English

GRS EN 833: Irony & Post-War
An examination of irony and its detractors, concentrating on post-1945 American fiction and theory. Focus on fiction by Bellow, Heller, DeLillo, Powers, and Wallace, and philosophical work by Kierkegaard, Cavell, Rorty, Derrida, de Man, Sperber and Wilson.
GRS EN 843: Nineteenth Century Gothic
Gothic narratives (prose, except Christina Rossettiâ??s â??Goblin Marketâ??), mostly 19th-century, but including some precursors. Emphasis on first and last quarters of the century. Attention to critical approaches, especially through gender and genre (gothic as the dark double of realistic fiction).
GRS EN 846: Law and American Narrative
Intersections of law and narrative in American literature and culture. Texts include judicial opinions, novels, law review articles, literary criticism. Issues include storytelling in law, readers as jurors/jurors as readers, outsider voices, marriage and divorce, race and gender, intertextuality.
GRS EN 855: Modern Exoticism: Transnational Exchanged, Collaborations,Appropriations
Modernism as a global phenomenon marked by longings for and fears of the exotic, but also by encounters, collaborations, and generic exchanges. Focusing on dramatic and poetic forms, with readings in translation, performance, and postcolonial theory, subaltern and gender studies.
GRS EN 993: Directed Study in English