MA and PhD students select from 400-level courses and 500-level seminars. Most 400-level courses (with the exception of ENGL 400) include upper-division undergraduates; graduate-level requirements in these courses include additional class meetings, additional reading and writing, and a teaching component. 500-level seminars are targeted exclusively to graduate students in English. Enrollments in 400-level courses typically run 10-20 students; in 500-level seminars, 5-10 students.

Recent Graduate Seminar offerings

Spring 2025

  • ENGL 401: Linguistic Analysis (Demeter)
  • ENGL 425: Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances (Vinter)
  • ENGL 429: English Literature, 1780-1837: Jane Austen (Clune)
  • ENGL 457A: Writing Medical Narratives: Medicine & the Creative Writer (Beilin)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Science Fiction Films (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 473: American Women’s Poetry (Jewell)
  • ENGL 520: Studies in Twentieth Century Literature: Plays of Samuel Beckett (Orlock)
  • ENGL 523: Theory and Practice of Translation (Turner)

Fall 2024

  • ENGL 423: Milton (Vinter)
  • ENGL 461: Irish Literature (Jewell)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 518: City in American Literature (Clune)
  • ENGL 524: Criticism and other Special Topics (Hunter)

Spring 2024

  • ENGL 401: Linguistic Analysis (Demeter)
  • ENGL 420: Renaissance Literature: Literature of Science and Magic (Vinter)
  • ENGL 431: Studies in the Nineteenth Century: The Romantic Movement (Clune)
  • ENGL 445: Topics in LGBTQ Studies: Trans Minor Literatures (Hammes)
  • ENGL 466: African American Dramatists (Orlock)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Hitchcock (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 473: American Women’s Poetry (Jewell)
  • ENGL 517: American Literature: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Clune)

Fall 2023

  • ENGL 400: Rhetoric and Teaching of Writing (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 424: Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (Vinter)
  • ENGL 441: Rhetoric of Science and Medicine (Emmons)
  • ENGL 464: Global Anglophone Poetry (Hunter)
  • ENGL 465Q: Post-Colonial Literature – The Indian Novel (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film:HORROR FILMS (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 520: 20th Century Literature (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 522 Topics in Poetry (Turner)

Spring 2023

  • ENGL 401: Linguistic Analysis (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 432: Twentieth-Century British Literature (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 445: Topics in LGBTQ Studies (Bychowski)
  • ENGL 467 Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 486: Studies in Literature and Culture: Environment (Turner)
  • ENGL 518: Seminar: English Literature 1660-1800 – Theater and Antitheater (Vinter)

Fall 2022

  • ENGL 424: Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (Orlock)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 470: Comics and the Graphic Novel (Ricca)
  • ENGL 476: Studies in Genre – Dark Comedy (Clune)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 524: Seminar: Criticism and Other Special Topics (Emmons)

Spring 2022

  • ENGL 401 Linguistic Analysis (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 417: Tell Me a Story: The Theory and Craft of Narrative (Orlock)
  • ENGL 431: Studies in the Nineteenth-Century – Gothic & Sensation Fiction (Vrettos)
  • ENGL 460: Studies in American Literature – Wilson and Suzan Lori-Parks (Orlock)
  • ENGL 465E: The Immigrant Experience (Marling)
  • ENGL 467 Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Detective in Film and Fiction (Marling)
  • ENGL 517: Seminar: American Literature:City in American Lit (Clune)
  • ENGL 520: Seminar: 20th Century Literature (Koenigsberger)

Spring 2021

  • ENGL 401: Linguistic Analysis (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 423: Milton (Vinter)
  • ENGL 460: Studies in American Literature (Orlock)
  • ENGL 465E: The Immigrant Experience (Marling)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Watching Movies (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Detective in Film and Fiction (Marling)
  • ENGL 473: Studies in Poetry: Language Poetry (Jewell)
  • ENGL 504: Creative Writing Theory and Practice (Grimm)
  • ENGL 517: American Literature (Clune)
  • ENGL 519: English Literature 1800-1900: Victorian Lit & Psychology (Vrettos)

