English Course Listings

Lower Division Courses

4HW. Critical Reading and Writing (Honors). (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Not open for credit to students with credit for former course 4H. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Letters and Science Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

4W. Critical Reading and Writing. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for former course 4. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Letters and Science Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

10A. English Literature to 1660. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Study of selected works of the period, beginning with selections from Old English poetry and including writings by Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Minimum of three papers (three to five pages each) or equivalent. P/NP or letter grading.

10B. English Literature, 1660 to 1832. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Study of selected works of the period, including writings by Dryden, Pope, Swift, Wordsworth, and Keats. Minimum of three papers (three to five pages each) or equivalent. P/NP or letter grading.

10C. English Literature, 1832 to the Present. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Study of selected works of the period, including writings by Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, Joyce, and Eliot. Minimum of three papers (three to five pages each) or equivalent. P/NP or letter grading.

20. Introduction to Creative Writing. (4)

Preparation: submission of creative or expository writing samples to a screening committee. Enforced requisites: satisfaction of Subject A requirement, English Composition 3 or 3H. Designed to introduce fundamentals of creative writing. Emphasis either on poetry, fiction, or drama, depending on wishes of instructor(s) during any given term. Readings from assigned texts and weekly writing assignments required.

M40. Structure of English Words. (5)

(Same as Linguistics M10.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to structure of English words of classical origin, including most common base forms and rules by which alternate forms are derived. Students may expect to achieve substantial enrichment of their vocabulary while learning about etymology, semantic change, and abstract rules of English word formation. P/NP or letter grading.

70. Major British Authors before 1800. (4)

Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for course 10A or 10B. Study of selected masterpieces of English literature before 1800, including works of such writers as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and Fielding.

75. Major British Authors, 1800 to the Present. (4)

Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for course 10B or 10C. Study of selected masterpieces of English literature from 1800 to the present, including works of such writers as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Tennyson, Dickens, Browning, Yeats, Joyce, and Eliot.

80. Major American Authors. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for any courses in the 170 series. Introduction to the chief American authors, with emphasis on poetry, nonnarrative prose, and short fiction of such writers as Poe, Dickinson, Emerson, Whitman, Twain, Frost, and Hemingway. P/NP or letter grading.

85. American Novel. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for any courses in the 170 series. Development, with emphasis on form, of the American novel from its beginning to the present day. Includes works of such novelists as Hawthorne, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Ellison, and Morrison. P/NP or letter grading.

88A-88Z. Lower Division Seminars: Special Topics in English. (5 each)

Seminar, three hours. Limited to 15 students. Content varies; see departmental counselor for information. P/NP or letter grading. 88A. Medieval Literature; 88B. Renaissance Literature; 88C. 17th-Century Literature; 88D. 18th-Century Literature; 88E. Romantic Literature; 88F. Victorian Literature; 88G. 20th-Century British Literature; 88H. Colonial American Literature; 88I. 19th-Century American Literature; 88J. 20th-Century American Literature; 88K. History of English Language; 88L. Folklore and Mythology; 88M. Literature and Society.

90. Shakespeare. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for course 142A or 142B. Survey of Shakespeare’s plays, including comedies, tragedies, and histories, selected to represent Shakespeare’s breadth, artistic progress, and total dramatic achievement. P/NP or letter grading.

95A. Introduction to Poetry. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Recommended for instructional credential candidates. Study of critical issues (metrics, diction, figurative language, symbolism, irony and ambiguity, form and structure) and aesthetic issues, including evaluative criteria, followed by close critical analysis of a selection of representative poems. P/NP or letter grading.

95B. Introduction to Drama. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Examination of representative plays; readings may range from Greek to modern drama. Emphasis on critical approaches to dramatic text; study of issues such as plot construction, characterization, special uses of language in drama, methods of evaluation. P/NP or letter grading.

95C. Introduction to Fiction. (5)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Introduction to prose narrative, its techniques and forms. Analysis of short and long narratives and of critical issues such as plot, characterization, setting, narrative voice, realistic and nonrealistic forms. P/NP or letter grading.

96. The Short Story in England and America. (4)

Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Subject A requirement. Historical survey of the short story as a genre, from the 19th century to the present. P/NP or letter grading.

97H. Honors Seminar for Freshmen and Sophomores. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Limited to 15 students. Recommended for lower division students who anticipate entering English honors program during their junior year. Content varies; see departmental counselor for information. P/NP or letter grading.

