USC 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.

A study of emotional intelligence through literature, history and the arts with a focus on anger, happiness, love and empathy.

Close study of Shakespeare's plays and poems to introduce his language, stagecraft, literary "genius," social and literary contexts, precursors and rivals, and legacy.

History, political-economy and aesthetics of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.

Intensive reading of major writers to 1800.

Intensive reading of major writers, 1800-1950.

Intensive reading of representative writers.

Historical survey of the traditions of lyric poetry from Shakespeare to the contemporary, examining the genre's multiple forms of literary, visual, and aural expression.

Introduction to the techniques and practice of writing narrative in fiction and literary non-fiction

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.

Practical course in relations between editing and the creative process in fiction, poetry, and exposition

Literary travel using novels to explore regional culture and unify the study of literature, history, geography, politics and social studies.

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

A practical course in composition of prose fiction.

A practical course in poetry writing.

Prerequisite: English 405 and/or consent of instructor.

Instruction in the major grammatical systems of the English language, with particular emphasis on their relevance to language activities in the elementary classroom.

Selected studies of prose and poetry in the age of Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Browne, Marvell, and Milton.

Selected studies of major writers, including Blake, Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Mary Shelley, P.B. Shelley, and Keats.

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 with special attention to Twain, James, Dickinson, Henry Adams, Crane, and Dreiser.

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.

Selected British, Irish and American drama from the post World War II period (1945 to the present).

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

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Selected problems in literary history and criticism.

Individual research, reading, writing and project development as a senior capstone experience in the study of narrative.

Seminar in workshop form to accompany completion of Senior HonorsThesis. Bi-weekly meetings to complete thesis according to contract.

The assumptions and practices of major post-modern theorists and theoretical schools.

Studies in the Romantics and Victorians, gender and genre, the new woman and the novel, authorship and the marketplace, science, imperialism, the crisis of narrative, and other topics.

Plays for the stage shall be written using public-domain poetry and prose as inspiration and source material, complemented with exploring poetry, prose, and varied dramas as context for the student writer. Students should be well-versed in literature, and have written in one or more genres. Recommended preparation: reading poetry and novels.

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.

Studies in rural and urban fictions, modernism, the shift from imagism and symbolism to confessional poetry, recovered writers, hemispheric traditions, literature and kindred arts, and other topics.

Thematic, theoretical, or experimental studies in British and American literatures and cultures.

Development of academic strategies for preparing articles for publication in scholarly journals. Aspects of publication will include abstracts, introductions, argumentation, style and footnotes.

Book history and the use of primary source material in literary research.

Issues and theory of studying literature in relation to history, science, politics, psychology, religion, sociology, media, the visual arts, and other disciplines.

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

Explores the way film has been theorized in relationship to traditional media that preceded it and electronic media that followed.

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

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

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.