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Graduate Reading List

Graduate – current – reading lists.

19th-Century American Literature

19th-Century American Literature – Hueth (Fall 2021)
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature, 1848-1914 – Driben (Fall 2021)
Long 19 th Century in American Literature – Herrera (Fall 2021)
American Literature 1820 – 1920 – Swanson (Spring 2021)
19th-Century American Literature, 1825-1900 – Lee (Spring 2019)
19th-Century American Literature, 1848-1914 – Valenzuela (Fall 2018)
U.S. Literature 1820-1880 – Delchamps (Fall 2017)
19th-Century American Literature – Fosbury (Fall 2016)
19th-Century American Literature – Lopez (Fall 2016)
19th-Century American Literature – Febo (Spring 2016)
19th-Century American Literature – Lew (Winter 2016)
American Literature 1780-1880 – Messner (Spring 2015)
19th-Century American Literature – Smith, R. (Fall 2014)
American Literature, 1780-1890 – Beck (Fall 2014)
American Literature, 1782-1896 – Rosson (Fall 2014)
19th-Century American Literature – Sommers (Fall 2014)
19th-Century American Literature – Wingate (Fall 2014)
19th-Century American – Chon (Spring 2014)
19th-Century American – Horvath (Winter 2014)
19th-Century American – Clark (Spring 2013)
19th-Century American – Gallagher (Spring 2013)
19th-Century American – Lang (Spring 2013)
19th-Century American – Charles (Fall 2012)
19th-Century American – Couch (Fall 2012)
American Literature 1800-1890 – Reed (2010)
19th-Century American – Henton (Fall 2009)
19th-Century American – JohnsonA (Spring 2009)
19th-Century American – Moore (Spring 2009)
19th-Century American – Nahm (Spring 2009)
19th-Century American – Escobar (Winter 2009)
19th-Century American – Webster (Winter 2009)
19th-Century American – Gardner (Fall 2008)
19th-Century American – Department

20th Century British & Irish Literature

Anglophone Modernism – Meagher (Spring 2023)
Modernism – Webster (Spring 2022)
20th Century British and Anglophone – Wang (Spring 2021)
20th Century British and Irish Fiction – Ridder (Spring 2021)
20th/21st British and Irish Literature – Tanaka (Spring 2020)
20th/21st British and Irish Literature – Kern (Fall 2017)
British Literature, 1899-Present – Cardon (Fall 2017)
20th-Century British Literature – Benson (Summer 2017)
Post-1945 Anglophone Literature – Lee, J. (Fall 2015)
Early 20th-Century British Literature – Rainwater (Spring 2015)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Shin (Winter 2015)
20th-Century British / Postcolonial – Zhang (Fall 2014)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Calder (Summer 2014)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Jin (Fall 2013)
20th-Century British Literature – Kim (Fall 2013)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Nance (Fall 2013)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Miller (Spring 2013)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Walle (Fall 2012)
20th-Century British and Irish Postcolonial – Mack (Fall 2011)
20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature – Wong (Spring 2011)
20th-Century British – Ardam (Fall 2010)
U.K. 1900-2009 – Schmidt ( Fall 2010)
20th-Century British & Postcolonial – Fickle (Summer 2010)
20th-Century British & Irish – Williford (Summer 2010)
20th-Century British & Anglophone – Chatterjee (Spring 2010)
(Early) 20th-Century British & Irish – Caughey (Spring 2010)
20th-Century British & Irish – Camara (Fall 2009)
20th-Century British, Irish & Anglophone – O’Kelly (Fall 2009)
20th-Century British – Pulizzi (Summer 2009)
20th-Century British & Anglophone – Pizzo (Spring 2009)
20th-Century British & Anglophone – Department

African American Literature

20th Century African American Literature – Prucha (Winter 2022)
Black Womanist Literature – Elliott-Newton (Spring 2022)
20th Century African American Literature – Prucha (Winter 2022)
20th C. Black Literature (1899-1990s) – Pittman (Winter 2021)
African American – Mendoza (Winter 2019)
African American – Sommers (Fall 2014)
African American – Warren (Spring 2012)
African American – Underwood (Winter 2012)
African American – Mack (Fall 2011)
African American – HarrisD (Spring 2009)
African American – Department

American Women’s Literature

American Women – Henton (Fall 2009)
American Women – Department

Asian American Literatre

Asian Diaspora Literature – Cai (Fall 2015)
Asian-American Literature – Toy (Spring 2015)
Asian-American Literature – Tran (Spring 2013)
Asian American Alternative Genres – Fickle (Summer 2010)
Asian American Literature – Department

British Women’s Literature

*Required Critical Text

Robyn Warhol, ed. Feminisms (rev. ed.)