Upper Division Courses

100. Introduction to Special Topics and Genres. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of a particular topic, genre, or subgenre in literature such as satire, biography, parody, or a specialized classification of literature. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

M101A. Lesbian and Gay Literature before Stonewall. (5)

(Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies M101A and Women’s Studies M101A.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of lesbian and gay literature in English from earlier periods through the 1960s. Works by such authors as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Radclyffe Hall, E.M. Forster, Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Christopher Isherwood, William S. Burroughs, John Rechy, Audre Lorde, and Edward Albee. P/NP or letter grading.

M101B. Lesbian and Gay Literature after Stonewall. (5)

(Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies M101B and Women’s Studies M101B.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of lesbian and gay literature in English since 1969, year of Stonewall Riots in New York City, commonly recognized as beginning of modern lesbian and gay culture. Works by such authors as Adrienne Rich, Jane Rule, Maureen Duffy, Brigid Brophy, Larry Kramer, Bertha Harris, Edmund White, Rita Mae Brown, Alan Hollinghurst, and Emma Donahue. P/NP or letter grading.

M102A. Asian American Literature to 1980. (5)

(Same as Asian American Studies M112A.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of Asian American literature from early period of formation to cultural nationalist movement of late 1960s and 1970s. Works of such authors as Edith Eaton, Carlos Bulosan, Hisaye Yamamoto, Louis Chu, and Maxine Hong Kingston included. P/NP or letter grading.

M102B. Asian American Literature since 1980. (5)

(Same as Asian American Studies M112B.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of contemporary Asian American literature with emphasis on its growing ethnic diversity following influx of new immigrants. Works of such authors as Theresa Cha, Bharati Mukherjee, David Wong Louie, Garrett Hongo, and Jessica Hagedorn included. P/NP or letter grading.

103. Jewish American Fiction. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of the fiction of Jewish writers in America, such as Bellow, Malamud, and Roth, focusing on encounter of Jewish ethical ideals and social values with the contemporary environment. P/NP or letter grading.

M104A. Early Afro-American Literature. (5)

(Same as Afro-American Studies M104A.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of black American literature from the 18th century through World War I, including oral and written forms (folktales, spirituals, sermons; fiction, poetry, essays), by authors such as Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frances Harper, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, Booker T. Washington, and Pauline Hopkins. P/NP or letter grading.

M104B. Afro-American Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the 1960s. (5)

(Same as Afro-American Studies M104B.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of 20th-century black American literature from New Negro Movement of post-World War I period to the 1960s, including oral materials (ballads, blues, speeches) and fiction, poetry, and essays by authors such as Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison. P/NP or letter grading.

M104C. Afro-American Literature since the 1960s. (5)

(Same as Afro-American Studies M104C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of diverse forms of Afro-American literary expression produced from rise of Black Arts Movement of the 1960s to the present by writers such as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Etheridge Knight, Toni Morrison, Martin Luther King, Jr., Paule Marshall, Ernest Gaines, Ishmael Reed, and Audre Lorde. P/NP or letter grading.

M105A. Early Chicana/Chicano Literature. (5)

(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M105A.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of Chicana/Chicano literature from the 16th century through Zoot Suit Riots (1943), including both oral and written forms of literary expression (corridos, folktales, essays, memoirs, novels, and poetry) by such authors as Cabeza de Vaca, Juan Seguin, Americo Paredes, and Maria Ruiz Amparo Burton. P/NP or letter grading.

M105B. Recent Chicana/Chicano Literature. (5)

(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M105B.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of Chicana/Chicano literature since 1943, beginning with reactions to Zoot Suit Riots and continuing through Chicana/Chicano Movimiento to contemporary literature. Drama, novels, memoirs, essays, and poetry by such authors as Luis Valdez, Cherrie Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Rodolfo Anaya, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and Ana Castillo. P/NP or letter grading.

106. Native American Literary Studies. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of Native American oral cultures through translated documents (song-poems, life-stories, myths, tales, dream visions, speeches) and/or images in writing about Native Americans (poetry, fiction, history, anthropology, sociology). P/NP or letter grading.

M107A. American Women Writers. (5)

(Same as Women’s Studies M107A.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of literary works by American women writers, with emphasis on roles of women, portrayal of nature and society, and evolution of forms and techniques in writing by American women. P/NP or letter grading.

M107B. British Women Writers. (5)

(Same as Women’s Studies M107B.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of literary works by British women writers, with emphasis on roles of women, portrayal of nature and society, and evolution of forms and techniques in writing by British women. P/NP or letter grading.

