ENGL 461

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Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced seminar on any of a variety of topics in literature and culture, including those that bridge traditional historical periods, focus on themes or movements, and cross disciplinary boundaries.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary; Graduate students may repeat if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 461 class schedule data for fall 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
51247	Lecture-Discussion	1G	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	119 English Building	Newcomb, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: FA23 ENGL 461 Advanced Topics in Literature - Lori Newcomb: Advanced Research Methods, The Art of Research - Bringing literary analysis to cultural objects is an art that requires pragmatic choices and offers creative opportunities. To appreciate this process, we’ll read innovative works of criticism with a focus to uncover those scholars' stakes, methods, and conclusions; we’ll even experiment with creative alternate presentations of their findings. Throughout the semester, students will develop their own small-scale literary research projects: selecting a field of inquiry they’re passionate about; articulating a research question; identifying appropriate methods, archives, or datasets; and sharing some initial discoveries with classmates. The course will be conducted as a seminar or, at times, a workshop, with visits from faculty researchers; introductions to print and digital resources, from rare books to big data; and class sessions at Skeuomorph Press and the library’s Media Lab. Juniors and Seniors only. Students should have completed English 301 and 350. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
51246	Lecture-Discussion	1U	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	119 English Building	Newcomb, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: FA23 ENGL 461 Advanced Topics in Literature - Lori Newcomb: Advanced Research Methods, The Art of Research - Bringing literary analysis to cultural objects is an art that requires pragmatic choices and offers creative opportunities. To appreciate this process, we’ll read innovative works of criticism with a focus to uncover those scholars' stakes, methods, and conclusions; we’ll even experiment with creative alternate presentations of their findings. Throughout the semester, students will develop their own small-scale literary research projects: selecting a field of inquiry they’re passionate about; articulating a research question; identifying appropriate methods, archives, or datasets; and sharing some initial discoveries with classmates. The course will be conducted as a seminar or, at times, a workshop, with visits from faculty researchers; introductions to print and digital resources, from rare books to big data; and class sessions at Skeuomorph Press and the library’s Media Lab. Juniors and Seniors only. Students should have completed English 301 and 350. Restriction(s): Restricted to English or Creative Writing or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
40447	Lecture	2G	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	325 Gregory Hall	Hassan, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Adv Topics in Lit & Culture Section Info: FA23 ENGL 461 Adv Topics in Lit & Culture: Professor Waïl S. Hassan - Arabs and the Americas - This course offers an introduction to the two parallel traditions of Arab American and Arab Brazilian literature, with a focus on the complex interplay of ethnic minority, national, and transnational identities. Arabs have had a long relationship with the American hemisphere. Twelfth-century geographer al-Idrisi reported that eight Arabs sailed west from Lisbon to discover what lay beyond the “Sea of Darkness” (the Atlantic ocean), and arrived somewhere in South America. Columbus reportedly had a copy of al-Idrisi’s book with him when he embarked on his first voyage in 1492, and he took with him Louis de Torre, a converted Moor, to act as an Arabic interpreter once the expedition reached India. Some of the earliest slave narratives were written in Arabic by literate Muslim captives from West Africa. Large-scale Arab immigration to the Americas began in the late nineteenth century, and since then those immigrants and their descendants have participated in a substantial tradition of minority literature in the two largest countries of the hemisphere, the United States and Brazil. Authors discussed include Ameen Rihani, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mohja Kahf, Susan Abulhawa, Radwan Nassar, Milton Hatoum, Waly Salomão, and Alberto Mussa. The course has graduate and undergraduate sections. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32350	Lecture	2U	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	325 Gregory Hall	Hassan, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Adv Topics in Lit & Culture Section Info: FA23 ENGL 461 Adv Topics in Lit & Culture: Professor Waïl S. Hassan - Arabs and the Americas - This course offers an introduction to the two parallel traditions of Arab American and Arab Brazilian literature, with a focus on the complex interplay of ethnic minority, national, and transnational identities. Arabs have had a long relationship with the American hemisphere. Twelfth-century geographer al-Idrisi reported that eight Arabs sailed west from Lisbon to discover what lay beyond the “Sea of Darkness” (the Atlantic ocean), and arrived somewhere in South America. Columbus reportedly had a copy of al-Idrisi’s book with him when he embarked on his first voyage in 1492, and he took with him Louis de Torre, a converted Moor, to act as an Arabic interpreter once the expedition reached India. Some of the earliest slave narratives were written in Arabic by literate Muslim captives from West Africa. Large-scale Arab immigration to the Americas began in the late nineteenth century, and since then those immigrants and their descendants have participated in a substantial tradition of minority literature in the two largest countries of the hemisphere, the United States and Brazil. Authors discussed include Ameen Rihani, Diana Abu-Jaber, Mohja Kahf, Susan Abulhawa, Radwan Nassar, Milton Hatoum, Waly Salomão, and Alberto Mussa. The course has graduate and undergraduate sections. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.