Unit.

Presents selections from English drama, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction of the Restoration and 18th Century, with attention to form, language, publication/performance, and social-cultural contexts.

ENGL 238H. Romantic Poetry and Philosophy. 1 Unit.

This course introduces students to the poetry and philosophy of the Romantic era with a focus on the interconnections between the British poets and continental philosophy. Students will analyze poetry, situating the major poetic innovations of the early nineteenth-century in relation to historical contexts like the Enlightenment and French Revolution as well as how those contexts were bound to major shifts in the practice of philosophy which at that time included the natural sciences. In addition to analyzing poetry from Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and John Keats, students will situate the period's experimentation in poetic form and content by reading short selections from Spinoza, Kant, Schelling, and Hegel. By the end of the course, students will situate their literary historical knowledge about Romantic era poetry in relation to the intellectual history of ideas that underwrote poetic theory and practice.

ENGL 239. 19th Century British Literature. 1 Unit.

Focuses on major themes and cultural movements of the period, giving attention to canonical works and authors, and to lesser known authors whose work was influential during the nineteenth century.

ENGL 246A. Popular Literature. 1 Unit.

Focuses on one or more forms of popular literature, including science fiction, crime fiction, vampire lit, and fantasy. It engages students with the cultural origins of such literature, the specific forms it has taken, and the work those forms do in the world.

ENGL 247A. Global Literature. 1 Unit.

Introduces students to the study of representative works of world literature, both Western and non-Western, in English and in translation. The course emphasizes close, attentive, critical reading as well as different interpretive approaches to global literature within a framework of cultural diversity. It examines texts of many different eras, cultures, and genres within their cultural, social, historical, and literary contexts, and introduces critical terms, conventions, and discourses appropriate to the study of global literature.

ENGL 252. Literature Since 1900. 1 Unit.

Considers a theme, period, movement, or topic of particular relevance to British literature of the 20-21st centuries.

ENGL 253. Contemporary Literature. 1 Unit.

Examines emerging developments, forms, themes, and ideas in literatures of our time.

ENGL 254. Film Studies. 1 Unit.

Focuses on one or more topics in the study of film (often but not exclusively defined by periods, genres, directors/schools, or theoretical approaches) as indicated by the subtitle.

ENGL 258H. Survey of US Literature. 1 Unit.

Surveys historical developments in the literature of the United States from pre-Colonial times to the present. Prepares students to undertake systematic inquiry into the development of literary forms, themes, tropes, works, authors, and institutions associated with the English language.

ENGL 265A. Murder and the Modernist Novel. 1 Unit.

This course investigates how modernist writers use murder, crime, and the politics of death to probe the moral and psychological crises of the twentieth century. Reading novels by authors such as Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad, Nella Larsen, and Franz Kafka, students will consider how narrative experimentation exposes violence at the heart of modernity. Secondary readings in psychology, philosophy, and cultural history will frame the course's exploration of guilt, justice, and the ethics of representation. Assignments emphasize close reading, critical analysis, and interpretive writing.

ENGL 268. Ethnic American Literature. 1 Unit.

Focuses on the issues, history, and aesthetics of one or more Ethnic American literature of the US. Examples might include African American, Asian American, or Native American literature.

ENGL 275A. Western Movies and Maculinity. 1 Unit.

Students will read, discuss, analyze and write about a variety of texts situated in a particular cultural moment such as "African American Poetry," "The Irish Renaissance," "The Sixties," or "The Rise of the Individual," identified by the instructor. Writing enhanced course.

ENGL 277. Gender and Power in Renaissance Literature. 1 Unit.

ENGL 285. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

ENGL 290. Special Topics in Literary Study. 1 Unit.