M107C. Special Topics in Women and Literature. (5)

(Same as Women’s Studies M107C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in women and literature, with emphasis on a period, genre, particular theme, or nonnational literary grouping. P/NP or letter grading.

108A-108B. English Bible as Literature. (4-4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Principal literary monuments of the Old and New Testaments in King James Version. P/NP or letter grading. 108A. Old Testament; 108B. New Testament.

108C. English Bible as Literature: Special Topics. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of the English Bible, with attention to particular literary themes, motifs, and genres. Possible discussion of influence of the Bible on discrete periods or individual authors in English literature. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

109. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of British or American literature in relation to other disciplines such as history, politics, philosophy, psychology. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

110. Studies in Individual Authors. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Specialized study of the work of a single poet, dramatist, prose writer, or novelist. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

111A. Oral Tradition. (4)

(Formerly numbered M111A.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of myth, dramatic origins, oral epic, folktale, and ballad, emphasizing Indo-European and Semitic examples. P/NP or letter grading.

111C. British Folklore and Mythology. (4)

(Formerly numbered M111C.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of folklore of the peoples of Britain, with attention to their history, function, and regional differences. P/NP or letter grading.

111D. Celtic Mythology. (4)

(Formerly numbered M111D.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of early materials, chiefly literary, for study of mythic traditions of the Celtic peoples, ranging from ancient Gaul to medieval Ireland and Wales. P/NP or letter grading.

111E. Survey of Medieval Celtic Literature. (4)

(Formerly numbered M111E.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Knowledge of Irish or Welsh not required. General course dealing with Celtic literature from earliest times to the 14th century. P/NP or letter grading.

111F. Celtic Folklore. (4)

(Formerly numbered M111F.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Folkloric traditions of modern Ireland, Scotland, and other Celtic countries, with attention to current techniques of folkloristic research. P/NP or letter grading.

112. Children’s Literature. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of historical backgrounds and development of types of children’s literature, folklore and oral tradition, levels of interest, criticism and evaluation, illustration and bibliography. P/NP or letter grading.

113. Literature for Adolescents and Young Adults. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Analysis and evaluation of literature intended mainly for students in junior and senior high schools. Review of mature books that are popularly suggested for this age group; study of interests and reading habits of young adults. P/NP or letter grading.

114. World Literatures in English. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of contemporary literature from English-speaking regions of the world, reviewing major genres from several countries and making cross-comparisons with the literatures. Generalizations concerning the nature of the English used by such writers. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

115A. American Popular Literature. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of main currents of popular and cultural taste as reflected in such genres as dime novels, detective fiction, and Western stories. P/NP or letter grading.

115B. British Popular Literature. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Readings in the literature of the British masses, from 16th-century broadsides to contemporary novels. Examination of social functions of literature. P/NP or letter grading.

116. Science Fiction. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of science fiction and speculative literatures. P/NP or letter grading.

117. Detective Fiction. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of British and American detective fiction and the literature of detection. P/NP or letter grading.

118. Film and Literature. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of interdisciplinary relationships between film and literature, including theme and structure, and focusing on cinematic adaptations of literary works. P/NP or letter grading.

119. Literature of California and the American West. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study of literature in English dealing with exploration, settlement, and emergent cultural awareness of the Western U.S. P/NP or letter grading.

121. History of the English Language. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Study directed toward English majors of main features in grammatical, lexical, and phonetic condition of the English language from Indo-European time to the present. P/NP or letter grading.

122. Introduction to Structure of Present-Day English. (4)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introduction to techniques of linguistic description as applied to pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of modern English. P/NP or letter grading.

133. Creative Writing: Poetry. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Weekly exercises in writing of poetry, with practice in standard forms and meters and study of techniques. Classroom discussion based on student use. Enrollment in more than one section per term not permitted. May be repeated for a total of 15 units. No more than 10 units may be completed with same instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

134. Creative Writing: Short Story. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Three average-length stories to be completed each term. Some stories may, with instructor’s consent, be substantial revisions of other stories presented. Classroom discussion based on stories presented. Enrollment in more than one section per term not permitted. May be repeated for a total of 15 units. No more than 10 units may be completed with same instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

135. Creative Writing: Drama. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Exploration of capacity of each student to write for the theater. Class discussion of student writing, individual conferences, rehearsed readings, and laboratory productions. Enrollment in more than one section per term not permitted. May be repeated for a total of 15 units. No more than 10 units may be completed with same instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

137. Advanced Computer Techniques for Students of English. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Concurrent instruction in writing computer programs for literary study and in the kinds of literary research that can be aided by computers. BASIC is taught; students must know how to operate a computer. Principles of computer science neither assumed nor taught. P/NP or letter grading.

