ENGL 400

In-depth treatment of topics in genre, historical periods, critical theory, single authors such as Milton, Faulkner, or Woolf, and other areas of literary study. Topics vary from semester to semester. Recently offered topics include the African American Novel, Childrens Literature and Theology, Civil War Literature, New York School Poets, Self as Performance in the Renaissance, Women and Creativity, and Medicine, Mortality and Meaning. English majors usually take one seminar in the junior year and one in the senior year although if necessary both may be taken in the senior year. May be repeated for credit, provided topics are different.