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1-1-2014
English Literature Curriculum Map 2013-2014Gale BurrowClaremont University Consortium
Char BoothClaremont University Consortium
Dani BrecherClaremont University Consortium
M. Sara LoweClaremont University Consortium
Sean M. StoneClaremont University Consortium
See next page for additional authors
This map displays degree requirements, courses, faculty information, clubs & organizations, andLibrary resources associated with American Studies across the seven Claremont Colleges (7Cs) forthe 2013-14 academic year. It was compiled using public information drawn from Colleges websites,course schedules and catalogs, and the Claremont Colleges Library website. These maps should beunderstood as a snapshot of the consortium in time, and not representative of currentinformation beyond 2013-14.This project was completed as part of an IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant in 2013-14.
This Curriculum Tool is brought to you for free and open access by the Claremont Colleges Curriculum Tools at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Curriculum Maps by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please [email protected].
Recommended CitationBurrow, Gale; Booth, Char; Brecher, Dani; Lowe, M. Sara; Stone, Sean M.; and Tagge, Natalie, "English Literature Curriculum Map2013-2014" (2014). Curriculum Maps. Paper 4.http://scholarship.claremont.edu/ccct_cmaps/4
AuthorsGale Burrow, Char Booth, Dani Brecher, M. Sara Lowe, Sean M. Stone, and Natalie Tagge
This curriculum tool is available at Scholarship @ Claremont: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/ccct_cmaps/4
ClaremontCollegesLibrary:7CsEnglishLiteratureCurriculum,
2013-14
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Clubs&Organizations
CMC Undercurrents:literaryjournalofCMC
Pomona Passwords:literarymagazine(5C)
Courses
CMC
Completecourselisting r T
LIT10CompositionandLiteraryAnalysis
LIT31IntroductiontoCreativeWriting r
LIT34CreativeJournalism
LIT36Screenwriting
LIT38FictionWriting r
LIT57BritishWritersI r
LIT58BritishWritersII
LIT60AmericanWritersto1900 r
LIT61Bible
LIT62Shakespeare’sTragedies
LIT63Chaucer r
LIT64Shakespeare’sHistoriesandRomances
LIT65LovePoetryoftheEnglishRenaissance
LIT66Shakespeare’sComedies
LIT67Milton
LIT68Sex,Lies,and18th-CenturyEnglishStageComedy
LIT7119th-CenturyBritishNovel
LIT72JaneAusten
LIT74GothicandtheLiteratureofSensation r
LIT76ModernBritishFiction
LIT77RichardWrightandZoraNealeHurston
LIT8019th-CenturyAmericanFiction
LIT81Melville(seminar)
LIT82AmericanModernism
LIT8320th-CenturyAmericanShortStory
LIT86AmericanNovel,1900-1945
LIT87ModernBlackFiction
LIT90BlackPoliticsandtheLiteraryImagination
LIT91AmericanPoetry:TraditionandExperiment
LIT98NewsfromtheDelphicOracle:AncientGreekLiteratureandCulture
LIT99SpecialTopicsinLiterature r
LIT100LiteraryTheorySincePlato r
LIT102ExploringPoetry
LIT103ModernPoetry
LIT105DomesticBliss?TheMedievalHousehold
LIT106ComedyandLaughter
LIT107ModernDrama
LIT108EarlyWomenWriters:Medieval
LIT109BibleinMedievalArtandLiterature
LIT111DanteandBoccaccio:theItalianFourteenthCentury.
LIT112Dante
LIT113HomerandVirgil
LIT116Autobiograpgy&LiteraryImagination r
LIT118RomanticRevolution
LIT11919th-CenturyRussianNovel
LIT120HistoryoftheEnglishNovel
LIT121BritishModernism r
LIT122EuropeanModernistFiction
LIT123FugitivesFromUtopia:TheWritersofPost-WarPoland
LIT124LiteratureandWar
LIT12520th-CenturyEnglishandIrishPoetry
LIT12620th-CenturyBlackPoetics
LIT127NovelSinceWorldWarII
LIT130LanguageofFilm
LIT131FilmHistoryI(1925-1965) r
LIT132FilmHistoryII(1965-present)
LIT133FilmandLiterature r
LIT134SpecialStudiesinFilm(seminar)
LIT138FilmandMassCulture
LIT139FilmTheory
LIT143VictorianPoetryandEssay
LIT145WildeandCo.
