English

Professors. Scott Paul Gordon, Ph.D. (Harvard) chairperson; Elizabeth N. Fifer, Ph.D. (Michigan); Edward J. Gallagher, Ph.D. (Notre Dame); Donald E. Hall, Ph.D. (University of Maryland) Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean of College of Arts & Sciences; Barry M. Kroll, Ph.D. (Michigan) Robert D. Rodale Professor of Writing; Barbara Pavlock, Ph.D. (Cornell); Barbara H. Traister, Ph.D. (Yale)

Associate Professors. Kate Crassons, Ph.D. (Duke); Beth Dolan, Ph.D. (North Carolina); Dawn Keetley, Ph.D. (Wisconsin); Edward E. Lotto, Ph.D. (Indiana) director, Center for Writing, Math and Study Skills; Seth Moglen, Ph.D. (U.C. Berkeley); James B. Peterson (University of Pennsylvania); Amardeep Singh, Ph.D. (Duke); Stephanie Watts, Ph.D. (Missouri); Edward Whitley, Ph.D. (Maryland).

Assistant Professors. Lyndon Dominique, Ph.D. (Princeton); Suzanne Edwards, Ph.D. (University of Chicago); Mary Foltz, Ph.D. (University of Buffalo, SUNY); Michael Kramp, Ph.D. (Washington State); Jenna Lay, Ph.D. (Stanford); Bob Watts, Ph.D. (Missouri).

Professor of Practice,Writer-in-Residence and Director, Berman Center. Ruth K. Setton, Ph.D. (Rice)

Undergraduate Major in English

The major in English is designed to give students experience in reading, analyzing, and formulating thoughts about people and ideas that matter; an understanding of how literary artists find the appropriate words to express their thoughts and feelings; and a basic knowledge of the historical development of British, American and world literature.

Students who major in English go on to careers in teaching, writing, law, business, science, medicine, engineering—and many others. The analytical and communication skills acquired in the study of literature and writing will be of use in almost any profession or human activity. Depending on their interests, abilities, and career plans, students who major in English are encouraged to consider double majors or one or two minors in other fields. The major in English is flexible enough to allow cross-disciplinary study with ease.

The student majoring in English chooses from an extensive list of courses. To ensure breadth of coverage each English major is required to take the following courses:

English 100	Working with Texts	(4)
English 290	Senior Seminar	(4)

Four 300-level courses distributed over the following periods (British or American survey may substitute for one 300 level course):

British to 1660 (ENGL. 125, 327, 328, 360, 362, 364)
British 1660-1900 (ENGL. 125,126, 331, 366, 367, 369, 371, 372)
American to 1900 (ENGL. 123, 374, 376, 377, 378)
20th C American, British, World, Film, Popular Culture (Engl124, 126, 379, 380, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387)

In addition, each English major elects at least three more courses in literature or film with the following qualifications:

at least one at the 300-level if a survey fulfills one of the period requirements
may include one advanced writing course taken in English

These nine courses are the minimum for the major. Many of our students will elect to take more, depending on their career plans, their other majors and minors, their plans to study abroad, and so on. Each major has a departmental advisor to assist in selecting courses and to offer counsel about career plans.

The department strongly recommends that any student contemplating the possibility of advanced study of literature at the graduate level should work toward departmental honors.

English Major with Concentration in Creative Writing

Minimum number of hours: 16 (4 courses)

To have entered on the transcript Concentration in Creative Writing, the students must take: ENGL 142, 143, or 144. They must also take: ENGL 342, 343 or 344, and at least 4 credit hours of elective courses chosen from: ENGL 142, 143, 144, 170, 201, 281, 342, 343, 344 or 483. Note: the same course cannot fulfill both the core requirement except in the case of courses that can be repeated for credit—201, 342, 343 and 344—which can be taken twice, once for core credit and once as an elective. And must take both: ENGL 305 and 306.

Departmental Honors in English

In order to receive departmental honors the English major must attain a 3.5 grade-point average in courses presented for the major and must complete at least 44 credit hours of course work in English (beyond English 1 and 2). For the additional credits beyond the 36 required of all English majors, honors students must take the following courses:

ENGL 309	Interpretation: Critical Theory & Practice, or
ENGL 312	Studies in Literary and Cultural Theory and
ENGL 307	Thesis Proposal, and
ENGL 308	Thesis

Because most graduate schools require language examinations, the department also strongly recommends that students going for honors achieve at least second-year college competency in at least one foreign language. Students who complete the courses required for departmental honors but who do not achieve the necessary grade-point average will receive the bachelor of arts degree with a major in English.

Presidential Scholars

Students who anticipate becoming Presidential Scholars should speak to the Director of Graduate Studies in their junior year.

