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2020-21 Courses

Overview

We are excited to introduce our department’s new curriculum for the Academic Year 2020-21. Students should note that this curriculum includes courses offered over three-semesters (including Summer A), as well as several new immersive classes that will be offered over a 7-week period.

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.

Our departmental immersive courses will cover a semester’s worth of material in a shorter period of time and will meet for twice as many hours per week, allowing students to take fewer courses at the same time and a more sustained focus on course content.  

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 2020 Courses

Please note:

SUBTERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR NOTES
Fall, semester-long ENGL UN3033 The Early Chaucer Christopher Baswell This is a cross-listed Columbia course taught by Barnard faculty.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3101, section 1 The Writer's Process: A Seminar in the Teaching of Writing Pamela Cobrin This is a semester-long course, but meets TR 2:10-4 during Fall A and T 2:40-3:55 during Fall B. Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3101, section 2 The Writer's Process: A Seminar in the Teaching of Writing Cecelia Lie-Spahn This is a semester-long course, but meets TR 2:10-4 during Fall A and T 2:40-3:55 during Fall B. Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3102 Academic Writing Intensive Wendy Schor-Haim Open only to Barnard students. To be considered for the course, please send a recent writing sample to wschorha@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).
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3103, section 1 The Art of the Essay Nina Sharma Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3103, section 3 The Art of the Essay Vrinda Condillac Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3105, section 1 Fiction and Personal Narrative Timea Szell Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3107 Introduction to Fiction Writing Alexandra Watson Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3110 Introduction to Poetry Writing Brionne Janae Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3113 Playwriting I Ellen McLaughlin Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3117 Fiction Writing Hisham Matar Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3123 Rhetorical Choices: the Theory and Practice of Public Speaking Pamela Cobrin and Daniela Kempf Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3134 Creative Non-Fiction: Tell It Like It Is Liana Finck Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENTH BC3139 Modern American Drama and Performance Patricia Denison  
Fall, semester-long 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.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3159, section 2 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Achsah Guibbory 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.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3159, section 4 The English Colloquium (Renaissance) Timea Szell 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.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3163 Shakespeare I Rachel Eisendrath  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3166 Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry: Plague Year Achsah Guibbory  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3179 American Literature to 1800 Lisa Gordis  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3183 American Literature 1945 to the present Margaret Vandenburg  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 1 Critical Writing Jayne Hildebrand Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 2 Critical Writing William Sharpe Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 3 Critical Writing Maura Spiegel Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 4 Critical Writing Margaret Vandenburg Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3195 Modernism Margaret Vandenburg  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3204 World Literature Revisited I Atefeh Akbari-Shamirzadi  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3208 What's Your Story Anyway?—Trauma Resistance through Creative Writing Maria Hinojosa Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3214 Latinx and the ICE/Prison Industrial Complex—Access and Strategies for News Coverage Maria Hinojosa  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3215 Victorian Science and Science Fiction Jayne Hildebrand  
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3250 Introduction to US Latinx Literature Kristin Carter  
Fall, semester-long 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.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3904 Senior Seminar: Charles Dickens William Sharpe Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3920 Senior Seminar: Migration, Immigration, and the Borders of American Literature Kristin Carter Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Fall, semester-long ENGL BC3927 Senior Seminar: "a d—d mob of scribbling women": Nineteenth-century American Women Writers Lisa Gordis Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Fall A ENGL BC3103, section 2 The Art of the Essay Wendy Schor-Haim Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Fall A ENGL BC3105, section 2 Fiction and Personal Narrative (First Years) Malena Watrous Priority enrollment in this section goes to Barnard first-year students. Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall A ENGL BC3118 Advanced Poetry Writing I Catherine Barnett Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall A 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.
Fall A 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.
Fall A AFEN BC3253 Before Black Lives Matter Yvette Christiansë  
Fall A ENGL BC3936 Senior Seminar: The Novel and Economic Justice Ross Hamilton Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Fall B ENGL BC3115 Story Writing I Nellie Hermann Requires a writing sample to apply.
Fall B ENGL BC3223 New York in Ten Objects Alexandra Horowitz Application required.