ENGL 301V2. Feeling Global. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. Examines the ways in which globalization impacts the formation of identities in the world today as reflected in fiction, travel literature, political commentary, performance art, music, and film. The increasing movement of people, capital, political ideologies, technologies, and media from one place to another within the world economy today has affected how writers define their identities and negotiate their sense of belonging to local traditions, national discourses, and new international communities. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 302V1. The Culture and Aesthetics of Japanese Animation. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. Students will learn about the history, culture, and aesthetics of Japanese animation ranging from its origins in the late 1950s to its relationship with other artistic forms such as film and literature. As a result, students in this course will develop skills in viewing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating the art of anime as well as its cultural impact in Japan and around the world. Japan enjoys a reputation as one of the most vibrant and distinctive cultures of our increasingly globalized world and is often relevant to discussions of technology and new media, aesthetics, disaster and nuclear war, historical imperialism and geopolitics. By engaging with Japanese anime, students will consider the interrelationships between culture, art, and literature in multiple cultures through writing and creative projects. Students will also learn about the technical production of animation as a digital art form. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 303. Modern Literary Theory. 1 Unit.

Delineates differences among the disciplinary practices of reading, interpretation, and theorizing by attending to a limited number of texts, critical interpretations of those texts, and theoretical arguments arising from or repositioning those texts. Required for the English major.

ENGL 304. Queer Theory. 1 Unit.

This course offers a systematic introduction to queer theory as a literary, political, philosophical, and critical method that spans multiple disciplines to comment on issues of sex, gender, and sexuality as they are informed by experiences of race, class, ability, nationality, and citizenship. Beginning with the question of queer theory’s emergence in last decades of the twentieth century, the course will offer students ways of understanding major issues in the field including the history of sexuality, the politics of sex and sexuality, and the importance of literary theory and analysis to the ways in which sexuality is understood in the field. A survey of core thinkers for this course includes Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Jack Halberstam, Jose Esteban Munoz, Lee Edelman, Lauren Berlant, Mel Chen, E Patrick Johnson, C Reily Snorton, and Susan Striker.Key questions for the course include: what are relationships among sex, gender, and sexuality? How does queer theory negotiate the relationships between normativity and non-normativity? In what ways does queer theory overlap with or challenge feminist theory, critical race theory, crip/disability theory, and how have the debates among these various methodologies produced new ways of understanding queerness in relation to lived experience? Prerequisite: GEND 100V or any 200-level ENGL or POLI course or permission of instructor.

ENGL 305. Topics in Literary Journalism. 1 Unit.

Develops skills in various sub-genres of journalistic writing, such as literary journalism, magazine writing, or gonzo journalism.

ENGL 319. History and Theory of Rhetoric. 1 Unit.

ENGL 320. History & Theory of Rhetoric. 1 Unit.

Focuses on Western rhetorical history and theory, moving from classical through Romantic to modern eras. Course examines contributions made by major figures (such as Plato, Coleridge, Nietzsche, and Cixous) and issues of authority in discourse.

ENGL 322. Composition Pedagogy. 1 Unit.

Balancing an overview of the research and theories of Composition Studies with teaching experiences, this course provides a firm foundation in writing instruction and the epistemologies that govern varied pedagogical approaches.

ENGL 323. Ethnography in Composition Studies. 1 Unit.

After a review of ethnographic research methodology and macro-ethnographies in Composition Studies, students pursue their own qualitative projects, including phases of research design, data collection, analysis, and a final descriptive presentation of results.

ENGL 325. Grammar and Rhetoric. 1 Unit.

Course focuses on the rhetorical function of English grammar, analyzing and deploying strategies of syntax, punctuation, diction, and semantics as they enhance, shift, and redirect meaning and authorial intent. Designed for students wanting a college-level, contextualized experience with practical and rhetorical grammar. Starting with sentence structures and patterns and moving through paragraph structures and extensive editing, the course practices the fine art of writing and revision through the grammatical lens. Writing intensive course.

ENGL 326H. History of the English Language. 1 Unit.

Studies the ways in which Modern English arose, the linguistic and social forces that shaped it, and the nature of its current use throughout the world. Consistent attention is given to phonology, lexis, structure, variation, and language attitudes in the various historical periods.

ENGL 327. Faerie Before Fantasy. 1 Unit.

Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 328. Advanced Medieval Literature. 1 Unit.

Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 329. Advanced Renaissance Literatur. 1 Unit.

Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 331. Advanced Shakespeare. 1 Unit.

ENGL 332. Studies in Literature and the Arts. 1 Unit.

Provides an examination of a theme, period, movement, or topic of particular relevance to the interdisciplinary study of literature and such arts as painting, photography, architecture, or music.

