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Note: The following classes represent just a sliver of the wide selection available in the English Department. See the Course information page or the schedule of classes for more offerings and information.
MW 3:00-4:15— Glenn Clifton, gclifton@iupui.edu
In this course we will read selected plays from ancient Greece to the present, but we will focus on modern drama since 1875, reading some of the greatest (and some of the funniest) plays of the modern theater. This is a literature course; students are not required to act, but there will be some opportunity to engage with the practical side of theater, including designing sets, casting scenes with Hollywood actors, and watching films and live productions.
MW 1:30-2:45pm—Dr. Megan Musgrave: memusgra@iupui.edu
This course is designed to introduce you to the breadth, complexity, and interdisciplinary nature of literature by Native American writers. We will attempt to answer two central questions as we engage with a variety of fictional texts, works of poetry, and film:
We will supplement our readings of primary and secondary texts with presentations by Native American Studies faculty members from Religious Studies, Philosophy and Anthropology, extracurricular activities sponsored by IUPUI’s American Indian Programs, and a visit to the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Coursework includes several short response papers, an in-class presentation, and an individual research project.
Monday 6-8:40
This fascinating course is described as "an interdisciplinary and intertextual study of Shakespeare’s work and its influence down to the present day. Students will compare Shakespeare texts with latter-day novels, plays, poems, and films that allude to or incorporate some aspect of Shakespeare’s art." Modern drama, from Synge, Shaw, and O’Casey to Ibsen, O’Neill, and Stoppard, has been and continues to be, influenced by the drama and poetry of Shakespeare. Drama was forever changed by Shakespeare and every stage seems to echo, in some significant way, his dramatic techniques including and perhaps especially, his belief in drama as a way to better understand ourselves—as a society and as individuals. We will look at the way that Shakespeare used language to create character and how that influences the modern and post-modernist uses of dialog—in Drama and in other genres as well. We will examine the historical, political and social impact of each writer’s environment upon his/her work, and we will compare other works to several of Shakespeare’s plays, such as The Taming of the Shrew and Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, King Lear and Beckett’s Endgame, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Neil Gaiman’s Dream Country, The Tempest with George Lamming’s novel, Water with Berries, among others. Join us!
In this course we will read only two books by James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Portrait of the Artist is the great modern novel of the coming of age of the artist; Ulysses is, quite simply, the epic of the 20th century - the account of one day in Dublin in 1904 told with poetic zest and bawdy joy. We will move slowly through this book, savoring Joyce’s madcap Odyssey of language. What other tale of an epic hero features toilet humor, masturbation, peeing in public, prostitutes, housecats, dirty puns, and gorgonzola cheese? Of all 20th century authors, Joyce does the most to find beauty in filth and grandeur in the everyday.
Hybrid format, meeting Tuesdays from 10:30 - 11:45 in CA 425—Julie Freeman, jfreema@iupui.edu
W331 teaches the rhetorical principles and practices necessary for planning, managing, and producing effective individual and collaborative writing projects in a variety of rhetorical contexts. The course emphasizes writing responsibly and ethically as an employee and as a member of society. Students will have the opportunity to develop the problem-solving and critical thinking abilities that employers consider among the most important skills needed tosucceed in the workplace. Interpersonal skills will also be enhanced through the collaborative activities in the course. In addition, W331 students willcreate examples of effective writing for their job-seeking portfolio. Completion of W231 Professional Writing Skills is strongly encouraged before taking W331.
T/R 3:00p.m.-4:15p.m.—Gail Bennett-Edelman, gcbennet@iupui.edu
This course examines how writing is used to promote social change, particularly in the United States. We will focus on public discourse directed toward action, such as letters to public officials and to the media, journalistic essays and articles, online texts, and proposals. Other kinds of writing that can have social change as a major purpose, such as memoir writing, street art, parody writing, and literary works, will also be considered. Students will apply theoretical perspectives learned in the course to create their own advocacy texts.
M/W 10:30am - 11:45am—Dr. Frederick J. DiCamilla (fdicamil@iupui.edu)
Description: Z303 examines the question of meaning in language, with a focus on English. After introducing various approaches to the study of meaning, including referential, cultural, pragmatic, and cognitive perspectives of what language encodes, the course examines how linguistic semantics analyzes such concepts as entities, events, time, space, possibility, and negation, and how these relate to human culture and cognition. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to use what they learn in both a linguistic analysis of English and in exploring ways in which such analyses can contribute to understanding in other disciplines. Requirements and Grading: There will be two non-cumulative exams and one classroom presentation. Students are expected to attend class having studied assigned materials and completed any other assignments. Final grades will be determined on the following basis. Exam I 40% Exam II 40% Classroom Presentation 15% Class Participation/Homework 5% Readings: There is no required textbook for Z303. Students will be provided with a variety of books, book chapters, and journal articles.
