Fall 2017: Literature and the Environment
This seminar explores how the nonhuman world is depicted in literature and film, and the value of sustained attentiveness to environments with these works and within the larger world.
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English Honors Program Information Session
GW English Majors: Oxford English Dictionary: Exalted rank or position; dignity, distinction We are now accepting applications for the English Department Honors Program for 2015-16. The program is designed to provide exceptional students with an opportunity to participate in a two-semester seminar culminating in an Honors thesis written in consultation with faculty advisors. English majors are…
SPRING 2016 COURSES: Professor Jennifer James’s Introduction to Black American Literature
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…
New Course in Cinema Studies: Bollywood Cinema
The English department announces the launch of an exciting new course in Spring 2017! This new course is in film studies: in Spring 2017, students and alumni can learn more about the world’s most widely consumed popular cinema: Bollywood Cinema. From Coldplay and Beyonce’s music video “Hymn For the Weekend” to the Oscar-winning Danny Boyle film Slumdog…
It’s National Poetry Month & Famous GW Citizens Are Reading Poems!
April welcomes spring’s first flowers and the sustained bloom of National Poetry Month. It’s no coincidence that seeing with a brighter light—and feeling with a warmer disposition—redirects our attention to poems, wherein language becomes stranger, freer, and more like music. In the coming days, the students of Professor Jennifer Chang’s ENGL 2470 (Poetry Writing) course…
Spring 2018 Upcoming Courses: Essential Shakespeare and Shakespeare, Race, and Gender
Two Shakespeare Courses in Spring on Film and Race Come sharpen your skills of analyzing canonical stories the society tells about itself. The world is made up of stories. Stories full of sound and fury. Great stories are often strangers at home. One of the greatest storytellers is Shakespeare. His plays…
Want a Job with that English Degree?
Majoring in English prepares you for an exciting career. Don’t miss this post by Paul T. Corrigan. An excerpt: You’re going to have to do a little work to get a job and build a meaningful career. (Put working on your writing at the top of the list!) Majoring in English isn’t just about preparing you for…