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101-8 First-Year Writing Seminar
- 20: Toxic Parents and Frenemies: The Literature of Gro - First-Year Writing Seminar - Laura MacKay Hansen - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: American Selfies - First-Year Writing Seminar - Jay Grossman - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
- 22: 2000s Pop Culture and Politics - First-Year Writing Seminar - Johana Staza Godfrey - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 23: Contemporary Music, Poetry, and Politics - First-Year Writing Seminar - Jessica Marie Ramirez - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 24: Touring the Eighth Circle of Hell: Representations - First-Year Writing Seminar - Kaitlin Lorraine Browne - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
105-0 Expository Writing
- 20: Y2K Chronicles: Turn-of-the-Century Writing - Expository Writing - Michaela Filia Corning-Myers - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
105-8 First-Year Writing Seminar
- 21: True Fictions - First-Year Writing Seminar - Brendan O'Kelly - Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM
106-2 Writing in Special Contexts
- 01: Writing in Special Contexts - Alice Boone - Zachary Berent - TBA
- 02: Writing in Special Contexts - Stacy Benjamin - Lauri Dietz - TBA
- 03: Writing in Special Contexts - John Lake - Leslie A Fischer - TBA
- 04: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine Casler - Zachary Berent - TBA
- 05: Writing in Special Contexts - Stacy Benjamin - Kate Flom Derrick - TBA
- 06: Writing in Special Contexts - John Lake - Leslie A Fischer - TBA
- 07: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine Casler - Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta - TBA
- 08: Writing in Special Contexts - Lisa Del Torto - Helen L von den Steinen - TBA
- 09: Writing in Special Contexts - Daniel Brown - Barbara Egel - TBA
- 10: Writing in Special Contexts - Jeanine Casler - Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta - TBA
- 11: Writing in Special Contexts - Andrew Skwish - Ryan Truby - TBA
- 12: Writing in Special Contexts - John Lake - Laura Pigozzi - TBA
- 13: Writing in Special Contexts - Janice Mejia - John C Anderson - TBA
- 14: Writing in Special Contexts - Andrew Skwish - Arvin Dang - TBA
- 15: Writing in Special Contexts - Lisa Del Torto - Kelly Coney - TBA
- 16: Writing in Special Contexts - Sam Kriegman - Barbara Egel - TBA
- 17: Writing in Special Contexts - Michael Peshkin - Kevin Kappock - TBA
- 18: Writing in Special Contexts - Lisa Del Torto - Kelly Coney - TBA
- 19: Writing in Special Contexts - Tirdad Kiamanesh - Shuwen Li - TBA
- 20: Writing in Special Contexts - Joel Hobson - Megan Geigner - TBA
- 21: Writing in Special Contexts - Kevin Kappock - Lawrence Marturano - TBA
- 22: Writing in Special Contexts - Shuwen Li - Natalie Rozansky - TBA
- 23: Writing in Special Contexts - John Bishop - Michael Charles Saubert - TBA
- 24: Writing in Special Contexts - Andrew B.L. Berry - John Bishop - TBA
- 25: Writing in Special Contexts - Jen Baker - Maury Fredricks - TBA
- 26: Writing in Special Contexts - Jen Baker - Maury Fredricks - TBA
- 27: Writing in Special Contexts - John C Anderson - Chamille Joanne Lescott - TBA
- 28: Writing in Special Contexts - Brendan O'Kelly - J. Alex Birdwell - TBA
- 29: Writing in Special Contexts - Kathleen Carmichael - Kiki Zissimopoulos - TBA
- 30: Writing in Special Contexts - John C Anderson - Chamille Joanne Lescott - TBA
- 31: Writing in Special Contexts - Brendan O'Kelly - J. Alex Birdwell - TBA
- 32: Writing in Special Contexts - Kathleen Carmichael - Kiki Zissimopoulos - TBA
- 33: Writing in Special Contexts - Paul Beilstein - Ken Gentry - TBA
- 34: Writing in Special Contexts - John Hartman - Ignatius Aloysius - TBA
200-0 Literary Histories
- 20: Journeys, Exile, Migration, and Hope - Literary Histories - Wendy Wall - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
202-0 Introduction to Creative Writing
- 20: Introduction to Creative Writing - Natalie Carol Happe - Wed, Fri 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: Introduction to Creative Writing - Mariam Ahmed Hirsi - Wed, Fri 12:30PM - 1:50PM
205-0 Intermediate Composition
- 20: Intermediate Composition - Charles Yarnoff - Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM
206-0 Reading & Writing Poetry
- 20: Reading & Writing Poetry - Katana Smith - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 21: Reading & Writing Poetry - Rachel Webster - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 22: Reading & Writing Poetry - Charif Shanahan - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 23: Reading & Writing Poetry - Charif Shanahan - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
207-0 Reading and Writing Fiction
- 20: Reading and Writing Fiction - Shauna Seliy - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 21: Reading and Writing Fiction - Suzanne Byrne Scanlon - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
- 22: Reading and Writing Fiction - Brian Bouldrey - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 23: Reading and Writing Fiction - Brian Bouldrey - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
208-0 Reading & Writing Creative Non-Fiction
- 20: Reading & Writing Creative Non-Fiction - John Bresland - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: Reading & Writing Creative Non-Fiction - Mitchell Johnson - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
210-2 British Literary Traditions
- 01: British Literary Traditions - Christine Froula - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
213-0 Introduction to Fiction
- 01: Introduction to Fiction - Jules Law - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
234-0 Introduction to Shakespeare
- 01: Introduction to Shakespeare - Jeffrey Masten - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
266-0 Introduction to African American Literature
- 20: Af Am Lit from the Beginning to the Present - Introduction to African American Literature - Ivy Wilson - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
275-0 Introduction to Asian American Literature
- 01: Introduction to Asian American Literature - Michelle Huang - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
282-0 Writing and Speaking in Business
- 20: Writing and Speaking in Business - Meaghan Fritz - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 21: Writing and Speaking in Business - Shuwen Li - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 22: Writing and Speaking in Business - Charles Yarnoff - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 23: Writing and Speaking in Business - Paul Beilstein - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 24: Writing and Speaking in Business - Kristine A Zlatkovic - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 25: Writing and Speaking in Business - Michele Zugnoni - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