ENGL 333V. Literature and Medicine. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Health and Wellness Value. Examining the intersections between literature and medicine, through novels, short stories, poems, television, and films as well as case studies, patient narratives, and essays by medical practitioners, we will consider uses of language by those experiencing or treating illness. The aesthetic dimensions of these works will be emphasized, but our larger goal will be to strengthen understandings of wellness and of the art and science of medicine in maintaining it.

ENGL 334. Greek Literature and the Art of Persuasion. 1 Unit.

This course explores speech as power in Greek literature. From Achilles’ defiance to Odysseus’ eloquence, words shape destiny. Readings include Homer, Aesop, Plato’s Phaedrus and Gorgias, and works by Isocrates, Gorgias, and Protagoras. Students analyze how poets and philosophers debate truth, persuasion, and moral agency. Discussions trace how myth, epic, dialogue, and fable dramatize rhetoric’s ethical and imaginative force. Assignments include analytical responses, a major research paper with presentation, and a cumulative final exam. Rigorous participation and sustained close reading are expected.

ENGL 335V1. Literature of Revenge. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. The stage as a courtroom, the courtroom as a stage: this course explores the links between these dramatic spaces and investigates the personal and social repercussions of justice being enacted. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 337. Advanced Restoration/18th Century Literature. 1 Unit.

Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 338. Advanced Literary Romaticism. 1 Unit.

Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 339. Advanced 19th Century Literature. 1 Unit.

Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 340. Author Study Seminar. 1 Unit.

ENGL 340V1. Art and Animals. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Environmental Responsibility Value. An interdisciplinary course about animals as the creators of patterns which can be perceived as art and a study of human art - visual, musical, and literary - representing other species with whom we share the planet. Students engage in fieldwork, a variety of writing assignments, and academic study of art, music, and literature, with an emphasis on literature. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 341V1. Dante's Commedia. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. A seminar progressing through the three cantiche of Dante's Commedia with particular attention to the various ethical systems invoked and the nature of the spiritual insight claimed. Students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, History, and any branch of Literary Studies will be well prepared for this class. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 341V2. Poetry-The Ethical Object. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. Examines poetry of many different forms which all take contemporary social positions. Materials will include satires by Juvenal and Pope, WW I poetry, post-nuclear poetry, women’s poetry beginning with Elizabeth I, Latin American neo-concrete poetry, the mid-twentieth century poetry gardens of Ian Hamilton Finlay, the eco-based poems of the 21st century, poetry installation art (Roni Horn/Emily Dickinson) and the ephemeral texts of poetry street interventions. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 341V4. Not Your Hollywood Blockbuster. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. What, in fact, is national about national cinemas? Is a film’s nationality determined by its director, its actors, its language, its filming location, its funding sources, its audience, or the location of its debut? Is there a genuine “world” cinema that circulates internationally? This course will examine the relationship between national/regional film cultures and film’s international presence. This course focuses on the study of cinematic language – the techniques and visual building blocks of film that reach beyond familiar narrative - alongside various political, cultural, and commercial circumstances of film production. Students will be introduced to concepts of film language - the formal and stylistic techniques in editing, mise-en-scene, cinematography, and sound. We will move to how that language interacts with and/or goes beyond national concerns, linking those formal features to historical, cultural, and commercial distinctions and changes in order to examine how film circulates (or fails to circulate) beyond Hollywood and Hollywood’s dominance in particular cultural settings. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 342V3. Star Trek and American Ethics. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Ethical or Spiritual Inquiry Value. The television series Star Trek and its multiple sequels and films are predicated on a single, simple premise: humans are not the only species in the universe. As a result, our treatment of others is played out in myriad ways. The course focuses on the ethical questions faced, in one form or another, by humans. Students will write a series of short analytical papers focused on specific texts and issues relevant to the course. In addition, students will write longer essays that develop some of the ideas first presented in the shorter papers. Because this is a discussion-based class, students are expected to participate actively and thoughtfully. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 342V5. Writing as a Healing Art. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Health and Wellness Value. This course offers students the opportunity to explore, define, and refine their lived experiences through writing. Compelling evidence exists that the writing process may enhance and expand personal development in a variety of contexts and that writing has therapeutic benefits. Thus, this course focuses on exploring these potentials, by engaging students in the writing process and by inviting them to review, study, discuss, and evaluate existing contexts where writing is being used for creativity, self-expression, and for research on the writing process. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 343V1. Soul Food Across the Color Lines. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. Focuses on examining the foodways of various cultures, that is, how food expresses one's racial, economic, religious, and political positions. A variety of texts will be analyzed to better understand how food communicates one’s individuality and one’s place in society. Particular attention is given to how the “Big Mamma” figure or the griot of tradition in each culture communicates through food literally by feeding the body and symbolically by feeding the soul. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 343V4. Re-Inventing Humanity in the Age of Discovery. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. In the age of Discovery, when maps had blank spaces labeled “terra incognita” the world knew races of people with no heads and faces in their chests, humanity hung suspended in the Great Chain of Being between the angels and the animals, yet every year news arrived of interaction with new peoples both more like Europeans and less like them then was imaginable. Did they have souls? Did they have magical powers? Did they know other Gods, did they have culture and beauty, fountains of youth, palaces of gold, slaves, morals? As Europeans explored these questions, they re-imagined humanity in the New World, Africa, and Asia in ways both noble and brutal, which we will recover in this course. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 343V5. Literature and Mental Health (Neurodivergent Literature). 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. Narratives written by and about those living with mental illness drive public perceptions of mental illness, including stigma (historical and current), effects of the stories, and ethics when literature (and film) present ideas/imagery of neurodivergence. Students will take a critical look at a variety of narratives; discuss how and when literature/media created, increased, or solved problems in the mental health arena; and discover multiple communities within this diverse population. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 343V6. Let Your Motto Be Your Resistance: Dispelling Black Stereotypes. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Human Diversity Value. The course examines the stereotyping of Africa and those of African descent. Entertainment culture, newspapers, magazines, entrepreneurship and economics, documentaries, amusement parks, and numerous other sources where ideas about Africa and those of African descent appear will be explored to determine how Black stereotypes in America were acquired, where they appear in culture, and why they persist. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 344. George Eliot and the Panoramic Novel. 1 Unit.