LIT147LiteratureoftheUnderground:SubterraneanThemesAcrossTraditions
LIT148RalphEllison’sAmerica
LIT153PostcolonialNovel
LIT155WritingNature:Gardens,Fields,andWilderness
LIT157EthicsofScientificLeadership:LiteraryPerspectives
LIT160ScienceandFaithinModernLiterature
LIT160-AFCaribbeanLiterature r
LIT161LeadershipandDiversityinLiterature
LIT162LiteratureandtheVisualArts
LIT163LeadershipinLiteratureandFilm
LIT164BritishFeministLiterature
LIT165Nietzsche,Marx,andFreud
LIT166FeministTheory
LIT167GayandLesbianWriters
LIT168PostmodernismandPostmodernFiction
LIT170WomenandComedy
LIT175Women’sMagazinesandtheFemaleJournalist
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LIT177ArtofOratory
LIT182JamesJoyce(seminar) r
LIT183AdvancedFictionWriting r
LIT195RobertFrost
LIT199IndependentStudyinLiterature
Fall2013
LIT031CM-01-IntrotoCreativeWriting
LIT038CM-01-FictionWriting
LIT057CM-01-BritishWritersI
LIT061CM-01-TheBible
SubtoLIT081CM-01-Melvillepic
LIT099CM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-TheArtofAttention
LIT099ACM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-Swann'sWayCentennialSeminar
LIT099BCM-01-SpecialTopicsinLiterature-DocumentaryFilm&History
LIT102CM-01-ExploringPoetry
LIT110CM-01-TheAgeofChivalry
LIT122CM-01-EuropeanModernistFiction
LIT131CM-01-FilmHistoryI(1925-1965)
LIT138CM-01-FilmandMassCulture
LIT170CM-01-WomenandComedy
Spring2014
LIT058CM-01—BritishWritersII C lassarea1
ETC120Titletitletitle
ETC140Titletitletitle
LIT067CM-01—Milton
LIT080CM-01—19thCenturyAmericanFiction
LIT099ACM-01—SpecialTopicsinLiterature-LoveSongs T
LIT099CM-01—SpecialTopicsinLiterature-TheArtoftheShortStory
T
LIT100CM-01—LiteraryTheorySincePlato T
LIT105CM-01—Gender&FamilyinMedievalLit T
LIT115CM-01—ShakespeareandhisRivals T
LIT118CM-01—TheRomanticRevolution T
LIT130CM-01—IntroductiontoFilm T
LIT181CM-01—AdvancedCreativeWriting T
LIT195CM-01—StudiesinLiterature:Frost T
Pitzer
Completecourselisting T
Fall2013
ENGL001PZ-01-LiteraryTheory
ENGL009AF-01-BlackFeministCommunityLearning&Lit
ENGL011APZ-01-SurveyofAmericanLitto1865
ENGL012AF-01-IntrotoAfr-AmerLitafter1865
ENGL030PZ-01-IntroductiontoCreativeWriting
ENGL030PZ-02-IntroductiontoCreativeWriting
ENGL032PZ-01-PoeticsofCorrespondence
ENGL075PZ-01-Contemp.Chicana/oLiterature
ENGL090PZ-01-Alienation&ExileinModWorld
ENGL111PZ-01-Love&LossinBritLit1750-Present
ENGL153PZ-01-PerformingLiterature
ENGL192PZ-01-LiteratureofTransnationalism
Spring2014
ENGL009AF-01—BlackFeministCommunityLearning&Lit T
ENGL010BPZ-01—SurveyofBritishLiteratureII T
ENGL011BPZ-01—SurveyofAmericanLitAfter1865 T
ENGL015BPZ-01—Introto20thCWorldLiterature T
ENGL034PZ-01—IntermedCreativeWriting:Fiction T
ENGL074PZ-01—USSportsLiterature T
ENGL091PZ-01—CrossBorders,RitesofPassage T
ENGL128PZ-01—WritingtheBody T
ENGL130PZ-01—AdvancedPoetryWorkshop T
ENGL131PZ-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Fiction T
ENGL173PZ-01—DesireinLiterature&Culture T
ENGL198PZ-01—SeniorSeminar T
Pomona
Completecourselisting r T
ENGL50ModernBritishLiterature
ENGL51ModernAmericanFiction r
ENGL5320thCenturyAmericanWomenWriters
ENGL55TopicsinContemporaryFiction
ENGL56ContemporaryNativeAmericanLiterature
ENGL57ModernBritish&IrishPoetry r
ENGL64ElementsofCreativeWriting r
ENGL65SpecialTopicsinCreativeWriting
ENGL67LiteraryInterpretation r
ENGL74BritishNovel,BehnthroughAusten
ENGL75BritishNovelII
ENGL80BibleasLiterature
ENGL81HistoryoftheBook:Papyrus,Parchment,Paper,Pixel
ENGL83ArthurianLiterature
ENGL85HistoryoftheEnglishLanguage
ENGL86PoetryMovementsSincethe1950s
ENGL87Writing:Theories,Processes,Pedagogies r
ENGL88Poetsinthe21stCentury
ENGL89MMadnessandPostwarAmericanCulture
ENGL89NLAStories
ENGL90MedievalandRenaissanceLiterature
ENGL91Enlightenment,RomanticandVIctorianLiterature
ENGL92ANglo-IrishLiteraryTradition
ENGL94Pre-ContacttoC ivilWarUSLiterature
ENGL95FromAntebellumtoPostwar:USLiteraturefrom1855-1955
ENGL100Literature&CulturesofUSImperialism
ENGL101EnglishLyricBefore1700