300-0 Seminar in Reading and Interpretation
- 20: Detective Fiction - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Kasey Evans - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 21: Westerns - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Lauren Jackson - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 22: Magic, Monsters, and Dystopias: YA Speculative Fic - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Ilana Vine Larkin - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
305-0 Advanced Composition
- 20: Science, Medical, and Health Writing - Advanced Composition - Laura Pigozzi - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
309-0 Advanced Creative Cross-Genre Writing
- 20: Spoken Word and the Radiophonic Imagination - Advanced Creative Cross-Genre Writing - John Bresland - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
312-0 Studies in Drama
- 20: The Drama of Homosexuality - Studies in Drama - Jeffrey Masten - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
- 21: American Bodies in Motion - Studies in Drama - Susan Manning - Wed 9:30AM - 11:50AM
313-0 Studies in Fiction
- 20: On the Edges of American Empire - Studies in Fiction - Jules Law - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
324-0 Studies in Medieval Literature
- 20: Global Middle Ages - Studies in Medieval Literature - Barbara Newman - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM
331-0 Renaissance Poetry
- 20: 17th Century Poetry - Renaissance Poetry - Regina Schwartz - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
338-0 Studies in Renaissance Literature
- 20: Rethinking Revenge - Studies in Renaissance Literature - Kasey Evans - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
357-0 19th-Century British Fiction
- 21: Madwomen in the Attic - Insanity, Gender, and Auth - 19th-Century British Fiction - Clay Cogswell - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
366-0 Studies in African American Literature
- 20: The Black Novel - Studies in African American Literature - Justin Mann - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
- 21: Black Speculative Fiction - Studies in African American Literature - Justin Mann - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
368-0 Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century Literature
- 20: Great Women Writers - Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century Literature - Christine Froula - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
374-0 Studies in Native American and Indigenous Literatures
- 20: Protest Indigenous Literature: From Red Power to S - Studies in Native American and Indigenous Literatures - Kelly Wisecup - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
375-0 Studies in Asian American Literature
- 20: Memory + Identity in Asian American Literature - Studies in Asian American Literature - Michelle Huang - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
378-0 Studies in American Literature
- 20: Whitman: Lives & Afterlives - Studies in American Literature - Jay Grossman - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 21: Westerns - Studies in American Literature - Lauren Jackson - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
- 22: “The Chicago Way”: Urban Spaces and American Value - Studies in American Literature - Bill Savage - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
381-0 Literature & Medicine
- 22: Medicine, Race, and Gender - Literature & Medicine - Ilana Vine Larkin - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
382-0 Literature and Law
- 20: Literature and Law - Regina Schwartz - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
383-0 Special Topics in Theory
- 20: Black Feminist Theory - Special Topics in Theory - Marquis Bey - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
- 22: Black Vernacular as Theory - Special Topics in Theory - Marquis Bey - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
386-0 Studies in Literature and Film
- 21: Devastating Beauty: Reading Gender and Genre acros - Studies in Literature and Film - Clay Cogswell - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
- 22: Besties and Frenemies: Reps of Female Friendship i - Studies in Literature and Film - Johana Staza Godfrey - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
393-3 Theory and Practice of Poetry
- 20: Theory and Practice of Poetry - Rachel Webster - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
394-3 Theory & Practice of Fiction
- 20: Theory & Practice of Fiction - Sheila P Donohue - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
395-3 Theory and Practice of Creative Nonfiction
- 20: Theory and Practice of Creative Nonfiction - Daisy Hernández - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
397-0 Research Seminar for Literature Majors
- 20: Global Shakespeare - Research Seminar for Literature Majors - Wendy Wall - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
403-0 Writers' Studies in Literature
- 20: The First Book of Poetry - Writers' Studies in Literature - Charif Shanahan - Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM
431-0 Studies in 16th-Century Literature
- 20: Political Thought in Shakespearean Contexts - Studies in 16th-Century Literature - Laurie Shannon - Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
461-0 Studies in Contemporary Literature
- 20: Ecologies of the Global South - Studies in Contemporary Literature - Evan Mwangi - Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM
471-0 Studies in American Literature
- 20: Indigenous Archives and Public Humanities - Studies in American Literature - Kelly Wisecup - Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM
490-0 Independent Reading
- 20: Independent Reading - Natasha Trethewey - TBA
- 21: Independent Reading - Kasey Evans - TBA
498-0 MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- 20: MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Daisy Hernández - Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM
520-0 Writing for Publication
- 20: Writing for Publication - Evan Mwangi - Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM
570-0 Seminar in Teaching Composition
- 20: Seminar in Teaching College Composition - Seminar in Teaching Composition - Elizabeth Lenaghan - Mon 3:00PM - 5:00PM
571-0 Teaching Creative Writing
- 20: Teaching Creative Writing - Shauna Seliy - Mon 10:00AM - 12:50PM
591-0 MFA Thesis Tutorial
- 20: MFA Thesis Tutorial - Natasha Trethewey - TBA