Courses

• CAS EN 127: Readings in American Literature
  Selected American writers from the Colonial period to the present. Prose and poetry representative of the American tradition. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 128: Representing Boston
  The literary and cultural geography of the city of Boston, from Puritan sermons to modern crime fiction. Readings by Winthrop, Wheatley, Hawthorne, Alcott, King, Malcolm X, Lowell, and Lehane; required fieldwork in graveyards, war memorials, the MFA, and Fenway Park. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 130: Literature and Science
  Through readings in British and/or American literature, an exploration of some of the following topics: science and technology as literary themes; historical construction of science and art; similarities and differences between literary and scientific methods; the development of science fiction. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 141: Literary Types: Fiction
  Critical reading of representative novels and short stories, primarily English and American, from the eighteenth century to the present. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 142: Literary Types: Poetry
  Critical reading of representative English and American poems. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 143: Literary Types: Drama
  Critical reading of representative plays from the ancient Greeks to the present. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 163: Readings in Shakespeare
  Representative tragedies, comedies, and histories. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. CAS EN 163 not prerequisite for EN 164. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 164: Readings in Shakespeare
  Representative tragedies, comedies, and histories. Primarily for students not concentrating in English. CAS EN 163 not prerequisite for EN 164. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS EN 175: Literature and the Art of Film
  Survey and analysis of cinema as an expressive medium from the silent period to the present. Films are screened weekly and discussed in conjunction with works of literature. Students must register for screening, discussion, and lecture.
• CAS EN 202: Introduction to Creative Writing
  An introduction to writing in various genres: poetry, fiction, plays. Students' work discussed in class. Designed mainly for those with little or no experience in creative writing. Does not give concentration credit. Enrollment limited.
• CAS EN 220: Seminar in Literature
  Fundamentals of literary analysis, interpretation, and research. Intensive study of selected literary texts centered on a particular topic. Attention to different critical approaches. Frequent papers. Limited class size. Required of concentrators in English. Satisfies WR 150 requirement.
• CAS EN 221: Major Authors I
  Introduction to the major works of ancient and medieval literatures that influenced later Continental, English, and American literature: the Bible, Homeric epic, Greek tragedy, Vergil's Aeneid, and Dante's The Divine Comedy. Required of concentrators in English. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course by the same title that was formerly numbered CAS HU 221.
• CAS EN 304: Writing of Poetry
  The writing of poems discussed in a workshop setting. For the more advanced student. Individual conferences. Limited enrollment.
• CAS EN 305: Writing of Fiction
  The writing of short stories and perhaps longer fiction discussed in a workshop setting. For the more advanced student. Individual conferences. Limited enrollment.
• CAS EN 306: Introduction to Playwriting
  Students write and discuss their plays in a workshop setting. Individual conferences. Limited enrollment.
• CAS EN 322: British Literature I
  Beginnings of English literature from Anglo-Saxon period to end of the seventeenth century. Topics include the development of various poetic forms, medieval romance, and British drama. Authors may include Chaucer, Kempe, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Donne, and Milton.
• CAS EN 323: British Literature II
  Overview of English literature between 1700 and 1900. Topics include London as urban center, modern prose fiction, Romantic and Victorian poetry, tensions between religion and science. Authors may include Pope, Swift, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens, Tennyson, Wilde.
• CAS EN 326: Voices of Women
  Topic for Spring 2013: Representations of gender on diverse stages, in high and low genres, from antiquity to the present. Theatrical and feminist movements and the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class. Readings include dramatic texts and gender and performance theory.
• CAS EN 327: Topics in American Literature
  May be repeated for credit as topics change each semester. Topic for Spring 2013: TBA.
• CAS EN 341: History of the Novel in English
  An introduction to the history of the Anglophone novel, from its origins in early modern England to its status as the dominant literary form of modernity. Readings include Defoe, Austen, Dickens, James, Woolf, Morrison, and Cotzee.

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