Fall 2020

  • ENGL 424: Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (Vinter)
  • ENGL 458:  American Literature 1914-1960: The Lost Generation (Marling)
  • ENGL 465N: Topics in African-American Literature (Mobley)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: History of Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Emmons)
  • ENGL 518:  English Literature 1660-1800 (Vinter)

Spring 2020

  • ENGL 401: Linguistic Analysis (Vinter)
  • ENGL 406: Advanced Creative Writing (Grimm)
  • ENGL 415: Academic Research and Writing (Codita)
  • ENGL 465E: The Immigrant Experience (Marling)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Film Genres (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Topics in Film: Detective in Film and Fiction (Marling)
  • ENGL 469: Children’s Literature-Twentieth Century (Vrettos)
  • ENGL 470: Comics and the Graphic Novel (Ricca)
  • ENGL 472: Studies in the Novel: Dark Comedy (Clune)
  • ENGL 478: Studies in Literature and Culture: Literature and Medicine (Devenot)
  • ENGL 504: Creative Writing Theory and Practice (Gridley)
  • ENGL 520: 20th Century Literature (Koenigsberger)

Fall 2019

  • ENGL 400: Rhetoric and Teaching of Writing (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 420: Renaissance Literature: Science and Magic (Vinter)
  • ENGL 424: Shakespeare Histories and Tragedies (Vinter)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Storytelling and Cinema (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 472: Studies in the Novel (Grimm)
  • ENGL 473: Studies in Poetry: Mythic Materials (Gridley)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Marling)
  • ENGL 517: American Literature: Race Matters (Umrigar)
  • ENGL 524: Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (Emmons)

Fall 2019

  • ENGL 400: Rhetoric and Teaching of Writing (Schaffer)
  • ENGL 420: Renaissance Literature: Science and Magic (Vinter)
  • ENGL 424: Shakespeare Histories and Tragedies (Vinter)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Storytelling and Cinema (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 472: Studies in the Novel (Grimm)
  • ENGL 473: Studies in Poetry: Mythic Materials (Gridley)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Marling)
  • ENGL 517: American Literature: Race Matters (Umrigar)
  • ENGL 524: Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (Emmons)

Spring 2019

  • ENGL 406: Advanced Creative Writing (Gridley)
  • ENGL 465N: Topics in African-American Literature (Mobley)
  • ENGL 465Q: Post-Colonial Literature (Koenigsberger)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Science Fiction Films (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 517: 19th-century American Literature (Clune)
  • ENGL 519: English Literature 1800-1900 (Vrettos)

Fall 2018

  • ENGL 458: Hemingway/Fitzgerald/ Stein (Marling)
  • ENGL 465N: The Novels of Toni Morrison (Umrigar)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: Hitchcock (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Marling)
  • ENGL 504: Creative Writing Theory and Practice (Grimm)
  • ENGL 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Emmons)
  • ENGL 518: Theatricality and Antitheatricality (Vinter)

Spring 2018

  • ENGL 458: The Beat Generation (Marling)
  • ENGL 467: Introduction to Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: The Horror Film (Spadoni)
  • ENGL 468: The Detective in Film and Fiction (Marling)
  • ENGL 473: Poetic Scopes (Gridley)
  • ENGL 517: The City in Postwar American Writing (Clune)
  • ENGL 519:The Embodied Mind: Victorian Literature and Psychology (Vrettos)
  • ENGL 520: Edwardian Literature and Periodical Studies (Koenigsberger)

Fall 2017

  • English 400: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing (Fountain)
  • English 431: Gothic and Sensation Fiction (Vrettos)
  • English 460: American Poetry (Clune)
  • English 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Woodmansee)
  • English 504: Creative Writing Theory and Practice (Gridley)
  • English 510: Research Methods (Koenigsberger)
  • English 518: The Age of Johnson (Siebenschuh)

