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  • ENG 150: Colloquium in Literature and the History of Ideas

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    An interdisciplinary seminar for first-years and sophomores that brings the perspectives of such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and history to bear on the traditional study of literature. Topic for 2009-10: The Idea of Close Reading Noggle This course will explore the theory, history, and practice of close reading, still arguably the fundamental method of all literary study. Like English 120, we will read many poems and write papers about them. (This topic fulfills the English department's 120 requirement.) But alongside these readings we will consider texts devoted to explaining the idea of reading closely, from textual criticism of the Bible through Anglo-American notions of ?practical criticism,? New Criticism, and ?slow reading,? to deconstruction, as well as parallel developments, such as psychoanalytic interpretation, anthropological ?thick description,? and the ?poetics of culture? in cultural st Prerequisite: None. Open to first-years and sophomores and other students by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 202: Poetry

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Bidart, Chiasson A workshop in the writing of short lyrics and the study of the art and craft of poetry. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Mandatory cre-dit/noncredit. Students who have taken this course once may register for it one additional time. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 203: Short Narrative

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Channer, Sides A workshop in the writing of the short story; frequent class discussion of student writing, with some reference to established examples of the genre. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Mandatory credit/noncredit. Students who have taken this course once may register for it one additional time. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 204: The Art of Screenwriting

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Channer (English), Cezair-Thompson (English) A creative writing course in a workshop setting for those interested in the theory and practice of writing for film. Ms. Cezair-Thompson's course focuses on the full-length feature film, both original screenplays and screen adaptations of literary work. Mr. Channer's course will explore the theory and practice of character development, story design, and screenplays of varying lengths created by established artists; discussion will center on short original screenplays generated by workshop members . Enrollment limited to 15 students. Mandatory cre-dit/noncredit. Students who have taken this course once may register for it one additional time. Students may register for either CAMS 234 or ENG 204 and credit will be granted accordingly . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 205: Writing for Children

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Meyer What makes for excellence in writing for children When Margaret Wise Brown repeats the word ?moon? in two subsequent pages-?Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon?-is this effective or clunky What makes rhyme and repetition funny and com-pelling in one picture book (such as Rosemary We lls's Noisy Nora) but vapid in another How does E.B. White establish Fern's character in the opening cha pter of Charlotte 's Web What makes Cynthia Ka dohata's Kira-Kira a novel for children rather than adults-or is it one In this course, students will study many examples of children's literature from the point of view of writers and will write their own short child-ren's fiction (picture book texts, middle-reader or young adult short stories) and share them i n workshops. Enrollment limited to 15 stu-dents. Mandatory credi t/noncredit. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall
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  • ENG 206: Nonfiction Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Writing 225/ENG 206 is a changing topics writing workshop that will each year take up a particular nonfiction writing genre. Open to all students who have fulfilled the Writing 125 requirement; please note that this course is not intended as a substitute for Writing 125. Enroll-ment limited to 15 students. Mandatory credit/noncredit. Topic B for 2009-10: Writing the Travel Essay Sides (English) If you have taken a trip lately-junior year abroad, summer vacation, spring break-or look back fondly or in horror at a family road trip, come write about your travels! We will be studying the genre of the literary travel essay (as distinguished from the more journalistic travel writing in newspaper travel sections) and writing our own travel narratives. The course will focus on the essentials of travel writing: evoca-tion of place, a sophisticated appreciation of cultural differences, a considered use of the first person (remember, travel narratives are closely related to the genre of memoir), research, and strong basic writing skills. Mandatory credit/non-credit. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 213: Chaucer

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Lynch Feminist, misogynist, heretic, moralist, progressive, reactionary-these are some of the conflicting labels that have been applied to Geoff-rey Chaucer, enigmatic father of English poetry. This course will study Chaucer in his many incarnations, as courtly love poet, religious homilist, and bawdy prankster in the Canterbury Tales and selected supplementary texts by Chaucer and his contemporaries. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • ENG 222: Renaissance Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The sixteenth century in England (1500-1600) was a time of spectacular literary experiment, in which poets and playwrights strove in every kind of writing to put English on the map as a great literary language. In this course, we will read widely in mid- to late-sixteenth-century literature, including More' s Utopia , the courtly lyrics of Surrey, Wyatt, Raleigh, and Queen Elizabeth herself, tragedies by Marlowe and Kyd, Lyly's erotic pastoral come dy Gallathe a, and a portion of Spenser's Elizabethan e pic The Faerie Quee ne. We'll also read some nonfiction such as Sidney's theory of the purpose of literature. Throughout, we will ask questions about genre, gend-er, language, selfhood, faith, and skepticism, questions with which sixteenth-century writers engaged in both distinctively Renaissance and startlingly ?modern ways. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit
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  • ENG 223: Shakespeare Part I:The Elizabethan Period

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Cain, Shetley The formative period of Shakespeare's genius: comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Drea m an d The Merchant of Venice , histories such a s Richard I I an d Henry IV (Part I); and tragedies, such a s Julius Caesa r an d Hamlet . We will undertake detailed study of Shakes-peare's poetic language and will examine the dramatic form of the plays and the performance practices of Shakespeare's time. We will also explore important themes, ranging from gender relations and identities to national self-consciousness. The viewing and analysis of contemporary performances and films will be integrated into the work of the cour se. Prerequisite: 120 or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.
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  • ENG 224: Shakespeare Part II:The Jacobean Period

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Cain, Ko The great tragedies and the redemptive romances from the end of Shakespeare's career, chosen from among Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale , an d The Tempest . While en-compassing thematic concerns ranging from gender relations to the meaning of heroism, particular focus will fall on tragic form and its transformation in the romances. Extensive attention will be paid to theatrical practices, Shakespearean and contemporary, aided by the viewing of stage performances and film adaptations . Prerequisite: 120 or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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