ENGL103LiteratureoftheEnlightenment
ENGL104LiteratureoftheRomanticPeriod
ENGL105LiteratureoftheVictorianPeriod
ENGL10619thCenturyWomenWriters
ENGL107WIlliamBlake
ENGL110WomenandtheRiseoftheNovel
ENGL113StepRightUp:Race,Gender,&PopularCulture1865-1917
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ENGL115EatingtheOther:Race,Gender,&LiteraryFoodStudies
ENGL116Excess r
ENGL117Postructuralism r
ENGL118NatureofNarrativeinFictionsandFilms
ENGL123HolocaustinLiteratureandFilm
ENGL127Pre-ModernPsychology
ENGL138HenryJamesonArt&Society r
ENGL140LiteratureofIncarceration:WritingsfromNoMan'sLand
r
ENGL142AmericanPoetry
ENGL143AmericanPoeticModernisms r
ENGL144PsychoanalysisandLiterature
ENGL145GothicTradition r
ENGL147ContemporaryCriticalTheory
ENGL148LiteraryTheory,Ancient&Modern
ENGL153Chaucer&HisWorld
ENGL154Shakespeare:TheComedies&Histories
ENGL155Shakespeare:TheTragedies&Romances
ENGL156Milton&VisualCulture
ENGL157Nature&Gender:ReadingEnvironmentalLiterature
ENGL158JaneAusten
ENGL159Literature&theNaturalWorld r
ENGL160TheoriesofAuthorship
ENGL161JamesJoyce
ENGL163T.S.Eliot&VirginiaWoolf
ENGL167ContemporaryPoetry
ENGL168WritingMachines
ENGL170AdvancedStudiesSeminar r
ENGL183AdvancedCreativeWriting
ENGL184NewPoetics r
ENGL189SpecialTopics r
ENGL99/199Reading&Research
ENGL190/191SeniorExercise:SeminarOption(190),SeniorThesis(191)
Fall2013
ENGL055CPO-01-WesternsandGold
ENGL056PO-01-ContemporaryNativeAmericanLit
ENGL064APO-01-CreativeWriting:Fiction
ENGL067PO-01-LiteraryInterpretation
ENGL067PO-02-LiteraryInterpretation
ENGL087FPO-01-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies
ENGL087HPO-01-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies
ENGL087HPO-02-Writing:Theories/Proces/Pedagogies
ENGL125CAF-01-IntroductiontoAfr-AmericanLit
ENGL149PO-01-Korea'sIMF-CrisisC inema
ENGL151PO-01-TopicsinMedievalLit&Culture
ENGL154PO-01-Shakespeare:Comedies&Histories
ENGL158PO-01-JaneAusten
ENGL170DPO-01-MobyDick
ENGL170PPO-01-EarlyModernEnvironments
ENGL195PO-01-Criticism:AdvancedMethods
Spring2014
ENGL050PO-01—ModernBritish&IrishFiction T
ENGL054PO-01—Asian/AmericanLitSince2000
ENGL058PO-01—NativeAmericanWomenWriters T
ENGL064APO-01—CreativeWriting:Fiction T
ENGL064BPO-01—CreativeWriting:Poetry T
ENGL067PO-01—LiteraryInterpretation T
ENGL091PO-01—Englightnmnt,Romantic,VictorianLit T
ENGL093PO-01—Rock&RollWriting T
ENGL094PO-01—Pre-ContacttoC ivilWarUSLit T
ENGL097PO-01—Religion/Literature/Environment T
ENGL105PO-01—LiteratureofVictorianPeriod T
ENGL124AF-01—AfroFuturisms T
ENGL155PO-01—Shakespeare:Tragedies&Romances T
ENGL156PO-01—MiltonandVisualCulture T
ENGL170BPO-01—Dickens&theRoleoftheAuthor T
ENGL170KPO-01—TheCanterburyTales T
ENGL183APO-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Fiction T
ENGL183BPO-01—AdvCreativeWriting:Poetry T
RUST185PO-01—TheNovelsofVladimirNabokov T
Scripps
Completecourselisting T
Fall2013
ENGL101ASC-01-SurveyBritishLiteraturePart1
ENGL102ASC-01-Surveyto1865:AmericanLit
ENGL105SC-01-AmericanShortStory
ENGL107SC-01-TheP-Word:ReclaimingPoetry
ENGL121SC-01-Milton:Nature,Knowledge,Creation
ENGL123ASC-01-TheElizabethanShakespeare
ENGL143SC-01-VictorianNovel
ENGL176SC-01-SouthernWomenWriters
ENGL180SC-01-AsianAmericanFiction
ENGL184DCH-01-Chicana/oShortFiction
ENGL185MSC-01-Memoir:CreativeNonfictionWrit
ENGL189DSC-01-Genre:TheArtFilm
ENGL190SC-01-SeniorSeminarinEnglish
ENGL190SC-02-SeniorSeminarinEnglish
Spring2014
ENGL101BSC-01—SurveyBritishLiteraturePart2 T
ENGL104SC-01—AmerNaturalism:Marx,Darwin,Freud T
ENGL115SC-01—JuniorSeminarinLitTheory T
ENGL123BSC-01—TheJacobeanShakespeare T
ENGL135SC-01—TheSatiricalImagination
ENGL151SC-01—ModernBritishNovel T
ENGL174SC-01—ContemporaryWomenWriters T
ENGL178SC-01—WomenandtheWritingofScience T
ENGL184ACH-01—ChicanoMovementLiterature T
ENGL185PSC-01—PoetryWritingWorkshop T
ENGL189ASC-01—AmericanFilm:Ford,Capra,Hitchcock T
CGU
Completecourselisting
ENGL345AmericanClassics
ENGL370IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory
ENGL371PostmodernMelodrama
ENGL247SCContemporaryWomenWriters
ENGL285SCMemoir:CreativeNon-FictionWriting
ENGL359Nineteenth-CenturyAmericanLit
ENGL361EighteenthCenturyWomenNovelists
ENGL364WorkshopinPetrarchanLyric
ENGL366MiltonSeminar
ENGL383ProustSeminar
ENGL385EmilyDickinson:HerLife&Work
ENGL390LiteraryTheoryfromPlatotothePresentDayPt1
ENGL391AmericanShortStory,1945-present
ENGL400MContinuousRegistration(MAStudents)
ENGL499DoctoralStudy(PhDStudents)
ENGL125Biblicalliterature
Fall2013
ENGLISH333-NarrativeTheory
ENGLISH358-TeachingtheHumanities:CreatingandDesigningTechnique
ENGLISH365-HenryJamesandEdithWharton
ENGLISH366-MiltonSeminar
ENGLISH435-SentimentandSensationintheEarlyAmericanNovel,1789-1861
ENGLISH438-Religion&Secularismin20thCenturyAmericanLiterature
ENGLISH440-England,Empire,Novel
ENGLISH456-HemisphericAmericas
ENGLISH489-OntheBanksoftheLARiver
Spring2014
ENGLISH383;ProustSeminar
ENGLISH400:AmericanLiteratureandPoliticalTheory,18thc.-present
ENGLISH415:TheAmericanRenaissance
ENGLISH421:TheStyleofTheory
ENGLISH430:EarlyModernFieldExamSpringSeminar:EarlyModernReligiousLiterature
ENGLISH433:TheAmericanNovelafter1945
ENGLISH434:SocialRealism:TheAfricanAmericanNovelatMidTwentiethCentury
ENGLISH436:VisualStorytelling
HISTORY327:PrintHistory,OralTraditions,andWritingTechnologiesinEarlyModernEngland
Faculty
CMC TLiterature
AudreyBilger
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Feminism;MarriageEquality;GenderStudies;ComedyandSatire;FeministTheory;EnglishLiterature/EnglishNovel
ChristineCrockett
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:EighteenthCenturyBritishLiterature,TheGothicNovel,GenderStudies,MedicalLiterature,TheEnglishNovel
RobertFaggenDirector,GouldCenterforHumanisticStudies
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:AmericanLiterature,AmericanPoetry,EasternEuropeanLiterature,HistoryofScience,ScienceandLiterature,AmericanCulture,LiteraryCriticism
JohnC.Farrell
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Post-EnlightenmentLiteratureandCulture;CriticismandCriticalTheory;LiteratureandPhilosophy;LiteratureandScience;Psychoanalysis
JamaicaKincaidJosephineOlpWeeksChair
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:CreativeWriting
SethLobis
T
BrianMcGrath T
JamesMorrison
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:FilmandLiterature
KatharineNoel
TWriterinResidence
EricPuchner
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EllenK.Rentz
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:MiddleEnglishliteratureanddrama,medievalreligiousculture,urbanstudies,historyofthebook
ThomasSchur T
RobertvonHallberg
TGouldResearchProfessor2010-2011
NicholasWarner
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:BritishandAmericanRomanticism;19th-CenturyRussianLiterature;LeadershipinLiteratureandFilm
HarveyMuddHSA(literature)
IsabelBalseiro(complit)
Researchinterests:ContemporarywritersandfilmmakersofAfricaandSouthAmerica•culturalandracestudies•filmandpostcolonialliterature
AmbereenDadabhoy(literature)
Researchinterests:EarlymodernEnglishliterature•Shakespeare•postcolonialtheory•East-Westencounter
JeffGroves(literature)
Researchinterests:Nineteenth-centuryAmericanliterature•historyofthebook•Shakespeare
Pitzer
BrentArmendinger
ResearchInterests:contemporarypoetry,creativewriting,culturalrepresentationsofillnessanddisability,textandimagecollaborations,queertheory,writingandcommunityoutreach
SumangalaBhattacharya
JaneCorreia
LauraHarris
ResearchInterests:20thcenturyAfricanAmericanliteratureandculture,FeministandQueerTheory,HarlemRenaissanceStudies,AfricanDiasporaStudies,PerformanceStudies
MelissaHidalgo
ResearchInterests:Chicana/oliteratureandculturalproduction;comparativeUSEthnicandpostcolonialliteraturesandcultures;gender/sexuality/queerstudies;culturesofUSschoolingandeducation;lateVictorian/earlyModernBritishliterature;mediaandfilmstudies;popularmusicandfandom;Morrissey;Ireland;sportsinUSculture.
