Laughter and tears are not always straightforward. A tale of pride going before a fall can be reassuring to us as well as sad, and a Hollywood...
As a relatively new genre that burst on the literary scene with the emergence of magazine culture, the short story is a truly modern form. Its...
Life without stories? Inconceivable. The moment we ask, "Who am I?" or "Where did I come from?" narrative steps in, giving shape to our identity and...
Lit. Horror stories, pop songs, love poetry, comics-this course introduces students to various types of writing that were popular at different times...
This course takes a rhetorical perspective to explore the historical and philosophical transformations of writing and written texts. In particular, it...
From classical poetry to video games, stories follow recognizable patterns that tell us much about our values, fears, and desires. Offering a fertile...
How has colonialism impacted indigenous cultures, and how have indigenous people used texts to pose challenges to colonialism and to preserve and...
Edward Said declared the twentieth century "the age of the refugee, the displaced person, mass immigration." This course looks at literature and films...
Storytelling forms the narrative backbone of texts even in non-fictional modes of discourse like scientific essays, historical testimony, political...
Using novels, short stories, films and other media, this course focuses on significant challenges faced by, and changes initiated in, a wide range of...
Starting with the powerful images of folk tale, fairy tale, and legend, and following them through fantasies and animal tales, this course explores...
This course examines children's literature as a cultural category that shapes and is shaped by changing notions of "the child" and childhood. Students...
From grants, scripts and interviews to story pitches, reviews, profiles and publicity copy, professional writers in the Arts shape the sounds and...
This project-based course studies the historical, theoretical, and practical foundations of writing instruction. Topics may include rhetoric and...
This project-based course examines the theory and practice of writing and editing in digital environments. Particular attention will be given to the...
This project-based course offers students the opportunity both to study models of good writing and to develop their own creative abilities. Class...
Critical theory has become indispensable to the discipline of English studies today. This course is designed to familiarize the student of English...
This course introduces students to one of the key areas of critical interest and debate in English studies, postcolonialism, and invites them to...
In this class, students study some of the most prominent efforts of 20th Century American writers, public figures, and filmmakers to give voice and...
This course examines early modern literature and culture in the 16th century, by tracing the development of European humanist writings and literature...