English
Department of English,
Division of Humanities and Fine Arts,
South Hall 2607;
Telephone (805) 893-3441
Department Chair: Giles Gunn
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Steven Allaback, Ph.D., University of Washington, Professor (fiction, American literature, fiction writing)
Charles Bazerman, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Professor (cultural studies of science and technology, writing in society, rhetoric, discourse theory)
Sheridan Blau, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (English education, 17th-century literature)
Lee Bliss, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (Renaissance literature, drama)
Maurizia Boscagli, Ph.D., Brown University, Associate Professor (gender studies, modern literature)
Edgar Bowers, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus
Elliott Butler-Evans, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz; Associate Professor (Marxist literary theory, feminist theory, cultural semiotics, modern fiction, Afro-American literature)
Julie Carlson, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Associate Professor (English Romantic literature, feminist theory)
Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (18th-century literature)
Christopher Craft, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (19th-century British literature, gender studies)
Andrew E. Duffy, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (English literature, post-colonial literature, Irish literature)
Robert A. Erickson, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (17th- and 18th-century English literature)
Michael A. Fernandez, M.A., California State University, San Francisco, Lecturer Emeritus
Joseph Foladare, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus
Louise Fradenburg, Ph.D., University of Virginia, Professor (medieval literature)
Patricia Fumerton, Ph.D., Stanford University, Associate Professor (Renaissance literature and culture)
Frank C. Gardiner, Ph.D., University of Oregon, Professor Emeritus (medieval literature, medieval studies)
Giles Gunn, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Professor (American literature and critical theory)
Donald Guss, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Professor Emeritus (English literature 1500-1660, Italian Petrarchism, Renaissance-literary history)
Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Ph.D., Cornell University, Associate Professor (Chicano and American literature)
Victoria Harrison, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Associate Professor (American literature)
Richard Helgerson, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (literature and culture of the English Renaissance)
Paul Z. Hernadi, Ph.D., University of Vienna and Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (literary theory, history of criticism, comparative literature, modern drama)
Alycee J. Lane, Ph.D. expected, UC Los Angeles, Acting Assistant Professor (20th-century American literature, African-American literature, gay and lesbian literature)
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Professor (Asian-American literature, post-colonial literature, ethnic and feminist writing)
Alan Y. Liu, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (Romantic literature, literary theory)
Edward Loomis, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus
William S. Marks III, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (19th-century American fiction, modern-British and Continental fiction)
Mark Maslan, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (American literature)
J. Chesley Mathews, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor Emeritus
Patrick J. McCarthy, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (Victorian literature)
Frank McConnell, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (American literature, British Romanticism, film, popular culture, literary theory)
Stephen Miko, Ph.D., Yale University, Associate Professor (modern novel)
Fred C. Moten, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (African-American literature and culture, literary theory, 20th-century American poetry)
Christopher Newfield, Ph.D., Cornell University, Associate Professor (American literature)
Michael O'Connell, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor (Renaissance poetry and drama)
Carol Braun Pasternack, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor (medieval studies)
Donald Pearce, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus
Anne Pidgeon, M.A., University of Michigan, Lecturer with Security of Employment Emerita
John Ridland, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, Professor (writing, poetry, teaching of writing and poetry)
Mark Rose, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor (Shakespeare, early modern cultural studies, authorship and intellectual property)
M. Josefina Saldaña, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (post-colonial theory and literature, Chicana/o studies, 20th-century American literature)
Logan Speirs, M.A., Cambridge University, Associate Professor (English and comparative literature)
T.R. Steiner, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus (18th-century literature, criticism and theory, detective fiction)
Alan Stephens, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Professor Emeritus
Garth St. Omer, M.F.A., Columbia University, Ph.D., Princeton University, Professor (modern fiction and the writing of fiction)
Homer Swander, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus (Shakespeare, modern drama)
Kay Young, Ph.D., Harvard University, Assistant Professor (Victorian literature, the novel)
William B. Warner, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (18th-century English novel, critical theory, cultural studies)
Everett Zimmerman, Ph.D., Temple University, Professor (18th-century satire, the novel)
Constance Penley, Ph.D. (Film Studies)
Judith L. Raiskin, Ph.D. (Women's Studies)
Chéla Sandoval, Ph.D. (Chicano Studies)
The Department of English performs several related functions: (1) it offers all undergraduates the opportunity to develop their skills in writing and in the critical reading of a variety of literary texts; (2) it makes available to all students a wide range of courses that may be taken for elective credit; (3) it provides a coherent and comprehensive program of literary studies leading to the bachelor of arts degree; (4) it offers graduate programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees; and (5) it collaborates with other departments in the following major programs: comparative literature, film studies, medieval studies, religious studies, renaissance studies, and women's studies in the College of Letters and Science, the literature program in the College of Creative Studies, and the South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP).