PlascenciaSalvador
AlbertWachtel
ResearchInterests:JamesJoyce;Shakespeare;epicandscripture;theancientworld;fiction;creativenon-fiction,dramaandfictionwriting;tragedy;theoryofliterature;20th-centurynovel.
Pomona
KevinDettmar
Expertise:JamesJoyce;rock&roll;modernBritishliterature;modernIrishliterature;popularculture;culturalstudies
HillaryGravendyk
Expertise:20th-CenturyAmericanLiterature;PoetryandPoetics;Phenomenology;DisabilityStudies;EnvironmentalStudies
JosephJonghyunJeon
Expertise:Asian/Americanliteratureandvisualculture;20th-centuryAmericanliterature;AmericanModernism
JordanKirk
Expertise:MiddleEnglishLiterature(1100-1500);Medievalphilosophy,theology,andtheoryoflanguage;Continentalphilosophy
AaronKunin
Expertise:Milton;Englishliterature1500-1800;poetics
JonathanLethem
Expertise:CreativeWriting
PaulMannExpertise:Poetry;WilliamBlake;TheHolocaust;LiteraryCriticism;CreativeWriting;Philosophy;Poststructuralism
SarahRaff
Expertise:Eighteenth-CenturyLiterature;PsychoanalyticandGenderTheory;HistoryandTheoryoftheNovel
C laudiaRankine
Expertise:CreativeWriting;Poetry
ArdenReed
Expertise:Modernism;Image/TextRelations;ContemporaryArt;EnglishRomanticLiterature;19th-CenturyFrenchCulture
DaraRegaignon
Expertise:VictorianLiteratureandCulture;Children’sLiterature;Composition;WritingintheDisciplines;Pedagogy;GenreTheory
ColleenRosenfeld
Expertise:Shakespeare;EarlyModernPoetryandPoetics
ValorieThomas
Expertise:AfricanDiasporafilm/literature;language,race,andsocialjustice;BlackfeministwritersincludingToniMorrison;Screenwriting.
KylaTompkins
Expertise:CulturalTheory;AmericanStudies;FoodStudies;Nineteenth-CenturyU.S.Literature;RaceandGenderintheNineteenth-Century;FeministTheory;GenderTheory;RaceandGenderintheNineteenth-Century;QueerTheoryandSexuality
Scripps
KimberlyDrake
ResearchandTeachingInterests:Writing;Americanliteratureandculture;protestwritingandsubculturesofprotest
GayleGreene
ResearchandTeachingInterests:Shakespeare,womenwriters,feministcriticism,creativenonfiction(memoir),healthandenvironmentalissues
AaronMatz
ResearchandTeachingInterests:Nineteenth-andtwentieth-centuryBritishnovel,Anglo-Frenchliteraryrelations,satire,realism,literatureandmorality.
WarrenLiuResearchandTeachingInterests:ContemporaryAmericanliterature;AsianAmericanliterature;Americanpoetryandpoetics
JohnPeavoy
ResearchandTeachingInterests:18thCenturyBritishLit,GothicFiction,AmericanFilm,popularculture.
CherylWalker
ResearchandTeachingInterests:AmericanWomenPoets(especiallyElizabethBishop,EdnaMillay,AdrienneRich,andEmilyDickinson),ReligionandPoetry,Nineteenth-Century,NativeAmericanLiterature,FeministTheory,AfricanAmericanliteratureandFreud
JacquelineWernimont
ResearchandTeachingInterests:16thand17thcenturyBritishliterature,historyofscienceandmathematics,digitalhumanities,theoriesofpoesis,narrative,gender,andpossibleworlds.
CGU TEnglish
LoriAnneFerrell
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RESEARCHINTERESTS:Theeffectreligiousandpoliticalchangehadonearlymoderntexts--theological,literary,theatrical,andpractical--intheturbulentcenturybeforetheoutbreakofcivilwarinBritain.
MarleneDaut
TRESEARCHINTERESTS:Earlyandnineteenth-centuryAmericanandCaribbeanliteraryandculturalstudies
DavidLuis-Brown
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DegreeRequirements
CMC T
LiteratureMajor
Description:Theliteraturemajorisdesignedtogivestudentsanunderstandingandappreciationofourliteraryheritage,andtoallowthemtodevelopandpursuetheirpersonalliteraryinterests.Literatureisahumanisticdisciplinethatemphasizescloseobservationandanalysis,imaginativeresponse,thinkinginabroadintellectualandhistoricalcontext,andtheskillsofspeechandwriting.Literaturemajorsthriveinmanyprofessions,buttheskillsweemphasizetranslatemostdirectlyintocareersinlaw,government,business,advertising,journalism,education,andentertainment.
