Instructor: Cassie Patterson GE: Cultures and Ideas, English 2367.01: Language, Identity, and Culture in the U.S. Accessioning, digital gallery preparation and reflection (on Ohio State campus in Columbus. GE: Literature; Diversity (Social Diversity in the U.S.); Writing and Communication—Level 2, English 2367.02H: Literature in the U.S. Instructor: Karen Winstead  Instructor: Thomas Davis  Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; N.K. Section 20 instructor (8-week session 2): Kelsey Mason  In this class, you will learn about proposal-writing processes and practice writing proposals for real organizations. Admission is by portfolio submission to the instructor. Want to know how we ended up in a world with Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey? Most of us associate the fairy tale with magic and fantasy. English 3398: Methods for the Study of Literature ENGLISH-3304: Business and Professional Writing Instructors: Sandra MacPherson English 3468: Special Topics in Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing  A general question arises: what counts as America? In this class, we'll be reading Greek literature such as The Odyssey and Cavafy's poems alongside English works inspired by Greece and modeled after Greek writers. Do note: this is NOT a course in religion, but rather an English course on the Bible as a literary work. This course will explore the formal, social, and political engagements of Shakespeare’s plays. Our focus will be on reading with an eye for fine detail and constructing logical, well-evidenced arguments. No background in technical content areas or technical writing is required to do well in this class. All the while we will question where monsters reside in these texts, how they appeal to us as readers, and ultimately who creates or is made into a monster and for what purpose. An introduction to the fundamentals of technique, craft, and composition; practice in the writing of fiction; and analysis and discussion of student work as well as published stories by masters of the genre. This internship opportunity will offer students experience in creating timely, relevant and compelling short-form promotional media (primarily video and audio) for the Department of English. Provides intensive practice in integrating academic reading and writing. Instructor: Staff English 4592: Special Topics in Women in Literature and Culture — The Marriage Plot, Then and Now  Advice books, card games, and board games about "WWJD?" English 4574: History and Theories of Writing — From Clay Tablets to Trump's Tweets And how might contemporary fiction engage with urgent political issues? The art and craft of writing is a process of turning inward and a method of looking outward. Emphasis on the style, organization and conventions of technical and research reports, proposals, memoranda, professional correspondence, etc. We'll look at historical change through the prism of celebrated folklore forms such as Louisiana Mardi Gras, Appalachian fairy tales, and the Tex-Mex corrido. No previous experience in linguistics or programming is required, though some background in the study of language will be helpful. At the end of this course, you will have writing samples that demonstrate expertise with the following genres. Examination of the elements of fiction—plot, character, setting, narrative, perspective, theme, etc.—and their various interrelations; comparisons with nonfictional narrative may be included. We will see some of the following: ethnic diversity (African-American, Native American, Asian American and Jewish); literature about disabilities (injured veterans; blindness, autism, depression; alcoholism); the insane and the temporarily insane; and the victims of racism, prejudice and violence. We will focus primarily on empirical research methods. In this introduction to poetry course, we will explore various elements of poetic craft and the ways poets convey meaning and expression through craft elements such as meter, rhyme, form, repetition, syntax variation, musicality of the line, lineation, white space, metaphor, image, etc. And, we will be attuned to how films trigger our perception, thought and feeling systems when consuming films. Instructor: Marcus Jackson An introduction to the fundamentals of technique, craft and composition; practice in the writing of fiction; and analysis and discussion of student work as well as published stories by masters of the genre. We might put it this way: characters create plots, and plots reveal characters. ... Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story contains a scene where Bruce and his white girlfriend watch the film Breakfast at Tiffany's… Because drama involves both elements of social ritual as well as public entertainment, this art form serves to build communities by uniting, inciting, and/or inspiring audiences in interpretive critical activity. Instructor: Sean O'Sullivan GE: Literature This course will look at some of the most exciting literature written in England during the Middle Ages, a period of social upheaval and rapid transformation. Instructor: Alaina Belisle GE: Diversity (Social Diversity in the US) Instructor: Genie Giaimo Assignments: One or two formal essays; frequent short response papers; a performance-related group project; a critical articles review; and (conditions permitting) an exam. Practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student's own writing and in the essays of professional writers. The “S” in the course number means that this second-level writing class has been designated as a service learning writing course. Study of principles and practices of technical writing. Students will be evaluated by short writing assignments, a virtual group presentation and midterm/final exams. At the end of the semester, I'll ask each student to turn in a significantly revised version of one of the two essays that he or she presented to the workshop. When the Italian poet Petrarch invented the form in the fourteenth century, he started a literary vogue that continues today, and women have been at the forefront of its innovation in the English tradition almost from the start. The bulk of the class will focus on an examination of recent films that seek to emulate or improve upon the unique characteristics of video games. GE: Diversity (Global Studies), English 2260: Introduction to Poetry HOW texts work, how producers achieve the effects they want and why audiences respond to texts in the way they do: these are the  basic questions of rhetorical theory and analysis. English 3398 (70): Methods for the Study of Literature Instructor: Andrea Williams Emphasis on the style, organization and conventions of technical and research reports, proposals, memoranda, professional correspondence, etc. In this course, we will explore poets who tried to make sense of the nineteenth century and its tumultuous changes. Instructor: Kelsey Hagarman Our class will begin with a study of documentary as a text form, an art form and as a genre. Instructor: Marcus Jackson Instructor: Elizabeth Coulter Blackford Taught with an emphasis on literary texts. How and why did the eighteenth-century novel in English become a form associated with protest of the status quo and hospitable to giving voice to marginalized characters such as serving girls, rebellious slaves, and a variety of other persecuted figures? The course will culminate in a public reception at which each group?s final project will be shown. Examination of the elements of fiction—plot, character, setting, narrative, perspective, theme, etc.—and their various interrelations. Cost of program: TBA. Required of English majors. Though the title of this course is "Introduction to Shakespeare," the truth is that almost everyone has been introduced to Shakespeare in some form or another, whether in a high school English course, in a local theatre production, through one of the many film adaptations or just through sheer cultural osmosis. Likely texts: English 4540: Nineteenth-Century British Poetry What do they offer readers and viewers? An introduction to the theory and practice of editing and publishing literature. In this course, students will learn how to write complex, complicated and honest characters. Taught in conjunction with English 5797. They will loosely circulate around the theme of humanity/what it means to be human. Instructor: Tyler Sones An introduction to the fundamentals of technique, craft, composition and prosody; practice in the writing of poetry; and analysis and discussion of student work as well as published poems by established poets. Extends and refines expository writing and analytical reading skills, emphasizing recognition of intertextuality and reflection on compositional strategies on topics pertaining to education and pop culture in America. No background in comics is required. Instructor: David Riede Introduction to the analysis of popular culture texts. Our fiction and drama will include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Why and how does film affect our bodies, marshalling its technical and formal apparatus to make viewers weep, or gasp in terror, or feel desire? Instructor: David Brewer  To improve students’ analytical reading, writing, thinking and research skills, this course focuses on creative nonfiction published in the Best American series—essays that reflect the experiences of and issues concerning people living in the United States. Flash fiction is a work of extreme brevity that hints at a broader narrative. GE: Writing and Communication—Level 1. Expect examinations that include being given a passage and needing to identify the author, the work, and other distinguishing features discussed in class. The nineteenth century was a period in United States history that saw an explosion of social reform projects – practical experiments and theoretical investigations designed to make the world happier, healthier, safer and more equitable. There's a Calvin and Hobbes comic in which Calvin is forced by his mother to eat a pile of food as it recites "To be or not to be." English 4590.04H: Seminar in Romanticism—Romanticism and Revolutionary Experience  Third Parties Providing Services On Our Behalf. Instructor: Hannibal Hamlin Emphasis on the style, organization and conventions of technical and research reports, proposals, memoranda, professional correspondence, etc. GE: Diversity (Social Diversity in the U.S.) English 3405 (10) : Special Topics in Professional Communication — Technical Editing English 2269 (10): Digital Media Composing Potential assignments: Essays, responses to readings, reflections and presentations. "It is right that what is just should be obeyed.” (Blaise Pascal, Pensee 1670) Each is famous for its traditional culture, but each is often thought of as deviating in a distinctive way from the national culture: Louisiana is "creole," Texas is "border," and Appalachia is "folk." Plays will include Henry IV Part 1, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth and Cymbeline, and we'll also read some non-dramatic poems. Poets considered will include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning and others. How are people of color differently racialized? We will workshop student poems, created each week in response to various prompts. The British Census of 1851 revealed that there were at least half a million more women in Britain than there were men, leading to the conclusion that many women would never be wives. Instructors: Jared Gardner and Staff English 4572: English Grammar and Usage  The main texts will be a selection of classic poems available through Carmen; and The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry, edited by Rita Dove. Throughout, we will examine the vital intersections of an array of fields and practices: film studies, narratology, literature, media studies, visual culture and the segmented organization of experience. Intensive practice in fundamentals of expository writing illustrated in the student's own writing and essays of professional writers; offered in a small class setting and linked with an individual tutoring component in its concurrent course, ENGLISH-1193. Practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student's own writing and in the essays of professional writers. GE: Literature, English 2261: Introduction to Fiction — "Game of Thrones" as Literature GE: Writing and Communication—Level 1. Does it speak to a broader mood of political paranoia? English 3304—Business and Professional Writing Meanwhile, we have seen the rise of the relatively new field of narrative medicine, which brings together medical