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101-6 First-Year Seminar
- 20: Time-travelling Heroes of the Multiverse! - First-Year Seminar - Johana Staza Godfrey - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 21: Shakespeare to Hamilton: History on Stage & Screen - First-Year Seminar - Harris McNeil Mercer - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 22: Suburbia is Burning: Queer Liberation & UK/US Lit - First-Year Seminar - Tyler Scott Talbott - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
- 23: Shakespeare Goes to the Movies - First-Year Seminar - Wendy L Wall - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 24: Great Adaptations - First-Year Seminar - Ilana Vine Larkin - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 25: Intro to Chicago: Place, Space, & Culture in a Mid - First-Year Seminar - Philip Martin Ellefson - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
105-0 Expository Writing
- 20: Textual Catastrophe: Reading, Writing, and Losing - Expository Writing - Rio Mckade Bergh - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM
- 21: Intro to Poetics - Expository Writing - David Rips - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
105-6 First-Year Seminar
- 20: Bon Appetit! Mastering the Art of Composition - First-Year Seminar - Meaghan Morrissa Fritz - Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM
- 21: The Legacy of Race in the United States - First-Year Seminar - Megan Elizabeth Geigner - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 22: Language & Everyday Experience - First-Year Seminar - Lisa M Del Torto - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 23: Eco-Fiction and Human Metamorphosis - First-Year Seminar - Kathleen Carmichael - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 24: The Art of the Personal Essay - First-Year Seminar - James Richard O'Laughlin - Mon, Wed, Fri 3:00PM - 3:50PM
106-1 Writing in Special Contexts
- 01: Writing in Special Contexts - Stacey Lynn Wolcott - Laura Pigozzi - TBA
- 02: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine M Casler - Chamille Joanne Lescott - TBA
- 03: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine M Casler - Chamille Joanne Lescott - TBA
- 04: Writing in Special Contexts - Kimberly Hoffmann - Barbara Egel - TBA
- 05: Writing in Special Contexts - Leslie Fischer - Emma Tevaarwerk De Costa - TBA
- 06: Writing in Special Contexts - Angelika Nikole Zissimopoulos - Megan Elizabeth Geigner - TBA
- 07: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine M Casler - Emma Tevaarwerk De Costa - TBA
- 08: Writing in Special Contexts - Lisa M Del Torto - Ordel Brown - TBA
- 09: Writing in Special Contexts - Zachary Taylor Berent - Barbara Egel - TBA
- 10: Writing in Special Contexts - Ordel Brown - Katherine Marie Brichacek - TBA
- 11: Writing in Special Contexts - Zachary Taylor Berent - Barbara Egel - TBA
- 12: Writing in Special Contexts - John A Lake - John Chisholm Bishop - TBA
- 13: Writing in Special Contexts - John A Lake - John Chisholm Bishop - TBA
- 14: Writing in Special Contexts - Katharine B Duke - Ahren Joseph Hartman - TBA
- 15: Writing in Special Contexts - John A Lake - Ignatius Valentine Aloysius - TBA
- 16: Writing in Special Contexts - Kaara M Kallen - Ahren Joseph Hartman - TBA
- 17: Writing in Special Contexts - Paul Evan Beilstein - Jay Alexander Birdwell - TBA
- 18: Writing in Special Contexts - Kenneth Lee Gentry - Kevin P Kappock - TBA
- 19: Writing in Special Contexts - Hemant Jha - John Christopher Anderson - TBA
202-0 Introduction to Creative Writing
- 20: Introduction to Creative Writing - George A Abraham - Wed, Fri 9:30AM - 10:50AM
205-0 Intermediate Composition
- 20: From Story to Argument - Intermediate Composition - Kathleen Carmichael - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
206-0 Reading & Writing Poetry
- 20: Reading & Writing Poetry - Averill A Curdy - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: Reading & Writing Poetry - Rachel J Webster - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 22: Reading & Writing Poetry - Tara Jean Betts - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
207-0 Reading and Writing Fiction
- 20: Reading and Writing Fiction - Brian D Bouldrey - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: Reading and Writing Fiction - Matthew Lloyd Richardson - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 22: Reading and Writing Fiction - Shauna Seliy - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 23: Reading and Writing Fiction - Shauna Seliy - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
208-0 Reading & Writing Creative Non-Fiction
- 20: Reading & Writing Creative Non-Fiction - John Robert Bresland - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
210-2 British Literary Traditions
- 01: British Literary Traditions - Christine Froula - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
234-0 Introduction to Shakespeare
- 01: Introduction to Shakespeare - Susan E Phillips - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
270-2 American Literary Traditions
- 01: American Literary Traditions - Julia Ann Stern - Mon, Wed 1:00PM - 1:50PM
282-0 Writing and Speaking in Business
- 20: Writing and Speaking in Business - Barbara L Shwom - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM
- 21: Writing and Speaking in Business - Charles S Yarnoff - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 22: Writing and Speaking in Business - Michele Nicole Zugnoni - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 23: Writing and Speaking in Business - Shuwen Li - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 24: Writing and Speaking in Business - Shuwen Li - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
300-0 Seminar in Reading and Interpretation
