ENGL 396

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English Honors Seminar

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Credit: 3 hours.

An open-topic, discussion-oriented seminar aimed at majors who have shown high skill and intensive interest in the area of English studies.

May be repeated up to 6 hours in the same term to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: A 3.33 grade point average or consent of the English Department's Director of Undergraduate Studies. Restricted to English majors.

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ENGL 396 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32113	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF	135 English Building	McKinney, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Info: SP24 - ENGL 396 - English Honors Seminar - Charlesia McKinney - Pleasure in Popular Culture - When you first hear the word pleasure, what comes to mind? Who and what informs your definition of pleasure? This honors seminar regards non-sexual and sexual agency as we will survey an eclectic range of pleasure politics across popular culture in the United States. Most specifically this course prioritizes Black women’s politics of pleasure and will operate from a critical feminist lens as we discuss the impacts of coloniality, race, sexuality, nationality, fatness, social class, disability, gender, religion, etc., for the sake of examining our individual and collective embodiments of pleasure. We will engage academic theory, music videos, non-fiction texts, television episodes, poetry, art and fashion, documentaries and more. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
	32114	Lecture-Discussion	X	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	221 Gregory Hall	Stevens, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Info: SP24 - ENGL 396 - English Honors Seminar - Andrea Stevens - Early Modern Revenge Tragedy - When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good: so says Vindice in The Revenger’s Tragedy. This honors course surveys several of the more lurid tragedies written by such writers as Thomas Kyd, Thomas Middleton, John Webster, John Ford, and William Heminge between 1585 and1638/9. Notable highlights from these plays include the severing of a tongue, the presentation of a heart on a dagger’s point, the dancing of a host of ‘madmen’, and the ‘much searing’ of a heroine’s breasts. Works up for consideration are as follows: The Spanish Tragedy; Edward II; The Revenger’s Tragedy; The Lady’s Tragedy; The Duchess of Malfi; The Changeling; Tis Pity She’s a Whore; and The Fatal Contract. Our focus on early modern tragedy allows us to consider a range of questions about genre, authorship, and gender; the ethics of staging violence and the idea of violence as 'spectacle' and entertainment; and the transformation of theatrical conventions from the early days of popular theater to the last years before the theaters go dark in 1642. A particular point of emphasis will be the plays’ production histories from their earliest stagings to contemporary revivals and adaptations; to this end, our textbook will illuminate early modern ‘original practices’ for us so that we may understand what sixteenth- and seventeenth-century spectators would have seen (and heard) when they attended a play at, say, the Globe or the Blackfriars theatres. Assignments will include a sustained piece of writing written in stages and revised with instructor feedback; two tests related to concepts from our course textbook, Tiffany Stern’s Making Shakespeare; and other assignments related to fostering engagement and participation. There will be a strong emphasis on the craft of writing lively and original research papers as well as the chance for students to tailor writing assignments to best suit their own individual research agendas. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.