Instruction in rhetorical, reading, and writing skills essential to university work. Intended primarily for international students.

Development of the reading and writing skills essential to university work. Students placed in ENGL 1004 must pass the course before electing ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

College composition through multiple forms of literacy, including rhetorical, digital, and information literacies necessary for twenty-first-century contexts. The development of creatively intellectual inquiries through sustained engagement with texts, ideas, and problems. Emphasis on transfer of writing and rhetorical skills to academic and daily life. Students design a digital portfolio that curates creations and skills-based micro-credentials they earn in coursework.

Instruction in academic writing through interdisciplinary reading. Assignments emphasize interpretation, argumentation, and reflection. Revision of formal assignments and instruction on grammar, mechanics and style.

Instruction in academic writing through literary reading. Assignments emphasize interpretation, argumentation, and reflection. Revision of formal assignments and instruction on grammar, mechanics and style.

Introduction to the rhetorical and generic conventions of business writing.

Credits and hours by arrangement.

European ancient and medieval literature through Dante. CA 1.

This and ENGL 1103 offer a study of European literature from ancient times to the present. ENGL 1101 considers ancient and medieval literature through Dante. CA 1.

Literature in the European tradition from the Renaissance through the modern periods. CA 1.

Literature in the European tradition from the Renaissance through the modern periods. CA 1.

(Also offered as HIST 1503.) What is an American? A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the diversity of American societies and cultures. CA 4.

Important works of poetry, drama, and literary prose from the Middle East, South Asia, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. All works are read in translation. CA 4-INT.

Focused studies in horror film and/or literature. CA 1.

Introductory survey of representative Shakespeare plays and poetry. CA 1.

Cultural construction of race and gender in English-language literature, film, and music. CA 4.

Important works from the major genres and historical periods since Beowulf. CA 1.

Includes important works from the major genres and historical periods since Beowulf. CA 1.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of Department Head or advisor may be required prior to the student's departure.

An introduction to the basics of grants and grant proposal writing, including the purpose of writing grant proposals, grant opportunities available to undergraduates, and features of successful grant proposals. Requires submission of a grant proposal.

An introduction to writing as a field of inquiry that includes rhetorical analysis as well as the study of writing's social and ethical implications across diverse traditions, contexts, and technologies.

Fundamentals of writing, design, and editing in professional settings. A focus on written genres.

Instruction in academic writing and the procedures of library and Internet research leading to a large-scale research paper.

Critical analysis of and community-based practice in writing for nonspecialist audiences about complex environmental phenomena and issues such as climate. Attention to questions of rhetoric, representation, and ethics.

British literature, medieval through 18th century. Intended to provide preparation for more advanced courses in British literature. Strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

British literature, 19th to 20th centuries. Intended to provide preparation for more advanced courses in British literature. Strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

Literature and culture of the British empire from 1600-1830. Focus on conquest, colonization, the institution of slavery, and resistance to empire. CA 1.

(Also offered as AMST 2200.) An examination of the early written and oral culture of the area that eventually became the United States. CA 1.

American literature from the beginnings: May include such writers as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Douglass, Stowe, Dickinson, Twain, and others. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

American literature from the beginnings: May include such writers as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Douglass, Stowe, Dickinson, Twain, and others. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

Modern and contemporary American literature: May include such writers as James, Wharton, Dreiser, Cather, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Morrison, and others. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

Modern and contemporary American literature: May include such writers as James, Wharton, Dreiser, Cather, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Morrison, and others. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1.

(Also offered as AMST 2207.) How the frontier and overseas ambitions have shaped U.S. institutions and culture. The impact of U.S. expansion on people outside its borders. These topics are explored through literary narratives and historical documents. CA 1. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 2214.) Critical and historical examination of the literature of African American writers from Phyllis Wheatley to the present. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 2214W.) Critical and historical examination of the literature of African American writers from Phyllis Wheatley to the present. CA 4.

(Also offered as AMST 2274W.) An interdisciplinary examination of the symbolic roles of disability and the social implications of those roles. CA 1. CA 4.

(Also offered as AMST 2276.) Interdisciplinary approaches to American utopian and dystopian literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. CA 1.

(Also offered as AMST 2276W.) Interdisciplinary approaches to American utopian and dystopian literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. CA 1.