Themajorconsistsofatwo-coursesurveyoftheprincipalwritersofBritishliterature,usuallytakeninthesophomoreyear;anintensivecourseinthehistoryofliterarycriticism,usuallytakeninthejunioryear;onecoursefocusingontheworkofasingleBritishorAmericanauthor;onecourseinAmericanliterature;andasetoffourelectives,twounrestrictedandtwodistributedbyperiod.Literaturemajorsshouldhaveanadvisorinthedepartment,orregularlyconsultwithamemberofthedepartmentastheyareplanningtheircourses.
Requirements:Literaturemajorstakeatleastnineliteraturecourses,distributedasfollows:1.LIT057CM-BritishWritersI2.LIT058CM-BritishWritersII3.LIT100CM-LiteraryTheorySincePlato4.Onecreativewritingcourse5.Onecourseemphasizingliteraturebefore17006.Onecourseemphasizingliteraturebetween1700-19007.OnecourseinAmericanliterature8.Twoelectivecoursesinliterature
Note:Oneoftheseninecoursesmustqualifyasasingle-authorcourse.Withtheexceptionofthesingle-authorrequirement,nocoursemaybecountedtowardmorethanonerequirement.
SeniorThesis:Theseniorthesisisageneraleducationrequirementandthecapstoneexperienceofastudent’sundergraduateeducation.Studentsmustcompleteaseniorthesisinatleastoneoftheirmajorsundersupervisionofafacultyreaderwhoteacheswithinthatmajor,unlessgrantedaspecialexception.
Literaturemajorsshouldselectathesisadvisorasearlyaspossibleinthespringoftheirjunioryear,orearlieriftheywillbeabroadthatsemester.Studentschoosingacreativewritingthesisarerequiredtoprovidetheirprospectiveadvisorswithawritingsampleintheirchosengenre.
Theseniorthesisandtheresearchcoursemaynotbecountedascoursesinthemajor.Literaturemajorswritingatwo-semesterthesismusttakeagradeof“P”(inprogress)inthefirstsemestersothatthetwosemesters’workcanbegradedattheend.
DualMajors
Dualmajorsmustcompleteatleast7coursesincludingallrequirementsforthefullmajorexceptLIT100CM-LiteraryTheorySincePlatoandoneelective.Dualmajorsarealsoencouragedtowriteaseniorthesisinliterature.
HonorsinLiterature
Tobeeligiblefordepartmentalhonorsinliterature,studentsmajoringinliterature,includingstudentswithadualmajor,must:•Earnatleasta10.50GPAinallliteraturecourses.•Writeathesisinliterature.
Departmentalhonorsareconferredbyvoteofthedepartment.
Studentswithadualmajorincludingliteraturewhowishtobeconsideredforhonorsinliteraturewillonlyreceivehonorsifthey:•Havecompletedallrequirementsforafullmajorinliteratureandaregrantedhonors,or•Qualifyandreceivehonorsinbothdisciplinesoftheirdualmajor.
Pitzer
Majors
TheEnglishandWorldLiterature:LiteratureTrackatPitzerCourseworkontheLiteraturetrackisdesignedtodevelopandimprovethestudent’scapacitytoengageinmeaningfulinterpretation,creativewriting,analyticalthoughtandaestheticappreciation.Majorsandnon-majorsalikewillhavetheopportunitytogainanawarenessoftheintellectualandhistoricalcontextsofliteraturewhiletheyworktoachieveskillfulwrittenandoralexpression,andtorefinecriticalthinkingskills.RequirementsfortheMajorinEnglishandWorldLiteratureAmajorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionoften(10)courses,whichmayincludeindependentstudycoursesandaseniorthesis/project.Six(6)coursesshouldbecompletedpriortothesenioryear.MajorsarealsoencouragedtoattainatleastreadingknowledgeofalanguageotherthanEnglish(twoyearsofcollege-levelcourse).Coursesmaybetakeninanysequence,butitispreferablethatENGL001PZistakenearlyinthestudent’scareer.LiteratureTrack:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiteraturebefore1780(ENGL010APZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinBritishLiteratureafter1780(ENGL010BPZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinAmericanLiteraturebefore1865(ENGL011APZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinAmericanLiteratureafter1865(ENGL011BPZstronglyrecommended)•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•FourelectivecoursesinEnglishand/orWorldLiterature,ofwhichtwomaybecreativewriting.
