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ENGL2000M: Ways of Reading: An Introduction to Critical Reading and Interpretation
(2021-09)
Who decides what texts mean? Are some interpretations better than others? Does the author’s intention matter? How does language work? In this foundational course, we will study texts of the culture around us, as well as ...
ENGL 3731K: Development of the Novel I
(2021-09)
What, exactly, is a novel? Although this literary genre is quite well-established today, it came into being as an upstart contender, a new or “novel” mode of writing that lacked established conventions, critical respect ...
ENGL1200N: Freshman Honors Seminar
(2021-09)
This is an honors-level writing seminar designed to improve your ability to develop, organize, and present your ideas. The texts in this course are organized around the theme of “crime and community,” but the techniques ...
ENGL 2792 - M Comedy and Satire
(2021-01)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
What makes jokes funny? Can humor really effect social change? These are two of the questions we will consider as we think about comedy and satire, as distinct genres and as particular modes of expression. ...
ENGL 2901 - N Introduction to Women Studies
(2021-01)
This course is an introduction to Women’s Studies, an interdisciplinary field that grew out of the twentieth-century women’s movement. In its early years, those in the field concentrated on the “absence” of women (from ...
ENGL 1100 - K Composition and Rhetoric
(2021-01)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The reading in this course is organized around the idea of crime and community. Over the course of the semester, we will divide our time between exploring the assigned texts and learning college-level ...
ENGL 2922: Topics in Literature: Monsters and Manners: 19th Century British Novel
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-01)
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course proposes that we can learn a great deal about nineteenth century
British literature and culture by paying attention to its monsters.
Portrayed as outsiders, monsters and monstrous humans ...
ENGL 1100: Composition and Rhetoric
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-01)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class will explore the various assumptions and protocols of academic writing. Academic
writing is your passport to success, both within the academy and in much of the professional
world. It is a ...
ENGL 2921H: Jane Austen in Her Time
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)
Jane Austen’s novels have been called “timeless” in the sense that they still appeal to readers today. In this course we examine the assertion by considering the novels as products of their time. In this course we will ...
ENGL 2793: Novels and Screens
(Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)
What happens when a novel is adapted into a screen based medium? Are some better than others? Who gets to decide what texts mean? How do novels, movies, miniseries and vlogs generate meaning? Over the course of the semester ...