During the Victorian era, the serialized, panoramic novel became the definitive genre in literary culture, and George Eliot became one of the most celebrated novelists of the century. Henry James even marveled retrospectively that “this quiet English lady” “produced such rich, deep, masterly pictures of the multifold life of man.” In this sense, Eliot’s realism not only helped to define what literary historians recognize as the Victorian novel but changed the novelistic form: Eliot’s sympathetic realism worked to represent reality not in the crude characterizations of Dickensian materialist excess, but in and through the perturbations of feeling and consciousness, rendering relationships among individual, provincial ,and national life through a sustained focus on the psychic interiors of tightly woven, complex networks of characters.This course teaches students to read one of Eliot’s novels over 15-week semester, focusing on the challenges of the panoramic, serialized form as well as the narrative techniques like free indirect discourse and irony that Eliot deployed to subtilize her representations of character, mind, and society. Because Eliot’s novels are quite long, part of the challenge of the course is building a sustained and careful reading practice so that by the end of the course students will have tackled a 1,300-page text and managed to develop arguments about its structure, plot, characters, and techniques of representation. This course will work well for students looking to build their skills in reading and textual interpretation, study the novel as a genre and its most significant narrative techniques, read more nineteenth-century literature, or explore the relationships between literature and philosophy. Students should plan to read at least 120 pages a week of the novel for this class as well as secondary sources and regular excerpts to guide our reading. Writing assignments will focus on close reading skills and engagement with literary theory and criticism. Possible Eliot texts include The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 344V1. Politics and Poetics. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. Examines the relationship of imaginative creativity to modernity - understood here as the emergence of political ideals of freedom, equality, pluralism, and justice; to industrialism and global capitalism; to the growth of cosmopolitan urban centers. We will consider the impact of modernity on various forms of aesthetic practice, the representation of modernity, and various critiques of modernity (and its cultural practices). Of particular interest will be the art and politics of dissent, and work that reveals gaps between modernity’s stated ideals and the lived experience of people marginalized by gender, race/ethnicity, class, and/or sexuality. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 344V2. Gender, Tradition, and Human Rights. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. An interdisciplinary examination of how women’s traditional role in various cultures - roles often argued to have theological grounding or justification - makes women’s human rights (as understood within the West) especially difficult to achieve. The course considers claims for human rights, and the basis on which such claims are made; it considers, as well, the degree to which these claims and the understandings on which they are based grow out of the Western liberal political tradition. Drawing upon the work of Martha Nussbaum and others, we will examine specific instances of contemporary conflict that defy easy or simplistic solution. The course will include literary representations of women’s identity and experience in particular cultural contexts. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 344V3. Literature of Revenge. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Social Justice Value. How does the impulse toward revenge mediate between madness and reason? Why is vengeance such a prominent theme in both high and popular western culture? Vengeance and Paranoia investigates western civilization’s struggle with questions like these through the lens of cultural studies. From the beginnings of Western drama, Æschylus’s Oresteia, to Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern tale of paranoia, The Crying of Lot 49, and from cultural monuments like Hamlet to popular entertainments like Gladiator and Eric Cartman’s revenge in South Park, even into one of Sigmund Freud’s oddest and most influential case studies, we will explore our cultural constructions of vengeance and justice. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 345V. Classics of Environmental Literature. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Environmental Responsibility Value. This course traces the history of environmentalism, globally and historically, by reading and analysis of foundational texts, from eighteenth-century travel writing by William Bartram to twenty-first-century environmental activist writing by Wangari Maathai. The course consists of six parts, with approximately two weeks devoted to each part: (1) Basic terminology for ecology and literary study, with short exemplary texts, (2) Pollution, (3) Extraction and deforestation, (4) Climate change, (5) The sixth extinction and species protection, (6) Restoration and sustainability. Students will engage in reading, analysis, discussion, research, writing, and oral presentations. Junior Seminar.

