# Spring Term 2027 ## expand\_more ## Course Information Open all sections Close all sections ### Common Courses expand\_more [### English 20. Literary Forms ](/english-20-literary-forms) Fall 2026 Instructor: Vidyan Ravinthiran Monday & Wednesday, 3:00-4:15pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 27 students Spring 2027 Section 1 Instructor: Nicholas Watson TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 27 students Section 2 Instructor... [### English 97. Sophomore Tutorial: Literary Methods ](/english-97-sophomore-tutorial) Fall 2026 Instructor: Beth Blum Monday & Wednesday, 12:00-1:15pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Spring 2027 Section 1 Instructor: Homi Bhabha TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Section 2 Instructor: Martin Puchner... ### Lecture Courses expand\_more [### English 103g. Advanced Old English: Scribes and Manuscripts ](/english-103g-old-english-working-manuscripts) Instructor: Daniel Donoghue TBD | Location: TBD Building on the basic grammar and translation skills learned in English 102, this course introduces students to Old English literature in its most immediate context: the manuscripts that preserve the... [### English 131p. Milton's Paradise Lost ](/english-131p-miltons-paradise-lost) Instructor: Gordon Teskey TBD | Location: TBA This course focuses on Milton’s most famous work, Paradise Lost, the greatest long poem in English and the only successful classical epic in the modern world. Milton went totally blind in his forties and... [### English 152kd. Keats Isn't Dead: How We Live Romanticism ](/english-152kd-keats-isnt-dead-how-we-live-romanticism) Instructor: Vidyan Ravinthiran Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday & Wednesday, 12:00-1:15pm | Location: TBD Our thoughts and feelings about identity, self-expression, and the power of the imagination draw on the British Romantic poetry of... [### English 168d. Postwar American and British Fiction ](/english-168d-postwar-american-and-british-fiction) Instructor: James Wood TBD | Location: TBD In this class, we will examine novels and short stories published since 1945 in Britain and the United States. Though certain themes naturally emerge -- belonging and not belonging; immigration and emigration... [### English 170a. High and Low in Postwar America ](/english-170a-high-and-low-postwar-america-0) Instructor: Louis Menand TBD | Location: TBD Relations between avant-garde, mainstream, and commercial culture from 1945 to 1972. This course satisfies the “1900-Present Guided Elective" requirement for English concentrators and Secondary Field students. [### English 172m. Immigrant Literature ](/english-172m-immigrant-literature) Instructor: Glenda Carpio TBD | Location: TBD Is “immigrant literature” a useful category? In the American context, the category has facilitated an understanding of how the country’s social, political, and intellectual life has been refreshed and reshaped... [### English 179y. Introduction to Dramatic Writing ](/english-179y-introduction-dramatic-writing) Instructor: Sam Marks and Musa Syeed TBD | Location: TBD How do we tell stories for the stage and the screen? What is the difference between playwriting and screenwriting? What qualities do they share? This open enrollment course introduces students to... [### English 181a. Introduction to Asian American Literature: What Is Asian American Literature? ](/introduction-asian-american-literature-what-asian-american-literature) Instructor: Ju Yon Kim TBD | Location: TBD Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers (1974) was one of the earliest attempts to collect writings that were, to quote the editors, “exclusively Asian-American.” Yet as their lengthy—and controversial... [### English 186pw. Every Play Ever Written ](/english-186pw-every-play-ever-written) Instructor: Derek Miller TBD | Location: TBD This course explores the history of dramatic writing and publishing in the US and Europe by studying every play ever written. Of course, we cannot actually study all those plays—that’s the point. When we learn... [### English 187aa. The Aesthetics of Athletics ](/english-187aa-aesthetics-athletics) Instructor: John Stauffer TBD | Location: TBD This course explores the rarely studied but intimate relationship between art and athletics in literature, visual art, movies, and performance. We examine literary and other representations of athletics; the... ### Undergraduate Seminars expand\_more [### English 151x. The Representation of Labor (Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar) ](/english-151x-representation-labor-undergraduategraduate-seminar) Instructor: Elaine Scarry TBD | Location: TBD How far narrative can accommodate and express the nature of human labor is explored in a study of three 19th-century British writers, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy, as well as in novels and short stories by... [### English 198v. Art of Listening: How Sound Works in Literature (Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar) ](/english-198v-art-listening-how-sound-works-literature-undergraduategraduate-seminar) Instructor: Valeria Luiselli TBD | Location: TBD This is a course for anyone who is interested in the politics and aesthetics of sound. We will work on developing listening literacy as writers, thinking of it as a source of narrative craft. We will... [### English 90fd. The Rhetoric