Spring 2021 Courses

Please note:

  • Spring semester courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
  • Spring A courses will be held from Monday, January 11, 2021 – Friday, February 26, 2021.
  • Spring B courses will be held from Monday, March 8, 2021 – Monday, April 26, 2021.
  • Course descriptions, sections and times, can be found in the "English @Barnard" section of the Directory of Classes. 
SUBTERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR NOTES
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3102 Academic Writing Intensive Wendy Schor-Haim Open only to Barnard students. To be considered for the course, please send a recent writing sample to wschorha@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).
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3104, section 1 The Art of the Essay Shelly Fredman Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3104, section 2 The Art of the Essay Vrinda Condillac Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3104, section 3 The Art of the Essay Alexandra Watson Enrolled and interested students MUST attend the first day of class.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3106 Fiction and Personal Narrative Timea Szell Priority enrollment in this section goes to Barnard creative writing concentrators. Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3114 Playwriting II Kathleen Tolan Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3116 Story Writing II Mary Beth Keane Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3121, section 1 Public Speaking Daniela Kempf Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3121, section 2 Public Speaking Patricia Denison Limited enrollment. Attend the first day of class to receive instructor permission. Permission will NOT be granted in advance.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3125 Advanced Poetry Writing II Regan Good Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring, semester-long ENTH BC3136 Shakespeare and Performance Patricia Denison  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3142 Major English Texts II Ross Hamilton  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3146 Walk This Way William Sharpe  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3160, section 1 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) Achsah Guibbory 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.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3160, section 2 The English Colloquium (Enlightenment) Jayne Hildebrand 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.
Spring, semester-long 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.
Spring, semester-long 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
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3164 Shakespeare II Rachel Eisendrath  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3170 Literature and Science 1600-1800 Ross Hamilton  
Spring, semester-long The Romantic Era Ross Hamilton  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3177 The Victorian Age in Literature: The Novel Jayne Hildebrand  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3180 American Literature, 1800-1870 Lisa Gordis  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3181 American Literature, 1871-1945 Kristin Carter  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3185 Modern British and American Poetry William Sharpe  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3189 Postmodernism Margaret Vandenburg  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 1 Critical Writing Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 2 Critical Writing Mary Cregan Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 3 Critical Writing Lisa Gordis Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3193, section 4 Critical Writing John Pagano Open only to Barnard students, priority to English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3205 World Literature Revisited II Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3207 The "Global" Novel Atefeh Akbari Shamirzadi  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3229 American Lives, American Stories Maria Hinojosa Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3281 Illegal Is Not a Noun: Disrupting Narratives of the Immigrant Experience Maria Hinojosa  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3292 QNYC Christopher Baswell and Rachel Eisendrath  
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3902 Senior Seminar: New Millennial American Fiction Margaret Vandenburg Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3909 Senior Seminar: The Family in Fiction and Film: The Poetics of Growing Up Maura Spiegel Open only to Barnard senior English majors with a Film Studies concentration and Barnard senior Film Studies majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3912 Senior Seminar: Intolerance, Tolerance, and Stories of Resistance Achsah Guibbory Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL BC3919 Senior Seminar: Black EcoLiterature Chelsea Frazier Open only to Barnard senior English majors.
Spring, semester-long ENGL GU4001 Medieval Cultures of the Book Christopher Baswell This is a cross-listed Columbia course taught by Barnard faculty.
Spring A ENGL BC3108 Introduction to Fiction Writing Nellie Hermann Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring A ENGL BC3122 Creative Non-Fiction: The Gendered Memoir Jennifer Finney Boylan Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring A ENTH BC3145 Early American Drama and Performance: Staging a Nation Pamela Cobrin  
Spring B ENGL BC3117 Fiction Writing Jennifer Finney Boylan Requires a writing sample to apply.
Spring B ENGL BC3130 The American Cowboy and the Iconography of the West Peggy Ellsberg  
Spring B ENRE BC3810 Literary Approaches to the Bible Peggy Ellsberg  

Projected Summer 2021 Courses

Please note:

  • These listings are subject to change.
  • Summer A courses will be held from Monday, May 3, 2021 – Friday, June 18, 2021.
  • Summer B courses will be held from Monday, June 28, 2021 – Monday, August 16, 2021.
  • Course descriptions, sections and times, will be available in advance of Summer registration in April 2021.
SUBTERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Summer A ENGL BC3098 The English Conference Visiting Scholar Glyn Maxwell
Summer A ENGL BC3110 Introduction to Poetry Writing Alex Dimitrov
Summer A ENGL BC3169 Renaissance Drama Bernadette Myers
Summer A ENGL BC3196 Home to Harlem: Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Monica Miller
Summer A ENGL BC3291 Fictions of Law and Custom: Whiteness in American Literature Kristin Carter