ENGL 354. Advanced Film Studies. 1 Unit.

Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 356. U.S. Literature since 1900. 1 Unit.

Focuses on writers in the United States since 1900.

ENGL 360. Studies in Non-Fiction. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced study of one or more forms non-fiction, such as autobiography, the personal essay, creative non-fiction, or spiritual texts.

ENGL 361. Studies in Narrative. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced study of one or more narrative forms such as the novel, the long poem, epic, saga, or romance.

ENGL 362. Studies in Lyric. 1 Unit.

Focuses on a genre, period, movement, or critical issue in lyric.

ENGL 363. Studies in Drama. 1 Unit.

Focuses on a genre, period, movement, or critical issue in drama.

ENGL 365. Author Studies. 1 Unit.

This course will focus on the work of a single author or a small group of associated authors.

ENGL 371. Africana Literature. 1 Unit.

Focuses on the literature of one or more African populations throughout the African diaspora (the forced or voluntary dispersal of Africans throughout the world).

ENGL 373. Studies in Global Literature. 1 Unit.

Provides a broad survey of world literature, both Western and non-Western, in English and in translation, within its cultural, social, historical, and literary contexts.

ENGL 374. Popular Culture. 1 Unit.

Focuses on reading a substantial theme or themes in popular culture, drawing on popular literature, popular television and film, and other narrative or fictional representations. Topics will vary according to instructor.

ENGL 376. Literature and Ideas. 1 Unit.

Explores a central idea, such as beauty, sexuality, and madness. Students will consider the ways in which the central idea shapes and is shaped by a variety of texts.

ENGL 377. Gender Seminar. 1 Unit.

ENGL 385. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

ENGL 386. Love and Loss at the End of the Word. 1 Unit.

Prerequisite: One of the following ENGL 220, ENGL 130A, ENGL 131A, ENGL 132A, ENGL 133A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 390. Special Topics in Literary Study. 1 Unit.

May be repeated for credit.

ENGL 395. Teaching Apprenticeship. 0.5 Units.

Pass/Fail only. Students who are asked to be co-teachers for First-year Seminars or other courses will help to plan syllabi, present course material, and respond to written work. By permission of the instructor. May be repeated once.

ENGL 396. Research Apprenticeship. 0.5 Units.

Students assist faculty in the intellectual work of research projects, and can expect to share their ideas and responses to the material under study.

ENGL 397. Internship in English. 0.5 or 1 Units.