SCWriP is a staff development program designed to improve the teaching of composition in all disciplines and grades, from elementary school through college. It conducts the Summer Institute in Composition at UCSB and year-round workshops on campus and at neighboring schools and colleges. SCWriP is an affiliate of the Bay Area Writing Project, the California Writing Project, and the National Writing Project.
Some students majoring in English prepare for teaching careers in English and related fields. Most, however, enter other occupations and professions that call upon skills in verbal analysis and communication. The major is appropriate preparation for such fields as law, business, library science, public administration, journalism, publishing, international relations, and advertising. Majors are encouraged to consult the undergraduate advisor as well as the university career and placement offices about career opportunities.
Current and prospective English majors are urged to consult the departmental undergraduate advisor for assistance in preparing programs of study. Students may also consult faculty advisors about academic and career aspects of their studies. Students should ask for a copy of the English Department Undergraduate Handbook. All students enrolling in English courses are encouraged to purchase a copy of the booklet Success in English Courses, available at the UCSB Bookstore.
Writing Program. The Writing Program offers required and elective courses at freshman and advanced levels. Specifically, Writing 1, 2, 50, and 109AA-ZZ are offered through the Writing Program. See the Writing Program listing in this catalog for information about these courses.
Teaching Credentials. Students with a bachelor's degree in English who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.
Foreign language requirement. Students must complete either Option 1 or Option 2 below. Option 1 is recommended. Election to Phi Beta Kappa requires Option 1. Students who contemplate graduate study should consult their prospective graduate schools to determine if specific languages are required.
Option 1: Completion of the fifth quarter or its equivalent in any foreign language currently taught at UCSB.
Option 2: Complete A and B, as follows: (A) Quarter three or equivalent of a foreign language as indicated in Option 1. (B) Five upper-division foreign literature in translation courses (see department advisor for list of options).
Upper-division major. Forty upper-division units in English are required, including 20 units in the following courses: English 117A or 117B or 118; 136A or 136B or 136C; 152A; 162; 197. The remaining 20 units of electives must be chosen from upper-division courses in English, with a maximum of 4 units of English 196. English 106 through 110AA-ZZ and 117E will not apply to this requirement.
Consult the department's quarterly Course Outline Booklet for the content of any particular English course.
Students are also encouraged to apply for admission to the College of Letters and Science Honors Program as early as possible in their college careers.
Further information about the honors program is available from the department's honors program advisor and from the academic program advisor.
Supplemental Seminars. Students may take advantage of special seminar courses that are offered in conjuction with large lecture courses. These seminars provide an opportunity for motivated students to work closely with faculty members while enriching their large lecture experience.
Research Assistant Program. By application, qualified upper-division students may gain experience in academic research, while earning academic credit, as research assistants to the English faculty.
Awards. The William Frost Award is given annually to a senior or upper-division English major and carries a substantial stipend. Entrants are judged on their academic records, as well as on a critical essay which represents the student's best work. Entry dates are announced during the winter quarter.
In recent years the department has sponsored several awards and contests, some which recognize excellence in creative writing, both poetry and fiction, and others which honor academic excellence in combination with financial need.
English Club. The English Club, a student-organized group, arranges programs of interest for all English undergraduates throughout the academic year. Their quarterly mailings inform students of upcoming club events as well as other items of interest and importance for English majors.
Preparation for the minor. One course from English 10, 20, 30, 40, 97.
Upper-division minor. Twenty units, distributed as follows:
A. Four units of literature pre-1700, selected from the following courses: English 115, 117A, 117B, 117E, 118, 119, 144, 145, 152A, 152B, 157, 160, 162.
B. Four units of literature from the 1700s to the 1900s, selected from the following courses: English 126A, 126B, 126C, 136A, 136B, 137A, 138A, 138B, 168, 169, 172, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181.