of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln ](/english-90fd-rhetoric-frederick-douglass-and-abraham-lincoln) Instructor: John Stauffer TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students This course is a critical examination of the speeches and rhetoric of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, who are among the greatest orators and nonfiction writers in... [### English 90ff. Indigenous Sci Fi, Horror, Fantasy, and Futurisms ](/english-90ff-indigenous-sci-fi-horror-fantasy-and-futurisms) Instructor: Christopher Pexa Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday, 3:00-5:00pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students This course will examine contemporary writings by Native American and Indigenous authors across the genres of... [### English 90hc. Hamlet, Act 1 ](/english-90hc-hamlet-act-1) Instructor: David Levine Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 14 students Students will gain facility with reading, speaking, performing, and directing Shakespeare through a simple task... [### English 90ka. The Brontës ](/english-90ka-bront%C3%ABs) Instructor: Elaine Scarry TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Writings by Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë, as well as the later novels and films their work inspired. This course satisfies the “1700-1900 Guided Elective" requirement... [### English 90mc. Before the Novel: Medieval Romance ](/english-90mc-novel-medieval-romance) Instructor: Nicholas Watson Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Thursday, 9:45-11:45am | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Medieval romances are ancestors of the modern novel, including the psychological novel and the fictions we... [### English 90mnp. Monsters and Power: Indigenous and Writers of Color Reimagine the Monstrous ](/english-90mnp-monsters-and-power-indigenous-and-writers-color-reimagine-monstrous) Instructor: Christopher Pexa TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students. This course examines how contemporary Indigenous writers and writers of color deploy monstrosity as a powerful tool for critiquing systems of oppression and imagining... ### Undergraduate Tutorials expand\_more [### English 91r. Supervised Reading and Research ](/english-91r-supervised-reading-and-research-1) The Supervising Reading and Research tutorial is a type of student-driven independent study offering individual instruction in subjects of special interest that cannot be studied in regular courses. English 91r is supervised by a member of the English... [### English 98r. Junior Tutorial ](/english-98r-junior-tutorial) Spring 2027 Junior Tutorials To be Announced Spring 2026 Junior Tutorials World Literature and its Discontents (Yoojung Chun) Travel, Travelers, Travelogues: A Global Perspective (Manan Kapoor) Friendships, Intimacies, & Collaborations in Modern &... [### English 99r. Senior Tutorial ](/english-99r-senior-tutorial-0) Supervised individual tutorial in an independent scholarly or critical subject. Students on the honors thesis track will register for English 99r in both the fall and spring terms. ### Creative Writing Workshops expand\_more Open all sections Close all sections ### Fiction Workshops expand\_more [### English CCFS. Fiction Workshop ](/english-ccfs-fiction-workshop) Instructor: Teju Cole TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This reading and writing intensive workshop for students who want to learn to write literary fiction. The goal of the course would be for each student to produce two polished... [### English CCFT. Intermediate Fiction Workshop ](/english-ccft-intermediate-fiction-workshop) Instructor: Teju Cole TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This is a course on the writing of literary fiction and is for students who have taken at least one previous writing workshop. Since good writing comes out of good reading, we... [### English CLAR. Getting the Words Right: The Art of Revision ](/english-clar-getting-words-right-art-revision) Instructor: Laura van den Berg Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Have you ever written a promising draft of a story or novel, only to realize you have no idea what to do... [### English CLNW. Writing the Natural World: from Creation Myths to Catastrophe ](/english-clnw-writing-natural-world-creation-myths-catastrophe) Instructor: Valeria Luiselli TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students How do we document volcanoes, whale-song, winds, tempests? How do we write with and about the “natural world” and the place that humans occupy in it, in a moment where... [### English CNW. The Novel Workshop ](/english-cnw-novel-workshop) Instructor: Nick White Fall 2026 Section 001 Wednesday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Section 002 Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026: Wednesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students... ### Non-Fiction Workshops expand\_more [### English CMMU. Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Using Music ](/english-cmmu-creative-nonfiction-workshop-using-music) Instructor: Melissa Cundieff Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students In this workshop-based class, students will think deeply about how music is often at the center of their... [### English CNFR. Creative Nonfiction: Workshop ](/english-cnfr-creative-nonfiction-0) Instructor: Darcy Frey Fall 2026 Section 001 Wednesday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Section 002 Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Spring 2027 Sections 001 and 002 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Wednesday, 3:00-5:45 pm | Location: TBD Enrollment... ### Poetry Workshops expand\_more [### English CBBR. Intermediate Poetry: Workshop ](/english-cbbr-intermediate-poetry-workshop) Instructor: Josh Bell Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Initially, students can expect to read, discuss, and imitate the strategies of a wide range of poets writing in... [### English CHCR. Advanced Poetry: Workshop ](/english-chcr-advanced-poetry-workshop) Instructor: Josh Bell Fall 2026 Monday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday, 6:00-8:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students By guided reading, classroom discussion, one on one conference, and... ### Workshops for Screen and Stage expand\_more [### English CALR. Advanced Screenwriting: Workshop ](/english-calr-advanced-screenwriting) Instructor: Musa Syeed Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Wednesday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students The feature-length script is an opportunity to tell a story on a larger scale, and, therefore, requires... [### English CAMR. Advanced Playwriting: Workshop ](/english-camr-advanced-playwriting) Instructor: Sam Marks Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This workshop is a continued exploration of writing for the stage, with an eye towards presentation. The semester... [### English CEDD. Playwriting Workshop: Drama and Dramaturgy ](/english-cedd-playwriting-workshop-drama-and-dramaturgy) Instructor: Emma Adler TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This course introduces students to the fundamentals of both playwriting and dramaturgy. Dramaturgs facilitate the realization of plays through a variety of practices, from... ### Non-workshop Creative Writing Courses expand\_more [### English 179y. Introduction to Dramatic Writing ](/english-179y-introduction-dramatic-writing) Instructor: Sam Marks and Musa Syeed TBD | Location: TBD How do we tell stories for the stage and the screen? What is the difference between playwriting and screenwriting? What qualities do they share? This open enrollment course introduces students to... ### Graduate Seminars expand\_more [### English 151x. The Representation of Labor (Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar) ](/english-151x-representation-labor-undergraduategraduate-seminar) Instructor: Elaine Scarry TBD | Location: TBD How far narrative can accommodate and express the nature of human labor is explored in a study of three 19th-century British writers, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy, as well as in novels and short stories by... [### English 198v. Art of Listening: How Sound Works in Literature (Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar) ](/english-198v-art-listening-how-sound-works-literature-undergraduategraduate-seminar) Instructor: Valeria Luiselli TBD | Location: TBD This is a course for anyone who is interested in the politics and aesthetics of sound. We will work on developing listening literacy as writers, thinking of it as a source of narrative craft. We will... [### English 280ql. Queer and Trans Literature and Criticism ](/english-280ql-queer-literature) Instructor: Stephanie Burt TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Queer and trans writing, with major historical figures (Whitman, Wilde, Lorde) but a focus on what's happening now, how to understand it, how to feel at home in it, how to... [### English 285sa. South Asian Poetry ](/285sa-south-asian-poetry) Instructor: Vidyan Ravinthiran TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Originally, this course centered poets resident in, and writing from, post-Independence India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It will now also examine South Asian-American and... [### English 290mh. Migration and the Humanities ](/english-290mh-migration-and-humanities) Instructor: Homi Bhabha Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students By focusing on literary narratives, cultural representations, and critical theories, this course explores ways in... [### English 296ct. Topics in Criticism and Theory ](/english-296ct-topics-criticism-and-theory-0) Instructor: Jesse McCarthy TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students This course surveys major works in literary theory and criticism from the high watermark of ‘French Theory’ as it crossed the Atlantic in the 1970s up to the present. Our... [### English 320. G1 Proseminar ](/english-320-g1-proseminar) Spring 2027 Instructor: Gordon Teskey TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Instructor: Nicholas Watson Wednesday, 9:00-11:45am | Location: TBD The first-year proseminar (taken in the spring semester of the first year) introduces students to the theories... [### English 330. G2 Proseminar ](/english-330-g2-proseminar) Spring 2027 Instructor: Ju Yon Kim TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Instructor: Ju Yon Kim Wednesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD This second-year proseminar has a two-part focus: it introduces students to the craft of scholarly publishing by helping them... ### First-Year Seminars expand\_more