Minors in English

The Department of English offers three minors, each requiring 16 hours of course work beyond English 1 and 2. Students’ major advisors monitor the minor programs, but students should consult the minor advisor in the Department of English when setting up a minor program.

To minor in English students take 4 courses in literature or film, one at the 300 level.

To minor in creative writing, students take ENGL 142, 143, or 144 and a literature course at the100- or 300-level. They must also take ENGL 342, 343, or 344 and a 4 credit elective taken from the following ENGL 142, 143, 144, 170, 201, 281, 342, 343, 344, or 483. Note: the same course cannot fulfill both the core requirements except in the case of a course that can be repeated for credit—201, 342, 343, and 344—which can be taken twice, once for core credit and once as an elective.

To minor in writing, students take ENGL142, 143, 144, or 171, and ENGL 201, 342, 343 or 344. They must also take two more courses chosen from: ENGL 142, 143, 144, 171, 201, 281, 342, 343, 344, JOUR 11, 111, 123, 212. Note: the same course cannot fulfill both the core requirements except in the case of a course that can be repeated for credit —201, 342, 343, and 344—which can be taken twice, once for core credit and once as an elective.

Graduate Work in English

We prepare our students to meet contemporary demands for faculty who value excellence in teaching and scholarship.

The Master of Arts Program

Applicants for the M.A. program should have an undergraduate English major. Students who did not major in English may be admitted but will need to supplement their undergraduate training in English.

Candidates for the master’s degree must complete at least 33 credit hours. Students take at least seven of the required courses (including Thesis) at the 400 level but may select the balance of their curricula from 300-level course offerings. Course work for the M.A. must include one course in medieval British or early American literature (origins through 1776); two courses in British literature, origins through 1660, or American literature, origins through 1820, in addition to the one fulfilling the previous requirement; two courses in British literature, 1660 through 1900, or American literature, 1820 through 1900; two courses, British, American, or world literature, 1900 to present; and one theory course, in literature, writing, or film. At least two of the courses must be in American literature, at least four in British literature. This distribution allows for some concentrated study at the master’s level. English 485 and 486, the required courses for new teaching fellows, are not counted in the 33 credits toward the M.A. but will be counted later toward the Ph.D., even if rostered during the M.A. program.

M.A. candidates write a Thesis Paper, certified by a faculty advisor as ready for submission to a session organizer as a conference presentation or to a professional journal for possible publication, and present a short talk on the thesis paper in a public forum.

The Doctor of Philosophy Program

The department admits to its doctoral program only students of proven competence and scholarly promise. An average of 3.5 in M.A. course work and strong endorsements from graduate instructors are minimum requirements for acceptance.

Doctoral candidates with a Lehigh master’s degree are required to take eight courses and register for 42 credit hours beyond the M.A. Those entering the doctoral program with a master’s from another institution are required to take nine courses and register for 48 credit hours.

Candidates must also demonstrate a reading knowledge of one or two foreign languages after having agreed on choices with the director of graduate studies.

No later than six months after completing their course work, candidates will take written and oral examinations in one major field and two minor fields.

Candidates write their dissertations after having their dissertation proposals approved by the department and being admitted to candidacy by the appropriate college.

Freshman Composition Requirement

With the two exceptions noted below, all undergraduate students take six credit hours of freshman English courses: English 1 and English 2 (or one of the alternatives to ENGL 2 such as 4, 6, 8 or 10. The exceptions are:

Students who receive Advanced Placement or received 700 or higher on the writing section of the SAT or score a 5 on the IB High Level Examination.
Students with English as a Second Language. Categories include students on non-immigrant visas, students on immigrant visas, registered aliens, and citizens either by birth or by naturalization.

Students in all these categories for whom English is not the first language may petition for special instruction through the program in English as a Second Language.

All non-native English speakers will be assessed in their English skills either through the TOEFL or by other means to determine the kind of instruction best suited to their needs. From this determination, matriculating freshmen will either roster ENGL 1, followed by ENGL 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 or be enrolled in ENGL 3, followed by ENGL 5 (or 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10).

Students enrolled in the English as a Second Language program are expected to reach a level of competence comparable to those in the usual freshman program. The form of instruction, however, will differ in the ESL program by taking into account the special language and cultural needs of non-native speakers.

Matriculating students in all the above categories who are entering at a level above the freshman year, but who need composition credit, should consult the department for advice.

Freshman Courses

ENGL 1. Composition and Literature (3) fall

Emphasis on the writing process, especially on revising for cogency and clarity. Topics drawn mainly from everyday life and culture. Students must receive a grade of C- or higher to advance to English 2.