C. Twelve units of English electives.
Depending on course content, the following courses may apply to Area A or Area B of the upper-division minor: English 114AA-ZZ, 128AA-ZZ, 131, 132AA-ZZ, 133AA-ZZ, 134AA-ZZ, 151AA-ZZ, 165AA-ZZ. Any of these courses apply automatically to Area C. Contact the department to see which courses will apply to Areas A and B in a given quarter.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see the section on Academic Minors for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
Students entering either the M.A./Ph.D. or the Ph.D. program should be aware that they are undertaking not only to deepen their enjoyment and understanding of major literary texts, modes, and movements, but also to explore their potential as interpreters, scholars, and in most cases, teachers of literature and language. They are embarking on a systematic course of study designed to ensure an understanding of literary history and its major achievements and to make them fully participating members of a professional community of scholars.
Requirements for the M.A. include the successful completion of (1) 36 units of graduate coursework; (2) an examination in one foreign language; (3) a comprehensive first qualifying examination. Only those students who complete their graduate coursework and the first qualifying examination with sufficient distinction will be invited to continue working toward the Ph.D.
Requirements for the Ph.D. include (1) 12 units of graduate coursework beyond the M.A. (from UCSB), or 24 units of graduate coursework for students entering with the M.A. from another institution; (2) fulfillment of language option A (two languages at the level of basic competency), or B (one language at the level of special competency); (3) a second qualifying examination, which is oral, covering three areas of concentration, one of which is the intended dissertation field; and (4) the dissertation. Students entering the Ph.D. program directly with an M.A. from another institution must also take the first qualifying examination no later than their fourth quarter of residence.
Additional information concerning both the M.A./Ph.D. program and the Ph.D. program can be found in the English Department's graduate brochure and handbook.
10S. Seminar for Introduction to Literature
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 1, 2 or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 10. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 10 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated
student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or more intensive
study of the English 10 reading list, as well as supplemental writing.
20. The Literature of the English Renaissance
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
10 recommended for English majors. English 20 should normally be taken
before English 30 or 40. Recommended for English majors only, as part of
their core curriculum.
An introduction to the literature primarily of the English
Renaissance stressing such authors as Chaucer, Marlowe, Jonson, Spenser,
Webster, Donne, and Marvell. Continuing emphasis on developing skill in
writing.
20S. Seminar on Literature of the English Renaissance
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 20. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 20 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated
student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or more intensive
study of the English 20 reading list as well as supplemental writing.
30. English Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth
Century
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
30 should normally follow English 20 and precede English 40. Recommended
for English majors only, as part of their core curriculum.
An introduction to the literature of the period from
1660-1800 stressing such authors as Milton, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Fielding,
and Swift. Continuing emphasis on developing skills in writing.
30S. Seminar on English Literature of the Restoration
and 18th Century
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 30. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 30 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated
student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or more intensive
study of the English 30 reading list as well as supplemental writing.
40. English Literature of the Nineteenth Century
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
40 should normally be taken after English 20 and 30. Recommended for English
majors only, as part of their curriculum.
An introduction to the English literature of the period
1800-1900, stressing such authors as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats,
Arnold, Tennyson, Browning, and Yeats. Continuing emphasis on developing
skill in writing.
40S. Seminar on English Literature of the 19th Century
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 40. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 40 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated
student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or more intensive
study of the English 40 reading list as well as supplemental writing.
97. Lower-Division Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Lower-division
standing.
A seminar for lower-division students with a strong interest
in literature. See departmental Course Outline Booklet for topics.
Content will vary with each instructor. Students will be asked to do a
project that acquaints them with some of the resources of the library and
results in their reading beyond the primary course materials.
101. Creative Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Consent
of instructor. Preference given to majors. May be repeated for credit to
a maximum of 8 units.
Writing in such forms as the short story, poetry, and
fiction.
103. Writing of Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: English 101. Consent of instructor.
Highest priority to English majors in the Creative Writing Emphasis, with
next preference to English majors. May be repeated for credit up to 12
units.
All forms.
104. Writing of Verse
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: English 101. Consent of instructor.
Highest priority to English majors in the Creative Writing Emphasis, with
next preference to English majors. May be repeated for credit up to 12
units.
All forms.
105AA-ZZ. Seminar in Creative Writing
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: English 101. Students must have (1)
attained upper-division standing; (2) a minimum 3.0 grade-point average
for the preceding three quarters; (3) completed at least two upper-division
courses in English. Highest priority to English majors in the Creative
Writing Emphasis, with next preference to English majors.