140A. Criticism: History and Theory. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of some major historical documents and theoretical statements in history of literary criticism, including works by such writers as Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Sidney, Dryden, Johnson, Kant, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Arnold, James, Croce, and T.S. Eliot, with emphasis on major critical positions posed and developed by these writers, basis of their theoretical positions, and practical consequences of those positions. Possible discussion of recent trends in criticism. P/NP or letter grading.

140B. Criticism: Special Topics. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of limited periods and specialized issues and approaches in history of literary criticism, including moral, biographical, sociological, psychological, formal, structural, and deconstructionist. Area of concentration determined by instructor and listed in Schedule of Classes . Some study of literary texts, to illuminate the value and practical application of the approach, may be required. P/NP or letter grading.

141A. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Introductory study of Chaucer’s language, versification, and historical and literary background, including analysis and discussion of his long major poem, The Canterbury Tales. Satisfies department’s Chaucer requirement. P/NP or letter grading.

141B. Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde and Selected Minor Works. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Intensive study of Troilus and Criseyde and selected minor works of Chaucer, such as The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, etc. Satisfies department’s Chaucer requirement. P/NP or letter grading.

142A. Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Intensive study of selected poems and representative comedies, histories, and tragedies through Hamlet. P/NP or letter grading.

142B. Shakespeare: Later Plays. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Intensive study of representative problem plays, major tragedies, Roman plays, and romances. P/NP or letter grading.

142C. Shakespeare: Selected Topics. (5)

Lecture, three or four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Designed for students interested in further study of Shakespeare. Limits of investigation set by individual instructors. P/NP or letter grading.

143. Milton. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of major works of Milton, with emphasis on Paradise Lost. P/NP or letter grading.

150A. Early Medieval Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Reading knowledge of Old English not required. Major prose and poetry of Anglo-Saxon England (600 to 1100), including epic, romance, history, saints’ lives, and travel literature. Texts and topics include Beowulf, Vikings, poems on women, Bede, and King Alfred. P/NP or letter grading.

150B. Later Medieval Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Reading and historical explication of major writers of the 14th and 15th centuries (e.g., the Gawain-poet, Langland, Gower, Malory, miracle and morality plays, prose, and lyrics). The more difficult texts read in modernized form. P/NP or letter grading.

151. Elizabethan Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of English literature of the 16th century, with special emphasis on development and interrelationships of poetry, prose, fiction, and literary theory and criticism during reign of Elizabeth I. P/NP or letter grading.

152A. Drama from Beginning to 1576. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. English drama from its Latin and Anglo-Norman roots to opening of first public playhouse. P/NP or letter grading.

152B. Drama, 1567 to 1642. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Non-Shakespearean English drama from opening of first public playhouse to closing of the theaters. P/NP or letter grading.

153. Literature of Early 17th Century, 1600 to 1660. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of major works as literary documents and as products of 17th-century thought. Work of Milton excluded. P/NP or letter grading.

154. Literature of Restoration and Earlier 18th Century, 1660 to 1730. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of major works as literary documents and as products of the Restoration and earlier 18th-century thought. P/NP or letter grading.

155. Literature of Later 18th Century, 1730 to 1798. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of major works as literary documents and as products of later 18th-century thought. P/NP or letter grading.

156. Drama, 1660 to 1842. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Survey of English drama from the Restoration to the Licensing Act. P/NP or letter grading.

157. The Novel to 1832. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Survey of works of major English novelists from Defoe through Scott. P/NP or letter grading.

160. Earlier Romantic Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Intensive study of writings by Blake, Wollstonecraft, W. Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Austen, with collateral readings from such authors as Godwin, Burke, Paine, Radcliffe, Edgeworth, Baillie, C. Smith, Burns, Southey, D. Wordsworth, Lamb, DeQuincey, and Scott. P/NP or letter grading.

161. Later Romantic Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Intensive study of writings by Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly, and Mary Shelley, with collateral readings from such authors as Hazlitt, Hunt, Landor, Clare, Moore, Peacock, Landon, Aikin, Hemans, and Prince. P/NP or letter grading.