ENGL 2. Composition and Literature II (3) spring

Continuation of ENGL 1. Emphasis on making informed, thoughtful, and well-supported claims about issues of broad public concern. Topics vary by section. Texts include both expository and literary selections, as well as films and other media. Prerequisite: a grade of C- or higher in ENGL 1.

ENGL 3. Composition and Literature I for International Writers (3) fall

Students improve both their advanced academic written English and academic writing style through a process of reading fiction and non-fiction and by writing well-organized, coherent essays for academics. Author citation, style, and written fluency and accuracy are addressed within students’ writing. Enrollment is limited to nonnative speakers; prior academic writing history, English placement testing, and/or ESL director’s recommendation determines placement.

ENGL 4. Composition and Literature II: Special Topic A (3) spring

Continuation of ENGL I. Similar to ENGL 2, except that the topic will be announced in advance. Topics vary from year to year. Students must register through the English department. Prerequisites: ENGL 1 and consent of department.

ENGL 5. Composition and Literature II for International Writers (3) spring

Continuation of English 3. Students practice more advanced methods and modes of writing for academics, including writing and reading for their specific field of study. Students continue to work on advanced written fluency and accuracy of idiomatic language and expression and are taught advanced methods of author citation and source integration. Pre-requisite: ENGL 003

ENGL 6. Composition and Literature: Special Topic B (3) spring

ENGL 007 (GC 007). Global Literature (3)

This multidisciplinary seminar asks students to develop informed opinions about what it means to be a global citizen, using rhetorical and persuasive techniques to address issues in economics, exile, and the environment. Additional narrative and expository reflections on students’ intersession trip are required. Open only to students in the Global Citizenship program. Fulfills the English 2 requirement where needed. (HU)

ENGL 8. Composition and Literature: Special Topic C (3) spring

ENGL 10. Composition and Literature: Special Topic D (3) spring

ENGL 11. Literature Seminar for Freshmen (3) fall, spring

Alternative to Composition and Literature for freshmen who have earned exemption from English 1 and qualify for a seminar in literature. Recommended especially for qualified students who are considering a major in the humanities. Topics vary by section. Prerequisite: score of 4 on Advanced Placement Test in English or 700-749 or higher on the writing section of the SAT.

ENGL 15. Speech Communication for International Speakers of English (1)

Spoken English improvement through the practice of American English in “real contexts.” This course is for first or second year undergrads who have advanced English skills, but who need to improve their advanced communication and idiomatic language skills for the advanced speaking contexts of the American university classroom and campus. Advanced Spoken English accent improvement and academic presentations skills are also practiced as needed.

Undergraduate Courses

English 52, 54, 56, and 58 are open to all undergraduates, including first-year students also taking freshman English. Courses numbered at the 100-level are open to students who have completed or who are exempt from the required six hours of freshman English. First-year students who have completed English 1 with a grade of A or A– may roster one of the 100-level courses as a second English course to be taken concurrently with the second-semester English composition requirement.

Prerequisites: Each course is a self-contained unit. None has any other prerequisite than two semesters of freshman English. Thus, students may roster English 126 whether or not they have had, or ever plan to take, English 125. For all courses above 200, it is understood that students will have completed six hours of freshman English, even though that is not specified in the course description.

ENGL 38. (AAS 38) Introduction to African Literature (3)

Sub-Saharan African literary themes and styles; historical and social contexts, African folktales, oral poetry, colonial protest literature, postcolonial writing, and films on contemporary Africa. (HU)

ENGL 52. (CLSS 52) Classical Epic (3)

Study of major epic poems from Greece and Rome. Works include Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey, Apollonius’ Argonautica, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. (HU)

ENGL 54. (CLSS 54, THTR 54) Greek Tragedy (3)

Aspects of Greek theater and plays of Aechylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in their social and intellectual contexts. (HU)

ENGL 56. (CLSS 56) Topics in Greek and Roman Literature (3)

Examination of the origins of the novel in Greece and Rome. Includes the picaresque novel. (HU)

ENGL 58. (CLSS 58, THTR 58) Greek and Roman Comedy (3)

Study of comedy as a social form through plays of Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence. (HU)

ENGL 60. (THTR 60) Dramatic Action (4)

How plays are put together; how they work and what they accomplish. Examination of how plot, character, aural and visual elements of production combine to form a unified work across genre, styles and periods. Recommended as a foundation for further studies in design, literature of performance. (HU)

ENGL 91. Special Topics (1-4)

A topic, genre, or approach in literature or writing not covered in other courses. (HU)

ENGL 100. Working with Texts (4)

A course to help students to become, through intense practice, independent readers of literary and other kinds of texts; to discern and describe the devices and process by which texts establish meaning; to gain an awareness of the various methods and strategies for reading and interpreting texts; to construct and argue original interpretations; to examine and judge the interpretations of other readers; to write the interpretive essay that supports a distinct position on some literary topic of importance; and to learn to find and assimilate into their own writing appropriate information from university library resources. To be rostered as early as possible in the English major’s program. (HU)

