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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear MFAs, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please carefully read Tina's note below, and see
what English is offering next quarter. Some interesting seminars, to
be sure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>TO: Faculty
graduate advisors, staff graduate advisors<BR><BR>Please forward this
all-inclusive list of S'07 seminar course descriptions to all graduate students
in your department(s). Please also be sure that every graduate
student in your department is made aware of our department's policy that all
seminar enrollments must first be approved by the English department's faculty
graduate advisor, Professor Steven Axelrod (see further information and form
below). Once permission is granted by Professor Axelrod, your
students may sign up through GROWL during the pre-registration period beginning
Monday, February 12, 2007.<BR><BR>When a student is given permission to enroll
in a seminar, their place is reserved, therefore, we ask that any student who
changes their mind and no longer wishes to enroll in the seminar or if they drop
it, to please notify Professor Axelrod by email so that he can then make that
slot available to another student. While first priority
must be given to English graduate students, we recognize the need and interest
of graduate students outside our department, and in that spirit, we are happy to
notify interested graduate students of the remaining seminar spaces if they will
send their seminar preference email to Professor Axelrod in part II, listed
below). <BR><BR>If you would like anyone added to or deleted from
this quarterly email, please email me directly at <A
href="mailto:tina.feldmann@ucr.edu">tina.feldmann@ucr.edu</A>.<BR><BR>Thank
you.<BR><BR>Tina Feldman<BR><BR>NOTE: This email has 3
parts:<BR><BR>Part I -- The seminar preference form that should be
sent to Professor Axelrod <BR>Part II -- The seminar listing <BR>Part III
-- The seminar course descriptions to assist students in completing Part II
<BR>------------------------------------------<BR><BR><BR>Part I (the
seminar preference sheet):<BR><BR>Please return this form, alone, to Professor
Axelrod (without the course descriptions and in the text of the email and not by
attachment)<BR><BR>
<DIV align=center><B>Seminar Preference Form for Spring Quarter
2007<BR><BR></B></DIV>This form is only for students wishing to take English
Department graduate seminars in spring 2007. Please indicate the courses that
you would prefer to take, and email this form back to me by<B> 12:00 noon on
Friday, February 9, 2007. </B>Please put it in the body of
your email rather than in an attachment. Forms received
by the deadline will receive first priority. Forms received after that time will
get second priority. <BR><BR>I will email seminar rosters to everyone by Sunday,
February 11. Pre-registration begins on Monday, February
12. If you wish to take two English Department seminars,
fill out at least four choices. If you wish to take only one English
Department seminar, you should fill out at least two choices.
<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Steve Axelrod<BR><BR>Director of Graduate
Studies<BR><BR>Your department is:
_________________________<BR><BR>This quarter you are (place X after year):
MA1 MA2 MFA PhD1
PhD2 PhD3
<BR><BR>Your areas of specialization are (name 2 or 3):<BR><BR><BR>Number of
English Department seminars you want (1 or 2?):
________________<BR><BR>1<SUP>st</SUP> Choice:
English______ with Professor _____________.<BR><BR>2<SUP>nd</SUP>
Choice: English______ with Professor
_____________.<BR><BR>3<SUP>rd</SUP> Choice:
English______ with Professor _____________.<BR><BR>4<SUP>th</SUP>
Choice: English______ with Professor
_____________.<BR><BR>5<SUP>th</SUP> Choice:
English______ with Professor
_____________.<BR><BR>________________________
____________________
________________________<BR><BR>
Your
Name
Date
Email Address<BR> <BR>---------------------------------------<BR><BR>Part
II (course listing):<BR><BR>
<DIV align=center>SPRING 2007<BR>ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SEMINARS<BR>as of
1/24/07<BR></DIV> <BR> <BR>English 265 – Seminar in Romantic
Literature<BR>Instructor: TBA<BR>Day, Time, and Room:
TBA<BR> <BR> <BR><B><U>MONDAY<BR> <BR></U></B>(No seminars
offered on
Mondays.)<BR> <BR> <BR><B><U>TUESDAY<BR></U></B> <BR>English 277
– Seminar in Lesbian and Gay Studies<BR>G. Bredbeck<BR>10:10 am – 1:00 pm,
Room: TBA<BR> <BR>English 289 – Seminar in Genres<BR>E.