162. Earlier Victorian Poetry and Prose. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of poetry and prose of the Victorian age from passage of the first Reform Bill through the high Victorian period, including such authors as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Mill, and Newman. P/NP or letter grading.

163. Later Victorian Poetry and Prose. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of poetry and prose of the later Victorian age from Pre-Raphaelitism through the aesthetic and decadent movements, along with other intellectual trends, including such authors as Ruskin, Swinburne, Pater, Hopkins, Hardy, Wilde, and Yeats. P/NP or letter grading.

164. The Novel, 1832 to 1900. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Survey of major English novelists from Dickens through Hardy. P/NP or letter grading.

165. 20th-Century British Poetry. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Survey of major British poets, including Yeats, Eliot, Auden, and Hughes, from 1900 to the present. P/NP or letter grading.

166. 20th-Century British Fiction. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Survey of major British novelists and short story writers, including Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, and Lawrence, from 1900 to the present. P/NP or letter grading.

167. Drama, 1842 to 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C (for Theater and Film and Television majors the 10A, 10B, 10C requisites are waived). Survey of British and American drama, with its principal continental influences, from 1842 through World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

168. Drama, 1945 to the Present. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of British and American drama, with its principal continental influences, since World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

169. Special Topics in British Studies. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of particular themes, forms, or moments in British and/or Anglophone literature. Satisfies department’s pre- or post-19th-century requirement, depending on date of subject matter. P/NP or letter grading.

170A. American Literature to 1775. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature through the Colonial period. P/NP or letter grading.

170B. American Literature, 1775 to 1832. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature during Revolutionary and early republic periods. P/NP or letter grading.

171A. American Literature, 1832 to 1865. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature from Jacksonian era to end of the Civil War. P/NP or letter grading.

171B. American Literature, 1866 to 1912. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature from end of the Civil War to founding of Poetry magazine. P/NP or letter grading.

172A. American Literature, 1912 to 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature from founding of Poetry magazine to end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

172B. American Literature since 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Historical survey of American literature since end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

173A. American Fiction to 1900. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American fiction (both novels and short stories) from its beginning to end of the 19th century. P/NP or letter grading.

173B. American Fiction, 1900 to 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American novels and short stories from beginning of the 20th century to end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

173C. American Fiction since 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American novels and short stories since end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

174A. American Poetry to 1900. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American poetry from Puritan period through end of the 19th century. P/NP or letter grading.

174B. American Poetry, 1900 to 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American poetry from beginning of the 20th century to end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

174C. American Poetry since 1945. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American poetry since end of World War II. P/NP or letter grading.

175. American Nonfictional Prose. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American nonfictional prose (essays, autobiographies, travel narratives, and other). Particular genre and/or historical period vary with instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

176. American Drama. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of American drama from its beginning to the present day. Historical period may vary with instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

177. Special Topics in American Literature. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Focused study of some aspect or theme in American literature. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

178. Perspectives in Study of American Culture. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Interdisciplinary study of American literature in its relationships to other disciplines, including art, architecture, film, history, music, politics, and various social sciences, with emphasis on application of literary methodology to historical survey of American culture. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

179. American Literature in Comparative Context. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Study of some aspect of American literature and its relationships to other national literature. P/NP or letter grading.

180. Specialized Studies in Medieval Literature. (5)

Seminar, three or four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Consult Schedule of Classes for author, period, genre, or subject to be studied in a specific term. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

180X. Specialized Studies in Literature. (5)

Seminar, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Consult Schedule of Classes for author, period, genre, or subject to be studied in a specific term. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

181. Specialized Studies in Renaissance Literature. (5)

182. Specialized Studies in 17th-Century Literature. (5)

183. Specialized Studies in 18th-Century Literature. (5)

184. Specialized Studies in Romantic Literature. (5)

185. Specialized Studies in Victorian Literature. (5)

186. Specialized Studies in 20th-Century British Literature. (5)

187. Specialized Studies in Colonial American Literature. (5)

188. Specialized Studies in 19th-Century American Literature. (5)

189. Specialized Studies in 20th-Century American Literature. (5)

190. Literature and Society. (5)

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Intensive study of some aspect of relationship between literature and social, economic, or political history. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

195. Postcolonial Literatures. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, 10C. Survey of how colonialism and decolonization have shaped and been shaped by literature in English. Study of new Englishes and literature that combines European and non-Western aesthetic forms to produce new literary traditions. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

196. Interracial Encounters in Contemporary American Literature. (5)

Lecture, three or four hours. Enforced requisites: English Composition 3 or 3H, English 4W or 4HW. Study of recent literary and cinematic texts produced by people from different ethnic backgrounds living in the U.S. and providing comparative cultural perspectives on living in a multiethnic society. P/NP or letter grading.