ENGL 115. (HMS 115) Topics in Literature, Medicine, and Health (4)

Largely focused on narratives about health, illness and disability, this course will examine individual experiences with attention to social context. Topics may include the physician/patient relationship, illness and deviance, plague literature, gender and medicine, autism, AIDS, mental illness, aging. (HU)

ENGL 120. (AAS 120) Literature from Developing Nations (4)

Contemporary literature from Africa, Central and South America, and Asia. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 121. (AAS 121) Topics in African-American Literature (4)

Selected works of African American literature and/or the literatures of the African diaspora. May be repeated for credit as title varies. Prerequisite: six hours of first-year English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 123. American Literature I (4)

American literary works through the mid-19th century. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 124. American Literature II (4)

American literature from the middle of the 19th century to the present. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 125. British Literature I (4)

British literature and literary history from Beowulf through the Pre-Romantics. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 126. British Literature II (4)

British literature and literary history from the Romantic period into the 20th century. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 127. (THTR 127) The Development of Theatre and Drama I (4)

Historical survey of western theatre and dramatic literature from their origins to the Renaissance. (HU)

ENGL 128. (THTR 128) The Development of Theatre and Drama II (4)

Historical survey of western theatre and dramatic literature from the Renaissance to the modern era. (HU)

ENGL 138 (AAS 138) Introduction to African American Literature (4)

Survey of African American prose narrative and poetry from the 18^th century to the present. Features writers from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the post-Black Power era. (HU)

ENGL 142. Introduction to Writing Poetry (4)

Instruction in the craft of writing poetry, with a focus on prosody. Practice in and classroom criticism of poems written by students taking the course. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (ND)

ENGL 143. Introduction to Writing Creative Non-Fiction (4)

Practice in writing non-fiction from immediate experience, with emphasis on accurate, persuasive description writing. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (ND)

ENGL 144. Introduction to Writing Fiction (4)

Instruction in the craft of writing fiction. Practice in and classroom criticism of stories written by students taking the course. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (ND)

ENGL 155. The Novel (4)

Selected novels, with attention to such matters as narrative, characterization, and cultural context. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 157. Poetry (4)

Selected traditional and modern poetry, with attention to voice, form, and cultural context. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 163. Topics in Film Studies (4)

History and aesthetics of narrative film. May be repeated for credit as subject varies. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 170. Amaranth (1)

Amaranth editorial staff. Students can earn one credit by serving as editors (literary, production, or art) of Lehigh’s literary magazine. Work includes soliciting and reviewing manuscripts, planning a winter supplement and spring issue, and guiding the magazine through all phases of production. Editors attend weekly meetings with the faculty advisor. Prerequisite: consent of the department chairperson. May be repeated for credit. (ND)

ENGL 171. Writing for Audiences (4)

Practice in writing in a variety of discourse modes for different audiences. Consideration of the role of style, clarity, and careful observation in writing. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (ND)

ENGL 175. Individual Authors (4)

Intensive study of the works of one or more literary artists, such as Austen, Hemingway, and Kerouac. May be repeated for credit as artists and works vary. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 177. Individual Works (4)

Intensive study of one or more literary works, such as Moby Dick, and study of other major texts such as the Bible with attention to literary form. May be repeated for credit as works vary. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 183. Independent Study (1-4)

Individually supervised study of a topic in literature, film, or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of the department chairperson. (HU)

ENGL 187. Themes in Literature (4)

Study of a theme as it appears in several works of literature, such as Love in the Middle Ages. May be repeated for credit as titles and themes vary. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 189. Popular Literature (4)

The form of literature that has been designated in one way or another as “popular,” such as folklore and detective fiction. May be repeated for credit as titles vary. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 191. Special Topics (1-4)

A topic, genre, or approach in literature or writing not covered in other courses. Prerequisite: six hours of freshman English. (HU)

ENGL 201. Special Topics in Writing (1-4)

Approaches not covered in other writing courses. Individual projects. May be repeated for credit. (ND)

ENGL 281. Writing Internship (1-4)

Projects on- or off-campus in professional, governmental, or service organizations. Experience must include extensive writing that can be submitted for review. Enrollment limited to juniors or seniors with a major or minor in English. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: approval of department internship adviser or department chair. (ND)

ENGL 282. Professional Internship (2-4)

Supervised projects, on- or off-campus, in professional, government, or service organizations. An interested student must submit a proposal, demonstrating the project’s relevance to the study of language, texts, or communication, to the department’s internship adviser. May be repeated for credit. Internship credits do not count toward major in English. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and approval by department internship adviser. (ND)

ENGL 290. Senior Seminar (4)

In-depth study of a problem, issue, question, or controversy. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Required writing intensive course for English majors. May be repeated for credit, space permitting, as title varies. Department Approval Required. Prerequisite: senior English major standing. (HU)

ENGL 291. Special Topics (1-4)

A topic, genre, or approach in literature or writing not covered in other courses. (HU)

Graduate Students taking 300-level courses receive 3 credits; undergraduates receive 4 credits.