110A. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Introduction to language, prose, and shorter poems of
seventh to tenth century Anglo-Saxons. Computerized exercises for grammar
and syntax. Readings include The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer,
as well as riddles and selections from the Chronicles.
110B. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
110A.
Reading and translation of Beowulf. Analysis of
meter and style; study of the manuscript; and discussion of critical issues.
111. The History of the English Language
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
English in its old, middle, and modern forms. Such introductory
topics as language families and change; etymology, semantics; grammars,
syntax; oral, written; groundwork for such methods of literary analysis
as stylistics.
112. Practical Criticism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50 or equivalents.
A combined writing and criticism course for students
of literature.
113AA-ZZ. Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations
are different.
Exploration in traditions and innovations of critical
theory, literary interpretation, and philosophy. Topics vary from quarter
to quarter, but will focus on the major critical figures or movements (from
Aristotle to the present) that have shaped our notion of "literature."
114AA-ZZ. Women and Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit providing the letter designations are different,but
only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
The courses offered will include at different times such
subjects as feminist theory, women writers, and women in literature.
115. Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
English and Continental literature through the fifteenth
century, exclusive of the Canterbury Tales but including such works
as Beowulf, Morte d'Arthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
and selected romances and lyrics.
116A. Biblical Literature: The Old Testament
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A literary approach to the Hebrew scriptures and the
Apocrypha.
116B. Biblical Literature: The New Testament
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
116A is recommended.
A literary approach to the New Testament.
116C. Biblical Literature: An Introduction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open to students who have completed English 116A or 116B.
Literary approaches to the Hebrew Scriptures and the
New Testament.
117A. Shakespeare, Poems and Earlier Plays
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open for credit to students who have completed English 118.
Major poems and plays of Shakespeare, 1593-1602, including
such works as the Sonnets, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry
the Fourth, Twelfth Night.
117B. Shakespeare, Later Plays
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open for credit to students who have completed English 118.
Major works of Shakespeare from 1603-1613, including
such plays as King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, The
Tempest.
117C. Shakespeare, Advanced Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Advanced study of Shakespearean topics.
117E. Shakespeare
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A general introduction for nonmajors.
117ES. Seminar on Shakespeare (non-majors)
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 117E. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 117E designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 117E reading list as well as supplemental
writing.
118. Shakespeare: Selected Poems and Plays
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open for credit to students who have completed English 117A or 117B.
Selected poems and plays, 1593-1613.
118S. Seminar on Shakespeare (for majors)
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 118. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 118 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 118 reading list as well as supplemental
writing.
119. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or their equivalents.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what
is being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the
department's Course Outline Booklet.
120. Modern Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
European and American drama from Ibsen to the present.
121. The Art of Narrative
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
An exploration of traditions and functions of storytelling;
may include a range of forms from the anecdote to the novel.
121S. Seminar on the Art of the Narrative
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 121. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 121 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 121 reading list.
122AA-ZZ. Cultural Representations
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A study of literary works, paintings, films, and other
representational forms as they influence cultural attitudes. The courses
offered will focus on such topics as the body, the city, the everyday,
the marketplace, and the machine.
122S. Seminar on Cultural Representations
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 122AA-ZZ. Consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 122AA-ZZ designed to enrich the large lecture experience for
the motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings,
or more intensive study of the English 122AA-ZZ reading list, as well as
supplemental writings.
123. The Novel in English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A survey of British and American fiction from the late
eighteeth century to the present.
123S. Seminar on the Novel in English
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 123 and consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 123 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 123 reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
124. Readings in the Modern Short Story
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Consult the Course Outline Booklet in the department
office for the authors read in any particular quarter.
124S. Seminar on the Short Story
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 124 and consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 124 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
mtoivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 124 reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
125. The History of Written Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
An examination of the history of writing and its impact
on society, considering the ways in which writing has allowed the reorganization
of government, law, consciousness, knowledge, commerce, personal relations,
culture, and the implications of the electronic revolution.
126A. Survey of British Fiction (I)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The eighteenth century. Such writers as Defoe, Richardson,
Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne.
126B. Survey of British Fiction (II)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The nineteenth century to 1850. Such writers as Austen,
the Brontes, Thackeray, and Dickens (earlier novels).
126C. Survey of British Fiction (III)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The nineteenth century from 1850. Such writers as Dickens
(later novels), Eliot, Trollope, and Hardy.
