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Fall 2003 Semester Course List

Composition Courses

First-Year Seminars

Courses for Non-Majors

Introductory Courses

Advanced Courses

Senior Tutorials

London Program


Composition Courses -- Fall 2003 Semester

Students interested in taking introductory-level courses in writing should also see the Rhetoric and Composition section of the catalog. Descriptions of writing-oriented courses and procedures to be followed in order to meet the college-wide writing requirements may be found there. These courses do not count towards an English major.

First-Year Seminars -- Fall 2003 Semester

The English Department offers a number of seminars designed especially for first-year students. First-year seminars do not count toward the English major, which begins with classes at the 200 level. Students in their second year or beyond should begin work in the English Department at the 200 level.

Number
CRN

Title

For detailed descriptions of individual courses, click on the course title

Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

127-01

5124

The Last Romantics

Mr. Olmsted

TuTh 9:35-10:50

127-02

5125

The Last Romantics

Mr. Olmsted

TuTh 1:30-2:45

129-01

5127

Coming of Age in African Literature

Mr. Podis/
Mr. Saaka

TuTh 11:00-12:15

157-01

5489

The Sense of Time and Place

Mr. Day

MWF 10:00-10:50

170-01

5499

How Literature & History Inform Each Other

Ms. Needham

TuTh 11:00-12:15
171-01 5500 Media & Meaning Mr. Pingree

TuTh 1:35-2:50
+ T 7:00-10:00 pm

174-01 5502 Technologies of Writing Ms. Trubek

TuTh 11:00-12:15

183-01 5535 From Page to Stage Ms. Gorfain TuTh 11:00-12:15
183-02 5536 From Page to Stage Ms. Gorfain TuTh 1:30-2:45

184-01

5537

Shakespeare & History

Mr. Pierce

TuTh 9:35-10:50

184-02

5538

Shakespeare & History

Mr. Pierce

TuTh 1:30-2:45
187-01 5653 Death and the Art of Dying Mr. Deppman MWF 11:00-11:50


Courses for Non-Majors-- Fall 2003 Semester

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

173-01

5270

Form, Style & Meaning in Cinema

Mr. Pingree

TuTh 11:00-12:15
+ W 7:00-10:00 pm

 

Introductory Gateway Courses -- Fall 2003 Semester

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

Distribution for New Major

Distribution for Old Major

201-01

4123

Textual Violence in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Ms. Heckman

TuTh 9:35-10:50

British
Pre-1700

P, EL

212-01

5660

London in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Mr. Pauley

TuTh 1:30-2:45

British
1700 -1900

EL

224-01

5302

Approaches to Literature

Ms. Linehan

TuTh 3:00-4:15

Diversity
Post-1900

WL

240-01

5303

W. B. Yeats & James Joyce

Mr. Hobbs

MWF 9:00-9:50

British
Post-1900

WL

240-02

5304

W. B. Yeats & James Joyce

Mr. Hobbs

MWF 11:00-11:50

British
Post-1900

WL

255-01

5306

Nature in Early American Writing

Mr. McMillin

TuTh 11:00-12:15

American
1700-1900
[*Pre-1700 alt]

AL

260-01 5307 Approaches to African American Humor & Irony Ms. Johns TuTh 11:00-12:15 American
Diversity
Post-1900
AL
264-01 4716 Coming to America Ms. Needham TuTh 1:30-2:45
+ M 7:30-10:00 pm
American
Diversity
Post-1900
AL
266-01 5506 European Modernism and the World Mr. Deppman TuTh 9:35-10:50 Diversity
Post-1900
WL
266-02 5507 European Modernism and the World Mr. Deppman TuTh 11:00-12:15 Diversity
Post-1900
WL
* Indicates alternative historical period, available by consulting your advisor & notifying the Chair. You may not elect both periods.


Introductory Elective Courses -- Fall 2003 Semester

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

231-01

5305

Don Juan: Transformations of a Legend

Mr. Pierce

MW 7:30-8:45 pm

 

Advanced Courses -- Fall 2003 Semester

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

Distribution for New Major

Distribution for Old Major

302-01

5515

Religious Violence in Medieval English Literature

Ms. Heckman

TuTh 1:30 – 2:45

British
Pre-1700

EL

314-01

5658

Atlantic Transactions: Literature and Property in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Mr. Pauley

MWF 3:30-4:20

British
Diversity
1700-1900

F, EL

315-01

5308

Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Mr. Pauley

MWF 1:30-2:20

British
1700-1900

F, EL

316-01

4720

Early Victorian Fiction in Context

Mr. Olmsted

TuTh 3:00-4:15

British
1700-1900

F, WL

331-01

5309

Modern Poetry I

Mr. Lee

TuTh 9:35-10:50

Post-1900

P, WL

332-01

5310

Modern Poetry II

Mr. Hobbs

MWF 2:30-3:20

American
Post-1900

P, AL

372-01

3681

Contemporary Literary Theory in American Culture

Mr. Day

MWF 11:00-11:50

American
Post-1900

AL

388-01

5659

Eliot, Stevens, Hughes: Three Notions of Modernism

Mr. Lee

TuTh 3:00-4:15

American
Diversity
Post-1900

P, AL

395-01

1455

Poetry Workshop

Ms. Collins

W 7:15-10:00 pm

397-01

1456

FictionWorkshop

Ms. Watanabe

M 7:00-10:00 pm

 

 

399-01

1458

Teaching and Tutoring Writing Across the Disciplines

Ms. Trubek

TuTh 9:35-10:50

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Senior Tutorials-- Fall 2003 Semester
By application only: see http://www.oberlin.edu/english/department/SrTutAppl.html

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time
400-01 5454 Senior Tutorial Mr. Day MWF 1:30-2:20
400-02 5455 Senior Tutorial Ms. Gorfain MW 7:30-8:45 pm
400-03 5456 Senior Tutorial Ms. Johns TuTh 3:00-4:15
400-04 5457 Senior Tutorial Ms. Needham W 7:00-10:00 pm

London Program-- Fall 2003 Semester

Number
CRN

Title

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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

Distribution for New Major

Distribution for Old Mnjor

LOND
900-01

1550

Danenberg Lectures on British Culture & Society

Mr. Walker / Mr. Blecher

To be arranged

 

 

ENGL
966-01

5311

The London Stage

Mr. Walker

To be arranged

British
Pre-1700 AND
Post-1900

D, EL AND
WL

ENGL
972-01

5312

Modernism in England

Mr. Walker

To be arranged

British
Post-1900

F, WL

 

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