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TheEnglishandWorldLiterature:CreativeWritingTrackatPitzerWebelievethatstudentworkhasmeaningfulliteraryandintellectualvalue,andwefosterasupportivecommunityofwritersamongourstudents.Throughwritingexercises,workshops,andintensivereading,studentsbegintotakecreativerisksintheirownwriting.Theaimofthewriterisnottomakeaprecisereplicaofexperience,nottodegradetheworldinsuchaway,noritsever-changingnature,buttobuildadoor.Ifwearelucky,ourreaderswalkthroughthatdoor,arrivingataroomwecouldneverhavepredictedalone.RequirementsfortheMajorinEnglishandWorldLiteratureAmajorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionoften(10)courses,whichmayincludeindependentstudycoursesandaseniorthesis/project.Six(6)coursesshouldbecompletedpriortothesenioryear.MajorsarealsoencouragedtoattainatleastreadingknowledgeofalanguageotherthanEnglish(twoyearsofcollege-levelcourse).Coursesmaybetakeninanysequence,butitispreferablethatENGL001PZistakenearlyinthestudent’scareer.CreativeWritingTrack:ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheoryENGL030PZ-IntroductiontoCreativeWritingThreecreativewritingelectives,atleastoneofwhichshouldbeinagenreoutsidethestudent’sprimaryfocus.AdvancedCreativeWritinginthestudent’sprimarygenre.OnecourseinBritishLiteratureOnecourseinAmericanLiteratureOnecourseinWorldLiterature.Oneelectivecourseinliterature
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Minor
RequirementsfortheEnglishandWorldLiteratureMinorAminorinEnglishandWorldLiteraturerequiresthesatisfactorycompletionofsixgradedcourses:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiterature•OnecourseinAmericanLiterature•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•Twoelectivecoursesinliteratureorcreativewriting
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CombinedMajor
RequirementsfortheEnglishandWorldLiteratureCombinedMajorAcombinedmajorshouldreflectacoherentintegrationofEnglishandWorldLiteratureandanotherdiscipline.ItrequiresthesatisfactorycompletionofatleastsevencoursesInEnglishandWorldLiterature,includingaseniorproject,thesis,orIndependentStudyinwhichtheconstituentfieldsofthemajorareinterrelated:•ENGL001PZ-IntroductiontoLiteraryTheory•OnecourseinBritishLiterature•OnecourseinAmericanLiterature•OnecourseinWorldLiterature•Twoelectiveliteratureorcreativewritingcourses•Seniorproject,thesis,orIndependentStudyinwhichtheconstituentfieldsofthemajorareinterrelated.
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MethodsofLiteraryStudy(2courses)
ENLG067PO.Thisintroductoryseminaracquaintsstudentswithcertainhistoricalandmethodologicaldimensionsofliterarystudy,withanemphasisonclosereadingtechniques.Thecourseisaprerequisitefortheadvancedstudiesseminar(ENGL170PO)andseniorthesis(ENGL191PO).Itshouldbetakenduringthefirstorsecondyear—eitherbeforeor,atthelatest,duringthesemesterinwhichastudentdeclaresthemajor.Oneadditionalcoursedesignated“theory-intensive”(TH),inwhichthetheoryofliterarycriticismisasignificantcomponentofthecourse’sreadingandapproach.Thecoursemustbetakenbefore,orconcurrentlywith,ENGL191PO.
HistoricalBreadthRequirement(4courses)
Coursescenteredinfourofthefollowingfiveperiods:Medieval(H1)Renaissance/EarlyModern(H2)18thCentury(H3)19thCentury(H4)20th–21stCentury(H5)
GenreRequirement(2courses)
Onecourseemphasizingthestudyofpoetryandpoetics(PO)Onecourseemphasizingthestudyofproseandnarrative(PR)
Single-AuthorStudy(1course)
Onecoursefocusingonthestudyofanindividualauthor’swork(SA)
Interpretive“Lenses”(2courses)
Coursesemphasizingtwoofthefollowingthreesociopoliticalareas:Race/Class(RC)Gender/Sexuality(GS)Diaspora/Geopolitics(DG)
AdvancedStudiesSeminar(1course)
ENGL170APO,ENGL170BPO,ENGL170CPO,etc.StudentsmusttakeENGL067PObeforetakingENGL170PO.Majorselectingthethesisoptionareadvisedtotaketheirseminarduringthejunioryear.
SeniorExercise(1–2credits)ThesisOptionStudentswhochoosetowriteaseniorthesistakethefall-semesterENGL195PO(LiteraryInterpretation:AdvancedMethods,1credit)andthetwo-semesterENGL191PO(SeniorThesis;.5credit/semester).Permissiontowriteaseniorthesisisbasedonanapplicationsolicitedbythedepartmentinthespringsemesterofthestudent’sjunioryear.SeminarOptionThosewhoelectnottowriteathesistakeasecond170-seminarseriesduringeithersemesterofsenioryearandregisterconcurrentlyforthenon-creditENGL190PO(SeniorExercise/SeminarOption).Inexceptionalcases,thedepartmentmaypermitastudenttoreplaceoneEnglishadvancedstudiesseminar(170-series)withanadvancedseminarinanotherdepartmentorprogram.
Allseniormajorswillpresentseniorexerciseresearch—eitheraportionoftheseniorthesisorwrittenworkproducedforthesecond170-seriesseminartaken—attheDepartmentSymposiumtowardtheendofspringsemester.
