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Summer Half-Term Courses
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 201.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 202 – Ways of Seeing
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 203 – Only open to Bridge students.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 204 – Only open to Bridge students.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 205 – Only open to Bridge students.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Section 206 – Only open to Bridge students.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 226. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 239. What is Literature?
Section 201.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 240. Introduction to Poetry.
Section 201.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
The first part of this course will concentrate on prosody – the techniques of verse, how poems are put together, and how they work. The second part will undertake a mini-history of English poetry, concentrating on some of the major poems from the Renaissance through the Modernists. There will be two exams, short daily writing assignments (a paragraph or so), and two five page analytical papers. The text will be the Norton Anthology of Poetry.
ENGLISH 240. Introduction to Poetry.
Section 202.
Instructor(s):
Patrick O'Keeffe (ppo@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Surely the most important goal of this class must be that you enjoy reading poetry and therefore discover ways in which you can accomplish this. We will read a variety of poetry from the distant past to the present, and we will talk a little about the role of history, and the life of the individual poet. To help you to intellectually and emotionally appreciate poetry we will concentrate on matters such as meter, rhythm, voice, and form; we will discuss the sonnet, the villanelle, the sestina, free verse, and more. You will write responses, do an in-class presentation, write two critical essays, and construct your own anthology, for which you will write an introduction that unifies your ideas and feelings--the importance of the poems you have chosen.
Required Texts:
Helen Vendler, ed. Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology.
Louise Gluck, Vita Nova.
ENGLISH 299. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 325. Essay Writing: The Art of Exposition.
Section 201.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (2). (Excl).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This is a writing course and its goal, as you might expect, is to help you write better. To that end you will write a paper every week and the writing cycle – preparation, writing, peer editing, revision, submission, and return – will determine how class time is spent. To provide some common focus we will read Shakespeare's Richard III and see the McKellen and maybe Scotland Pa. films. The course grade will be calculated as the average of the individual paper grades.
ENGLISH 325. Essay Writing: The Art of Exposition.
Section 202.
Instructor(s):
Peggy Adler
Prerequisites & Distribution: (2). (Excl).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
"What sticks to the memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end." Tim O'Brien
"If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood." Peter Handke
"Music is your own experience; if you don't live it, it won't come out your horn." Charlie Parker
"Sometimes you have to play a long time to play like yourself." Miles Davis
In this seminar, you will work to bring to the page what no other artist has: your own way of phrasing, your own way of observing, your own history that shapes your lens. What do you remember most vividly? What do you most vividly forget? Where does the line blur between fact and fiction, and how can you walk this line as a tightrope to mine deeper truth? As writers, you will be asked to use writing as a shovel, excavating meaning in your life. This class will function as a workshop and is designed to give you the structure and tools you need to realize your own intentions. We will read as writers; essays, stories, and films are our only texts. While you will learn from critical feedback and lessons on craft, it is my hope that when you sit in front of the blank page you will write what moves you, and yours will be the only voice you hear. Ultimately if your writing is successful, it will be meaningful not only to you but to your readers is well. This is where craft and revision play a crucial role. Because workshops are based on the responsibilities we have to each other as writers, attendance and participation are essential.
ENGLISH 371. Studies in Literature, 1600-1830.
Section 201 – This course fulfills the Pre-1830 requirement for English concentrators.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This course will cover some of the major comic works in English literature
from 1660 to 1830: several Restoration comedies, Swift's Gulliver's
Travels, Pope's The Rape of the Lock, Fielding's Joseph Andrews,
Austen's Pride and Prejudice and, time allowing, Gay's The Beggar's
Opera. There will be frequent short written responses to the readings,
one longer formal paper, and a final exam.
ENGLISH 426. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing and permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 498. Directed Teaching.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of the instructor. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Participation in the teaching of a regularly offered course. Involves readings in educational theory, written work relating to teaching activities, and regular contact with the instructor. (This is an English Department independent study number and is not to be confused with School of Education teaching courses).
ENGLISH 499. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing; and permission of instructor. Not open to graduate students. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
Spring Half-Term Courses
ENGLISH 125. College Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Introductory Composition).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 223. Creative Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Completion of the Introductory Composition requirement. (2). (CE). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 225. Argumentative Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Completion of the Introductory Composition requirement. (3). (HU).
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 226. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 239. What is Literature?
