Crip/Queer Studies in the GW English Graduate Program

EN 1611.10:  Introduction to Black American Literature II, 20th-21st Century Professor Jennifer James T, TH: 12:45-2 PM “Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.” –James Baldwin…

Check out some of the exciting new courses this coming semester from British Modernism to disability in the Middle Ages. Share on FacebookTweet

Shakespeare never traveled beyond England, but the Mediterranean, especially Italy, inhabited his imagination and that of his audience. Venetian Canals Dubrovnik from the hills This is your opportunity to travel in his stead. Make the voyage to Venice and read Othello and the Merchant of Venice along its canals; journey to Verona and read about…

Professor Holly Dugan reports on Shakespearean London, a short-term study abroad course that GW English will run again in the coming semester! Last March, my students and I travelled to London and Stratford as part of English 3446: Shakespearean London. We had the opportunity to study Shakespeare in some of the locations that defined his…

English 6450 Modernism, At Home and Abroad: Transnational Ties          Spring 2016             Professor Chris Sten (csten@gwu.edu)                                             W 4:10-6:00 pm                                                                                                                                  Rome 771 This graduate seminar on Modernist writing, which is open to graduate and advanced  undergraduate students alike, will feature the work of several U.S. authors, including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cather, Dos Passos, Djuna…