*Kempe, Margery (c. 1373-c. 1438). The Book of Margery Kempe. Ed. S. B. Meech and H. E. Allen. Early English Text Society (autobiography)

*Norwich, Julian of. Revelations of Divine Love

Renaissance and Restoration

*Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave; The Rover (drama)

*Cary, Elizabeth. The Tragedie of Mariam, Faire Queene of Jewry

*Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. Poems in Rogers anthology

*Lanyer, Aemelia. Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

*Wroth, Lady Mary. The Countess of Montgomerie’s Urania and sonnets

Eighteenth-Century Women Writers

*Burney, Frances. Evelina or The Wanderer

*Lennox, Charlotte. The Female Quixote

*Manley, Delarivier. The New Atalantis

*Radcliffe, Ann. The Italian

*Scott, Sarah. Millenium Hall or Sir George Ellison

*Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773)

*Wollstonecraft, Mary. The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria and selections from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Nineteenth-Century

*Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice or Emma or Mansfield Park

*Baillie, Joanna. Count Basil or De Montfort

*Barrett Browning, Elizabeth. Aurora Leigh and “The Cry of the Children,” “To George Sand: A Desire,” “To George Sand: A Recognition,” “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point,” “Sonnets from the Portuguese,” “Mother and Poet”

*Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre or Villette

*Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights

*Edgeworth, Maria. Belinda or The Absentee

*Eliot, George. Middlemarch

*Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South

*Hemans, Felicia. Siege of Valencia and “Properzia Rossi”; “Casabianca,” “The Homes of England,” “Graves of a Household,” “Evening Prayer, at a Girls’ School,” “Woman and Fame”

*Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave

*Rosetti, Christina. “Goblin Market,” “The Prince’s Progress,” “Song [When I am dead, my dearest],” “In an Artist’s Studio,” “Up-Hill,” “The Convent Threshold,” “Remember,” “Winter Rain,” “My Dream,” “Winter: My Secret,” “A Better Resurrection,” “The Lowest Room,” “A Birthday”

*Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein (1818 edition)

Twentieth-Century

*Brittain, Vera. Testament of Youth

*Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus and “The Bloody Chamber”

*Emecheta, Buchi. Second Class Citizen

*Hall, Radclyffe. Well of Loneliness

*Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook

*Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea

*Winterson, Jeanette. Passion

*Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway or To the Lighthouse; A Room of One’s Own

Recommended Theory and CriticismAbraham, Julie. “History as Explanation: Writing About Lesbian Writing, or ‘Are Girls Necessary?’” in Left Politics and the Literary Profession . Eds. Lennard J. Davis and M. Bella Mirabella (New York: Columbia UP, 1990): 254-83.

Barrett, Michele. Women’s Oppression Today , Ch. 1

Ballaster, Ros. Seductive Fictions: Women’s Amatory Fiction 1684-1740

Barratt, Alexandra. “Introduction,” Women’s Writing in Middle English

de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex (selections)

Bennett, Paula. “Critical Clitoridectomy,” Signs (1992)

Butler, Judith. “Subversive Bodily Acts” in Gender Trouble ; “Contingent Foundations: Feminism and the Question of ‘Postmodernism’” in Feminists Theorize the Political , ed. Judith Butler and Joan W. Scott

Castle, Terry. The Apparitional Lesbian

Chodorow, Nancy. The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender , Ch. 5

Christian, Barbara. “The Race for Theory”

Ebert, Teresa. Ludic Feminism and After , Chs. 1 and 2

Felski, Rita. Beyond Feminist Aesthetics (selections)

Ferguson, Margaret, ed. Rewriting the Renaissance: The Discourses of Sexual Difference in Early Modern Europe (with Maureen Quillian and Nancy Vickers, eds.)

Fraser, Nancy. “What’s Critical about Critical Theory? The Case of Habermas and Gender” in Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse, and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory

Gallagher, Catherine. Nobody’s Story: The Vanishing Acts of Women Writers in the Marketplace 1670-1820

Gilbert, Sandra, ed. The Madwoman in the Attic (with Susan Gubar, ed.)

Gilligan, Carol. “In a Different Voice: Women’s Conceptions of Self and Morality,” in The Future of Difference Eisenstein and Jardine, eds.

Hall, Catherine, ed. Family Fortunes (with Leonore Davidoff, ed.)