M197A. Topics in Afro-American Literature. (5)

(Same as Afro-American Studies M197A.) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in Afro-American literature. Topics include the Harlem Renaissance; Afro-American Literature in the Nadir, 1890 to 1914; Contemporary Afro-American Fiction. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

M197B. Topics in Chicana/Chicano Literature. (5)

(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M197B.) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in Chicana/Chicano literature. Topics include labor and literature; Chicana/Chicano visions of Los Angeles; immigration, migration, and exile; autobiography and historical change; Chicana/Chicano journalism; literary New Mexico; specific literary genres. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

M197C. Topics in Asian American Literature. (5)

(Same as Asian American Studies M197C.) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in Asian American literature. Topics include specific genres (autobiography, poetry, or drama); specific nationalities within the Asian American community; and themes related to such problems as generational differences, gender politics, or interethnic encounters. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

M197D. Special Topics in Lesbian and Gay Literature. (5)

(Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies M197D.) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Variable specialized studies course in lesbian and gay literature. Topics focus on a particular problem or issue in terms of its relationship to lesbian and gay culture and writing. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

199. Special Studies in English. (2 to 4)

Intensive directed research project. To enroll or obtain information, see departmental counselor.

199HA. Honors Seminar. (5)

Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 140A. Introduction to research techniques and study of various approaches and applications of critical methodology as it relates to interpretation and evaluation of texts. Letter grading.

199HB-199HC. Honors Tutorial. (5-5)

Tutorial, to be arranged. Requisite: course 199HA. Tutorial in which students write theses under direction of a faculty member. In Progress and letter grading.

199I. Independent Studies for Internships. (2 to 4)

Independent studies course to be supervised jointly by Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning and faculty supervisor. Further supervision to be provided by business for which student is doing internship. P/NP grading.

Graduate Courses

200. Approaches to Literary Research. (4)

Bibliographical tools of English and American literary scholarship; introduction to descriptive bibliography and basic methods of research. Periods covered vary.

201A. Criticism and Interpretation from Classical Era to the Renaissance. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Examination of major texts in history of critical theory and interpretation from pre-Socratics to Descartes, including classical literary criticism (Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus), biblical hermeneutics (Bible, Midrash, St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas), and medieval and Renaissance theories of interpretation (Dante, Boccaccio, Sidney). S/U or letter grading.

201B. Aesthetics and Criticism from the Enlightenment to Decadence. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Continuation of course 201A, proceeding from neoclassical and Enlightenment critical theory through Victorian and decadent aesthetic and literary criticism. Readings may include texts by Rousseau, Dryden, Pope, Hume, Kant, Schiller, the Schlegels, Coleridge, Hegel, Schelling, Arnold, Pater, Wilde, and Neitzsche. S/U or letter grading.

201C. Developments and Issues in Modern Critical Thought. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Study of major figures and ideas in modern and contemporary critical theory. Readings vary from year to year but may include such figures as Freud, Durkheim, Saussure, Heidegger, Shkolvskii, Benjamin, Adorno, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Barthes, Derrida, Deleuze, Fanon, Foucault, Irigaray, Lyotard, Bourdieu, and Bhabha. S/U or letter grading.

202. Enumerative and Descriptive Bibliography. (4)

Problems in bibliography, texts, and editions, with practical application in compiling bibliographies, editing texts, and approaching literature through textual criticism.

203. Computers and Literary Research. (4)

Prior knowledge in this area not required. Practice in writing and using computer programs for analysis of literary style, content, and authorship.

204. History of Rhetoric. (4)

Reading of basic texts in history of rhetoric and selections from standard commentaries. Survey of classical period and medieval-to-modern period in alternate years.

M205A. Study of Oral Tradition: History and Methods. (4)

(Formerly numbered 205A.) (Same as Scandinavian M271.) Seminar, three hours. Exploration of scholarly and literary attempts to study, define, analyze, promote, and/or appropriate oral traditions, from Homer and ancient Greece to origins of vernacular literatures, European romantic (re)discovery of oral tradition, 20th-century heuristic models of oral composition, and modern-day electronic media and popular verbal genres, such as joking and rapping. S/U or letter grading.

