English Major

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Courses

A limited number of these or similar courses will be offered each quarter (for course descriptions, see the UW Course Catalog):

English (ENGL)

300 Reading Major Texts (5)

302 Critical Practice (5)

303 History of Literary Criticism and Theory I (5)

304 History of Literary Criticism and Theory II (5)

307 Cultural Studies: Literature and the Age (5)

310 The Bible as Literature (5)

320 English Literature: The Middle Ages (5)

321 Chaucer (5)

322 English Literature: The Age of Queen Elizabeth (5)

323 Shakespeare to 1603 (5)

324 Shakespeare After 1603 (5)

325 English Literature: The Late Renaissance (5)

326 Milton (5)

327 English Literature: Restoration and Early 18th-Century (5)

328 English Literature: Later 18th Century (5)

329 Rise of the English Novel (5)

330 English Literature: The Romantic Age (5)

331 Romantic Poetry I (5)

332 Romantic Poetry II (5)

333 English Novel: Early and Middle 19th Century (5)

334 English Novel: Later 19th Century (5)

335 English Literature: The Age of Victoria (5)

336 English Literature: The Early Modern Period (5)

337 The Modern Novel (5)

338 Modern Poetry (5)

339 English Literature: Contemporary England (5)

340 Modern Anglo-Irish Literature (5)

342 Contemporary Novel (5)

343 Contemporary Poetry (5)

344 Twentieth-Century Drama (5)

350 Traditions in American Fiction (5)

351 American Literature: The Colonial Period (5)

352 American Literature: The Early Nation (5)

353 American Literature: Later 19th Century (5)

354 American Literature: The Early Modern Period (5)

355 American Literature: Contemporary America (5)

356 Classic American Poetry (5)

358 Literature of Black Americans (5)

359 Contemporary American Indian Literature (5) (Joint with AIS 377)

367 Women and the Literary Imagination (5, max. 15)

368 Women Writers (5, max. 15)

370 English Language Study (5)

371 English Syntax (5)

372 Language Variation in Current English (5)

373 History of the English Language (5)

374 The Language of Literature (5)

430 British Writers: Studies in Major Authors (5)

431 Topics in British Literature (5, max. 15)

440 Special Studies in Literature (3 or 5, max. 10)

451 American Writers: Studies in Major Authors (5, max. 15)

452 Topics in American Literature (5, max. 15)

471 The Composition Process (5)

472 Language Learning (5)

478 Language and Social Policy (5)

479 Language Variation and Language Policy in North America (5)

498 Senior Seminar (5)

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