Haraway, Donna. “A Manifesto for Cyborgs”

Hobby, Elaine. Virtue of Necessity: English Women’s Writing 1649-88

Irigaray, Luce. The Sex Which Is Not One

Julia Kristeva. Desire in Language , ch. 5 [the concept of the semiotic]

de Lauretis, Lauretis, ed. Technologies of Gender, Ch. 1

Lewalksi, Barbara Kiefer. Writing Women in Jacobean England

Minh-ha, Trinh. Woman, Native, Other: Writing, Postcoloniality, and Feminism

Mirza, Heidi Safia, ed. Black British Feminism , Introduction

Mellor, Anne, ed. Romanticism and Gender

Mohanty, Chandra. “Under Western Eyes”

Moi, Toril. Sexual/Textual Politics

Spivak, Gayatri. “Three Women’s Texts”; “Can the Subaltern Speak” in Wedge 7 (1985)

Weedon, Chris. Feminism and Postructuralist Theory

Wittig, Monique. “One Is Not Born a Woman,” “The Straight Mind”

April, 1998

Celtic Literature

Myles Dillon, ed. Serglige Con Culainn (Dublin, 1953)

———-, ed. Stories from the Acallam (Dublin 1970)

Elizabeth Gray, ed. and trans. Cath Maige Tuired (Naas, 1983)

Kenneth Jackson, ed. and trans. Aislinge Meic Conglinne (Dublin 1990)

Gerard Murphy, ed. and trans. Early Irish Lyrics (Oxford 1956)

Nessa Ní Shéaghdha, ed. and trans. Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (Dublin, 1967)

Cecile O’Rahilly, ed. and trans. Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster (Dublin, 1967)

———-, ed. and trans. Táin Bó Cúailnge: Recension I (Dublin, 1976)

Rudolf Thurneysen, ed. and trans. Scéla Muicce Meic Dathó (Dublin, 1935)

Rachel Bromwich, ed. and trans . Dafydd ap Gwilym: A Selection of Poems (Llandysul, 1982)

———-, ed. and trans. Trioedd Ynys Prydain (Cardiff, 1961)

A. O. H. Jarman, ed. The Gododdin (Llandysul, 1988)

Thomas Parry, ed. Oxford Book of Welsh Verse (Oxford, 1962)

Derick Thomson, ed. Branwen uerch Lyr (Dublin, 1961)

R. L. Thomson, ed. Owein (Dublin, 1968)

———-, ed. Pwyll Pendeuic Dyfet (Dublin, 1957)

Ifor Williams and J. E. C. Williams, eds. Poems of Taliesin (Dublin, 1968)

Secondary Texts

James Carney. Studies in Irish Literature and History (Dublin, 1955)

Robin Flower. The Irish Tradition (Oxford, 1947)

Kathleen Hughes. Early Christian Ireland (Cornell, 1972)

J. F. Kenney. The Sources for the Early History of Ireland I: Ecclesiastical (New York, 1927)

Kim McCone. Pagan Past and Christian Present (Maynooth, 1990)

Rachel Bromwich. Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym (Cardiff, 1986)

A. O. H. Jarman and others, A Guide to Welsh Literature, I (Swansea, 1976)

Brynley Roberts, ed. Early Welsh Poetry: Studies in the Book of Aneirin (Aberystwyth, 1988)

Ifor Williams. The Beginnings of Welsh Poetry (Cardiff, 1972)

J. E. C. Williams. The Poets of the Welsh Princes (Cardiff, 1978)

January, 1992

Chicana/o Literature

20th Century Chicanx/Latinx Literature – Olivares (Spring 2022)
20 th -Century Latinx Literature – Herrera (Fall 2021)
Chicano/a Literature 1940-2019 – Garcia (Spring 2020)
Chicanx/Latinx Literature – Lopez (Fall 2016)
Chicana/o – Escobar (Winter 09)
Chicana/o – Department

Comparative Ethnic American Literature

Contemporary Multiethnic Literature – Prucha (Winter 2022)
Comp. Ethnic American – Smith, R. (Fall 2014)
Comp. Ethnic American – Nahm (Spring 2009)
Comp. Ethnic American – Department
Drama – M. Smith (Fall 2012)

Early 17th-Century British Literature

17th-C.: Queer Undercurrents, Classical Receptions – Forest (Spring 2023)
17th-Century British Literature – Wu (Spring 2021)
17th-Century Literature – Bonnici (Spring 2017)
17th-Century Literature – Del Balzo (Spring 2015)
Early 17th-Century – Hedlin (Fall 2014)
17th-Century – M. Smith (Fall 2012)
Earlier 17th-Century British Literature – Tung (Winter 2012)
Earlier 17th-Century British Literature – O’Sullivan (Fall 2011)
Earlier 17th-Century British Literature – Gottlieb (Fall 2010)
17th-Century British Literature – Hernandez (Summer 2010)
Early 17th-Century British Literature – Department

Early American Literature

Early U.S. Literature, 1770-1865 – Driben (Fall 2021)
Early American Literature, 1770-1865 – Valenzuela (Fall 2018)
Early American – Fosbury (Fall 2016)
Early American – Sommers (Fall 2014)
Early American – Wingate (Fall 2014)
Early American – Gallagher (Spring 2013)
Early American – Couch (Fall 2012)
Early American – Reed (Fall 2010)
Early American – Henton (Fall 2009)
Early American – JohnsonA (Spring 2009)
Early American – Webster (Winter 2009)
Early American – Gardner (Fall 2008)
Early American – Department