Electivecourses(upto5,SeminarOption;upto4,ThesisOption)
StudentsmaypetitiontohaveoneorsometimestwocoursesfromoutsidetheEnglishDepartmentcounttowardthefulfillmentofthisrequirement.Suchpetitionsmustmakeclearwhythecourseorcoursesinquestionareessentialtothestudent’scurriculum.Note:Onlytwocreativewritingcourses(fromtheENGL064and/orENGL183series)maybecountedtowardmajorrequirements.
ThePass/NoCredit(P/NC)gradingoptionisallowedonlybypetitiontothedepartmentchair.Withrareexceptions,twoP/NCcoursesareallowedforthemajor.
Minor
Tocompleteaminor,studentsmustpassatotalofsixcourses.ThesemustincludeENGL067POandacourseinthe170series.TheP/NCgradingoptionisallowedonlybypetitiontothedepartmentchair.Fortheminor,oneP/NCcourseisallowed.
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DegreeRequirements
AcompletedB.A.degreeisaprerequisiteforadmissiontothe40-unitM.A.program.Degreerequirementsincludethefollowing:40unitsofcoursework(10coursesof4unitseach)andoneforeignlanguage.Studentsareadvisedtotakenomorethan12unitspersemester.
DistributionRequirement
The10coursesmustfulfillthefollowingdistributionrequirement:onecourseinBritishliteraturebefore1800;oneinBritishliteratureafter1800;oneinAmericanliteraturebefore1900;oneinAmericanliteratureafter1900;andoneothercourseinBritishorAmericanliteratureofanyperiod.
Language/ResearchToolRequirement
M.A.studentsmustpassoneforeignlanguageexam.TheSchoolofArtsandHumanitiespolicyonforeignlanguageResearchToolsis:fulfillmentofrequirementbydemonstratingcompetencyattranslatinganapprovedlanguageintoEnglishcanonlybeachievedbypassinganapproved,writtenexamination.ThisappliestoallSAHstudents,includingnativespeakersofthelanguageunderconsideration.
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DistributionRequirement
The72unitsofcoursework(typically18seminars)mustfulfillthefollowingdistributionrequirement:
onecourseinBritishliteraturebefore1700onecourseinBritishliteratureafter1700onecourseinAmericanliteraturebefore1900onecourseinAmericanliteratureafter1900oneothercourseinBritishorAmericanliteratureofanyperiodoneTransdisciplinarycourse
Language/ResearchToolRequirement
Thestudentmustdemonstrateproficiencyintwoforeignlanguagesorinoneforeignlanguageandanapprovedresearchtool.ForeignlanguageproficiencyisdemonstratedwhenthestudentpassesthelanguageexamadministeredbytheSchoolofArtsandHumanitiesforreadingcomprehension.
Evaluation
Ph.D.studentswillbereviewedeveryyearuntilcourseworkhasbeencompleted.AllstudentswhoareenrolledinorcompletingPh.D.courseworkmustprovidethereviewcommitteeintimelyfashionwithacopyofagradedtermpaper,anexplanationforanyloworincompletegrades,andanyotherrelevantdataordocumentsrequestedbythereviewcommittee.Studentswhodonotreceivethereviewcommittee'spermissiontoadvanceinthePh.D.programwillnotbeallowedtocontinueandcouldelecttoworktowardtheM.Phil.
QualifyingExaminations
Normally,thePh.D.qualifyingexamsareofferedtwiceeachyear.Theopportunitytotakethequalifyingexamsisnotautomatic.FormalpermissionmustbeobtainedfromtheCGUcorefacultyinEnglishperthe"Evaluation"sectionabove.Tobeeligibletotaketheexams,thestudentmusthavesuccessfullycompleted64unitsofcoursework,satisfiedallthedistributionrequirements,rectifiedalloutstanding"Incompletes,"andsatisfiedallotherinstitutionalrequirements.See"DegreeRegulations"intheCGUBulletin.
StudentsmustselectonemajorfieldandmayselecttwominorfieldsfromthefollowingfieldsdrawnfromthegeneralfieldscoveredbyCGUcorefaculty,i.e.,BritishLiterature,preandpost1750,andAmericanLiteraturepreandpost1900.Specificexamdesignisundertakenbytheexaminerinconsultationwiththestudent.MinorfieldsmayalsobeselectedfromfieldsoutsidetheEnglishDepartment,inconsultationwiththestudent’sadvisorandtherelevantfaculty.
DissertationRequirements
Thestudentmustprepareanacceptabledissertationundertheguidanceofanappointeddissertationcommittee,andmustpassanoralexaminationonit.
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LibrarianliaisonGaleBurrow,LiaisonforBritish&AmeicanLiterature T
DatabasesforEnglish
AmericanLiterature T
EnglishLiterature T
Literature&Languages T
ResearchGuides
British&AmericanLiterature T
GraphicNovels&Comics T
JaneAusten T
Shakespeare T
SpecialCollections TSpecialCollectionsfocusedonliterature T
ClaremontCollegesDigitalLibraryCollections T
ConnieMartinsonTalksBooks T
EdwardEllerkerWilliamsNotebook T
RenaissanceGradual T