English language literature from Africa, Asia, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, and other areas outside of the United States and the British Isles. Writers may include Soyinka, Gordimer, Walcott, Achebe, Markandaya, Atwood, White, Emecheta, Rushdie, Naipaul, Kincaid, and others. CA 4-INT.

English language literature from Africa, Asia, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, and other areas outside of the United States and the British Isles. Writers may include Soyinka, Gordimer, Walcott, Achebe, Markandaya, Atwood, White, Emecheta, Rushdie, Naipaul, Kincaid, and others. CA 4-INT.

(Also offered as AAAS 2305.) Japanese literature across genres from 1868 to the present, studied in English translation. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

A study of the techniques and conventions of the chief forms and traditions of poetry in English. CA 1.

A study of the techniques and conventions of the chief forms and traditions of poetry in English. CA 1.

An introduction to the chief forms and traditions of dramatic literature through the study of a broad range of major works. CA 1.

The short story as a literary form with study of significant Continental, British, and American writers. CA 1.

Modern British, American, and Continental drama, with the reading and discussion of some 15-20 representative plays. CA 1.

Modern British, American, and Continental drama, with the reading and discussion of some 15-20 representative plays. CA 1.

Major novels since 1900. CA 1.

Examination of popular literature through the application of literary theory. CA 1.

Examination of popular literature through the application of literary theory. CA 1.

The graphic novel as a literary form. CA 1.

The graphic novel as a literary form. CA 1.

Skills essential for the successful pursuit of a degree in English: textual analysis (close reading of poetry and prose), literary criticism and theory, research and citation methods, and critical writing about literature.

Critical approaches to, and literary and cultural influences of, the Bible in English translation.

How capitalism and its alternatives have been critiqued and defended through literature and other cultural forms. CA 1.

How capitalism and its alternatives have been critiqued and defended through literature and other cultural forms. CA 1.

Introduction to literary writings about the sciences, including literary and scientific approaches to language and knowledge. May focus on a specific literary genre and/or scientific field. CA 1.

(Also offered as CLCS 2609.) A comparative study of fascist and antifascist movements, ideologies, aesthetics, and states across a number of national contexts, before and after the Second World War. Readings may consist of literary works, films and visual culture, autobiographies, political rhetoric, histories, and other cultural artifacts. CA 1.

(Also offered as DMD 2610.) The application of digital technology and media to such subjects as art history, classics, cultural and area studies, history, languages, literature, music, and philosophy. This course will provide a broad survey of the landscape of international and interdisciplinary digital humanities through the lens of ongoing work of faculty and staff researchers at the University of Connecticut.

Introduction to the shaping of literature and literary studies by digital technologies, critical engagement with digital media, and historical and theoretical approaches to media and technology.

An introduction to the field of computer-generated literature. Students learn basic programming in order to create their own computer-generated works. No prior programming experience expected. CA 3.

Exploration of various focused topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester.

Ecocritical approaches to literary treatment of global environmental issues. CA 1.

Critical analysis of literary and nonliterary writing and other artworks by Black, Indigenous, immigrant, working class, and women writers who are disproportionately affected by ecological crisis, as well as community based practice in writing for combined environmental and social justice advocacy. CA 1. CA 4.

Exploration of focused topics in film. Course content varies by section. CA 1.

Exploration of focused topics in film. Course content varies by section. CA 1.

First course in creative expression. Covers two or more genres (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama). Genres vary by section.

Introduction to the craft of travel writing, with attention to the history, variety, and ethics of the genre. CA 1.

Exploration of a genre, method, concept, or subject area in writing.

Advanced training in composition, with consideration of the problem of teaching writing. Designed primarily for English education majors.

Intensive focus on trade book and e-book publishing, geared to writers and students preparing for entry level publishing jobs.

Publishing and writing for publication in the Information Age. Topics include desktop publishing, web-page design, and the presentation of materials on the Internet. No previous experience with computers is required.

Investigation of linguistic diversity; how persuasion is used in conversations related to diverse linguistic issues. CA 4.

(Also offered as WGSS 3020W.) Critical analysis of and engaged practice in technical and professional communication and writing for both specialist and non-specialist audiences about complex topics. Attention to questions of rhetoric, representation, social justice, and ethics in contexts including, but not limited to, class, disability, gender, race, and sexuality.