Early 20th-Century American Literature

American Literature 1900-45 – Martinez (Winter 2022)
American Literature 1880 to 1945 / Narratology – Ridder (Spring 2021)
American Literature 1885 to 1945 – Solis (Fall 2020)
American Literature 1900 to 1945 – Meng (Spring 2020)
American Literature 1906 to 1969 – Garcia (Spring 2020)
American Literature 1880 to 1945 – Robins (Winter 2020)
Early 20th-Century U.S. Literature – Mendoza (Winter 2019)
U.S. Literature 1880-1945 – Delchamps (Fall 2017)
20th-Century American Literature 1900-1945 – Lopez (Fall 2016)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Lew (Winter 2016)
American Literature 1880-1945 – Kincade (Fall 2015)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Toy (Spring 2015)
American Literature 1880-1945 – Messner (Spring 2015)
American Literature 1850-1945 – Zirulnik (Spring 2015)
American Literature 1850-1945 – Youn (Winter 2015)
American Literature, 1890-1945 – Beck (Fall 2014)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Horvath (Winter 2014)
American Literature, 1865-1945 – Mehlman (Fall 2013)
Early 20th-Century American (and Whitman and Dickinson) – Nance (Fall 2013)
Early 20th-Century American: 1890-1945 – Newman (Fall 2013)
American Literature, 1865-1945 – Ocher (Fall 2013)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Gallagher (Spring 2013)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Miller (Spring 2013)
American Literature, 1865-1945 – Clark (Spring 2013)
American Literature, 1865-1945 – Tran (Spring 2013)
American Literature, 1890-1945 – Lang (Winter 2013)
Early 20th-Century American – Medrano (Fall 2012)
American Literature 1895-1945 – Ravid (Spring 2012)
Early20th-Century American – Underwood (Winter 2012)
American Literature (1st Half of 20th-Century) – Mack (Fall 2011)
American Literature 1865-1945 – Hudson (Winter 2011)
Early 20th-Century American Literature – Mendelman (Winter 2011)
American Literature 1890-1930 – Reed (Fall 2010)
American Literature 1900-1945 – Ardam (Fall 2010)
American Literature 1900-1945 – Schmidt (Fall 2010)
American 1890-1945 – Cassarino (Summer 2010)
Early 20th-Century American – Waldo (Spring 2010)
Early 20th-Century American – Caughey (Spring 2010)
American Literature 1890-1945 – Emery (Winter 2010)
Early 20th-Century American – HarrisD (Spring 2009)
Early 20th-Century American – JohnsonA (Spring 2009)
Early 20th-Century American – Moore (Spring 2009)
Early 20th-Century American – Nahm (Spring 2009)
Early 20th-Century American – Escobar (Winter 2009)
Early 20th-Century American – Department

Electronic Literature

New Media, Aesthetic Theory, and Internet Practice – Acosta (Spring 2020)
New Media – Hudson (Winter 2011)
Electronic Literature – Department

Folklore & Mythology

Folklore and Mythology – Bonnici (Spring 2017)
Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy – Voronca (Spring 2015)
Classical Mythology – Burdorff (Summer 2011)
Folklore and Mythology – Departmet

History of the English Language

History of English Language – Bellairs (Fall 2019)
History of English Language – ER (Fall 2008)
History of English Language – Department

Jewish American Literature

Jewish American Literature – Department

Later 20th/21st Century American Literature

American Literature 1945-post – Martinez (Winter 2022)
20th/21st Century American Literature – Kim (Spring 2022)
American Fiction 1920 – present – Swanson (Spring 2021)
Post 1945 American Literature – Solis (Fall 2020)
Post 1945 American Literature – Whittell (Spring 2020)
Post 1945 American – Meng (Spring 2020)
20/21 American – Tanaka (Spring 2020)
American Fiction 1950 to present – Robins (Winter 2020)
20/21st Century U.S. Literature – Lee (Spring 2019)
Later 20th-Century U.S. Literature – Mendoza (Winter 2019)
North American 20th/21st Century – Kern (Fall 2017)
20th-C. North American: Form, Space & Place, Travel – Macgregor (Spring 2016)
20th-Century American Literatures of Technology – Hegel (Winter 2016)
Post-1945 Anglophone Speculative Fiction (Winter 2016)
American Literature, Post-1945 – Kincade (Fall 2015)
Later 20th Century American Literature – Shin (Winter 2015)
American Literature 1945-Present – Youn (Winter 2015)
Later 20th-Century American Literature – Zhang (Fall 2014)
Post-1945 American Literature – Calder (Summer 2014)
20th-Century American Literature – Chon (Spring 2014)
20th-Century American Fiction – Conley (Fall 2013)
20th-Century American Literature – Donig (Fall 2013)
20th-Century American Literature – Jin (Fall 2013)
American Literature Post-1945 – Mehlman (Fall 2013)
Post-1945 American Literature – Nance (Fall 2013)
Post-1945 American Literature – Newman (Fall 2013)
American Literature 1945-Present – Ocher (Fall 2013)
Post-1945 American Literature – Miller (Spring 2013)
Later 20th-Century American – Tran (Spring 2013)
American 1945-Present – Lang (Winter 2013)
Later 20th-Century American – Medrano (Fall 2012)
American Literature 1945-Present – Ravid (Spring 2012)
Later 20th-Century American – Warren (Spring 2012)
Later 20th-Century American – Underwood (Winter 2012)
American 1945-Present – Hudson (Winter 2011)
Later 20th-Century American – Mendelman (Winter 2011)
American 1945-Present – Ardam (Fall 2010)
American 1946-2009 – Schmidt (Fall 2010)
Post-War American – Fickle (Summer 2010)
American 1945-Present – Cassarino (Summer 2010)
Later 20th-Century American – Waldo (Spring 2010)
American Literary Narrative Since 1945 – Emery (Winter 2010)
Post-1940 American – O’Kelly (Fall 2009)
Post-1940 American – Pulizzi (Summer 2009)
Later 20th-Century American – HarrisD (Spring 2009)
Later 20th-Century American – Department