ENGL 301. Topics in Literature (4)

A theme, topic, or genre in literature, such as autobiography as literature and the gothic novel. May be repeated for credit as titles vary. (HU)

ENGL 305. Creative Writing Thesis Proposal (fall only) (1)

Preparation to write creative thesis. Requirements include writing a proposal and bibliography. (ND)

ENGL 306. Creative Writing Thesis (spring only) (3)

Portfolio of original creative work in poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction, plus introductory researched essay. Required for concentration in creative writing. (ND)

ENGL 307. Undergraduate Thesis Proposal (1)

Course to be enrolled by senior honors students preparing to write honors thesis. Course requirements include conducting preliminary research for the thesis and writing a detailed thesis proposal and bibliography. May not be rostered concurrently with English 308. (HU)

ENGL 308. Undergraduate Thesis (3)

Open to advanced undergraduates who wish to submit theses in English. Prerequisite: consent of department chairperson. (HU)

ENGL 309. Interpretation: Critical Theory and Practice (4)

Introduction to recent literary and cultural theory, such as New Criticism, Structuralism, Marxism, Psychoanalytic approaches, Reader-response Criticism, Deconstruction, Feminist Theory, New Historicism, and Cultural Criticism. (HU)

ENGL 310. Introduction to Methods of English as a Second Language Instruction (4)

An introduction to teaching English as a second language including the theory and principles of second language acquisition, ESL methods, materials, and current trends such as computer assisted language instruction. With sufficient effort, students will learn to plan and teach an ESL/EFL class in the four areas of Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening, choose appropriate materials for varying age and proficiency levels, and most importantly, have a concrete approach to teaching ESL/EFL. Required classroom observing and tutoring hours that can be completed in Lehigh’s ESL classes, in Lehigh’s ELLC language lab, or in the local public school ESL classes. Course restricted to upperclass and graduate students. (HU)

ENGL 311. (WGSS 311) Gender and Literature (4)

This course explores constructions of gender and sexuality in literature from different historical periods, traditions, and nationalities. How do female and male writers envision what it means to be a “woman” or to be a “man” at various moments in history and from various places around the world? How have gendered (and sexed) identities been shaped in various constraining and empowering ways in the literary imagination? What specifically gendered issues (such as love and violence) have been represented in literature? Content changes each semester. May be repeated for credit as title changes. (HU)

ENGL 312. Studies in Literary and Cultural Theory (4)

Study of a particular contemporary theoretical approach to literature, film, or other cultural texts. May be repeated for credit as the topic changes. (HU)

ENGL 314. Teaching English as a Second Language: A Practicum (3)

Companion course to English 310 (Intro to Methods of English as a Second Language). This course will include class meetings that focus on guided discussions of the practical application of principles and practices of ESL pedagogy in a real-world environment. Supervised ESL classroom student teaching required. Prerequisite: English 310.

ENGL 315. (HMS 315) Topics in Literature, Medicine, and Health (4)

Analyzing the stories people tell about health, illness and disability, this course engages cultural studies approaches in order to explore the way those stories are told. Topics may include: illness and the graphic novel, the changing image of the healer in literature, collaborative storytelling with Alzheimer’s patients, end of life narratives, tales from the ER, narrative ethics. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 316. Native American Literature (4)

This course is a survey of the literary texts written by the indigenous inhabitants of what is now the United States, beginning with the myths and legends of the era before European contact and ending with the novels, poems, and films produced by Native Americans in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 318. (AAS 318) African-American Literature and Culture (4)

Topics in African-American culture and/or the cultures of the African diaspora. Topics may be focused by period, genre, thematic interest or interdisciplinary method including, for example, Nineteenth-century African-American Literature and Politics; African-American Folklore; Black Atlantic Literature; The Harlem Renaissance; and African-American Women Writers. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 321. History of the English Language (4)

The phonology, grammar, and lexicon of English from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings to current World dialects, with a focus on the expressive literary effects of linguistic change. (HU)

ENGL 323. Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature (4)

An introduction to Anglo-Saxon language and culture, through Anglo-Saxon prose and short poetry, with special attention to the range of Anglo-Saxon genres and the problems of translation and interpretation. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 324. Anglo-Saxon Poetry (4)

