English 503, Literary Criticism, Professor Rasmussen - This course considers some of the great questions about the nature and value of literature addressed by literary theorists from Plato to the present, engaging such critical approaches as the New Criticism, reader response theory, Marxist criticism, feminist criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, new historicism, and cultural studies. The course has two aims: first, to help us become more aware of what we do, and why we do it, when we study literature; and, second, to help us write better literary criticism ourselves, as we apply a range of methods to the works we study.

English 504, Film Studies: Film as a Narrative Art, Professor Johnson - While closely examining several classic films, the course will introduce students to the major components of film style, essential techniques of film analysis and the critical vocabulary required for it, and some film theory.

English 505, Classics of Latin American Literature, Professor Briggs - Study of the literature of Spanish America, with special emphasis on major prose writers of the twentieth century, including Borges, Vargas Llosa, and Garcia-Marquez. Covers literature in translation requirement

English 509, Workshop in Poetry Writing, Professor Anderson and Professor Martin - Discussions center on students' poems. Selected readings are assigned to focus on technical problems of craftsmanship and style. (Credit, full course, repeatable.)

English 510, Workshop in Fiction Writing, Professor Bachelder and Professor Jones - Discussions center on students' fiction. Selected readings are assigned to focus on technical problems of craftsmanship and style. (Credit, full course, repeatable.)

English 511, Workshop in Nonfiction Writing, Professor Sullivan - Discussions center on students' nonfiction. Selected readings are assigned to focus on technical problems of craftsmanship and style. (Credit, full course, repeatable.)

English 557 Shakespeare, Professor Cook - Advanced study of major plays and lyric poems of William Shakespeare, and of major critical traditions regarding Shakespeare’s work. The course places special emphasis on issues of performance. (Credit, full course.)

English 574, The Nineteenth-Century English Novel, Professor Lewin - This course traces the history of the classic nineteenth-century novel. Authors include Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy. With supplementary readings to be drawn from literary theory and recent criticism, the course will analyze such topics as fictional character, prose style, and narration, as well as issues of material culture and philosophy. (Credit, full course.)

English 590, Modern American Poetry, Professor Lewin - Study of major American poets from the first half of the 20th century, including Frost, Eliot, Pound, Stevens and others.  (Credit, full course.)