An internship in a professional field related to English studies or a setting that calls upon the skills developed as a student of English language and literature, including but not limited to publishing, editing, media, government, non-profit management, writing center studies, and language and literacy education. Basic expectations include a journal, research paper (or alternative assignment approved by the instructor), and a letter of evaluation from the site supervisor. Pre-requisites: permission of department head, a major or minor in English or creative writing, and sophomore status or higher. May be repeated for credit, but a maximum of one unit may be applied to the English major, English minor, or creative writing minor. Internship Orientation: Some majors or internship courses may require completing the internship orientation before starting your course. This orientation is offered asynchronously via Canvas. Please contact your Faculty Internship Course Instructor for details.

ENGL 421. Old English. 1 Unit.

Introduces students to the language written in England between 500 and 1100. Emphasis is placed on developing a basic reading knowledge of the language. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 427. Modern Rhetoric. 1 Unit.

Focuses on significant developments in Western rhetoric's treatment of ethics, truth, and power since approximately 1900. Beginning with Friedrich Nietzsche, whose work in the rhetoric of power marks the beginning of modern rhetoric, the course also includes study of Kenneth Burke, I. A. Richards, Stephen Toulmin, and other important figures in rhetorical theory. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 470. Ethnic Literature Seminar. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced study of the literature of ethnically diverse populations in the U.S or the world. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 473. Global Literature Seminar. 1 Unit.

Examines representative works of world literature, both Western and non-Western, in English and in translation, with consideration of their aesthetic, cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 474. Postcolonial Literature Seminar. 1 Unit.

Examines literatures in English other than British or American that respond to a history of Western imperialism and the challenges of decolonization, nation-building, and globalization, with consideration of their aesthetic, cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 475. Popular Culture Seminar. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced study of popular cultural forms, including popular literary genres (detective fiction, romance novels, fantasy and science fiction), film and television, and material culture. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 476. Interdisciplinary Seminar. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced topical, focused study of literature in the context of other disciplines or forms of expression in the arts, humanities, or sciences. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 482. Composition and Rhetoric Seminar. 1 Unit.

Offers advanced consideration of specific topics of interest to the interdisciplinary study of rhetoric and composition. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 483. Exploring Writing Studies. 1 Unit.

This course examines the field of writing studies--that is, the ways in which we study and analyze the conceptions and practices of writing as a discipline. Ultimately, the course offers a challenge to traditional understandings of what "an English major" looks like as we lay out the case for understanding "writing studies" as a path of inclusion. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 485. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 490. Special Topics in Literary Study. 1 Unit.

Advanced study of literary works based on a common theme or issue. May be repeated for credit. Co-requisite: ENGL 300. Prerequisite: One course from the following list: ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H.

ENGL 498. Research Prospectus. 1 Unit.

The course culminates in a proposal for a Senior Project. Students identify topics of interest, research them, and decide which topic they will pursue for their Senior Project. Prerequisite: 3 ENGL courses at the 300 level or above, or, for Creative Writing minors majoring in English and pursuing a creative project, 2 ENCW courses at the 300 level or above.

ENGL 499. Senior Project. 1 Unit.

Provides a review of and further grounding in the methods, materials, and critical approaches appropriate for advanced literary research, culminating in a substantial written project. Students will pursue in-depth study of a literary topic, discuss typical problems in their writing and research, and participate in groups to read and discuss work in progress. It includes both written and oral presentation of projects. Seniors with advanced standing are encouraged to take the course in the fall. Prerequisite: ENGL 300 and two units from ENGL 220, ENGL 240A, ENGL 241A, ENGL 242A, ENGL 243A, ENGL 256H, ENGL 257H, ENGL 258H and one 400-level course in ENGL or ENCW. Permission of Department Chair.

ENCW 111A. Intro Writing Literary Nonfict. 1 Unit.

An introductory workshop in the art of writing literary non-fiction. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 112A. Introduction to Writing Fiction. 1 Unit.

An introductory workshop in the art of writing fiction. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 113A. Introduction to Writing Poetry. 1 Unit.

An introductory workshop in the art of writing poetry. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 114A. Introduction to Dramatic Writing. 1 Unit.