A study of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including discussion of the critical tradition and manuscript production. Special attention to the epic poem Beowulf. Open only to students who have completed ENGL 323 or who show proficiency in Anglo-Saxon. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 327. Major Medieval Writers (4)

Study of major medieval writers. Titles include The Canterbury Tales; Early Chaucer and the Continental Tradition, and Langland’s Piers Plowman. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 328. (THTR 328) Shakespeare (4)

An introduction to Shakespearean drama including comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances. Emphasis on textual study, cultural contexts, and performance strategies. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 331. Milton (4)

An introduction to John Milton’s poetry and prose emphasizing close reading and cultural contexts. Half of the course will be devoted to Paradise Lost, and particular attention will be paid to politics, religion, and gender. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 342. Advanced Poetry Writing (4)

An intensive writing workshop in which student poems and related literary texts receive close reading and analysis. Prerequisite: ENGL 142 or permission of writing minor advisor. May be repeated for credit. (ND)

ENGL 343. Advanced Creative Non-Fiction (4)

Practice of the essay, including such forms as the personal, academic, or argumentative essay. Emphasis on developing a strong personal voice and learning to use other voices. Intensive revision. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 143, or permission of writing minor advisor. (ND)

ENGL 344. Advanced Fiction Writing (4)

An intensive writing workshop in which student stories and related literary texts receive close reading and analysis. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 144, or permission of writing minor advisor. (ND)

ENGL 360. Middle English Literature (4)

Major literary works of the Middle English period by authors other than Chaucer. Emphasis on Piers Plowman, the Gawain/ Pearl Poet, and the metrical romances. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 362. The Sixteenth Century (4)

Humanist, Petrarchan and dramatic traditions in the literature of renaissance England. Readings from such authors as Erasmus, More, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, and Marlowe. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 364. The Seventeenth Century (4)

Poetry, prose, and drama chronicling the literary, political, and social innovations of the century of revolutions. Readings may include Bacon, Cary, Cavendish, Donne, Herbert, Jonson, Middleton, Milton and Shakespeare. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 366. British Eighteenth-Century Literature (4)

The poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fictional prose of the long eighteenth century (1660-1800), with particular attention to how writers are shaped by and engage with the cultural issues of their time. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 367. Transatlantic Eighteenth-Century Literature (4)

The poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fictional prose written in Britain and the Americas during the long eighteenth century (1660-1800), with particular attention to the transatlantic circulation of texts and ideas. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 369. Romantic-Era Literature (4)

This study of British Literature and Culture of the Romantic Era (1780-1830) will address specific questions of genre, theme or historical developments. Readings may cover issues such as slavery and abolition, the effect of the French Revolution on British Literature, the rights of women, scientific innovation, ethics, landscape aesthetics, and the gothic. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 371. British Victorian Literature: Prose and Poetry (4)

Poetry and prose of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Swinburne, Carlyle, Mill, Newman, and Ruskin within the contemporary political, religious, and social contexts. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 372. Victorian Literature (4)

This study of British Literature and Culture of the Victorian Age (1830-1901), including the Empire, will address specific questions of genre, theme, or historical developments. Readings may cover issues such as industry, imperialism, the cult of domesticity, aesthetics, the Woman Question, the Reform Acts, the place of the art and the artist, and modern nationalism. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 374. Literatures of Contact in the Americas (4)

The literature of exploration, discovery, and the early years of first settlement in contact zones from the Caribbean to Newfoundland. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 375. Major Authors (1-4)

The works of one or more major literary figures studied in depth. May be repeated for credit as titles and authors vary. (HU)

ENGL 376. Early American Literature (4)

American literature from settlement until the 1820s, emphasizing fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that helped form and contest American identities and national consciousness. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 377. American Romanticism (4)

Literature from the antebellum United States viewed through the literary practices of sentimentalism (an ethos that values sympathy, empathy, and human contact) and the sublime (an aesthetic that attempts to create within readers a sense of the awe-inspiring, otherworldly, and terrifying aspects of life), as well as social conflicts over race, class, and gender. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 378. American Realism (4)

Topics in American literature from the Civil War to the early twentieth century. Topics may include the evolution of literary genres and movements, including realism and naturalism. Authors may include Twain, Davis, Howells, Harper, James, Chesnutt, Jewett, Chopin, Norris, Crane, Du Bois, Gilman, Wharton, Cahan, Olsen and Wright. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 379. Modern American Literature (4)

Topics in American literature before World War II. Topics may be focused by genre, thematic interest, mode of theoretical inquiry or interdisciplinary method, including, for example, Modernism and Mourning; The Harlem Renaissance; Modernism and Social Justice. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 380. Contemporary American Literature (4)