Introduction to Writing Center pedagogy, theory and research methods. Intended primarily for Writing Center staff. May be repeated for a maximum of four credits. Students taking this course will be assigned a grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

Training in writing in a supervised field placement. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory.) May be repeated for credit. No more than eight credits may be earned in a single placement, and no more than three credits may be counted towards completion of requirements for the English major.

Readings in the literature of the English Middle Ages - lyrics, narratives, dramas, and didactic forms.

Writers studied include More, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton.

Writers studied include More, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton.

A survey of British literature composed between 1660 and 1800 that bore witness to, challenged, and promoted the ideals of the Enlightenment, the practice and institutions of the British empire, and the economic, social, and political revolutions of the Atlantic world during this historical period.

British literature from 1790 to 1832.

British literature from 1790 to 1832.

British literature from 1832 to 1900.

Fiction, drama, and poetry, including early Irish legends and sagas (in translation); such writers as Swift, Shaw, Wilde, Yeats, Gregory, Synge, Joyce, and Bowen. CA 4-INT.

Fiction, drama, and poetry by such writers as Beckett, O'Brien, Friel, Heaney, Doyle, Carr, McCabe, Toibin, and McDonagh. CA 4-INT.

Fiction, drama, and poetry by such writers as Beckett, O'Brien, Friel, Heaney, Doyle, Carr, McCabe, Toibin, and McDonagh. CA 4-INT.

British literature from the late Victorian to the immediate post-World War II period. Works by writers such as Conrad, Lawrence, Mansfield, Forster, Woolf, and Eliot.

Formal and thematic developments in American literature since the mid-twentieth century and its engagement with cultural shifts in this period.

Examination of the literatures of pre-contact, post-contact, and contemporary indigenous American cultures. CA 4.

(Also offered as AAAS 3212.) Literature, theatre, film about Asian American communities and culture in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 3213.) Broad historical survey of African American literature from its origins through the turn of the twentieth century. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 3215.) Broad historical survey of African American literature from the twentieth and twenty-first century. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 3215W.) Broad historical survey of African American literature from the twentieth and twenty-first century. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 3217.) Focused study of a theme, form, author, or movement in African American literature or culture. CA 4.

The literatures of ethnic American authors. Writers may include Natachee Scott Momaday, Maxine Hong Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, Rolando Hinojosa, Bernard Malumud, Nicholasa Mohr, John Fante, among others. CA 4.

The literatures of ethnic American authors. Writers may include Natachee Scott Momaday, Maxine Hong Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, Rolando Hinojosa, Bernard Malumud, Nicholasa Mohr, John Fante, among others. CA 4.

(Also offered as HEJS 3401.) Interdisciplinary study of literary and artistic productions by and about Jews in the United States. CA 1. CA 4.

(Also offered as HEJS 3401W.) Interdisciplinary study of literary and artistic productions by and about Jews in the United States. CA 1. CA 4.

Study of writings, from the colonial era to the modern, reflecting diverse ways of imagining humanity's relation to the natural environment.

(Also offered as AMST 3265W.) Interdisciplinary research and writing centered on a specific topic in U.S. culture. An introduction and overview of research methods in American Studies.

(Also offered as AMST 3267W.) How racism has been both reproduced and contradicted in the scientific imagination. Scientific texts and imaginative literature that explore the reparation of past harms and imagine new futures. CA 1. CA 4.

An examination of the early Celtic and Norse cultures through their medieval literature. Close analysis of works such as The Tain, The Mabinogian, The Eddas, selected sagas, runic and historical texts in association with later English texts that show their influence.

Studies in literature written in English before 1800. Repeatable with a change of topic.

The literature of regions outside North America and Europe. Contents of the course will vary according to regional focus. CA 4-INT.

Intensive studies in particular topics pertaining to colonialism, empire, and the postcolonial. CA 4-INT.

Important texts, practices, and ideas drawn from the diverse traditions of Indian literature, arts, philosophy, and religion. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Poetry since 1900, from major modernist innovators to significant contemporaries.

The best literature available to children, including works by major writers and forms such as fable, folk tale, fairy tale, nursery rhyme, and short story.

Critical analysis of texts for and about young adults.