Wednesday 6pm—please contact Dr. Terri Bourus at tbourus@iupui.edu or Dr. Kristy Sheeler at ksheeler@iupui.edu for authorization
“All the world’s a stage,” and now you can earn credit hours for it! Join us, as we put on the first performance in the brand new IUPUI theatre. Before rehearsals begin in March, we will discuss the nuances of theatre performance on and off the stage. This is a minimal reading class, focused more on discussion and participation. You will have the chance to perform/work on the first fully-staged performance of “The History of Cardenio,” a reconstruction of the “lost” play of William Shakespeare, based on Cervantes’ Don Quixote. If you would like to be a part of this exciting production, please contact Dr. Terri Bourus at tbourus@iupui.edu or Dr. Kristy Sheeler at ksheeler@iupui.edu for authorization.
Wed 6:00-8:40 p.m., ES 001—Professor Jon Eller, Institute for American Thought
L501 is a foundational course for students pursuing a graduate thesis in literature with a focus on the analysis and historical transmission of literary texts. It is also the first course in a three-course sequence for English students who want to pursue the freestanding interdisciplinary graduate certificate in Professional Editing. You’ll begin the semester by exploring the purposes of scholarly research in literature and the associated standards of thoroughness and accuracy. Then you’ll learn how to work with the resources themselves-the Union catalogs and standard bibliographies of first editions, the various serial bibliographies (periodic guides to secondary publications on an author), the most useful literary encyclopedias and handbooks, and guides to libraries with literary collections. You’ll also survey the range of periodicals in literature, and learn which are most central to the profession. And you’ll work with the journals and bibliographical databases that are electronically accessible through the IUPUI and IUB libraries.
By mid-semester, you’ll learn how to detect little-known but significant changes in successive editions of famous works of literature, and to distinguish between authorial revision and editorial tampering-even where very little direct historical evidence has survived beyond the text itself. As the semester progresses, you will also develop a firm grounding in the terminology of literary research and an understanding of the way that literary scholars work with secondary materials to discover hidden truths (and often to expose mistakes) about texts and authors. Case studies include accounts of a number of scholarly adventures that have contributed significantly to our knowledge of the literary masterpieces we teach and study today.
Throughout the course, you will explore ways to turn your developing bibliographical and literary research skills to the process of thesis selection and development. All assignments have thesis applications, and include related exercises in textual annotation and literary analysis. As the semester progresses, we’ll also survey the major literary traditions and historical lines of influence in ways that will strengthen your overall background in literary studies.
Further questions should be directed to Professor Jon Eller in the Institute for American Thought (e-mail: jeller@iupui.edu). The Institute, its resident scholarly editions, the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, and the Professional Editing graduate program are all located in the lower level of the ES building (ES 0010).
Monday 6-8:40
This fascinating and dynamically new graduate course is described as "an interdisciplinary and intertextual study of Shakespeare’s work and its influence down to the present day. Students will compare Shakespeare texts with latter-day novels, plays, poems, and films that allude to or incorporate some aspect of Shakespeare’s art." Modern drama, from Synge, Shaw, and O’Casey to Ibsen, O’Neill, and Stoppard, has been and continues to be, influenced by the drama and poetry of Shakespeare. Drama was forever changed by Shakespeare and every stage seems to echo, in some significant way, his dramatic techniques including and perhaps especially, his belief in drama as a way to better understand ourselves—as a society and as individuals. We will look at the way that Shakespeare used language to create character and how that influences the modern and post-modernist uses of dialog—in Drama and in other genres as well. We will examine the historical, political and social impact of each writer’s environment upon his/her work, and we will compare other works in other genres to several of Shakespeare’s plays, such as The Taming of the Shrew and Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, King Lear and Beckett’s Endgame, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Neil Gaiman’s Dream Country, The Tempest with George Lamming’s novel, Water with Berries, among others. Join us!
Thursdays 6-8:40
Sure, you’ve heard of Sidney’s Defense of Poesy, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Spenser’s Faerie Queene, but have you ever wondered what else was published during the first two centuries after the invention of the printing press? Between 1475 and 1640, more than 25,000 unique items were printed in England—and the works we study as "Early Modern English Literature" counts as barely 1% of it. This class explores the other 99% to uncover the printed works of science, religion, law and popular entertainment that inspired the writings of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. We’ll consider the printed literature of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods in their original context by investigating them alongside crime pamphlets, recipe books, sermons, ballads, and Bibles, to figure out the ways that early printers and publishers made their money. Students in this class will gain an understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis through the study of both primary texts (through the use of Early English Books Online) as well as secondary materials, illuminating the economic circumstances that enabled the "Golden Age of English Literature" to thrive.
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