Lesbian, Bisexual & Gay Literature

20th-C. Anglophone & Queer Lit. – Landau (Spring 2008)
Lesbian, Bisexual & Gay Literature – Department

Literary Theory

Philosophy and Theory – Forest (Spring 2023)
Race, Performance, and (Queer) Feeling – Prucha (Winter 2022)
Radical Speculative Aesthetics: Race, Queerness, and Performance – Martinez (Winter 2022)
Critique and the Project of Reason after Kant – Webster (Spring 2022)
New Media Theory – Olivares (Spring 2022)
Theory: Emobdiment, Affect, Ecology – Kim (Spring 2022)
Interpretation and Embodiment – Bischoff (Spring 2022)
Affect Theory – Hueth (Fall 2021)
Aesthetic Theory – Wang (Spring 2021)
Critical Texts – Happe (Winter 2020).
Theory of History – Jaime (Fall 2019)
Theory: Affect and Embodiment Ishikawa – (Summer 2019)
Transatlantic Realisms” 1880-Present Stanford (Fall 2018)
Disability Studies – Delchamps (Fall 2017)
Queer Theory and Literature, 1913-Present – Cardon (Fall 2017)
Visual Culture and Critical Theory – Lew (Winter 2016)
Theories of Narrative and Media – Kincade (Fall 2015)
Transhistorical Feminist Theories of Embodiment – Cai (Fall 2015)
Queer Theory, Marlowe to Wilde (1590-1890) – Del Balzo (Spring 2015)
Philosophy and Science of Linguistic Style – Messner (Spring 2015)
Queer Theory – Shin (Winter 2015)
Theory: Narrative Realism – Youn (Winter 2015)
Theory: The Idea of Natural History – Calder (Summer 2014)
Theory: Form – Chon (Spring 2014)
Narrative Theory – Horvath (Winter 2014)
Theories of History and Memory – Adler (Fall 2013)
Theories of Representation – Donig (Fall 2013)
Literary Theory – Ravid (Spring 2012)
Embodiment Critical Theory – Mendelman (Winter 2011)
Literary Theory – Gender & Sexuality – Gottlieb (Fall 2010)
Captivity Narratives – Moyer (Fall 2010)
Enlightenment Theory – Hernandez (Summer 2010)
Literary Theory & Aesthetics – Williford (Summer 2010)
The Subject/Subjectivity – Chatterjee (Spring 2010)
Literary Theory – Camara (Fall 2009)
Critical Theory & Visual Culture – O’Kelly (Fall 2009)
Materialist Thought & Literature 1620-1895 – Wang (Spring 2009)
Literary Theory – Department

Literature & Science

Philosophy of Science / Literary History of Consciousness – Cook (Summer 2018)
Ideas of the Natural – Francis (Fall 2017)
Transatlantic Literature and Bioscience – Cai (Fall 2015)
Literature, Science and Technology – Toy (Spring 2015)
Technology and Literature, 1818-Present – Conley (Fall 2013)
Science and Literature – Jin (Fall 2013)
19th-Century Science and Literature – Wilhelm (Spring 2013)
Literature & Technology – Emery (Winter 2010)
Literature & Science – Pulizzi (Summer 2009)
Literature & Science – Department