- 20: Folk Horror's Tangled Roots: From Mephistopheles t - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Samantha Jo Botz - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
- 21: Romeo & Juliet, Before & After - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - William N West - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
304-0 Practical Rhetoric
- 20: Practical Rhetoric - Elizabeth Anne Lenaghan - Meaghan Morrissa Fritz - TBA
305-0 Advanced Composition
- 20: Science, Medical, and Health Writing - Advanced Composition - Laura Pigozzi - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
307-0 Advanced Creative Writing
- 20: What Happens Next? Structure, Plot, and Suspense i - Advanced Creative Writing - Sarah Kokernot - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
309-0 Advanced Creative Cross-Genre Writing
- 20: Writer as Witness - Advanced Creative Cross-Genre Writing - Daisy Hernandez - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
313-0 Studies in Fiction
- 20: Desire and Danger in the 19th Century Novel - Studies in Fiction - Jules D Law - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
323-1 Chaucer
- 20: Chaucer - Susan E Phillips - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
324-0 Studies in Medieval Literature
- 20: Blood & Bloodshed in the Middle Ages - Studies in Medieval Literature - Lily Clara Stewart - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
331-0 Renaissance Poetry
- 20: The Reinvention of Love in Renaissance Poetry - Renaissance Poetry - Wendy L Wall - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
344-0 18th-Century Fiction
- 20: Pride, Prejudice, & the Passions: Jane Austen & Ug - 18th-Century Fiction - Samantha Jo Botz - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 21: Marriage Plots Before Austen - 18th-Century Fiction - Helen F Thompson - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
357-0 19th-Century British Fiction
- 20: Madwomen in the Attic - Insanity, Gender, and Auth - 19th-Century British Fiction - Clay Ross Cogswell - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
365-0 Studies in Postcolonial Literature
- 20: Secrets, Silence and Lies in Postcolonial Literatu - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Laura A MacKay Hansen - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
368-0 Studies in 20th-Century Literature
- 20: Global Fictions of Terror and Insurgency - Studies in 20th-Century Literature - Kalyan Sunder Sameer Nadiminti - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 23: Joyce's 'Ulysses' - Studies in 20th-Century Literature - Christine Froula - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
371-0 American Novel
- 20: The Big Book: Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick' - American Novel - Jay A Grossman - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
374-0 Topics in Native American and Indigenous Literatures
- 20: Indigenous Chicago - Topics in Native American and Indigenous Literatures - Kelly E Wisecup - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
375-0 Topics in Asian American Literature
- 20: Native Speakers: Ident and Rep in Asian America - Topics in Asian American Literature - Susannah Gottlieb - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
378-0 Studies in American Literature
- 20: American Girlhood - Studies in American Literature - Ilana Vine Larkin - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
381-0 Literature & Medicine
- 20: Intro to Disability Studies in Literature - Literature & Medicine - Hannah Molly Chaskin - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
386-0 Studies in Literature and Film
- 20: Detective Fiction and the Search for Truth - Studies in Literature and Film - Douglas R O'Hara - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 21: Modern Monsters: 20th and 21st Century Horror - Studies in Literature and Film - Clay Ross Cogswell - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
393-2 Theory and Practice of Poetry
- 20: Theory and Practice of Poetry - Averill A Curdy - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
394-2 Theory & Practice of Fiction
- 20: Theory & Practice of Fiction - Brian D Bouldrey - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
395-2 Theory and Practice of Creative Nonfiction
- 20: Theory and Practice of Creative Nonfiction - John Robert Bresland - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
397-0 Research Seminar for Literature Majors
- 20: An Empire of Islands - Research Seminar for Literature Majors - Jules D Law - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
398-2 Senior Sequence
- 20: Senior Sequence - Helen F Thompson - Thurs 3:00PM - 5:20PM
455-0 Studies in Victorian Literature
- 20: Before Afterlives: 19th-C Lit and the Contours of - Studies in Victorian Literature - Ivy G Wilson Jr - Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM
465-0 Studies in Colonial & Postcolonial Lit
- 20: Terror in the Postcolony - Studies in Colonial & Postcolonial Lit - Kalyan Sunder Sameer Nadiminti - Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM
471-0 Studies in American Literature
- 20: Black Criticism - Studies in American Literature - Lauren Michele Jackson - Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM
481-0 Studies in Literary Theory & Criticism
- 21: Studies in Literary Theory & Criticism - James Joseph Hodge - Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
490-0 Independent Reading
- 20: Independent Reading - Chris Abani - TBA
- 21: Independent Reading - Evan M Mwangi - TBA
496-0 MFA Poetry Workshop
- 20: MFA Poetry Workshop - Chris Abani - Mon 10:00AM - 12:50PM
498-0 MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- 20: MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Sarah Miriam Schulman - Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM
591-0 MFA Thesis Tutorial
- 20: MFA Thesis Tutorial - Chris Abani - TBA