Old English Major (1995-2015)
22043
People respond to movies in different ways, and there are many reasons for this. We have all stood in the lobby of a theater and heard conflicting opinions from people who have just seen the same film. Some loved it, some hated it, some found it just OK. Perhaps we've thought, "What do they know... (read more)
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In this course, you will review and explore important concepts in rhetoric and argumentation theory, and you will gain skill in discovering the questions that drive controversies and the arguments that can be made on all the different sides of an issue. You will also practice speaking, writing,... (read more)
22045
Genre courses focus on particular genres and forms crucial for the study of English, American, and Anglophone literature and culture and are aimed primarily at English majors. This course on tragedy traces the historical development and transformation of the genre and places strong emphasis on... (read more)
22046
This course will survey the long history of stories about the creation of artificial people. We’ll look at the desires expressed by this genre, most of all, the desire to perfect or eliminate what is most human. Familiar questions – can robots feel? can we tell who is a robot? what traits are... (read more)
22048
The goal of this course is to learn how to analyze the structure, or syntax, of English sentences. Our method will be sentence diagramming, a technique for identifying and separating the elements of a sentence--such as the subject, object, verb, prepositions, phrases and clauses--in a graphic... (read more)
22050
This course is a survey of writings by African American authors from the 18th century through the Harlem Renaissance. Studying fiction, essays, and poetry, we’ll close read representative texts to identify formal and thematic elements that characterize the African American literary tradition. We... (read more)
22053
ENG 250 is the gateway to the English Department’s Digital Humanities Minor. The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) is concerned with the relationship between digital technology and the humanities (academic disciplines that study language, literature, history, philosophy,... (read more)
22054
This course explores the fundamentals of film and media aesthetics, including narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound. By learning how to analyze film and utilize proper cinematic language, students will begin to critically understand film as an art form and a product of... (read more)
22055
This course explores the fundamentals of film and media aesthetics, including narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound. By learning how to analyze film and utilize proper cinematic language, students will begin to critically understand film as an art form and a product of... (read more)
22056
This course provides an introduction to the analysis of comics and graphic narratives in terms of their poetics, genres, forms, history, and the academic discipline of Comics Studies. Our multifaceted examination will balance close reading with in-depth research and analysis of the development... (read more)
22058
Laskaya, C. Anne; Pyle, Forest
ENG 304, Contexts for Literary/Textual Study, is part of The Foundations of the English Major three-course series (ENG 303, ENG 304, ENG 305). The series introduces students to the discipline of English as it is practiced at the University of Oregon, providing English majors with a common... (read more)
22063
In this course, we will study novels by Black American women from the late nineteenth century to the present. Using close reading and historical context, we will consider how these novels construct race, class, and gender; the possibilities and limits of the novel form; whether and how these... (read more)
22065
Bullshit, Fake News, and Argumentation
The practice of bullshitting (“speech intended to persuade without regard for truth”) is firmly sedimented into civic life in the 21st century. Examples are everywhere: fake social media accounts and highjacked elections, accusations of... (read more)
22068
The Black Fantastic
In 2020, against the backdrop of a pandemic, wildfires, anti-Black violence, a global wave of protests and social unrest, and political upheaval, Octavia Butler’s 1993 Afrofuturist novel, Parable of the Sower, reached the New York Times bestseller... (read more)
22069
This course studies works of film and media as aesthetic objects that engage with communities identified by class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. It considers both the effects of prejudice, intolerance and discrimination on media and filmmaking practices and modes of reception that... (read more)
22075
In the last two decades, comics journalism has become one of the most provocative forms of creative nonfiction and an essential field of comics art. University of Oregon alum Joe Sacco, who received his BA in journalism in 1981, effectively founded contemporary comics journalism through his... (read more)
22076
Students in “Shakespeare’s World” learn to read Shakespeare’s works in relation to the cultural, literary, and historical contexts in which he wrote. This can be a first course in Shakespeare (no prerequisites). In Winter 2021, students will read Hamlet in relation to earlier revenge... (read more)
22085
In this course, we will study poetry of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) in its literary, political, and cultural contexts. BAM is the cultural arm of the Black Power Movement and was at its peak from about 1965 to about 1976. BAM writers are diverse in terms of form, genre, gender, geography, and... (read more)
22088
OEII: The Adventure Continues! In OEII we’ll read a varied selection of shorter poems and prose in Old English and perform a (virtual) reenactment of The Battle of Maldon. You’ll get some of the finer points of OE grammar and we’ll review other grammatical concepts as needed. The course... (read more)
22336
Explores the role of folklore in people's religious lives with particular emphasis on narrative, beliefs, rituals, celebrations, otherworldly encounters, pilgrimage, and ecstatic states.