An introductory workshop in the art of writing for stage or screen. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 115A. Multi-Genre Creative Writing. 1 Unit.

A workshop allowing students to develop their skills in such genre as poetry, fiction, and playwriting. Writing enhanced course. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 116A. Writers Write. 1 Unit.

An introductory theme-based workshop in which students build creative work around an idea or particular skill. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 190. Special Topics in Creative Writing. 1 Unit.

ENCW 211A. Creative Non-Fiction Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop helping students develop their skills in such fiction techniques as characterization, plot, setting, point of view, and style. Permission of instructor required. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 212A. Fiction Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop helping students develop their skills in such fiction techniques as characterization, plot, setting, point of view, and style. Permission of instructor required. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 213A. Poetry Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop in which students develop their skills in poetry. Permission of instructor required. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 214A. Dramatic Writing Workshop. 1 Unit.

A writing workshop for introductory writers of plays and film scripts. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 216A. Workshop in Literary Citizenship and Publishing. 1 Unit.

Combining reading, discussion, hands-on publishing projects and a DIY ethos, this experiential learning workshop provides students with a comprehensive overview of the literary publishing industry, how a book gets made, and how creative writers can engage with the larger literary community. Students will gain real-world literary publishing experience, work on the publication of an actual Burrow Press book, plan and complete a creative writing publishing project of their own and develop skills as literary citizens by editing creative writing, interviewing authors, reviewing books, event planning, and more. Open to writers in any genre. Prerequisite: one prior ENCW course (any level) and/or one ENGL course at 200 or above. Permission of instructor is required.

ENCW 220A. Writers Read. 1 Unit.

In this reading intensive course, students examine analytically and use as models for their own creative work the craft of contemporary writers. Rotating genres. Writing enhanced course.

ENCW 221A. Workshop in Literary Citizenship and Publishing. 1 Unit.

Combining reading, discussion, hands-on publishing projects and a DIY ethos, this experiential learning workshop provides students with a comprehensive overview of the literary publishing industry, how a book gets made, and how creative writers can engage with the larger literary community. Students will gain real-world literary publishing experience, work on the publication of an actual Burrow Press book, plan and complete a creative writing publishing project of their own and develop skills as literary citizens by editing creative writing, interviewing authors, reviewing books, event planning, and more. Open to writers in any genre. Prerequisite: one prior ENCW course (any level) and/or one ENGL course at 200 or above. Permission of instructor is required.

ENCW 285. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

ENCW 290. Special Topics in Creative Writing. 1 Unit.

ENCW 311. Advanced Non-Fiction Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop in which students develop their skills in various modes of literary non-fiction. Prerequisite: ENCW 311A or ENCW 211A and permission of instructor. This course may be repeated.

ENCW 312. Advanced Fiction Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop building on techniques introduced in Fiction Workshop and helps students develop their skills in such fiction techniques as characterization, plot, setting, point of view, and style. Prerequisite: ENCW 312A or ENCW 319A or ENCW 242A and permission of instructor. This course may be repeated.

ENCW 313. Advanced Poetry Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop course helping students who have already completed ENCW 213A to develop their poetry further. Permission of instructor required. This course may be repeated.

ENCW 314. Advanced Dramatic Writing Workshop. 1 Unit.

A workshop for students who have already completed Dramatic Writing Workshop. Prerequisite: ENCW 314a or ENCW 214A. Permission of instructor required. This course may be repeated.

ENCW 315. Advanced Open-Genre Workshop. 1 Unit.

ENCW 340V. The Art of Walking. 1 Unit.

This course focuses on Stetson's Health and Wellness Value. Writers, mystics, pilgrims, and political activists have long championed the power of walking and its link to personal, societal, and cultural transformation. From Wordsworth’s nature walks to Benjamin’s city ambles, walking has inspired a great literary tradition. Buddhist monks, Christian labyrinth meditators, and ancient and modern pilgrims have valued walking for its spiritual benefits. Political activists like King and Ghandi knew the power of marching to instigate political change. In this junior seminar, we will use the texts of great walkers/writers to inspire us in our own walking, writing, and wrangling as we explore how walking can transform our ethical, spiritual, and creative lives. The course will include extensive field work (real walking), intensive creative-nonfiction writing, individual presentations, and class discussions. Junior Seminar.

