English courses help students read critically and empathetically, write and speak clearly and effectively, ask ethical questions about literature and its implications for their values and ways of being in the world, gain a more informed and global understanding of cultural and historical differences, and become lifelong active and engaged learners. English students are urged to do an internship during their junior or senior years.
Critical Interpretations
Approaches to Reading and Interpretation
Literature of Social Responsibility
Introduction to Peace Studies
Non-violent Tradition in Literature
Women in Literature:
Women’s Studies: Images
Literature by American Women of Color
Post-Colonial Literature
Writing and Mass Communications
Speech
Writing Workshop: Argument and Persuasion
Introduction to Journalism
Creative Writing
Introduction to Film Studies
Film and Literature
Introduction to Media Analysis
Magazine Writing
Writing Workshop: Fiction
Writing Workshop: Poetry
Writing Workshop: Drama
Writing and Editing
Creative Nonfiction
American Film Since 1940
Genres
Introduction to Poetry
Modern Short Story
Introduction to Theatre
Gothic Literature
Fantasy Literature
Children’s Literature
The Art of the Novel
Historical Perspectives
Survey of British Literature: Beginnings to the 18th Century
Survey of British Literature: 19th Century to Present
Survey of American Literature: Beginnings to the Present
Major American Writers
Arthurian Legend
Chaucer
Medieval Literature
Old English
Beowulf
Renaissance Literature
Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances
Shakespeare’s Tragedies
Shakespeare’s English History Plays
Donne and His Contemporaries
Milton
Special Topics in 17th century Literature
18th Century English Novel
Romanticism
19th-Century British Novel
Victorian Poetry
The 1920s
Modern British Drama
Modern British Novel
Contemporary British Drama
Contemporary British Novel
Irish Drama
Contemporary Irish Literature
19th Century American Literature
20th Century American Novel
Contemporary Poetry
20th Century American Drama
Special Topics in American Literature
Contemporary Women’s Poetry
Seminars/Independent Studies
Independent Study
Workshop in the Teaching of English
Senior Seminar: Literature
Senior Seminar: Writing and Mass Communications
Other considerations for English courses:
There are other interesting English electives available through Assumption College’s participation in the Colleges of Worcester Consortium. Assumption students can cross register for courses at 11 other institutions in the Worcester region.