M205B. Collecting Oral Tradition. (4)

(Formerly numbered 205B.) (Same as Scandinavian M272.) Seminar, three hours. Description and evaluation of various modern approaches to collecting and documenting oral tradition as text, performance, and sociocultural event. Consideration of approaches ranging from written transcription and textualization to audio and video presentation. S/U or letter grading.

M205C. Studies in Oral Traditional Genres. (4)

(Formerly numbered 205C.) (Same as Scandinavian M273.) Seminar, three hours. Exploration in depth of variety and history of, and scholarship on, a particular oral traditional genre (e.g., ballad, song, epic, proverb, riddle, folktale, legend) or a set of closely related oral traditional genres. S/U or letter grading.

210. History of the English Language. (4)

Detailed study of history, characteristics, and changing forms of the language from its origin until about 1900.

211. Old English. (4)

Study of Old English grammar, lexicon, phonology, and pronunciation to enable students to read the literature silently and aloud. Reading of as much of the more interesting Old English prose and poetry as can be read in a term.

212. Middle English. (4)

Requisite: course 211. Detailed study of linguistic aspects of Middle English and of representative examples of the better prose and poetry.

213. Early Modern English. (4)

Detailed study of phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of English between 1450 and 1750. Description and analysis of changes in the language in relation to intellectual, political, and social characteristics of the period.

214. Modern English. (4)

Description and analysis of modern English phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, using theory and techniques of contemporary linguistics. Survey of the evolution of American English and account of characteristic phonological and grammatical features of major regional varieties of English around the world.

216A-216B. Old Irish. (4)

Studies in grammar. Readings in the glosses and other texts. Comparative considerations.

217A-217B. Medieval Welsh. (4)

Studies in grammar. Readings in the Mabinogi and other texts. Comparative considerations.

218. Celtic Linguistics. (4)

Survey of salient features of Celtic linguistic stock in its Gaelic and British branches, with reference to position of Celtic within Indo-European languages.

230. Workshop: Creative Writing. (2 to 4)

Preparation: submission of writing samples in specified genre (poetry, fiction, or drama). May be repeated but may not satisfy more than one of the nine courses required for first qualifying examination nor any of the five courses required for second qualifying examination.

240. Studies in History of the English Language. (4)

Individual seminars dealing with any single historical period from Old English period to the present or development of a particular linguistic characteristic (phonology, syntax, semantics, dialectology) through various periods. May be repeated for credit.

241. Studies in Structure of the English Language. (4)

Topics in various aspects of structure of modern English, especially syntax and semantics. May be repeated for credit.

242. Language and Literature. (4)

Application of linguistics to literary analysis. Individual seminars dealing with a historical period (medieval and Renaissance, neoclassical, or 19th century and modern), specific authors, or contributions of specific groups of linguists to literary analysis. May be repeated for credit.

244. Old and Medieval English Literature. (4)

Studies in poetry and prose of Old and medieval English literature; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

245. Chaucer. (4)

May be repeated for credit.

246. Renaissance Literature. (4)

Studies in poetry and prose of Renaissance English literature, exclusive of Shakespeare; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

247. Shakespeare. (4)

May be repeated for credit.

248. Earlier 17th-Century Literature. (4)

Studies in poetry and prose of 17th-century English literature up to the Restoration; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

249. Milton. (4)

Studies in poetry and prose of John Milton; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

250. Restoration and 18th-Century Literature. (4)

Studies in English poetry and prose, 1660 to 1800; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

251. Romantic Writers. (4)

May be repeated for credit.

252. Victorian Literature. (4)

Studies in English poetry and prose of the Victorian period; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

253. Contemporary British Literature. (4)

May be repeated for credit.

254. American Literature to 1900. (4)

Studies in Colonial and 19th-century American literature; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

255. Contemporary American Literature. (4)

Studies in contemporary American poetry and prose; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

256. Studies in the Drama. (4)

Studies in drama as a genre from its beginning to the present; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

257. Studies in Poetry. (4)

Studies in various themes and forms of poetry from Old English to the present; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

258. Studies in the Novel. (4)

Studies in evolution of the genre from its beginning to the present; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

259. Studies in Criticism. (4)

May be repeated for credit.

