Schedule of Classes

Introductory workshop in writing poetry, short fiction and nonfiction for love of the written and spoken word. Not for English major credit. Not for English major or English (Creative Writing) major credit.

Intensive reading of major writers to 1800.

Intensive reading of major writers, 1800-1950.

Intensive reading of representative writers.

Examines history of popular cultural forms such as literature, music, dance, theater, and visual arts produced by and about African Americans.

Introduction to the theories, methods, and history of cultural studies, with coverage of contemporary debates over censorship and the politics of authorship, seriality and originality.

Introduction to the techniques and practice of writing prose fiction.

Introduction to the techniques and practice of writing poetry.

Introduction to the techniques and practice of lyric essay, memoir, personal narrative, and scientific, medical, nature, culinary and travel writing.

Novels, stories, essays, poems, and plays written in and about California from the Gold Rush to the present.

Investigation of the scope and possibilities of British and American science fiction as a genre, with some attention to its historical development.

Course in the theory and practices of "popular culture," highlighting modern and comtemporary culture, film, video and popular music, as well as narrative forms.

Apprenticeship with experienced writer-teachers, providing students with a pedagogical framework and practical experience for teaching creative writing in schools and community settings.

A practical course in composition of prose fiction.

A practical course in poetry writing.

Prerequisite: English 405 and/or consent of instructor.

Prerequisite: Acceptance of manuscript by instructor.

Selected studies in the non-dramatic literature of Renaissance England, with emphasis on Sidney, Spencer, and Shakespeare.

Selected studies in the poetry, prose, and fiction of such writers as Defoe, Dryden, Fielding, Richardson, Pope, Swift, and Johnson.

Selected studies in the prose and poetry of such figures as Tennyson, Dickens, the Brontes, the Brownings, Hopkins, Arnold, Ruskin, and Newman.

Studies in English literary modernism, including the prose of Conrad, Joyce, and Woolf, and the poetry of Pound, Eliot, Yeats, and Auden.

Major history plays, comedies, and tragedies.

American poetry and prose to the Civil War with special attention to Irving, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman.

Survey of Native American literature, including oral traditions and print genres, such as short story, poetry, novel, and autobiography, from 1700 to the present. Recommended preparation: ENGL 263.

A concentrated reading and criticism of the works of one period or one genre of American literature; for example, colonial literature, the American Renaissance, American poetry, American drama.

Study of prose written in English since 1945, principally fiction of the past two decades.

Study of poetry written in English since 1945, with special emphasis on the last two decades.

Studies of the narrative experiments and innovations in fiction following the realist novel; emphasis of gender, empire and class and the pluralities of "modernisms."

Women as writers and as subjects, with special emphasis on feminist and liberationist traditions and on changing female images after 1800.

Literary studies in the relationship between fiction and drama and their adaptation as films.

An examination of hw literature and related arts intersect in a particular cultural milieu. Selected topics.

Analysis of philosophies and methods of modern schools of criticism; writing critical essays.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Selected problems in literary history and criticism.

The assumptions and practices of major theorists and theoretical schools from Plato to literary modernism.

Studies in poetry and patronage, the popular tradition in literature and drama, the social and sexual dynamics of comedy, historical and cultural uses of genres, among other topics.

Studies in British literature and society, 1837-1901, including gender and genre, industrialism, science and technology, empire and race, new forms of media and narrative, and other topics.

Studies in canonic and non-canonic literature in the American Renaissance, cultural nationalism, the consequences of race, immigration, expansion, urbanization, science, and marketplace, and other topics.

Research leading to the Master's Degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

History and ideology of gender studies, feminist theory, gay and lesbian discourse, and other studies in feminisms and masculinities in relation to literature.

History, transformation, and theory of genre; studies in epic, lyric, drama, comedy, tragedy, the novel, biography, essay, and other forms.

Intensive practicum in advanced level poetry writing, intended to develop high level creative compositional ability. Open only to Creative Writing Ph.D. degree candidates.

Intensive practicum in advanced level fiction writing, intended to develop high level creative compositional ability. Open only to Creative Writing Ph.D. degree candidates.

A structured environment in which to craft a research project, write a dissertation prospectus, and define areas of professional expertise. Graded CR/NC. Recommended preparation: passage of screening exam. Not available for degree credit.

This two-credit course helps ABD students craft their professional identities and placement materials as they make the transition from graduate school to their academic position. Graded CR/NC. Not available for degree credit.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. GRADED CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit upon acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.