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101-7 College Seminar

20: Rooting Our Words: Landscape and Imagination - College Seminar - Averill Curdy - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
21: Narratives of College - College Seminar - Liz Fekete Trubey - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM
22: The History of Hell - College Seminar - Glenn Sucich - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
23: Welcome to Chicago: Words, Food, Film, and Nightha - College Seminar - Bill Savage - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

105-0 Expository Writing

20: American Fear: The Things That Scare Us - Expository Writing - June Shou Li - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

105-7 College Seminar

21: The Great American Graphic Novel - College Seminar - Megan Geigner - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
22: Language & Everyday Experience - College Seminar - Lisa Del Torto - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
23: Literatures of Addiction - College Seminar - Kathleen Carmichael - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
24: Immigrant Stories - College Seminar - Charles Yarnoff - Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM
25: In Praise of Boredom - College Seminar - Elizabeth Lenaghan - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
26: Ordinary to Extraordinary: Narratives of Transform - College Seminar - Michele Zugnoni - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM
27: Race and Technology: Being Human in the Post-Racia - College Seminar - Robert Ward - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
28: Dystopian Stories - College Seminar - James O'Laughlin - Mon, Wed, Fri 3:00PM - 3:50PM

106-1 Writing in Special Contexts

202-0 Introduction to Creative Writing

20: Introduction to Creative Writing - William An - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM
21: Introduction to Creative Writing - Cassandra Gillig - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

205-0 Intermediate Composition

1: Nature & the Nature of Argument - Intermediate Composition - Kathleen Carmichael - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

206-0 Reading & Writing Poetry

20: Reading & Writing Poetry - Charif Shanahan - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM
21: Reading & Writing Poetry - Charif Shanahan - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM
22: Reading & Writing Poetry - Averill Curdy - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

207-0 Reading & Writing Fiction

20: Reading & Writing Fiction - Juan Martinez - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
21: Reading & Writing Fiction - Shauna Seliy - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
22: Reading & Writing Fiction - Zeina Hany Elhanbaly - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

208-0 Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction

20: Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction - Rachel Webster - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
21: Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
22: Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction - John Bresland - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
23: Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

215-0 Topics in Literature, Film, and Media

01: Topics in Literature, Film, and Media - Julia Ann Stern - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

234-0 Introduction to Shakespeare

01: Introduction to Shakespeare - Jeffrey Masten - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

266-0 Introduction to African American Literature

01: Introduction to African American Literature - Justin Mann - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

274-0 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Literatures

20: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Literatures - Mariajose Rodriguez Pliego - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

282-0 Writing and Speaking in Business

20: Writing and Speaking in Business - Laura Pigozzi - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
21: Writing and Speaking in Business - Michele Zugnoni - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
22: Writing and Speaking in Business - Charles Yarnoff - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
23: Writing and Speaking in Business - Lauren Rouse - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
24: Writing and Speaking in Business - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

288-0 Topics in Literature and Ethics

20: Ideas of Justice - Topics in Literature and Ethics - Regina Schwartz - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

300-0 Seminar in Reading and Interpretation

20: Native Speakers - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Susannah Gottlieb - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM
21: Seduced and Abandoned: Narratives and Films - Seminar in Reading and Interpretation - Julia Ann Stern - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

304-0 Practical Rhetoric

20: Practical Rhetoric - Meaghan Fritz - Wed 5:00PM - 7:00PM

306-0 Advanced Poetry Writing

20: The Paintings of Our Lives: Poetry in Conversation - Advanced Poetry Writing - Natasha Trethewey - Tues 3:30PM - 6:20PM

311-0 Studies in Poetry

20: The Logic of Poetry - Studies in Poetry - Susannah Gottlieb - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

313-0 Studies in Fiction

20: Feminist Rage Fiction (Post 1830/Gender, Sexuality - Studies in Fiction - Jennifer Comerford - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