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25503
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional and technical writing: weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication. Junior standing required. Prerequisite: completion of UO writing requirement... (read more)
25505
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
WR 321 offers practice in writing and analyzing communication common to business, industry, and related professions. Students will... (read more)
26359
This course is an introductory survey where we will identify and define the field of Chicanx and Latinx literatures and cultural studies through a critical engagement. In addition to considering how history, politics, and literary periods shape these robust fields, we will also examine the ways... (read more)
26360
What is the Age of King Arthur? Legends of King Arthur, Excalibur, Merlin, the Holy Grail, and Camelot have persisted from their medieval origins into our contemporary culture. In this introductory English course, we will read Arthurian literature in translation from French, German, Welsh, Latin... (read more)
26361
In this class we’ll consider life-writing as a form, focusing on auto/biography and memoir. We’ll read a selection of life stories by modernist writers, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and Jean Rhys, and explore how they present... (read more)
26403
ENG 240 introduces students to central concepts and essential texts in disability studies and applies them to literary and cultural texts, with a focus on racial diversity and learning directly from writers and scholars who experience a wide spectrum of body/mind variabilities. The texts in this... (read more)
26406
This course considers how women writers acknowledge, resist, and re-imagine their relationship to law. We will read literary works that directly engage law, as well as scholarship from legal studies to explore questions including: What is the relationship between law and literature? How do women... (read more)
26408
In this course we will examine theories of reasoned-based argumentation in the oral mode, and then incorporate those theories into the practice of making effective speeches that advocate for particular positions on arguable issues of public concern. We will analyze and critique oral arguments as... (read more)
26411
La Malinche. Pocahontas. Sacagawea. These are likely the only Indigenous women with whom many are familiar. Though real historical figures, these Indigenous women are often depicted in popular literature along a rigid spectrum as race traitors or colonial sympathizers, virtuous princesses or... (read more)
26412
In this course we’ll explore graphic narratives as a mode of life writing (biography. autobiography, memoir, coming of age narratives). We’ll discuss the ways in which the graphic narrative lends itself particularly well to these kinds of stories. Themes will include: the process of life-writing... (read more)
26413
We are going to look very closely at sentences to see how they work, how the individual parts of speech draw together into syntax, and what effect (artistic and otherwise) these patterns of syntax create. The course will mix technical study of sentence structure and reflection upon their artful... (read more)
26415
This course explores texts produced by the three major cultures inhabiting the British Isles in the early Middle Ages: the Táin bo Culainge and stories of St. Brigit for the Irish; the Saga of the Volsungs and the Prose Edda (written in Iceland) for the Danes; and Genesis... (read more)
26417
British Romantic Writers
This course will be a sustained examination of the question: “What is Romanticism? This is a question which has no single or ultimate answer given that there seem to be as many answers as there are “askers.” There is, however, a rich and complex body of literature... (read more)
26419
Once upon a time, the four-color world of the superhero was a comfortingly simple place. Whether they came from distant galaxies or our home planet, the super-powered beings of the 1940s and 50s were secure in their sense of righteousness and generally saw no contradiction between truth,... (read more)
26422
This class introduces students to TV as a way of studying the power dynamics of popular culture—with special attention to the 1950s and 1960s, unconventional forms of art, the overlaps of the music and television industries, and previous student research in this and other queer transgender media... (read more)
26424
How are we persuaded? What is rhetoric? What is rhetorical criticism? What can rhetorical criticism do? How can it help us? In this course, we will explore the potential of rhetorical criticism. You will gain knowledge of rhetorical theory and rhetorical criticism, and you will gain experience... (read more)
26428
St. Augustine once wrote, “I have become a question to myself.” What does it mean to turn my self into a question? And how could I possibly capture this self in words? Students in this section of 108 World Literature will look at three Renaissance authors—Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Petrarch—who... (read more)
26845
An introduction to contemporary folklore studies, with emphasis on the meanings of stories, rituals, festivals, body art, subcultures, the supernatural, street art, Internet folklore, and other forms of vernacular expression as these relate to a diversity of social identities and cultural... (read more)
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Captivity Narrative was the earliest popular genre in American literature, in the seventeenth century. Its roots go back to the Old Testament stories of Moses, Daniel and Jonah, and these archetypes have influenced centuries of confrontations between people of different faiths and cultures, and... (read more)
