ENGH 500: Research in English Studies
ENGH 500-DL1: Research in English Studies
(Spring 2027)
05:55 PM to 07:10 PM R
Online
Section Information for Spring 2027
This course introduces you to many aspects of scholarship in English studies, from conducting research and organizing findings, to framing a critical argument, to entering professional discourse through conference papers and publication. We’ll also consider the scope of English studies today, with special attention to the transformative effects of the emergence of “digital humanities.” We’ll talk a good deal as well about what research means in English studies: what constitutes research, what the goals of research are, what makes research “good” or “bad.” As we’ll see, scholars in English studies engage with textual objects in an astonishing array of media, from manuscript to print to film and video, graphic novels, video games, and the web. While some of our discussion will touch on theoretical as well as practical matters, this course is not an introduction to literary theory or critical approaches. It’s designed rather to give you some of the important skills you’ll need for research and writing at the graduate level and in your professional life.
Along with a focus on the research methods and skills needed to succeed in contexts like a graduate seminar in literature or cultural studies, we will also be thinking about situations relevant to teaching at the secondary or post-secondary level: for example, the kinds of research that might be involved in preparing to teach a text or in developing a new course or unit, or the task of teaching research skills to students.
We'll use some case study texts (including the 19th-century British novel Dracula) to help orient our work.
This is a section with online live video meetings and asynchronous online coursework.
Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
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