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Course: ENGL 573: Special Topics in African -American Literature–Black Southern Genius: The Works of Kiese Laymon Professor: Dr. Kenneth Johnson II Location: CofC Time: M 5:30 – 8:15 Room: TBA Counts as elective

Course: ENGL 588: Proseminar in Cultural Studies Professor: Dr. Myra Seaman Location: CofC Time: M/W 4:00 – 5:15 Room: TBA Today, the Middle Ages bring to mind armored knights fighting to the death, kings abusing peasants, and priests burning heretics at the stake–with women offering passive inspiration to male heroism, suffering abuse, or worse. Yet […]

ENGL 578: The British and American Novel between the Wars (Proseminar in Major Literary Themes) Professor: Dr. Joseph Kelly Location: CofC Time: Monday 5:30 – 8:15 Room: TBA This course will examine several modern British and American novels between the World Wars. Modernism is often considered as apart from or above politics, but we’ll deal […]

ENGL 574: Nature, the Earth, the Human, and the Renaissance: Environmental Perspectives from Ovid to Shakespeare (Special Topics in British Literature Before 1800). Professor: Dr. Yunah Kae Location: CofC Time: Wednesday 5:30 – 8:15 Room: TBA Can reading ‘archaic’ literature impact a modern world constantly threatened by global climate change, pandemic, and large-scale natural disasters? […]

ENGL 535: African American Literature Professor: Dr. Licia Hendriks Location: Citadel Time: Tuesday 5:30 – 8:15 Room: TBA This survey course situates the African American literary tradition in a developing domestic and international cultural context, and addresses the ways in which it is (and isn’t) a legitimate offshoot of the overarching category of American Literature.  […]

ENGL 555: Literary Criticism Professor: Dr. Scott Lucas Location: Citadel Time: Thursday 5:30 – 8:15 Room: TBA In this course, we will study the history and influence of literary criticism in the Western tradition, from its earliest expressions to contemporary theoretical approaches.  We will explore various views on the proper focus and scope of literary […]

ENGL 553: Modern English Grammar Professor: Dr. Alyson Eggleston Location: The Citadel Time: Summer 2: June 28 – August 13, Online This course examines modern English morphology and syntax using formal Minimalist analytical approaches. Additionally, through a typological understanding of common crosslinguistic structures as documented in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS), varieties of […]

ENGL 560: Film Studies Professor: Dr. Sean Heuston Location: The Citadel Time: Summer 1: May 10 – June 25, Thursdays, 5:30 – 8:30 This course will examine films from a variety of nations, filmmakers, and genres (everything from classic older films to recent mainstream films to music videos to short online videos) and will consider the ways aspects of filmmaking such as […]

ENGL 532: American Poetry after 1900 Professor: Dr. Anton Vander Zee Location: CofC Time: Wednesday 5:30 – 8:15 The power of what the poet Robert Creeley would call a “company”–a group of fellow travelers in art and life who share certain core ideas about what poetry might accomplish–has long sustained American poets. At times, these […]

ENGL 577: Major Literary Themes, Coming of Age in Southern Spaces Professor: Dr. Julia Eichelberger Location: CofC Time: Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00 – 5:15 Since 1900, numerous authors have represented transitions from childhood to adulthood in the U. S. South. This course will compare and contrast the experiences of Southern children and young people from […]