ENCW 385. Independent Study. 0.5 or 1 Units.

ENCW 390. Special Topics in Creative Writing. 1 Unit.

ENCW 395. Teaching Apprenticeship. 0.5 Units.

Pass/Fail only.

ENCW 419. Major Project Workshop II. 0.5 Units.

Part two of a genre-specific year-long course in which students will begin and complete a major work. Prerequisite: ENCW 418 and permission of instructor.

ENCW 490. Special Topics in Creative Writing. 1 Unit.

ENCW 511. Non-Fiction Workshop. 3 Credits.

Focuses on various non-fiction prose techniques using a variety of expressive, transactional, and poetic modes. This course may include the writing of an array of creative non-fiction genres such as memoirs, personal essays, literary journalism, cultural criticism, or nature writing.

ENCW 512. Fiction Workshop. 3 Credits.

Develops student skills in such fiction techniques as characterization, plot, setting, point of view, and style.

ENCW 513. Poetry Workshop. 3 Credits.

Develops student skills in poetry. Permission of instructor required.

ENCW 518. Major Project Workshop I. 0 Credits.

Part one of a genre-specific year-long course in which students will begin and complete a major work.

ENCW 519. Major Project Workshop II. 3 Credits.

Part two of a genre-specific year-long course in which students will begin and complete a major work. Prerequisite: ENCW 518.

ENCW 612. Prose: Introductory Course. 11 Credits.

Prose cohort meets for an introductory nine-day workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently develop individual reading lists, choose exemplary models, and produce original work (short fiction/creative nonfiction or novel/manuscript chapters). 4 individual online packets (each the equivalent of 20-25 pages of prose) exchanged with the instructor over the 6-month session. Hours: 2 hr. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 613. Poetry in the Expanded Field: Introductory Course. 11 Credits.

PIA(E)F cohort meets for an introductory nine-day workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently develop individual reading lists, choose exemplary models, and experiment with different ways of poetic making/writing. 4 individual online packets (each the equivalent of 8-10 pieces) exchanged with the instructor over the 6-month session. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 614. Prose: Intermediate Course. 11 Credits.

Prose cohort meets for a nine-day workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently add cross-cultural reading to their reading lists and continue to produce original prose. 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 615. Poetry in the Expanded Field: Intermediate Course. 11 Credits.

PIA(E)F cohort meets abroad for a nine-day cross-cultural workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently add cross-cultural reading to their reading lists and begin to choose and implement individual methods of poetic production. 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 616. Prose: Advanced Course. 11 Credits.

Fiction cohort reconvenes for a nine-day workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently add new reading in a chosen direction and begin to outline the final project - a collection of shorter works (stories, lyric essays, fictions, etc.), or one longer work (novella, novel, memoir, creative nonfiction, etc.). 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session focus on refining skills and revision. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 617. Poetry in the Expanded Field: Advanced Course. 11 Credits.

PIA(E)F cohort reconnoiters for a nine-day workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently add new reading in a chosen direction and begin to outline final projects. 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session focus on extending poetic skills and revision. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 618. Prose: Final Project Course. 11 Credits.

Prose cohort meets for a final nine-day cross-cultural workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently complete cross-cultural work and concentrate on moving their original material through revisions. 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session, culminating in the equivalent of a collection of book-length manuscript presented at the next in country residency. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 619. Poetry in the Expanded Field: Final Project Course. 11 Credits.

PIA(E)F cohort meets for a final nine-day cross-cultural workshop and immersion experience. Students subsequently complete cross-cultural work and concentrate on moving their original material through revisions. 4 individual online packet exchanges with the instructor over the 6-month session, culminating in the equivalent of a book-length poetic project presented at the next in country residency. Hours: 2 hrs. onsite + 9 off-site = 11.

ENCW 620. Final Presentation. 0 Credits.

In this student-directed course, graduating students present their Final Project/Thesis Craft Talk and Performance to an audience of their peers (MFA faculty and students), thus completing their final degree requirement. Prerequisite: ENCW 618 or ENCW 619.

ENCW 685. Independent Study. 1 to 3 Credit.

ENCW 695. Independent Study. 1 to 3 Credit.