Topics in American literature since World War II. Lectures and class discussions of new writers and of recent works of established writers organized around various themes of import for the contemporary period. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 382. Themes in American Literature (4)

Intensive study of one topic in American literature. Readings from the colonial period to the present. May be repeated for credit as title varies. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 383. Modernism and Post-Modernism in Fiction (4)

Topics in 20^th and 21^st century literature with a focus on the defining features of modernism and/or postmodernism. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 384. Contemporary World and Postcolonial Literature (4)

Topics in contemporary world literature after 1960, engaging the history and legacy of European colonialism. Topics might include: African Literature; South Asian Literature; Caribbean Literature; and Literature of Globalization. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 385. Modern British and Irish Literature (4)

Topics in British and Irish literature before World War II. Topics might include: British Modernism; James Joyce; Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury; Modern Irish literature; East Meets West: British and Colonial Travel Writing; and Gender and Sexuality. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 386. Contemporary British Literature (4)

Topics in post-1945 British literature, including postmodernism and multicultural writing. Topics may include Black British Writing; Immigrant Literature; Gender and Sexuality; Travel Writing; and British Postmodernism. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU)

ENGL 387. Film History, Theory, and Criticism (4)

Study of film with the focus on particular genres, directors, theories, periods, or topics. Weekly film screenings. May be repeated for credit as title varies. May be repeated for credit as title varies. (HU) Cannot be taken pass/fail.

ENGL 388. Independent Study (1-4)

Individually supervised study of a topic in literature, film, or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of department chairperson. (HU)

ENGL 391. Special Topics (1-4)

A topic, genre, or approach in literature or writing not covered in other courses. (HU)

Graduate Courses in English

The following courses are seminars, ordinarily limited to no more than twelve graduate students, but undergraduate English majors who are planning to go on to graduate school in English and who have shown proficiency in the study of literature may petition to take one of these seminars in their senior year.

ENGL 400. Supervised Teaching (1)

Practical experience in teaching through assisting a faculty teacher in conduct of a regularly scheduled undergraduate course. Open only to graduate students with at least one semester of graduate course work at Lehigh University and a GPA of at least 3.5 Usually rostered in conjunction with 485. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chairperson.

ENGL 411. (WGSS 411) Gender and Literature (3)

This seminar explores constructions of gender and sexuality in literature from different historical periods, traditions, and nationalities. Content changes each semester. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 433. Medieval Genres and Authors (3)

This course examines major Middle English authors (Chaucer, Langland, the Pearl-poet) or genres of Middle English writing (romance, dream vision, drama) in their historical and literary contexts. Individual titles include: Medieval Drama, Chaucer’s Literary Circles, Langland: Tradition and Afterlife, and Dream Visions and Revelations. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 435. Medieval Literature (3)

This course explores a thematic topic in medieval literature. Typically, this course challenges traditional conceptions of literary historical periods by spanning Anglo-Saxon and late-medieval texts or late-medieval and early modern texts. Individual titles include: Writing, Rebellion, and Reform: Medieval Literature of Dissent; Poverty and Property, 1350-1650; Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Middle Ages; Imagining this Island: Nation and Identity, 800-1400. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 439. Early Modern Genres and Authors (3)

Examination of major sixteenth- and seventeenth-century authors or distinctive Renaissance genres in their historical and cultural contexts. Individual courses may focus on authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, or Jonson, or genres such as utopian fiction, psalms and sonnets, or city comedy. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 441. Early Modern Literature (3)

This course explores a thematic topic in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. Individual titles may include: Dealing with Difference in Early Modern England; Gender and Catholicism in Early Modern England; Literature of City and Court; Poetry, Politics, and Prophecy: Writing of the English Civil War. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 442: British Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)

This course explores British poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fictional prose written during the long eighteenth century (1660-1800). Topics may be organized by period, genre, thematic interest or interdisciplinary method. Individual titles may include: Money, Sex, and Selves; The Rise of the Novel; Witchcraft and History; Conspiracy Theory and Eighteenth-Century Literature. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 443: Transatlantic Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)

This course explores the transatlantic circulation of texts and ideas during the long eighteenth century (1660-1800). Topics may be organized by period, genre, thematic interest or interdisciplinary method. Individual titles may include: The Colonial Rise of the Novel; Writing for a Cause; Transatlantic Eighteenth-Century Paranoia. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 445: British Romantic-Era Literature (3)

The seminar will explore a focused topic in British Literature and Culture of the Romantic Era (1780-1830) taking into account larger historical, aesthetic, and theoretical concerns. Topics may include slavery and abolition, the cult of childhood, women’s writing, imperialism, the gothic, the Jacobin novel, poetic innovation, the Shelley circle, and travel literature. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 447: British Victorian Literature (3)