126D. Survey of British Fiction (IV)
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The twentieth century. Such writers as Conrad, Joyce,
Lawrence, Forster, Virginia Woolf, and Huxley.
127. Rhetoric: History and Theory
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
An introduction to rhetorical theory with attention to
the historical development of rhetoric from the classical period to the
current day. The course will be organized around concepts from rhetorical
theory and their applications, presented through primary and secondary
texts.
128AA-ZZ. Literary Genres
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Course
may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units providing letter designations
are different, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Detailed readings in, and critical examinations of, specific
literary forms. Recently taught genres have included autobiography, comedy,
romance, satire.
131. Studies in American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated with consent of department chair to a maximum of 8 units if
course content varies.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what
is being taught any particular quarter, students should consult the department's
Course Outline Booklet.
132AA-ZZ. Studies in American Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided the letter designations
are different.
Courses in individual American writers such as Hawthorne-Melville
(132HM); Henry James (132J); Mark Twain (132T); Ernest Hemingway (132H);
William Faulkner (132F); Emily Dickinson (132 D); Robert Frost (132FR);
Walt Whitman (132W).
133AA-ZZ. Studies in American Regional Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
Courses on American writing associated with particular
regions such as the South, the West, New England.
134AA-ZZ. Studies in the Literature of Cultural and
Ethnic Communities in the United States
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
10 recommended for English majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum
of 12 units providing letter designations are different, but only 8 units
may apply toward the major.
Courses on writing produced by, or associated with, cultural
communities in America such as Afro-American, Chicano, Asian-American.
135. The Puritan Tradition in American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The development of the main ideas of American Puritanism.
136A. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The first course in a sequence surveying the variety
of developing traditions in American writing from the beginnings through
the revolutionary period.
136AS. Seminar on 17th and 18th Century American Literature
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 136A.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 136A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 136A reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
136B. Nineteenth Century American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open for credit to students who have completed English 136.
The second course in a sequence surveying the variety
of developing traditions in American writing from post-revolutionary to
the modern period.
136BS. Seminar on 19th Century American Literature
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 136B.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 136B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 136B reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
136C. Twentieth Century American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
The third course in a sequence surveying the variety
of developing traditions in American writing-modern to contemporary.
136CS. Seminar on 20th Century American Literature
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 136C.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 136C designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motiated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 136C reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
137A. Poetry in America before 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Developing traditions of American poetry within a variety
of historical and cultural contexts from the beginnings to the modern era.
137B. Poetry in America since 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Developing traditions of American poetry within a variety
of historical and cultural contexts-modern to contemporary.
138A. Prose Narrative in America before 1865
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Developing traditions of prose narrative within a variety
of historical and cultural contexts from the beginnings through the Civil
War.
138B. Prose Narrative in America, 1865 to 1917
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Developing traditions of prose narrative within a variety
of historical and cultural contexts from the Civil War to World War I.
138C. Prose Narrative in America since 1917
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Developing traditions of prose narrative within a variety
of historical and cultural contexts from World War I to the present.
140. Contemporary American Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
An intensive study of American writing from World War
II to the present.
144. The European Renaissance
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Helps
to fulfill the English major requirement in foreign language (option 2).
Such authors as Petrarch, Boccaccio, Rabelais, Montaigne,
Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli.
145. Studies in English Renaissance Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated with consent of department chair to a maximum of 8 units if
course content varies.
Studies in English literature of the period from 1500
to 1660. Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being
taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the department's
Course Outline Booklet.
150. Anglo-Irish Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A study of twentieth century Irish literature written
in English against a background of Irish history during the struggle for
independence and later. Major emphasis on Yeats, Joyce, Synge, and O'Casey;
other writers of the period, such as Stephens, O'Flaherty, O'Connor, and
Behan, will also be touched on.
151AA-ZZ. Studies in British Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided the letter designations
are different.
Courses in individual writers such as Spenser, Donne,
Jonson, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, Johnson, Blake, Wordsworth,
Dickens, Lawrence, and Yeats.
152A. Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Intensive study of the Canterbury Tales.
152AS. Seminar on Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 152A and consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 152A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 152A reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
152B. Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde and the Minor Poems
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Study of Troilus and Criseyde and other
works of Chaucer.
154. British and American Verse Since 1900
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units with consent of the department
chair and provided the topics are different.
A course in British and American verse since 1900.
