An advanced course on any aspect of cultural studies, in relation to selected texts. See departmental listings for different offerings per semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours under different subtitles. Prerequisite ENG 330 Text and Context or consent of the instructor. Fulfills ENG Major 400-level course requirement. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

This course explores the development of English from its roots in Indo- European, through Old, Middle, and Early Modern English(es), culminating with a review of the English languages of today. It focuses on the phonological, grammatical, and lexical changes of the language, as well as on the social contexts of the rise and spread of English as a contemporary world language. Special emphasis is given to a linguistically informed understanding of how the language has changed in response to political and historical pressures. Fulfills the ENG Early Period requirement.

Study of special topics that cut across the normal divisions of genre or periods, such as the relations of literature to other disciplines; metaphor and symbolism; interpretative theory. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

An examination of theories of film. Emphasis on the establishment of criteria for the aesthetic response to film and the visual image. Viewing of films outside of class is required.

An introduction to descriptive and enumerative bibliography, textual criticism, and historical scholarship.

A study in depth of selected works of Chaucer, especially Troilus, in relation to aspects of the medieval literary tradition.

A study in depth of selected writers.

Readings in selected authors and relevant scholarship.

A study in depth of selected writers.

Selected poets from England and America, with a major concentration on the period 1890-1945.