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ENGL 110_JL1: Approaches to Literature and Culture TTh 1:00-4:00p Literary Monsters and Monstrous Literature Rey: “You are a monster.” Kylo Ren: “Yes, I am.” – Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breathing world” – Richard … Continue reading →

ENGL 365-A_001: Modernist Literature TTh 1:00-4:00p The Haunted Landscapes of Gothic Modernism “in the middle of my party, here’s death, she thought” – Mrs. Dalloway Modernism was born out of seismic, revolutionary shifts in society and culture. World wars, political … Continue reading →

ENGL 243/002: Speculative Fiction (Revised) Monstrous Science Term 2 TTh 9:30-11:00a “It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of … Continue reading →

ENGL 378/001: Contemporary Literature Vampires Among Us Term 2 TTh 2:00-3:30 p.m. “But the Countess herself is indifferent to her own weird authority, as if she were dreaming it. In her dream, she would like to be human; but she … Continue reading →

ENGL 100/024: Reading and Writing about Language and Literatures Haunted Houses Term 2 TTh 3:30-5:00 p.m. “What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to … Continue reading →

ENGL 490/001: Literature Majors Seminar Mad Science: Gothic Echoes in Passion Projects Gone Wrong Term 1: T 12:30-2:30 p.m. “It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost … Continue reading →

ENGL 243/001: Speculative Fiction Synthetic Humans; Posthuman Dystopias Term 1 MWF 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. “We make Angels. In the service of Civilization. There were bad angels once … I make good angels now.” – Niander Wallace, Blade Runner 2049 “Whole … Continue reading →

ENGL 100/006: Reading and Writing About Language and Literatures Vampires on Page and Screen: Transfusions and Transmutations Term 1 MWF 2:00-3:00 p.m. “I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I … Continue reading →

ENGL 110/JL2: Approaches to Literature and Culture Term 2 | TTh 12:00-3:00 p.m. Literary Monsters and Monstrous Literature Rey: “You are a monster.” Kylo Ren: “Yes, I am.” – Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into … Continue reading →