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Captivity Narrative was the earliest popular genre in American literature, in the seventeenth century. Its roots go back to the Old Testament stories of Moses, Daniel and Jonah, and these archetypes have influenced centuries of confrontations between people of different faiths and cultures, and... (read more)
18223
This course studies works of film and media as representational objects that engage with communities identified ... (read more)
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41831
People respond to movies in different ways, and there are many reasons for this. We have all stood in the lobby of a theater and heard conflicting opinions from people who have just seen the same film. Some loved it, some hated it, some found it just OK. Disagreements, however, can reveal a... (read more)
41832
People respond to movies in different ways, and there are many reasons for this. We have all stood in the lobby of a theater and heard conflicting opinions from people who have just seen the same film. Some loved it, some hated it, some found it just OK. Disagreements, however, can reveal a... (read more)
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“This is who we are, Mama. Real women.” This declaration made by America Ferrera’s character Ana in the 2002 coming-of-age film Real Women Have Curves marks a powerful turning point for Ana as she stands up for all women who have been made to feel ashamed for their bodies, their choices, their... (read more)
41839
This course studies works of film and media as representational objects that engage with communities identified by intersectional categories including sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nation, class, and ability. It considers historical and contemporary effects of prejudice, intolerance,... (read more)
41840
Escape! Whether we’re reading for pleasure or entertainment, the novel has been a means of escape for readers: an escape from reality, from the anxieties or doldrums of everyday life and into other lives and worlds. For nineteenth-century American readers who craved a fictional escape,... (read more)
41842
After the end of the world
after death
I found myself in the midst of life
creating myself
building life
--“In the Midst of Life,” Tadeusz Rózewicz
After the cataclysm of WWII, the old order was beginning to crumble. In this aftermath, many artists viewed the... (read more)
43549
This course studies works of film and media as representational objects that engage with communities identified by intersectional categories including sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nation, class, and ability. It considers historical and contemporary effects of prejudice, intolerance,... (read more)
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43660
This course provides an introduction to the analysis of form and style in cinema and related media, focusing on narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound. This course aims to develop your media literacy by providing you with a precise set of critical tools for analyzing moving... (read more)
22222
This course is designed to provide students with the equipment they need to understand the theory and practice of public speaking as a... (read more)
22223
Though signifying idealized notions of love in popular parlance, romance is about more than the transcendent power and emotional magic... (read more)
22226
Students’ Rights to their Own Sentences
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22228
Do we read literature differently when we read for the environment? How are environmental issues connected to colonialism, gender,... (read more)
22229
This course surveys African American literature from its origins to the present. We will read a wide... (read more)
22230
This course explores the fundamentals of film and media aesthetics, including narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and... (read more)
22231
This course explores the fundamentals of film and media aesthetics, including narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and... (read more)
22238
Travel, or the journey, is often conceptualized in relation to home as the point of departure and return: in Homer’s Odyssey,... (read more)
22239
BS, Fake News, and Argumentation
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22241
This course introduces students to critical thinking about the aesthetic, historical and economic factors influencing film, media, and... (read more)
22243
ENG 399 Writing Associates Development is a variable-credit, hybrid, companion course designed to support tutors in ENG 404 ... (read more)
22244
What happens to literature when text moves from page to screen? This online course invites students of all majors and levels of... (read more)
22253
How can artists ethically represent war? Are certain media predisposed to certain kinds of narratives and interpretations of war? Do... (read more)
22256
Wherever slavery existed, there were those who resisted it, many of whom paid with their lives. This course examines the literature of... (read more)
25959
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional, and technical writing; weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication.
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25960
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional, and technical writing; weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication.
