Course Descriptions
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Elective WLL Special Topics Course
Credits4 ECTS10
El ( )
Elective WLL Special Topics Course
Credits4 ECTS10
El ( )
Elective WLL Special Topics Course
Credits4 ECTS10
EL ( )
Elective WLL Special Topics Course
Credits4 ECTS10
EL ( )
Elective WLL Special Topics Course or an Elective Non-WLL Course
Credits4 ECTS10
EL 579
Graduate Seminar
Credits0 ECTS5
Seminars offered by faculty, guest speakers and/or graduate students designed to widen students’ perspectives on specific topics of interest and to expand their range of scientific research techniques and publication ethics.
EL 588
Special Studies in Modern English Poetry
Credits5 ECTS10
Advanced study on a selected topic in Modern English Poetry.
EL 589
Readings in English Literature
Credits1 ECTS5
Supervised reading in areas in areas of special interest to the student.
El 590
Special Studies in Modern English Drama
Credits4 ECTS10
Advanced study on a selected topic in Modern English Poetry.
EL 591
Literary Theory I
Credits4 ECTS10
The first part of a two-semester survey of the history of literary theory and criticism in the West. Literary Theory I offers the advanced student of literature an introduction to literary theory and criticism from classical antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century, from Plato to Freud. The material covered in this class thus constitutes the foundation of modern critical theory.
EL 592
Literary Theory II
Credits4 ECTS10
The second half of a two semester survey of the history of literary theory and criticism in the West. The second part of this semester treats many of the most significant critical theories, including Marxist criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism, queer theory, black criticism, post-colonial criticism, cultural studies, and postmodern criticism, all of which attempt to understand literature as the expression of a subject which is, largely, a cultural or historical entity.
EL 593
Modern English Novel
Credits4 ECTS10
Advanced study on a selected topic in Modern English Novel.
EL 594
Advanced Topics in English Literature
Credits4 ECTS10
Advanced study in literary genres, movements, forms or authors. Topics vary from year to year.
EL 595
Contemporary Trends in Critical Theory
Credits4 ECTS10
Students in this course will be introduced to new object-oriented / posthumanist schools of thought, from thing theory to new materialism, from animal studies to systems theory, that seek to challenge the hegemony of the human as a static and sovereign category.
EL 689
Studies in English
Credits1 ECTS5
EL 690
Master Thesis
ECTS30
The thesis is an essential requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in English Literature. Students are required to carry out careful research on an approved topic and to produce a substantial piece of scholarly writing under the supervision of their advisors. A comprehensive oral examination, which may also cover other areas in the graduate program not directly connected with the topic of research, will be part of the defense of the thesis.
EL 690
Master Thesis
ECTS30
The thesis is an essential requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in English Literature. Students are required to carry out careful research on an approved topic and to produce a substantial piece of scholarly writing under the supervision of their advisors. A comprehensive oral examination, which may also cover other areas in the graduate program not directly connected with the topic of research, will be part of the defense of the thesis.
EL 695
Proseminar
Credits4 ECTS10
EL 790
Doctoral Dissertation
ECTS120