157. English Renaissance Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
A course in the English drama of the period from 1500
to 1642, excluding Shakespeare. Such writers as Marlowe, Jonson, Dekker,
Heywood, and Webster.
160. Spenser
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Not
open for credit to students who have completed English 151S.
The works of Spenser, with primary focus on The Faerie
Queene.
162. Milton
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Intensive study of Milton.
162S. Seminar on Milton
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 162 and consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 162 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 162 reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
165AA-ZZ. Topics in Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit provided the letter designations are different,
but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Studies of topics not limited to a specific author, period,
or literary form. Specific course titles will be announced prior to the
beginning of each quarter.
168. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Verse and Prose
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Non-dramatic works by such writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift,
Cowper, Gray, Johnson, and Boswell.
169. Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Such dramatists as Dryden, Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve,
and Sheridan.
172. Studies in the Enlightenment
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated with consent of department chair to a maximum of 8 units if
course content varies.
A course in the neoclassical literature of England and
the Continent. Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is
being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the department's
Course Outline Booklet.
177. The Age of Romanticism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
English and Continental literature of the romantic movement.
178. Nineteenth Century Prose
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Nonfiction prose writers of the romantic and Victorian
periods, such as Coleridge, Hazlitt, Arnold, and Carlyle.
179. British Romantic Writers
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Such writers as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,
Keats, Shelley, Lamb, and Hazlitt.
180. The Victorian Era
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Such writers as Browning, Tennyson, Hopkins, Hardy, and
the pre-Raphaelites.
181. Studies in the Nineteenth Century
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated with consent of department chair to a maximum of 8 units if
course content varies.
A course in the romantic and Victorian periods. Topics
will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what is being taught in any particular
quarter, students should consult the department's Course Outline Booklet.
182AA-ZZ. Craft of Prose
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Highest
priority to English majors in the creative writing emphasis, with next
preference to other English majors. Completion of lower-division English
major requirements strongly advised. May be repeated for credit up to a
maximum of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Reading of selected fiction and other relevant prose
emphasizing analysis and understanding of literary methods, kinds, techniques,
and objectives from the viewpoint of the practicing writer.
183AA-ZZ. Craft of Verse
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Highest
priority to English majors in the creative writing emphasis, with next
preference to other English majors. Completion of lower-division English
major requirements strongly advised. May be repeated for credit to a maximum
of 12 units providing letter designations are different.
Reading of selected poems and critical statements by
the authors emphasizing analysis and understanding of literary methods,
kinds, techniques, and objectives from the viewpoint of the practicing
writer.
184. Modern European Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Helps to fulfill the English major requirement in foreign
language (Option 2). Such authors as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust, Kafka,
Mann, and Sartre in translation.
185. Modernism in English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
10 recommended for English majors.
A survey of English Modernism. Reading may include works
by immediate precursors of English Modernism (Pater, Wilde), but will concentrate
on representative texts by such central figures as Eliot, Pound, HD, Williams,
Yeats, Stein, Woolf, Conrad, and Barnes.
186. Modernism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
10 recommended for English majors.
Introduction to Modernism as an international complex
of interconnected aesthetic ideas and practices across the media.
187. Studies in Modern Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. May
be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with consent of department
chair if course content varies.
Topics will vary from quarter to quarter. To see what
is being taught in any particular quarter, students should consult the
department's Course Outline Booklet.
188. Studies in Postmodernism
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. English
185 or 186. English 10 recommended for English majors.
A course devoted to both the texts and problematics of
postmodernism.
189. Contemporary Literature
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Study of English and American contemporary drama, fiction,
and poetry written since 1960.
190. Literature in English Outside England and the
United States
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Literature in English from such countries as India, the
Caribbean, and the African nations.
191. Afro-American Fiction and Criticism, 1920s to
the Present
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Such early writers as Hughes, Hurston, Wright, Ellison,
Baldwin, and such contemporary writers as Reed, Walker, Morrison, Bambara
within various cultural and theoretical contexts.
192. Science Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Suitable
for majors as well as non-majors.
The course examines science fiction as a literary genre.
Emphasis throughout is upon the nature and development of the genre in
its historical and cultural context.
192S. Seminar on Science Fiction
(1) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Concurrent
enrollment in English 192 and consent of instructor.
A seminar course for a select number of students enrolled
in English 192 designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the
motivated student. Course will include either supplementary readings, or
more intensive study of the English 192 reading list, as well as supplemental
writing.
