MA & PhD Tracks
Theory Studies
Course distribution requirements for the graduate track in Theory Studies are as shown below.
|
MA,
Thesis |
MA,
Non-thesis |
PhD |
||||||
| required |
related |
elective |
required |
related |
elective |
required |
related |
elective |
| 3 courses
in theory (1 in first semester) |
2 courses
in concentration |
3 courses |
3 courses
in theory (1 in first semester) |
3 courses
in concentration |
4 courses |
3 courses
in theory |
3 courses
in concentration |
1 course |
Notes
- The six courses in theory are to be diverse and cover a wide range of theorists, forms, and issues. For students entering the MA program, one of the theory courses should be in the first semester (the introductory course if the student has little or no background in theory; another if background warrants).
- Foreign language skills are significant to theory studies. Students are to develop those skills as early in the program as possible.
- The MA Thesis in this track should be the length and quality of a publishable article (the intent is for the piece to be published).
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Faculty
Department of English faculty who regularly teach courses in this track include:
- Apollo Amoko – Postcolonial Theory & Literatures (esp. African Literature), Critical Theory, Modern Drama
- Donald Ault – Romantic Poetry (William Blake), Literature & Mathematics, Literary Theory, Comics & Animation
- Roger Beebe – Experimental Film & Video Production, Popular American Cinema(s), Critical Theory, Cultural Studies
- Richard Brantley – 19th-Century British & American Literature, History of Criticism, Bible as Literature
- Kim Emery – U.S. Literatures & Culture, Queer Studies, Semiotics
- Terry Harpold – Media Theory, Narrative Theory, Psychoanalysis, Science & Literature
- Tace Hedrick – Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies, Feminist Theory, Feminist Art History, Women’s Studies
- Susan Hegeman – American Studies, Modernism, Literature & Anthropology
- Norman Holland – Literature & Psychology, Reader-Response Theory, Shakespeare, Film
- Debra King – African-American Literature, American Literature, Women’s Studies & Feminist Theory
- John Leavey – Philosophy, Literary Theory, Translation & Theory
- Scott Nygren – Film & Media Studies, Video Production, Media & Cultural Studies, Film & Literature
- James Paxson – Medieval Literature, Critical Theory, Medieval Drama, Literature/Science/Technology
- Robert Ray – Film, Critical Theory, World Literature, Poetry Writing, Popular Music
- Raúl Sánchez – Composition Studies, Composition Theory, Critical Theory
- Malini Johar Schueller – 19th- & 20th-Century American Literature, Asian-American Studies, Postcolonial & Critical Race Theory, Feminist Theories
- R. Allen Shoaf – Medieval Studies, Early Modern Studies, Milton, Literary Theory, Dante
- Stephanie Smith – 19th-Century American Literature, Feminist Theory, Fiction, Fiction Writing
- Maureen Turim – Film History & Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, Feminist & Gender Theory, Deconstruction, Comparative Art Theory
- Greg Ulmer – Comparative Literature & Theory, Pop Culture, Media Studies, Computers & Writing
- Phillip Wegner – 20th-Century American, British, & World Literatures; Marxism; Science Fiction; Utopias; Cultural Studies; Theory
- Ed White – Early American Literature & Culture, Critical Theory
