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2022-23 Courses

Overview

We are excited to introduce our department’s curriculum for the Academic Year 2022-23.

Please note that this schedule is subject to change, and students are encouraged not only to revisit this page but also to confirm the current semester's course listings in the "English @Barnard" section of the Directory of Classes.

English majors should contact their major advisor with any questions. Non-English majors, or those thinking of declaring an English major, should contact english@barnard.edu.

Fall 2022 Courses

Please note:

  • Fall courses will be held from Tuesday September 6, 2022 – Monday, December 12, 2022.
  • Course descriptions, sections and times, can be found in the "English @Barnard" section of the Directory of Classes. 
  • If you are unsure of whether or not a course requires special enrollment procedures, please see our full list of fall 2022 courses that require special enrollment.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR NOTES
ENGL BC1982 American Fiction Jennie Kassanoff  
ENGL BC3098 The English Conference Glyn Maxwell Meets only on Oct. 24, 26, 31, and Nov. 2.
ENGL BC3101, section 1 The Writer's Process: A Seminar in the Teaching of Writing Pamela Cobrin Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
ENGL BC3101, section 2 The Writer's Process: A Seminar in the Teaching of Writing Alexandra Watson Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
ENGL BC3102 Academic Writing Intensive Meredith Benjamin Open only to Barnard students. To be considered for the course, please send a recent writing sample to mbenjami@barnard.edu, ideally from your First-Year Writing or First-Year Seminar course, or any other writing-intensive humanities or social sciences course at Barnard (no lab reports please).
ENGL BC3103, section 1 The Art of the Essay Wendy Schor-Haim Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3103, section 2 The Art of the Essay Peggy Ellsberg Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3103, section 3 The Art of the Essay Sasha Bonét Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3105, section 1 Fiction and Personal Narrative Eilf Batuman Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3107 Introduction to Fiction Writing Zaina Arafat Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3110 Introduction to Poetry Writing, section 1 Brionne Janae Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3110 Introduction to Poetry Writing, section 2 Patricia Spears Jones Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3113 Playwriting I Ellen McLaughlin Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3115 Story Writing I Nellie Hermann Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3117 Fiction Writing Weike Wang Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3118 Advanced Poetry Writing I Catherine Barnett Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3121 Public Speaking Daniela Kempf Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
ENGL BC3123 Rhetorical Choices: the Theory and Practice of Public Speaking Pamela Cobrin and Daniela Kempf Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
ENGL BC3134 Creative Non-Fiction: Telling Your Story Liana Finck Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3141 Major English Texts I Peggy Ellsberg  
ENGL BC3159, section 1 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3159, section 2 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Rachel Eisendrath Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3159, section 3 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Ross Hamilton Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3159, section 4 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Eugene Petracca Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3162 Donne, the Metaphysicals, and His Legacy Achsah Guibbory  
ENGL BC3163 Shakespeare I Peter Platt  
ENGL BC3167 Milton: Then and Now Achsah Guibbory  
ENGL BC3173 The Eighteenth-Century Novel Monica Cohen  
ENGL BC3177 The Victorian Age in Literature: The Novel Mary Cregan  
ENGL BC3179 American Literature to 1800 Lisa Gordis  
ENGL BC3180 American Literature 1800-1870 Kristi Cassaro  
ENGL BC3183 American Literature since 1945 Kristin Carter  
ENGL BC3193, section 1 Critical Writing Kristi Cassaro Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 2 Critical Writing Kristi Cassaro Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 3 Critical Writing Maura Spiegel Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 4 Critical Writing Andrew Lynn Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3204 World Literature Revisited I Atefeh Akbari-Shamirzadi  
ENGL BC3208 What's Your Story Anyway?—Trauma Resistance through Creative Writing Maria Hinojosa Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3214 Latinx and the ICE/Prison Industrial Complex—Access and Strategies for News Coverage Maria Hinojosa  
ENGL BC3223 New York in Ten Objects Alexandra Horowitz Application required: https://forms.gle/Gtb5YWgeq59Mnfhy5.
ENGL BC3252 Contemporary Media Theory Jonathan Beller Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
ENRE BC3810 Literary Approaches to the Bible Peggy Ellsberg  
ENGL BC3997, section 1 Senior Seminar: Shakespeare's Tragedies Rachel Eisendrath Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3997, section 2 Senior Seminar: Late Victorian and Modern Drama Patricia Denison Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3997, section 3 Senior Seminar: "a d—d mob of scribbling women": Nineteenth-century American Women Writers Lisa Gordis Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3997, section 4 Senior Seminar: The Novel and Economic Justice Ross Hamilton Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3997, section 5 Senior Seminar in Creative Writing Ken Chen Open only to senior Barnard English majors with a Creative Writing concentration.
ENGL GU4010 The Canterbury Tales Christopher Baswell  