260. Studies in Literature and Its Relationship to the Arts and Sciences. (4)

Studies in interrelationships of literature, arts, and sciences; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

M260A. Topics in Asian American Literature. (4)

(Same as Asian American Studies M260.) Seminar, three hours. Graduate seminar that examines and critically evaluates writings of Asian Americans. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

261. Studies in Chicana/Chicano Literature. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Intensive research and study of major themes, authors, and issues in Chicana/Chicano literature and culture. Examination of political, aesthetic, economic, and cultural context that emerges in Chicana/Chicano discourse; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

M262. Studies in Afro-American Literature. (4)

(Same as Afro-American Studies M200E.) Intensive research and study of major themes, issues, and writers in Afro-American literature. Discussions and research on aesthetic, cultural, and social backgrounds of Afro-American writing. May be repeated for credit.

263. Celtic Literature. (4)

Lecture, three hours. Preparation: knowledge of one of the ancient or modern Celtic languages. Studies in poetry and prose of early and modern Celtic literatures, chiefly Irish and Welsh; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit.

264. Studies in Rhetoric. (4)

Discussion, three hours. Special topics in classical and modern rhetoric, including substantial practice in rhetorical analysis of literary texts. May be repeated for credit.

265. Postcolonial Literatures. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Study of aesthetic, historical, and social backgrounds to literatures of former British colonies that became independent after 1947. General issues related to way imperialism, colonialism, and postcolonialism have helped to shape and have been shaped by literature in English. May be repeated for credit.

M266. Cultural World Views of Native America. (4)

(Same as American Indian Studies M200B.) Seminar, three hours. Exploration of written literary texts from oral cultures and other expressive cultural forms --dance, art, song, religious and medicinal ritual -- in selected Native American societies, as these traditional and tribal contexts have been translated into contemporary literary texts (fiction, poetry, essay, and drama). Survey, from secondary sources, of interdisciplinary methodological approaches taken from literary analysis, structural anthropology, folklore, linguistics, and ethnomusicology. May be repeated for credit with instructor and/or topic change.

M270. Seminar: Literary Theory. (5)

(Same as Comparative Literature M294, East Asian Languages M251, French M270, German M270, Italian M270, Scandinavian M270, and Spanish M294.) Seminar, three hours. Advanced interdisciplinary seminar to explore philosophical, historical, and critical foundations of literary theory as well as current issues in literary and cultural studies. S/U or letter grading.

272. Current Issues in Teaching English. (4)

Focus on one of a variety of topics of special current interest. May be repeated for credit.

M298. Interdisciplinary Studies in the 17th and 18th Centuries. (4)

(Same as History M298.) Topics vary according to participating faculty. May be repeated for credit.

M299. Interdisciplinary American Studies. (6)

(Same as History M299.) Discussion, four hours. Readings, discussion, and papers on a common theme, team-taught by faculty from different departments. Topics vary according to participating faculty. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructors.

375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum. (1 to 4)

Seminar, to be arranged. Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as a teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of a regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at the University. May not be substituted for any departmental enrollment requirements. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.

495E. Teaching with Technology. (2 to 4)

Seminar, two hours. Enables graduate student instructors to approach challenges of teaching with technology on two fronts: by familiarizing them with range of possible applications and by carrying out a research project on a technology topic of their choice. S/U grading.

496. Publishing the Academic Literary Article. (4)

Discussion, four hours. Structured as a writing workshop and divided into two parts: (1) determination of what a publishable article looks like while students revise work independently and (2) circulation of student papers to class in advance with the writing discussed in seminar room by whole class. S/U grading.

501. Cooperative Program. (2 to 8)

Preparation: consent of UCLA graduate adviser and graduate dean, and host campus instructor, department chair, and graduate dean. Used to record enrollment of UCLA students in courses taken under cooperative arrangements with USC. S/U grading.

596. Directed Individual Study. (2 to 4)

Limited to students preparing for first qualifying examination or engaging in intensive directed research project. May not be applied toward any course requirement for degree. Consult graduate counselor to enroll or obtain information. S/U grading.

597. Preparation for Ph.D. Examinations. (4 to 12)

Limited to second-stage Ph.D. students preparing for second qualifying examination. S/U grading.

598. M.A. Research and Thesis Preparation. (4 or 8)

Limited to graduate students. May not be applied toward any course requirement for degree. S/U grading.

599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research. (4 or 8)

Limited to Ph.D. students unable to enroll in seminars in their fields or to students concurrently enrolled in such seminars. (Exception to this rule must be requested by petition.) S/U grading.