Spring 2017

  • English 401: Linguistic Analysis (Schaffer)
  • English 470: Comics and the Graphic Novel (Grimm)
  • English 489: Creative Nonfiction (Umrigar)
  • English 517: Nineteenth Century American Literature (Clune)
  • English 519: Thomas Hardy (Siebenschuh)

Fall 2016

  • English 473: Poetry Studies: Mythic Materials (Gridley)
  • English 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Fountain)
  • English 508: Allegory (Vinter)
  • English 510: Research Methods (Woodmansee)

Spring 2016

  • English 479: Theory and Practice of Second-Language Writing (Kang)
  • English 517: Toni Morrison (Umrigar)
  • English 519: Victorian Literature and Psychology (Vrettos)
  • English 524 Autobiography and Autobiographical Theory (Siebenschuh)

Fall 2015

  • English 400: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing (Emmons)
  • English 431: Gothic and Sensation Fiction (Vrettos)
  • English 473: Poetic Scapes (Gridley)
  • English 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Woodmansee)
  • English 510: Research Methods (Koenigsberger)
  • English 517: The City in Postwar American Writing (Clune)

Spring 2015

  • English 479: How English Works (Schaffer)
  • English 517: American Poetry (Clune)
  • English 520: Edwardian Literature and Periodical Studies (Koenigsberger)
  • English 524: Classical and Neoclassical Rhetorical Theory (Fountain)

Fall 2014

  • English 501: Writing History and Theory (Emmons)
  • English 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Fountain)
  • English 510: Research Methods (Koenigsberger)
  • English 517: Teaching Classic American Literature (Marling)
  • English 518: Eighteenth-Century Print Culture (Flint)

Spring 2014

  • English 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Koenigsberger)
  • English 517: The City in Postwar American Literature (Clune)
  • English 518: Print Culture and the Rise of the Novel (Flint)
  • English 519: Victorian Lit: Narratives of the Human Body (Vrettos)
  • English 524: Visual Rhetoric (Fountain)

Fall 2013

  • English 400: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing (Emmons)
  • English 510: Methods:The Construction of Authorship (Woodmansee)
  • English 517: Literature of the American 1960s (Marling)
  • English 518: Arts of Dying in the English Renaissance (Vinter)

Spring 2013

  • English 501: Writing History and Theory (Fountain)
  • English 517: American Literature: Forms of Life (Clune)
  • English 520: Edwardian Literature and Periodical Studies (Koenigsberger)
  • English 521: Slavery and the Literary Imagination (Mobley)
  • English 524: Discourse Analysis (Emmons)

Fall 2012

  • English 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Fountain)
  • English 510: Research Methods: Memory and Consciousness (Vrettos)
  • English 517: American Literature of the 1920s (Marling)
  • English 524: Autobiography and Biography (Siebenschuh)
  • English 526: History of the Book (Woodmansee)

Spring 2012

  • English 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Clune)
  • English 517: American Literature and Culture of the 1950s (Marling)
  • English 519: Victorian Literature and Psychology (Vrettos)
  • English 524: Gender, Affect, and Embodiment (Fountain)

Fall 2011

  • English 400: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing (Emmons)
  • English 508: John Milton (Kuzner)
  • English 510: Research Methods: The Collection (Koenigsberger)
  • English 517: Jewish American Literature (Oster)
  • English 524: Fair Use (Woodmansee)

Spring 2011

  • English 487: Literary and Critical Theory (Kuzner)
  • English 517: The City in Postwar American Literature (Clune)
  • English 518: Material Aspects of Eighteenth-Century Literature (Flint)
  • English 519: Victorian Literature: Narratives of the Human Body (Vrettos)

Fall 2010

  • English 400: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing (Olbricht)
  • English 506: Professional Writing: Theory and Practice (Fountain)
  • English 510: Research Methods (Flint)
  • English 517: American Literature (Stonum)
  • English 520: Modernisms, Old and New (Koenigsberger)
  • English 525: Intellectual Property and the Construction of Authorship (Woodmansee)