193. Detective Fiction
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
Critical and historical study of fiction from the classics
of Poe, Conan Doyle, and Christie to the many contemporary kinds.
196. Honors English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents.
For students in the English Department's honors program
only.
197. Upper-Division Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Limited
to upper-division English majors.
Content will vary with each instructor. Students will
be asked to do a project that acquaints them with some of the resources
of the library and results in their reading beyond the primary course materials.
199. Independent Studies in English
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Students
must (1) have attained upper-division standing (2) have a minimum 3.0 grade-point
average for the preceding 3 quarters (3) have completed at least two upper-division
courses in English; (4) have consent of instructor and department. Students
are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of 199/199RA
course work toward the English major.
Reading and conference for students with upper-division
standing.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance in English
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: Writing 2 and 50, or equivalents. Students
must (1) have attained upper-division standing; (2) have a minimum 3.0
grade-point average for the preceding 3 quarters; (3) have completed at
least two upper-division courses in English; (4) have consent of instructor
and department. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units
total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA courses combined. Students may apply a
maximum of 8 units of 199/199RA coursework toward the English major.
Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research
assistance.
201. Literary Criticism: Plato to Jonson
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
202. Literary Criticism: Dryden to the Present
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. English 201 is not
prerequisite to 202.
205A. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Introduction to the language, prose, and shorter poems.
205B. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: English 205A, graduate standing.
Beowulf.
205C. Old English
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: 205A-B, graduate standing. May be repeated
for credit with consent of the chair of the department graduate committee.
Topics in Old English literature.
206. The History of the English Language
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
207. The Structure of the English Language
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
208. Applied Rhetoric, Poetics, and Linguistics
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The application of linguistic and rhetorical principles
to the study of literature. Emphasis on practical criticism.
211. Studies in the History of Criticism
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Rapid survey of the major theories from the Greeks to
1900 with special emphasis on British and American critics.
220. Theory of Composition
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
An examination of current theories of composition and
their intellectual background with a review of recent research in the composing
process and in related fields. Includes experiments and exercises in composing
and in analyzing compositions, using written work of class members.
Contents of "studies" courses listed below will vary from quarter to quarter, therefore, these may be repeated for credit with the consent of the chair of the department graduate committee.
230. Studies in Medieval Literature
(4) Staff
231. Studies in Renaissance Literature
(4) Staff
232. Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Literature
(4) Staff
233. Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
(4) Staff
234. Studies in Twentieth Century Literature
(4) Staff
235. Studies in American Literature
(4) Staff
236. Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory
(4) Staff
237. Studies in Genres, Themes, Approaches
(4) Staff
238. Scholarly Editing
(4) Staff
An introduction to the theory and practice of modern
scholarly editing, using examples drawn from both literary and historical
documents.
265AA-ZZ. Seminar in Special Topics
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Providing that the
letter designations are different, the course may be repeated for credit
with the consent of the graduate advisor.
Content of two-quarter course will vary from year to
year.
270. Studies in Poetry
(4) Staff
271. Studies in Drama
(4) Staff
272. Studies in Fiction
(4) Staff
297. Graduate Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Maximum of 4 units
will count towards M.A. degree with consent of the graduate advisor. No
unit credit allowed toward Ph.D. degree.
Graduate tutorial involving regular conferences with
instructor and directed research toward seminar paper(s). Attendance at
relevant upper-division lectures also required.
500. Directed Teaching
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: appointment as a teaching assistant.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degrees.
Supervision and instruction of teaching assistants. Teaching
assistants must register for this course.
590. Workshop on Scholarly Publication
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Workshop to help graduate students prepare papers for
submission to scholarly journals.
591. Doctoral Colloquium
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Course provides support for graduate students when developing
their dissertation ideas. Focus on research in the humanities at a practical
level.
596AA-ZZ. Directed Reading and Research
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Individual tutorial. A written proposal for each tutorial
must be approved by the graduate advisor.
597. Individual Study for Master's Comprehensive Examinations
and Ph.D. Examinations
(1-12) Staff
Maximum of 12 units per quarter. S/U grade. Enrollment
limited to 24 units per examination. No unit credit allowed toward advanced
degree(s).
Instructor should be the student's major professor or
the chair of the doctoral committee.
599. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Only for research underlying the dissertation, writing
the dissertation.