Elliott<BR>2:10 – 5:00 pm in HMNSS
1407<BR> <BR><B><U> <BR>WEDNESDAY<BR> <BR></U></B>English 278 –
Seminar in Minority Discourse<BR>T. Yamamoto<BR>2:10 – 5:00 pm in HMNSS
1407<BR> <BR> <BR><B><U>THURSDAY<BR> <BR></U></B>English 267 –
Seminar in Victorian Literature<BR>J. Childers<BR>2:10 – 5:00 pm in HMNSS
1407<BR> <BR> <BR><B><U>FRIDAY<BR> <BR></U></B>English 260 –
Seminar in Medieval Literature<BR>J. Ganim<BR>2:10 – 5:00 pm, Room:
TBA<BR><BR>Part III (course descriptions):<BR><BR>SPRING 2007 COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS:<BR> <BR> <BR>English 260: Medieval, John
Ganim<BR><BR>English 260 will focus on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer, with a
special emphasis on reading practices, theories of interpretation and the
multiple literacies of late medieval England. The seminar is designed for
students specializing in medieval literature as one of their areas. The
texts will be <I>The Riverside Chaucer</I> and Nicholas Watson and Jocelyn
Wogan-Browne, <I>The Idea of the Vernacular: An Anthology of Middle English
Literary Theory</I> (Penn State Press). Seminar members should obtain the
latter text from the publisher, an on-line vendor or the UCR bookstore. Imagine
That! in Canyon Crest Shopping Centre, will also order it for you if you
prefer. We will also be using the <I>Cambridge History of Literary
Criticism</I>, Volume II, but the price of this book is prohibitive and I will
place it on reserve.<BR> <BR> <BR>English 267: Victorian
Literature, Joseph Childers<BR>The Sensation Novel<BR><BR>This course will
examine the phenomenon of the sensation novel of the 1860s in<BR>England.
We will, of course, read novels like <I>The Woman in White, The Moonstone,
<BR>Lady Audley's Secret</I>, <I>East Lynne</I>, and, perhaps, <I>Cometh Up as a
Flower, </I>querying what it is, precisely,<BR>that makes these novels
"sensational," the material and cultural conditions out of which they arose,
their<BR>relation to the rise of "realism," and their connections to other
literary genres with which they share some<BR>characteristics. Thus, we
will also read <I>Villette</I> and at least one or two Sherlock Holmes
tales. The syllabus will be <BR>available by the middle of February, and
the books may all be ordered online. <BR> <BR> <BR>English 278:
Minority Discourse, Traise Yamamoto<BR>Autobiography Theory and Asian American
Literature<BR> <BR>Autobiography has been one of the premier genres through
which communities of color have established themselves in the landscape of
American literature. It is, however, far from an unproblematic site of
self-fashioning and self-representation. This seminar will explore why
autobiography and memoir are both pervasive and contested. We will think
particularly about the production of the modern subject and the status of truth,
history, imagination, and discursive representation.<BR> <BR>We will read a
wide range of theory that will be useful for any students working in
autobiography, but I would also expect that those whose generic interests are
elsewhere will also find much here that addresses some of the central issues in
contemporary theory studies (critical race, feminist, performance, etc.).
All primary texts will be Asian American autobiographical narratives and will
range from right after the turn of the century to the present.
Informal and formal presentations are expected, as is a seminar-length paper
(which can be centered in the student’s area of specialization).
<BR> <BR>English 289: The Modern American Novel, Emory
Elliott<BR> <BR>The purposes of the course are to examine the development
of the form of the novel and of narrative methods during the twentieth century
and, in the process, to challenge and define the terms "modern" and "postmodern"
in relation to the novel. We will critique many of the theories and
critical approaches that have been formulated to explain and examine these
subjects and texts and will interrogate the relations between the texts and the
social, political, religious, cultural, and historical contexts, especially
within the United States, which appear to have influenced or permeated the works
in some ways. The course will also explore connections between our primary texts
and the ways in which issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class
have been explored in relation to modern and contemporary literature. We will
read Faulkner’s<U> Light in August</U>; Marshall’s, <U>Praise Song for the
Widow; </U>Baldwin’s <U>Another Country</U>; Hawkes’, <U>Death, Sleep, and the
Traveler</U>; Barth’s, <U>Sabbatical: A Romance</U>; DiLillo’s <U>Mao II</U>;
Morrison’s <U>Jazz</U>; and Silko’s, <U>Garden of the
Dunes<BR></U> <BR> <BR>English 277: Seminar in Lesbian and Gay
Studies<BR><BR>(This course may not be offered. We won’t know for
several weeks. If it is offered, we will send you a course description at
that time.)<BR> <BR>English 265: Seminar in Romantic
Literature<BR><BR>(This course will be taught by a visiting assistant
professor. The course description will be not be available for
several weeks, however, if you are interested in this course, please email
Professor Axelrod at <A
href="mailto:steven.axelrod@ucr.edu">steven.axelrod@ucr.edu</A>.
Thank
you.)<BR> <BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>
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