practitioners, patients, storytellers and narratologists to revitalize the increasingly lost art in medicine of engaging with and being moved by patients' stories as a central aspect of what it means to be a physician. Instructor: Jesse Schotter This class will focus as well on a wide range of genres, including superhero, crime, horror and romance - as well as autobiographical, historical, educational and political comics. Illness generates stories. You will learn college-level strategies for analyzing literature, including reading a text with an eye for fine detail (a.k.a. GE: Literature, English 3372 (30): Science Fiction and/or Fantasy — Tolkien's Monsters Instructor: Madeline Price Practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student's own writing and in the essays of professional writers. Experience Instructor: Sydney Varajon An introduction to the fundamentals of technique, craft and composition; practice in the writing of fiction; and analysis and discussion of student work as well as published stories by masters of the genre. GE: Writing and Communication (Level Two) We will learn about the basic characteristics of language: the sounds of English and how they’re put together; word formation processes; and rules for combining words into utterances/sentences. Eliot; St. Vincent with Robert Frost; John Donne with The Smiths; Emily Dickinson with Talking Heads; Neutral Milk Hotel with Edwin Arlington Robinson; The Antlers with Stars; Jackson Mac Low with Animal Collective; or Sharon Olds with Radiohead. We will bring our conversations about disability and futurity in line with utopianism. However, our enhanced understanding of how English grammar is structured will ultimately equip you with the skills to more critically understand speaking and writing styles, including effective writing and products designed to encourage it, such as usage handbooks and language-learning pedagogical materials. Which historical figures have LGBTQ writers and filmmakers - particularly, artists of color - invoked, invented and reimagined? We will range widely in terms of genre, language and price point, drawing extensively on the holdings of The Ohio State University's Rare Books and Manuscripts Library (in ways that are safe for the age of COVID). English 2263: Introduction to Film In addition to poems, essays and short stories, we will be reading several craft pieces, or instructional texts on the art of writing. English 3378: Special Topics in Film and Literature—Shakespeare's Tragedies on Film  ENGLISH-3150: Career Preparation for English and Related Majors Stories told in installments have been wildly popular since the nineteenth century—and they play a huge role in our current digital moment. GE: Diversity: Global Studies, English 2260 (20): Introduction to Poetry An introduction to the fundamentals of technique, craft and composition; practice in the writing of fiction; and analysis and discussion of student work as well as published stories by masters of the genre. Instructor: Frederick Luis Aldama Texts: All readings will be in the form of PDFs and links to exemplary essays. Films available from Secured Media Library: Luis Bu'uel and Salvador Dali, An Andalusian Dog. Instructors: Manuel Jacquez English 4535: Special Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature and Culture — The Invention of Celebrity We will focus on how directors and actors have chosen to adapt Shakespeare for performance, but also consider how these films have shaped, and continue to shape, the cultural meaning of "Shakespeare: for modern audiences. Our fiction and drama will include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Two biographies will also anchor our readings and provide a rich cultural context for the literature: biographies about a famous elite woman and an actress. English 2265 (10): Introductory Fiction Writing English 1110.03 (10): First-Year English Composition  Instructor: Genie Giaimo Fairy tales stage the choices of underlings as they seek to survive in a world where the rules are both imposed from above and unreliable. English 3364 (10): Special Topics in Popular Culture — Janeites: Austen Fiction, Films and Fans Instructor: Koritha Mitchell GE: Diversity (Social Diversity in the U.S.) In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, if a person had three books on their shelf, one would be the King James Bible, and another Paradise Lost. English 3372 (30): Special Topics in Science Fiction and/or Fantasy—Environmental Science Fiction. You and your peers will have the unique opportunity to meet MMORE's marketing and communication needs while negotiating budgetary and time constraints. We'll read five plays: Henry IV, Part 1, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale and sample some of his non-dramatic poems. While studying how the basic building blocks of language work, we will also investigate linguistic variation, accents of American English, and language and education. Requirements include a couple of essays, quizzes, an exam, and active participation. Readings will include poetry by William Blake, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, S.T. This course examines the history and uses of the most influential narrative formula in the modern Western world: the fairy tale. For centuries, Greek culture, philosophy and literature has fascinated writers in the English tradition. GE: Diversity (Social Diversity in the U.S.), English 2367.02 (100): Literature in the U.S. How does not being considered white affect one's experience of womanhood? GE: Diversity (Social Diversity in the U.S.), English 2367.02: Literature in the U.S. GE: Literature, English 3378: Special Topics in Film and Literature — Shakespeare and Film Provides intensive practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student's own writing and in the essays of professional writers. Instructor: James Fredal In the first part of the course, students will become familiar with the fundamentals of storytelling by analyzing short stories by masters of literary and popular fiction, including George Saunders, A.M. Homes, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephanie Vaughn, Tobias Wolff, Denis Johnson and many more. Please do not let your lack of experience with technology intimidate you. This is the advanced creative writing