Save the Date! GW English Fall Open House October 27
Join us during our Open House to find out more about all the wonderful things you could do as an English major and our course offerings. Meet fellow students. Meet the professors.
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Screening Shakespeare with Professor Alexa Alice Joubin, A New Fall 2017 Course Offering
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English Department Courses for Fall 2009
Course descriptions for fall semester upper-division English classes may be accessed here. Please keep these courses in mind when making your choices: (1) The Folger Undergraduate Research Seminar on the History of the Book. The application deadline is this Friday, March 27. This is a one of a kind course. Info and application View an…
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Professor McAleavey’s Spring 2016 course: POETRY EXPLODES IN AMERICA (American Poetry II) ENGL 3621 This course examines important books by eleven American poets from throughout the 20th century, who collectively disrupt the continuity and traditions of English-language poetry, starting with the Georgian, even Horatian lyrics of Robert Frost (just before WW I) through the Modernist…
Fall 2016 Course: Vikings, Mongols, Moors
Note this NEW course being offered by Prof. Jonathan Hsy this fall! This course fulfills the pre-1700 requirement of the English major. Vikings, Mongols, Moors: A Global Middle Ages, Yesterday and Today ENGL 3830.10 (CRN 15259) Prof. Jonathan Hsy Tue/Thu 9:35-10:50 Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Merlin, Vikings, Harry Potter: in popular…
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In partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library, the George Washington University is pleased to offer a new seminar on Books and Early Modern Culture. The seminar is a one of a kind experience, offering undergraduates the chance to have reader’s privileges at the library and to utilize its world famous collection of Renaissance books. The…