Section 101.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This course addresses the question posed in its title from the perspective of English liiterature. I will suggest that English literature in the university is conceived as an excercise in citizenship training. To cite the example that will be at the heart of our inquiry: the common periodization of English Literature in epochs such as Medieval, Renaissance, Augustan, or Victorian makes sense only if the organization of the discipline is pegged to a certain national history of England. My approach will be critical rather than affirmative: It will be my contention that there are no legitimate aesthetic or historical grounds for yoking the study of English literature to that nationalist history. Further, I will contend that a dubious nationalist mandate is reproduced rather than contested when such other national/continental literatures in English as American, African, Caribbean, and so on are belatedly and uncritically appended to a nationalist English tradition. Our goal will be to unburden the study of literature of the weight of nationalist histories. What alternate periodization might we suggest for resolutely non-nationalist English literary studies? Readings for this course will consist entirely of theoretical and critical texts. My hypothesis will be that the study of specific literary texts ought to be deferred until the conceptual grounds for the study of English literature has been sufficiently clarified.
The authors to be studied may include Matthew Arnold, F. R. Leavis, Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton, Brian Doyle, Chris Baldick, Robert Crowford (editor of The Scottish Invention of English Literature), Gauri Viswanathan, Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Simon Gikandi, Gerald Graff, David Shamway and John Guillory. We may also focus on a recent special of the PMLA 116: 1 (January 2001) "Globalizing Literary Studies."
ENGLISH 239. What is Literature?
Section 102.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 239. What is Literature?
Section 103.
Instructor(s):
James Crane
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
In this section of English 239, we will be reading three novellas, several short stories, and lots of poems, as well as viewing one or two films. Grades for the course will be largely based on in-class presentations analyzing one of the course readings, and a paper that you will develop from your presentation. Additionally, we'll do a final in-class essay on the last day of the course.
The syllabus brings together a wide variety of writers and styles representative of American literature so that each student should be able to discover something of interest. Together, we will emphasize the close examination of literary works, lively discussion, and techniques for developing ideas about literature in writing.
ENGLISH 240. Introduction to Poetry.
Section 101.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
The aim of this course is to introduce you to the art of poetry so that you can read and discuss any poem with understanding and delight. During the term, we will move from a general survey of poetic techniques and forms to a more detailed study of the work of selected authors from the Renaissance to the present. Formal writing will include three (ungraded) exercises in poetic analysis and four (graded) papers (3-5 pages) on individual authors and poems.
ENGLISH 240. Introduction to Poetry.
Section 102.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
We live in a period of immensely rich poetic production in the United States; men and women of widely divergent cultural backgrounds, aesthetic persuasions, and registers of "voice" are producing lyric poetry of unprecedented variety and abundance. But how is a reader to find foothold among the hundreds of literary magazines and book publications that clamor for attention? How negotiate between private pleasure (and solace and reflection) on the one hand and this jubilant (and contentious and contradictory) marketplace of verse on the other? How find a listening post midst all this noise? This course is not conceived as an historical survey, but we will spend approximately half the term examining poems from another period of intense lyric production - the 16th and 17th centuries in England - because these poems provide a particularly vivid introduction to the resources, and resourceful violations, of traditional poetic form. In the second half of the term, we will read, discuss, and listen to a group of recent American poems, ones I think are particularly good at suggesting the variety of contemporary pleasures, good too at constructing the margin of silence that poetry, like other forms of music, requires in order to be heard. From this modest, two-pronged historical perspective, we will explore some highly immodest questions about poetic form: How does it make meaning? How does it sound? What is its relationship to human imagination?
ENGLISH 240. Introduction to Poetry.
Section 103.
Instructor(s):
Julia Carlson-Fedderhoffer (jcarlson@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: Prerequisite for concentrators in the Regular Program and in Honors. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
"Lifeless in appearance, sluggish / dazed spring approaches . . . One by one objects are defined." Our spring half-term study of British and American poetry will begin with a selection of lyrics about spring. We will ask what these poems and their ways of observing tell us about writing, reading, and understanding poetry. As we consider the poetic impulse of seeing things anew, we will examine the features of poetic language and the forms poems both take and refuse. Poets who might receive more sustained attention include the above quoted William Carlos Williams, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, H.D., Robert Hayden, and Elizabeth Bishop. Requirements include excellent attendance and animated - not "sluggish" - participation, memorization work, several informal writing exercises, two essays, quizzes, and a final exam.
ENGLISH 299. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 305. Introduction to Modern English.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Recommended for students preparing to teach English. (2). (HU).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This course surveys the forms and functions of contemporary English. We will consider some of the major dimensions of English structure (orthography, phonetics, intonation, word formation, syntax, etc.) and how these structures characterize both English speakers and their linguistic purposes. During the term, we will explore the social and geographical dialects of Modern English (e.g., British vs. American English and Black English Vernacular), its professional jargons (e.g., the language of advertising, religion, law, and politics), and its situational varieties (e.g., the language of conversation, oral narrative, and literature). Requirements for the course will include weekly exercises, a final exam, and a substantial paper (10-15 pages) investigating some aspect of Modern English structure or use.
ENGLISH 317. Literature and Culture.
Section 102 – Only students admitted into NELP can register for this section.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (2). (HU). Laboratory fee ($35) required. May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($35) required.