323-1 Medieval Poetry

20: The Canterbury Tales - Medieval Poetry - Susan Phillips - Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

331-0 Renaissance Poetry

20: Sex, Scandal, And Sonnets: Love Poetry in the Age - Renaissance Poetry - Wendy Wall - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

332-0 Renaissance Drama

20: Staging the Stage, 1567-1642 - Renaissance Drama - William West - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM

340-0 Studies in 18th-Century Literature

20: Fabricated Worlds: Sugar, Spice, and Narratives of - Studies in 18th-Century Literature - Jennifer Comerford - Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

365-0 Studies in Postcolonial Literature

20: Magical Realisms - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Kalyan Nadiminti - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
21: Imaginary Homelands: South Asian Literatures in En - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Kalyan Nadiminti - Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

366-0 Studies in African American Literature

20: Black Speculative Fiction - Studies in African American Literature - Justin Mann - Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM

369-0 Studies in African Literature

20: African Drama - Studies in African Literature - Evan Mwangi - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

371-0 American Novel

20: The Big Book: Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick' - American Novel - Jay Grossman - Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

377-0 Topics in Latinx Literature

20: Latinx Feminism - Topics in Latinx Literature - Mariajose Rodriguez Pliego - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

380-0 Studies in Multiethnic American Literature

20: Coming to America: The Languages and Literatures o - Studies in Multiethnic American Literature - Ivy Wilson - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

381-0 Literature & Medicine

20: Intro to Disability Studies in Literature - Literature & Medicine - Noah Chaskin - Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

382-0 Literature and Law

20: Literature and Law - Regina Schwartz - Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

385-0 Studies in Literature and Culture

21: Visionary Literature: Dreams, Prophecies, Fantasie - Studies in Literature and Culture - Smith William Yarberry - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

386-0 Studies in Literature and Film

20: Victorian Monsters on Page and Screen (Post 1830) - Studies in Literature and Film - Elizabeth Mary Winter - Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

389-0 Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Embodiment

20: Two Thousand Years of Trans Fictions - Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Embodiment - Barbara Newman - Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM

393-1 Theory and Practice of Poetry

20: Theory and Practice of Poetry - Rachel Webster - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

394-1 Theory & Practice of Fiction

20: Theory & Practice of Fiction - Sheila P Donohue - Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

395-1 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: Text and Image, Image in Text - Research Seminar for Literature Majors - Rebecca Johnson - Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

398-1 Honors Sequence

20: Honors Sequence - Vivasvan Soni - Fri 10:00AM - 11:50AM

410-0 Introduction to Graduate Study

20: Introduction to Graduate Study - Evan Mwangi - Fri 9:30AM - 12:20PM

411-0 Studies in Poetry

20: Fade to Black: Black Cultural Production and the P - Studies in Poetry - Ivy Wilson - Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM

434-0 Studies in Shakespeare & the Early Drama

20: Critical Approaches to Shakespeare - Studies in Shakespeare & the Early Drama - Jeffrey Masten - Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM

471-0 Studies in American Literature

20: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick - Studies in American Literature - Jay Grossman - Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM

481-0 Studies in Literary Theory & Criticism

20: Queer Theory and Queer Cinema - Studies in Literary Theory & Criticism - Nick Davis - Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

490-0 Independent Reading

20: Independent Reading - Sarah Schulman - TBA
21: Independent Reading - Tristram Wolff - TBA

496-0 MFA Poetry Workshop

20: Poetry and the Muse of History - MFA Poetry Workshop - Natasha Trethewey - Thurs 2:00PM - 4:50PM

497-0 MFA Fiction Workshop

20: MFA Fiction Workshop - Juan Martinez - Mon 9:00AM - 11:50AM

498-0 MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop

20: MFA Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Sarah Schulman - Wed 9:30AM - 12:20PM

591-0 MFA Thesis Tutorial

20: MFA Thesis Tutorial - Sarah Schulman - TBA