An orientation to graduate study in general and the nature and methods of research in particular. Should be taken during the first semester of graduate work.
A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
This course examines approaches to addressing social and emotional learning and its competencies through literature.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Advanced study of teaching and learning, integrating theory and practice for teachers of writing.
Introduction to film analysis and film theory. Students will have the opportunity to learn core skills in film analysis and interpretation and engage with ongoing conversations in film theory.
An investigation of a theme, form or problem that cuts across periods and nationalities.
Course will expand on undergraduate literary and critical training to examine four theoretically informed approaches to teaching US Immigrant literature.
Historical survey of different theoretical approaches to literary and cultural criticism and pedagogy, including classical, renaissance, and eighteenth-century movements. Emphasis on twentieth-century schools.
This course offers an introduction to the discipline of rhetoric and composition, emphasizing disciplinary identity and evolution, as well as theoretical perspectives on discourse, rhetoric, and writing pedagogy.
Graduate-level focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.
This course familiarizes students with a range of 21st century digital composing tools and methods of assessing multimodal projects.
This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach works of poetry.
This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach works of fiction.
This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach dramatic literature.
This course offers in-depth study of literature from a particular literary period and its movements. Works chosen suit the variable title of the course and represent writers from or based in the United States of America.
This course offers in-depth study of literature from a particular literary period and its movements. Works chosen suit the variable title of the course and represent writers from the British Isles and/or from former colonies.
Teachers teaching teachers about writing to extend their knowledge in theory and practice and to prepare them as writing consultants. Open to K-12 teachers in all disciplines. S/U graded.
Train new teaching assistants in School of English to teach college level composition to UNC students.
Advanced study and application of research methods and approaches for literary study including, but not limited to, Archival Research, Distant Reading, New Historicism, Reception Studies, Feminist/Queer Recuperation and Recovery, and Textual Analysis.
This course examines current and emerging issues and trends in the English studies including composition, literature, and pedagogy with and emphasis on assessment and the inclusion of diverse learners in American schools.
This course will help individuals effectively select and implement research-based literacy interventions as they relate to students' strengths and needs at individual student, classroom, and school-wide levels.
This course provides an overview of educational research with an emphasis on literacy in secondary and post-secondary settings and guides teachers to develop systematic inquiries into effective teaching and learning. Participants will learn about methods for conducting teacher action research through analysis and application of classroom-based research.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Students will study the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England, translating important historical and literary documents in prose and poetry, including works by Alfred, Aelfirc, and others.
Representative poetry, prose, and/or drama in England from 1660-1789, including such writers as Dryden, Behn, Astel, Finch, Pope, Swift, Defoe, Fielding, Boswell, Johnson, Gray, Equiano, Barbauld, Wycherley, and Congreve.
British literature from 1832-1900, with primary focus on prose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. emphasis on the intellectual currents of the period as reflected in the literature of the age.
Studies in British literature of the twentieth century, with primary focus on diction, poetry, and non-fiction prose. Emphasis on cultural and intellectual influences on the literature of the era.
Studies in American literature 1914 to the present, with primary focus on fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose. Emphasis on cultural and intellectual influences on the literature of the era.
Seminars in various topics ranging from the evolution of English from its beginnings to dialectology, semantics, stylistics and psycholinguistics.
Seminars in writers or works in translation to illustrate generic, thematic, national, or cultural approaches to world literature.
Graduate seminars in various topics (e.g., the tragic hero, alienation, the experimental novel) related in form and/or idea and drawn from American, British or World literature in translation.
Readings in selected rhetoricians, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Erasmus, Ramus, Bacon, Montaigne, Campbell, Blair, Bakhtin, Richards, Gates, Cixous, Kristeva.
Reading in composition theory and pedagogy, including expressivist, cognitive, historical, rhetorical, social epistemic, discourse, and cultural studies.
This seminar explores major debates and developments in film theory from the 1920s to recent decades. Theories are illustrated with the technical and aesthetic analysis of specific films.
This course will focus on the knowledge, skills and practice needed to enter the editing profession.
This course explores professional writing theories and puts them to use in a community engagement project. Students will work with a non-profit organization to develop a grant package, build a social media presence, and design/compose various public-facing deliverables.
This course introduces students to both theory and technological tools prevalent in the digital humanities. While the specific theoretical foundations, technologies, and projects will vary based on instructor expertise, students can expect to work with video production, textual annotation/qualitative data analysis, web design and coding, and/or e-editing tools and/or technologies.
This course offers extensive theory and historical background on as well as typical practice in directing a writing center.
Select MA project, a journal-appropriate research paper, or creative project (collection of poems, short stories, or novel chapters). Proposal approval by advisor and public presentation (faculty/students) required.