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25961
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business... (read more)
26303
An introduction to contemporary folklore studies, with emphasis on the meanings of stories, rituals, festivals, body art, subcultures,... (read more)
26306
Examines the research questions and theoretical models used by folklorists and other scholars in the study of vernacular religion and... (read more)
26543
Fantasy and Violence will examine the role of violence in literature of the fantastic with special attention to the problems violence... (read more)
26544
This course is an introduction to the genre of comedy. It surveys examples of comedy across a long historical range—from classical... (read more)
26545
Shakespeare’s Extremities... (read more)
26546
This course introduces students to some of the major works, authors, and themes of Asian American literature, a diverse body of writing... (read more)
26547
The prolific White Earth Ojibwe writer Gerald Vizenor conceptualizes the cultural work of Indigenous literatures as “survivance,”... (read more)
26548
This course provides an introduction to the analysis of comics and graphic narratives in terms of their poetics, genres, forms, history... (read more)
26549
This course is designed to introduce students to some important theories and practices of literary and cultural criticism. My goals for... (read more)
26550
Bovilsky, Lara; Peppis, Paul; Saunders, Ben
ENG 304 addresses the following questions: What is a context? How do texts and history interact? We will... (read more)
26554
Hallucinations, Prophecies, and the Supernatural. Working from the 19th century to the present, this course will consider African... (read more)
26555
One could say that most comics are about the human body, in all its variations, exaggerations, erotics, poses, powers, and... (read more)
26556
This course presents a survey of American novels in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It will cover a variety of styles and... (read more)
26557
“Things Fall Apart”: Revolution, Reaction and Renewal in Early Twentieth Century Culture (1895-1945)... (read more)
26559
Cinema and Ireland
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26560
This course addresses the relationship between narrative and cartography. The course engages two perspectives on this topic, as... (read more)
26563
ENG 427 invites students to engage selections from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Texts will include the more familiar comedic... (read more)
26564
OEII reviews and builds on the grammatical foundations learned in OEI and adds to students’ knowledge of early English literature and... (read more)
26568
This interdisciplinary course looks at how ideas of nature and the natural world shape early modern understandings of the Americas.... (read more)
26570
According to Wendell Berry, “You don’t know who you are until you know where you are.” Yet, as we know from the fierce... (read more)
26576
There is perhaps no image more widely recognized yet more grossly misunderstood in American popular culture than the “Indian.”... (read more)
26578
Rhetoric has been characterized as a power to lead the soul, the universal form of communication, the art of persuasion, the way we... (read more)
26664
What happens when digital tools and literature meet? What can the “digital turn” in literary studies help us to understand about... (read more)
26666
This course focuses on fictional constructions of nation in British novels of the nineteenth century. In an era embracing massive... (read more)
26942
This discussion section is a space to practice the methodologies you will be learning throughout the ENG 304 lecture sessions. We will use our weekly meetings to review and cement the concepts introduced... (read more)
26943
This discussion section supplements your lectures with opportunities for direct participation in the form of... (read more)
26945
This discussion section supplements your lectures with opportunities for direct participation in the form of questions, comments, and conversation with classmates. Our discussions will be most... (read more)
26971
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business... (read more)
26988
What makes a poem modern or a poet a modernist? The history of modern poetry, like that of any literary period, is a ... (read more)
12101
War, Peace, and Hospitality in Ancient Poetry and Prose
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12102
This course is an introduction to film and media studies and various methods of critical analysis. In this course, we will see that... (read more)
12105
Listening rigorously and deeply, inquiring into issues and topics of importance to our communities, and speaking effectively are key elements that assist our... (read more)
12106
This course will introduce students to the genre of testimonial literary discourse, or testimonio: an authentic narrative, told... (read more)
12111
This course is a survey of literature by African American authors from the 19th century into the present. We will read texts from a range of genres... (read more)
12112
As an introductory survey, this course emphasizes the formal, thematic, and cultural diversity of Latinx literature. We will read novels, poetry, short stories... (read more)
12113
In 1968, Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for American literature. The award signaled for many the “... (read more)
16422
Though the slave narrative genre reached its peak in the mid-19... (read more)
16423
This course examines the pithy praise appearing on book jackets and other product packaging. Blurbs are quick descriptions. They... (read more)
16424
This class explores depictions of the environment in literature with a particular emphasis on contemporary U.S. fiction and non-fiction. By attending to the... (read more)