Middle English Literature

Medieval Literature – Birke (Fall 2023)
Medieval – Moscati (Spring 2023)
Medieval Literature – Torres (Spring 2022)
Medieval Literature – Elliott-Newton (Spring 2022)
Medieval Literature – Bischoff (Spring 2022)
Medieval Literature – Sharrah (Winter 2020)
Travel and Cultural Contact in the Middle Ages – Kello (Fall 2019)
History and Time in the Later Middle Ages – Jaime (Fall 2019)
England and the Late Middle Ages – Bellairs (Fall 2019)
Comparative Medieval Literatures: Geopolitics and the Mongol Empire – Ishikawa (Summer 2019)
Medieval Literature c400-1500: Multilingual, Multicultural England (Ishikawa Summer 2019)
Medieval Literature – King (Winter 2018)
Medieval Literature – Francis (Fall 2017)
Medieval Literature – Wagner (Spring 2016)
Medieval Literature – Shaub (Spring 2015)
Origins of and Influence on English Romance – Hill (Fall 2014)
Medieval Literature – Verini (Spring 2014)
Devotion in Post-Conquest Medieval England – Verini (Spring 2014)
Medieval Literature – Adler (Fall 2013)
Women, Death and the Body in the Middle Ages – Burdorff (Summer 2011)
Middle English – ER (Fall 2008)
Middle English – Torres (Spring 2008)
Middle English – Department

Native American Literature

Native American Literature – Department
Contemporary Autotheory/Autofiction – Forest (Spring 2023)
18th Century British Literature and History of the Novel – Hoegberg (Spring 2021)
The Novel – Stanford (Fall 2018)
The Novel – Benson (Summer 2017)
The British Novel (1678-1925) – Truxaw (Spring 2016)
The English and Anglophone Novel – Macgregor (Spring 2016)
The Novel – Zirulnik (Spring 2015)
The Novel – Mehlman (Fall 2013)
Evolution of the Novel Form – Ocher (Fall 2013)
British Novel: 1688-1903 – Couch (Fall 2012)
The Model Novel (1731-1922) – Caughey (Spring 2010)
The Novel – Moore (Spring 2009)
The Novel – Webster (Winter 2009)
The Novel (Long 18th- & 19th-C.) – Richstad (Spring 2008)
The Novel- Department

Old English Literature

Old English Literature – King (Winter 2018)
Canonical and Emerging Canons of Medieval, Anglo-Saxon & Middle English Literature – Hill (Fall 2014)
Anglo-Saxon Literature – Adler (Fall 2013)
Medieval – Moyer (Fall 2010)
Medieval – ER (Fall 2008)
Old English Literature- Department

Other Genres and Categories

Transatlantic Whiteness – Early Modern to c19 – Birke (Fall 2023)
Late Antique & Classical – Moscati (Spring 2023)
Contemporary Multiethnic Literature – Prucha (Winter 2022)
Race, Performance, and (Queer) Feeling – Prucha (Winter 2022)
20th-Century Speculative Fiction – Hueth (Fall 2021)
SciFi and the Fantastic – Driben (Fall 2021)
Race and Performance Studies – Herrera (Fall 2021)
Architecture, Urbanism, and Narrative – Hoegberg (Spring 2021)
American Environmental Literature – Swanson (Spring 2021)
Film Theory and History – Ridder (Spring 2021)
Literature of Anglophone Christianity – Wu (Spring 2021)
Science Fiction – Pittman (Winter 2021)
Race & Embodiment – Solis (Fall 2020)
Urban Humanities – Whittell (Spring 2020)
Race & Aesthetics – Meng (Spring 2020)
Mobility Literature – Garcia (Spring 2020)
Environmental Narratives – Tanaka (Spring 2020)
Transnational Literature – Sharrah (Winter 2020)
American Environmental Literature – Robins (Winter 2020)
Gender, Sensibility, and Satire in the 18th Century – Lu (Spring 2019)
Urban Humanities – Spies (Spring 2019)
The Romance Tradition in Literature – King (Winter 2018)
History of Reading and Reading Communities – Kern (Fall 2017)
Global Narratives of the Environment – Azubuko-Udah (Fall 2017)
Transportation and Literature – Fosbury (Fall 2016)
Modernism (Translantic, circa 1900-1956) – Vignola (Spring 2016)
Poetry of the Long Nineteenth-Century (Transatlantic Poetry) – Febo (Spring 2016)
Data, Visualization, Algorithms, Non-Linear Narrative – Hegel (Winter 2016)
Transatlantic Modernist Literature and Urban Experience – Lee, J. (Fall 2015)
Race in America to 1900 – Wingate (Fall 2014)
Children’s Literature – Shih (Winter 2014)
Monstrosity – Zhang (Fall 2014)
Poetry: Ecocriticism and Environmentalism – Lee (Spring 2019)
Poetry & Poetics of Desire 1500-Present – Hedlin (Fall 2014)
Poetry – Hedlin (Fall 2014)
Historical Poetics (18th & 19th C. Transatlantic) – Rosson (Fall 2014)
Poetry and Poetics – Harkness (Spring 2013)
Prospective American Poetry since 1912 – O’Sullivan (Fall 2011)
Poetry exclusive of Earlier 17th-c and 20th-c American – O’Sullivan (Fall 2011)
Poetry – Morphew (Summer 2010)
Poetry – Cassarino (Summer 2010)
British Poetry, Stuart through Victorian – Torres (Spring 2008)
Poetry – Department