The seminar will explore a focused topic in British Literature and Culture of the Victorian Age (1830-1901), including the Empire, taking into account larger historical, aesthetic, and theoretical concerns. Topics may include industry, imperialism, the cult of domesticity, aesthetics, the Woman Question, new sexual cultures, the Reform Acts, the emergence of photography and mass visual culture, the place of art and the artist, and modern nationalism. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 449: Modern British and Irish Literature (3)

Topics in British and Irish literature before World War II. Topics may be organized by genre, theoretical mode of inquiry, or author. Topics might include: British Modernism; James Joyce and Modern Ireland; Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury; East Meets West: British and Colonial Travel Writing; and Gender and Sexuality. Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 451: Contemporary British Literature (3)

Topics in post-1945 British literature, including postmodernism and multicultural writing. Topics may be organized by genre, theoretical mode of inquiry, or interdisciplinary method. Topics might include Black British Writing; Immigrant Literature; Gender and Sexuality; Travel Writing; and British Postmodernism.” Course may be repeated as title varies.

ENGL 471. Early American Literature (3)

This course explores topics in the literature of New England, the Middle Colonies, the South, the Southwest, and the Caribbean from Columbus to the close of the eighteenth century, emphasizing our cultural and artistic diversity. Titles may include The Literature of Justification, First Contact: Then and Now, America’s Many Beginnings; and Literature of Revolution and the Early Republic. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 473: Antebellum American Literature (3)

This course explores thematic topics in antebellum U.S. literature through readings in the expanded canon of American literature from approximately 1820-1865. Individual titles include: Class in Antebellum American Literature; Antebellum Literature and Transatlantic Reform; The Global Nineteenth Century; Print Culture and the Economics of Antebellum American Literature. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 475. Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature (3)

This seminar will explore topics in American literature between the Civil War and the early twentieth century. Topics may be organized by genre, theoretical mode of inquiry, historical problematic, or interdisciplinary method. Topics might include, for example, Realism and Naturalism; Nineteenth-Century African American Literature and Politics. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 477. Modernism (3)

This seminar will explore topics in literary modernism, including the formal innovations, political implications, historical configurations, and critical and theoretical approaches to the literatures of the early twentieth century. Topics may be organized around national literatures or trans-national formations. Topics might include Modernism and Mourning; Transatlantic Modernism; The Harlem Renaissance; Modernism and Social Justice. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 478. Contemporary American Literature (3)

ENGL 479. Contemporary World and Postcolonial Literature (3)

Topics in contemporary world literature after 1960, engaging the history and legacy of European colonialism. Topics may be organized by genre, theoretical mode of inquiry, or interdisciplinary method. Topics might include: African Literature; South Asian Literature; Caribbean Literature; and Literature of Globalization. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 480. Composition and Rhetoric (3)

This course explores a topic in composition studies or rhetoric. Topics may be historical, pedagogical, theoretical, or thematic. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 481. Theory and Criticism (3)

Topics might include: Theories of Gender and Feminism; Theories of Transnationalism and Globalization; and Historicism. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 483. Creative Writing and Literary Studies (3)

From the Inside: Creative Writing and Reading. A combination of seminar and workshop, this course uses instruction and practice in the techniques and genres of creative writing (prosody, narratology, characterization, etc.) to develop tools for studying literary texts. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 485. Introduction to Writing Theory (2)

Survey of major approaches and theoretical issues in the field of composition and rhetoric. Required of all new teaching assistants in the department. Usually rostered in conjunction with 400 or 486.

ENGL 486. Teaching Composition: A Practicum (1)

Introduction to teaching writing at Lehigh. Bi-weekly discussions of practical issues and problems in the teaching of freshman composition. Required of all new teaching assistants in the department. Usually rostered in conjunction with English 485.

ENGL 487. Teaching with Technology: A Practicum (1)

Hands-on introduction to the tools and skills necessary to teach with the computer, along with some attention to appropriate pedagogy. Prerequisite: consent of graduate program coordinator.

ENGL 490. Master’s Thesis (3)

Writing master’s thesis papers.

ENGL 491. Special Topics (1-3)

A topic, genre, or approach in literature or writing not covered in other courses. May be repeated for credit as title varies. Prerequisite: consent of the graduate program coordinator.

ENGL 493. Graduate Seminar (3)

Intensive study of the works of one or more authors, or of a type of literature. May be repeated for credit as title varies.

ENGL 495. Independent Study (3)

Individually supervised course in an area of literature, film or writing not covered in regularly listed courses. Prerequisite: consent of the graduate program coordinator.

ENGL 499. Dissertation (1-9)

Research and study for comprehension exams.