workshop in creative nonfiction. Instructor: Staff My hope is that this course will enrich your reading experiences long after it’s over. Further, by drawing on our different personal and academic experiences, we'll explore how improving our narrative competencies, or the different ways we respond to and create narratives, can inform our medical competencies, or the ways we give and receive health care. Instructor: Jennifer Patton Instructor: Sandra MacPherson There will be quizzes, daily writings, a presentation and one final project. GE: Literature, English 2261: Introduction to Fiction An introduction to the theory and practice of editing and publishing literature. Critical examination of the intersections between specific areas or problems in English studies and the emergent technologies used to acquire and create knowledge in the discipline. Satyrs. Instructor: Alan Farmer  Wells, The Time Machine; Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed; Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower; Jeff VanderMeer, Borne; Alex DiFrancesco, All City; The Girl With All The Gifts. English 4595: Literature and Law  We will read for technique while asking how these narratives use travel to address issues of identity and nationality, foreignness, home, culture, history and language. GE: Literature. We will then move to understanding patterns of English in its conversational and social contexts, exploring how English is used in interaction, how its dialects and styles vary across individuals and groups, how the language we now think of as “English” came to be and what its future holds. Plays will include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Fiona Fisher. Instructor: Clarissa Surek-Clark  Extends and refines expository writing and analytical reading skills, emphasizing recognition of intertextuality and reflection on compositional strategies on topics pertaining to education and pop culture in America. Instructor: Molly Farrell  As Robert Bridges wrote, "The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good -- in spite of all the people who say he is very good." Potential assignments: Weekly quizzes; regular posting to discussion boards; midterm exam; final exam  It will also offer methods and approaches for understanding the devices used (mise-en-scene, lensing, sound, casting, for instance) by film directors to give shape to their various distillations and reconstructions of the building blocks of reality. Yeats's short lyric "The Second Coming," and T.S. Either way, though, you should come away from this course with not only a fresh sense of both the eighteenth century and our present moment, but also the often twisted and counter-intuitive connections between the two. Instructor: Clare Simmons GE: Literature, English 3372 (30): Science Fiction and Fantasy: "New Wave" Science Fiction of the 60s and 70s Practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student's own writing and in the essays of professional writers. We will devote a significant portion of the class to the various theories used to analyze literature ("critical theory"). We will consider how the medium of performance informed Shakespeare’s exploration of these topics. Edgar Allan Poe wrote that every aspect of a short story should be somehow contributing to “a single and unique effect.” Every word, every image, every detail about the characters and the setting and the plot should be chosen to help create a particular result. Study of selected plays designed to give an understanding of drama as theatrical art and as an interpretation of fundamental human experience. However, media skills are NOT a pre-requisite; students will learn all media skills necessary for the class. These sites represent a wide range of organizations, from community non-profits to large corporations, from government agencies to local start-ups. English 3466: Special Topics in Intermediate Poetry Writing How has love poetry changed over the four centuries that separate Shakespeare from Seamus Heaney? English 4515: Chaucer  English 3331: Thinking Theoretically Introduction to methods of reading film texts by analyzing cinema as technique, as system and as cultural product. Instructor: Hannibal Hamlin  GE: Writing and Communication (Level Two)  Instructor: Francis Donoghue Instructor: Beverly Moss GE: Literature, English 3372 (50): Science Fiction and/or Fantasy Instructor: Staff From text messages to viral videos, we use mobile composing practices to complete everyday tasks while expressing ourselves and engaging our communities. English 2268 (10): Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. Instructor: Jenny Patton  We will also explore the crosspollination of devices used to give shape to filmic and comic book storytelling modes. GE: Literature. *This is an advanced writing workshop that asks you to think about how literary fiction is made. In this course we will interrogate and resist standards of beauty, able-bodiedness, and able-mindedness. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. Instructor: Jessica Prinz GE: Writing and Communication (Level Two), English 2367.05: The U.S. This class will dive into Butler's pathbreaking speculative fiction, from her time-bending novel Kindred about confronting the realities of enslavement to her lesser-known works that established her as a founder of Afro-Futurism. Instructor: Sean O’Sullivan This is a class for serious students of creative writing. Instructor: Karen Winstead and Staff  Focusing on digital literacy, development of critical thinking skills and skill in producing analytical prose, students explore key conversations in the field of game studies and analyze a variety of types of video game writing. English 2281 (10): Introduction to African American Literature Their oral stories were reworked in print and successor media for a variety of commercial and ideological purposes, creating prominent models of selfhood and success along the way. GE: Diversity: Global Studies, English 2220H: Honors Introduction to Shakespeare  Our discussions will involve three main aims: (1) to close-read a celebrated nineteenth-century work; (2) to think about literary genres as instruments of social critique—then and now; and (3) to consider how studying the literary/cultural past helps us to think about the present.