Postcolonial Studies

The Postcolonial Novel – Meagher (Spring 2023)
20th Century Caribbean/ British Literature – Olivares (Spring 2022)
20th/21st Century Postcolonial Literature – Kim (Spring 2022)
20th-21st C. Postcolonial Literature (1950-present) – Pittman (Winter 2021)
Postcolonial Literature, 1935-Present – Cardon (Fall 2017)
Anglophone African Literature 20th and 21st C – Azubuko-Udah (Fall 2017)
Postcolonial Literatures – Azubuko-Udah (Fall 2017)
Contemporary Postcolonial Studies – Macgregor (Spring 2016)
Contemporary Postcolonial – Dembowitz (Fall 2015)
Postcolonial Studies – Smith, R. (Fall 2014)
Postcolonial Literature, 1950-Present – Conley (Fall 2013)
Post 1945 Anglophone Literature – Donig (Fall 2013)
Pre-Post-Colonial 20th Century – Clark (Spring 2013)
Postcolonial – Medrano (Fall 2012)
Colonial/Postcolonial – Soni (Spring 2012)
Later 20th-Century Pacific Literature – Warren (Spring 2012)
North American Contact Zones – Waldo (Spring 2010)
Modern Transnational Anglophone Fiction – Landau (Spring 2008)
Postcolonial Studies- Department

Renaissance Literature

Queerness and Race in Early Modern Literature – Moscati (Spring 2023)
17th Century Literature – Torres (Spring 2022)
16th Century Literature – Torres (Spring 2022)
Early Modern English Drama – Elliott-Newton (Spring 2022)
Early Modern Literature – Bischoff (Spring 2022)
16th Century British Literature – Wu (Spring 2021)
Early Modern – Acosta (Spring 2020)
16th and 17th Century Literature – Sharrah (Winter 2020)
Tudor-Stuart Drama – Kello (Fall 2019)
Early Modern Epic, Travel, and Empire – Kello (Fall 2019)
Early Modern – Jaime (Fall 2019)
England and the Renaissance – Bellairs (Fall 2019)
Renaissance – Francis (Fall 2017)
16th-Century – Bonnici (Spring 2017)
16th-Century – Wagner (Spring 2016)
17th-Century – Wagner (Spring 2016)
16th-Century – Hedlin (Fall 2014)
16th-Century – Verini (Spring 2014)
17th-Century – Harkness (Spring 2013)
16th-Century – Harkness (Spring 2013)
16th-Century – M. Smith (Fall 2012)
16th-Century – Burdorff (Summer 2011)
Renaissance (16th-Century) – Gottlieb (Fall 2010)
Renaissance – Moyer (Fall 2010)
Renaissance – Morphew (Summer 2010)
Renaissance – Torres (Spring 2008)
Renaissance- Department

Restoration and 18th-Century Literature

18th-Century Literature – Happe (Winter 2020)
Restoration and 18th-Century Literature – Spies (Spring 2019)
Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature – Thulin (Winter 2019)
18th-Century British Literature – Cook (Summer 2018)
18th-Century British Literature – Dembowitz (Fall 2015)
Restoration & 18th-Century Literature – Shaub (Spring 2015)
18th-Century Literature – Del Balzo (Spring 2015)
Restoration & 18th-Century Literature – Hall (Fall 2014)
Restoration & 18th-Century Literature – Rosson (Fall 2014)
Restoration & 18th-Century Literature – Reeves (Spring 2014)
Adapting Shakespeare: The Restoration & 18th-Century – Reeves (Spring 2014)
Restoration & 18th-Century Literature – Kim (Fall 2013)
18th-Century Literature – Charles (Fall 2012)
Restoration and 18th-Century – Walle (Fall 2012)
Restoration and 18th-Century – Soni (Spring 2012)
Restoration and 18th-Century – Tung (Winter 2012)
18th-Century – Callander (Fall 2011)
18th-Century – Hollander (Fall 2011)
18th-Century – Milsom (Fall 2011)
18th-Century – Nicholson (Fall 2011)
Restoration & 18th-Century – Hernandez (Summer 2010)
18th-Century – Wang (Spring 2009)
Restoration & 18th-Century – Newman (Winter 2009)
Restoration & 18th-Century – Raisanen (Spring 2008)
Restoration & 18th-Century – Richstad (Spring 2008)
Restoration & 18th-Century – Department
Rhetoric – Department (HTML)