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This section is part of the New England Literature Program (NELP). Application deadline was January 8. For those students interested in attending in Spring Half-Term 2003, there will be an information meeting in November 2002, with applications being due the first day of Winter Term 2003. For further information contact Jackie Livesay.
To learn more about NELP, check out our website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/nelp/
ENGLISH 320 / CAAS 338. Literature in Afro-American Culture.
Section 101.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: AAS 201 recommended. (3). (HU).
Credits: (3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
See CAAS 338.001.
ENGLISH 323. Creative Writing.
Section 101, 102.
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (2). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Students will compose thirty pages of polished fiction, complete various exercises, and provide oral and written critiques of one another's stories. We'll also discuss a number of short stories and their authors' commentaries from the anthology.
Text: Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern and The Best
American Short Stories of 2001 edited by Barbara Kingsolver.
ENGLISH 323. Creative Writing.
Section 103.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (2). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 323. Creative Writing.
Section 104.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: English 223 and junior standing. (2). (CE). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 324. Creative Writing.
Section 101 – Open only to students admitted to the NELP program.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing and written permission of instructor. (3 in spring; 2 in summer). (Excl). May be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3; 2 in the summer half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This section is part of the New England Literature Program (NELP). Application deadline was January 8. For those students interested in attending in Spring Half-Term 2003, there will be an information meeting in November 2002, with applications being due the first day of Winter Term 2003. For further information contact Jackie Livesay.
To learn more about NELP, check out our website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/nelp/
ENGLISH 325. Essay Writing: The Art of Exposition.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: (2). (Excl).
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ENGLISH 331(413) / FILMVID 331. Film Genres and Types.
Section 101 – Ideology & the Action Film.
Prerequisites & Distribution: F/V 230 or 236. (3). (HU). Laboratory fee ($35) required. May be elected for a total of nine credits.
Credits: (3).
Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($35) required.
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
See Film and Video Studies 331.101.
ENGLISH 349(449) / THTREMUS 323. American Theatre and Drama.
Section 101.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (HU).
Credits: (3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
See Theatre and Drama 323.001.
ENGLISH 367 / MEMS 367. Shakespeare's Principal Plays.
Section 101 – This course fulfills the Pre-1600 requirement for English concentrators.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This is a course that will concentrate on Shakespearean tragedy by focusing on "the grand style" of Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. But in doing so, we will study the origins of this tragic mode in the earlier tragedies and how this relates to the structure of Shakespeare's comedies and history plays. There will be a midterm and a final exam.
ENGLISH 417. Senior Seminar.
Section 101 – Contemporary American Poetry.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Senior concentrator in English. May not be repeated for credit. (3). (Excl).
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Our reading and classroom discussion will focus on work produced by
American poets during the past two decades, with particular emphasis on
work of the past ten years. Because I wish to concentrate on the
structural and semantic resources of the book, as well as those of
individual poems, we will be reading individual volumes of poetry rather
than the composite volumes known as "selected" or "collected" works.
Likely candidates for our syllabus include Frank Bidart, Jorie Graham, C.
K. Williams, Yusef Komunyakaa, Louise Gluck, Marie Howe, Ellen Bryant
Voigt, Anne Carson, and Rita Dove.
ENGLISH 426. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing and permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 473. Topics in American Literature.
Section 101 – Only students admitted into the NELP program can register.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (3 in IIIA, 2 in IIIB). (Excl). May be repeated for credit with department permission.
Credits: (3; 2 in IIIb).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
This section is part of the New England Literature Program (NELP). Application deadline was January 8. For those students interested in attending in Spring Half-Term 2003, there will be an information meeting in November 2002, with applications being due the first day of Winter Term 2003. For further information contact Jackie Livesay.
To learn more about NELP, check out our website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/nelp/
ENGLISH 498. Directed Teaching.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of the instructor. (2). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Participation in the teaching of a regularly offered course. Involves readings in educational theory, written work relating to teaching activities, and regular contact with the instructor. (This is an English Department independent study number and is not to be confused with School of Education teaching courses).
ENGLISH 499. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing; and permission of instructor. Not open to graduate students. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
Spring/Summer Term Courses
ENGLISH 226. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 299. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of three credits.
Credits: (1-3).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 426. Directed Writing.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing and permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
ENGLISH 498. Directed Teaching.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of the instructor. (3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Participation in the teaching of a regularly offered course. Involves readings in educational theory, written work relating to teaching activities, and regular contact with the instructor. (This is an English Department independent study number and is not to be confused with School of Education teaching courses).
ENGLISH 499. Directed Study.
Instructor(s):
Prerequisites & Distribution: Junior standing; and permission of instructor. Not open to graduate students. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Credits: (1-4).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
Registration only by arrangement with the instructor.
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