Spring 2023 Courses

Please note:

  • These listings are subject to change.
  • Course descriptions, sections and times, will be available in advance of spring registration in November 2022.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR NOTES
ENGL BC1901 Introduction to Comics and Graphic Novels Benjamin Breyer  
ENGL BC3102 Academic Writing Intensive  Wendy Schor-Haim  
ENGL BC3104, section 1 The Art of the Essay Nina Sharma Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3104, section 2 The Art of the Essay Vrinda Condillac Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3104, section 3 The Art of the Essay Shelly Fredman Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
ENGL BC3106 Fiction and Personal Narrative Alexandra Watson Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3108 Introduction to Fiction Writing Natera Cleyvis  Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3110 Introduction to Poetry Writing Fathi Farnoosh Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3114 Playwriting II Kathleen Tolan Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3116 Story Writing II Nellie Hermann Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC31117 Fiction Writing, section 1 Jennifer Finney Boylan Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC31117 Fiction Writing, section 2 Sarah Wang Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3118 Advanced Poetry Writing I LaTasha Diggs Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3121 Public Speaking, section 1 Daniela Kempf Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
ENGL BC3121 Public Speaking, section 2 Daniela Kempf Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
ENGL BC3125 Advanced Poetry Writing II Instructor TBD Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3130 The American Cowboy and the Iconography of the West Peggy Ellsberg  
ENGL BC3134 Creative Non-Fiction Christine Smallwood  Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENTH BC3136 Shakespeare in Performance Patricia Denison  
ENTH BC3139 Modern American Drama and Performance  Patricia Denison   
ENGL BC3142 Major English Texts II Peggy Ellsberg  
ENGL BC3150 Invention, Revision, and Imagination Jennifer Finney Boylan Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3160, section 1 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) James Basker Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3160, section 2 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) Nathan Gorelick Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3160, section 3 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) Andrew Lynn Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission.
ENGL BC3160, section 4 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) Eugene Petracca Open only to junior and senior Barnard English majors. New junior Barnard transfer students who are not yet able to declare an English major should contact the English department for permission
ENGL BC3164 Shakespeare II Peter Platt  
ENGL BC3181 American Literature, 1871-1945 Kristi Cassaro  
ENGL BC3193, section 1 Critical Writing Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 2 Critical Writing Meredith Benjamin Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 3 Critical Writing Kristin Carter Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3193, section 4 Critical Writing John Pagano Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
ENGL BC3194 Literary Theory Rachel Eisendrath  
ENGL BC3205 World Literature Revisited II Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi  
ENGL BC3207 The "Global" Novel Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi  
ENGL BC3229 American Lives, American Stories Maria Hinojosa Requires a writing sample to apply.
ENGL BC3242 Anti-colonial Literature before 1900 Ken Chen   
ENGL BC3243 Absent Mothers, Wicked Stepmothers  Wendy Schor-Haim  
ENGL BC3244 Proust: Swann's Way Hisham Matar  
ENGL BC3246 Writing the Medieval Self Eugene Petracca  
ENGL BC3249 The Marriage Plot  Peggy Ellsberg  
ENGL BC3250 Introduction to US Latinx Literature Kristin Carter  
ENGL BC3251 Nineteenth-century Thrillers  Monica Cohen  
ENGL BC3281 Illegal Is Not a Noun: Disrupting Narratives of the Immigrant Experience Maria Hinojosa  
ENGL BC3288 Romance  Christopher Baswell   
AFEN BC3817 Black Shakespeare  Kim Hall  
ENGL BC3998, section 1 Senior Seminar: The Family in Fiction and Film Maura Spiegel Open only to Barnard senior English majors with a Film Studies concentration and Barnard senior Film Studies majors.
ENGL BC3998, section 2 Senior Seminar: Write to Vote Jennie Kassanoff Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3998, section 3 Senior Seminar: TBD Kristin Carter Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
ENGL BC3998, section 4 Senior Seminar: TBD Rachel Eisendrath  Open only to Barnard senior English majors.

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