The Canterbury Tales and other selected works, and such attention to the Middle English language as is necessary to an understanding of the text.

Romantic comedies and principal tragedies.

Romantic comedies and principal tragedies.

The lyric, epic and dramatic poetry of Milton, with some consideration of his prose writing.

Concentrated study in one or two authors writing in English.

Concentrated study in one or two authors writing in English.

A descriptive study of modern American English: constituent sound (phonology), structure of words (morphology), and syntax, with some attention to lexicography and usage.

(Also offered as LLAS 3232.) Extensive readings in Latina/o literature from the late nineteenth century to the present. CA 4.

(Also offered as LLAS 3233.) Advanced study of a theme, form, author, or movement in contemporary Latina/o literature.

(Also offered as WGSS 3609.) Works written by women from different countries and centuries. CA 4.

(Also offered as WGSS 3611.) Modern and contemporary works written by women from different countries. CA 4.

(Also offered as WGSS 3613.) Literature focusing on gender and sexual diversity across cultural contexts. Experiences of, for example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, hijra, and two-spirit people. CA 4.

(Also offered as HRTS 3619.) Study of literature from various historical periods and nationalities concerned with defining, exploring, and critiquing the idea of universal human rights.

The relationship of literature to other fields of study. Course content will vary by section. May be repeatable for credit with a change in topic.

An examination of social and culture aspects of printed literature and of its relationship to other media. Contents will vary by section.

Advanced exploration of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester.

(Also offered as HEJS 3629.) Literature of the Holocaust focusing on memoir in various genres and forms. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

(Also offered as HRTS 3631.) Relationships between literature and culture and humanitarian movements, from the eighteenth century to the present.

(Also offered as HRTS 3631W.) Relationships between literature and culture and humanitarian movements, from the eighteenth century to the present.

Rhetorical analysis of literary polemics and of past and current political speeches, writing, and debate. CA 1.

Rhetorical analysis of literary polemics and of past and current political speeches, writing, and debate. CA 1.

The study of the law and legal concepts through the reading of literature as well as the application of techniques of literary study to legal questions and texts.

British film from 1895 to the present. CA 1.

(Also offered as MAST 3652W.) Maritime fiction and non-fiction from the beginnings to 1800: Shakespeare, Falconer, Defoe, and others.

(Also offered as MAST 3653.) Maritime fiction and non-fiction since 1800: Melville, Conrad, Douglass, and others.

(Also offered as MAST 3653W.) Maritime fiction and non-fiction since 1800: Melville, Conrad, Douglass, and others.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of department head required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Supervised reading and writing on a subject of special interest to the student.

For student writers of proven ability who wish further training in two creative genres (fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction). Genres vary by semester.

For advanced student writers who wish intensive training in a single creative genre (fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction). Genres vary by semester.

(Also offered as DRAM 3141.) The writing, workshopping, revision, and structuring of plays. Key themes include character development, world-building, action, the voice of the playwright, incorporating dramaturgical feedback, revision, and cultivating consistent writing habits.

(Also offered as DRAM 3141W.) The writing, workshopping, revision, and structuring of plays. Key themes include character development, world-building, action, the voice of the playwright, incorporating dramaturgical feedback, revision, and cultivating consistent writing habits.

(Also offered as DRAM 3145.) Theoretical and practical work in the content and form of the fiction scenario.

Creative writing for an audience of children and young adults.

Practicum in literary magazine editing, culminating in production of Long River Review.

For student writers of proven ability who desire training in techniques of nature writing. May include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid genres.

Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of the British Isles.

Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of the United States.

Intensive study of particular topics in British or American literature written by ethnic writers.

Intensive study of particular topics in the English literature of one or more regions, such as South Asia, Africa or the Caribbean.

Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of Ireland.

Intensive study of particular topics in poetry.

Intensive study of particular topics in literary prose.

Intensive study of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester. Small classes with an emphasis on writing.

Intensive study of particular topics in the literary expression of sexual and gender diversity across cultural contexts. Experiences of, for example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, hijra, and two-spirit people.

All Honors students writing an Honors Thesis must register for this course in their last semester after consultation with the director of their thesis and the English department advisor to Honors Students, who is the instructor of record.

Advanced studies in literature written in English before 1800.