Romantic Literature

19th-Century European Precursors to Modernism – Meagher (Spring 2023)
Political Romanticism – Webster (Spring 2022)
British Romanticism – Whittell (Spring 2020)
British Romanticism – Lu (Spring 2019)
Romanticism – Spies (Spring 2019)
Romanticism – Thulin (Winter 2019)
Romanticism – Vignola (Spring 2016)
Romantic Literature – Truxaw (Spring 2016)
19th-Century British Literature – Febo (Spring 2016)
19th-Century British Literature – Lee, J. (Fall 2015)
British Romanticism – Dembowitz (Fall 2015)
19th-Century British Literature – Shaub (Spring 2015)
Romantic Literature – Voronca (Spring 2015)
Romantic Literature – Rainwater (Spring 2015)
Romantic Literature – Hall (Fall 2014)
Romantic Literature – Reeves (Spring 2014)
Romantic Literature – Shih (Winter 2014)
19th-Century British Literature/Romantic & Victorian – Kim (Fall 2013)
Romantic Literature – Wilhelm (Spring 2013)
Romantic Literature – Walle (Fall 2012)
Romanticism – Callander (Fall 2011)
Romanticm – Milsom (Fall 2011)
Romanticism – Nicholson (Fall 2011)
Fiction, Serialization, and the Periodical Press ca. 1820-1920 – Wong (Spring 2011)
Romanticism – Morphew (Summer 2010)
Romanticism – Wang (Spring 2009)
Romanticism – Newman (Winter 2009)
Romanticism – Raisanen (Spring 2008)
Romantic Literature – Department

Victorian Literature

Victorian Literature – Birke (Fall 2023)
19th Century British Literature and History of the Novel – Hoegberg (Spring 2021)
19th Century British Literature, Empire, and Race – Wang (Spring 2021)
Late 19th Century Aestheticism and Decadence – Acosta (Spring 2020)
19th Century Prose – Happe (Winter 2020)
Victorian Literature – Lu (Spring 2019)
Victorian Literature – Thulin (Winter 2019)
Victorian Literature – Cook (Summer 2018)
Victorian Literature – Benson (Summer 2017)
Victorian Literature – Vignola (Spring 2016)
Victorian Literature – Truxaw (Spring 2016)
Victorian Literature – Voronca (Spring 2015)
Victorian Literature – Rainwater (Spring 2015)
Victorian Literature – Hall (Fall 2014)
Victorian Literature – Shih (Winter 2014)
Victorian Literature – Wilhelm (Spring 2013)
19th-Century British – Charles (Fall 2012)
Victorian – Soni (Spring 2012)
Victorian – Hollander (Fall 2011)
Victorian – Milsom (Fall 2011)
Victorian – Nicholson (Fall 2011)
Victorian – Wong (Spring 2011)
Victorian – Williford (Summer 2010)
Victorian – Chatterjee (Spring 2010)
Victorian – Camara (Fall 2009)
Victorian – Pizzo (Spring 2009)
Victorian – Newman (Winter 2009)
Victorian – Gardner (Fall 2008)
Victorian – Raisanen (Spring 2008)
Victorian – Richstad (Spring 2008)
Victorian – Department

Visual Culture

Emerging Media and Print Cultures – Valenzuela (Fall 2018)
Cinema and Postwar Fiction – Zirulnik (Spring 2015)
Cultures of Print – Beck (Fall 2014)
Critical Theory & Visual Culture – O’Kelly (Fall 2009)
Visual Culture – Pizzo (Spring 2009)
Visual Culture – Department

Ph.D. in Literature

Students in our Ph.D. program gain advanced knowledge of literature from the British Middle Ages and colonial America to global/postcolonial and U.S. contemporary, as well as knowledge of literary theory, literary analysis, and interdisciplinary methods. The course of study balances coverage of national literary traditions with innovative methods and topics such as literature and science; literature and environment; translation; gender and sexuality studies; and critical race studies.

Our Ph.D. students are involved in a range of interdisciplinary and public initiatives. For example, some affiliate with interdisciplinary Designated Emphases ; others have received grants to create podcasts , convene interdisciplinary working groups , or organize annual graduate student conferences. Each year one student participates in a year-long exchange program with the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies in Mainz, Germany; some have worked as Graduate Assistants and researchers for research centers such as the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program , the experimental media Modlab , and the university’s Datalab .

Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in English, as well as extensive pedagogical training and a range of teaching experience that includes writing and composition, as well as designing and teaching Introduction to Literature courses. Our Alumni Directory includes titles of recent dissertations, as well as information about the diverse careers for which the Ph.D. has helped prepare our graduates. There is an option to complete an MA in literature , but it is not a stand-alone program.

Questions? Contact:

Aaron Barstow Graduate Program Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Literature [email protected] (530) 752-2738 Pronouns: he/they

Ph.D. Program Requirements

Degree requirements for the Ph.D. program (links to more details) include 50 units of coursework with at least 44 units taken for a letter grade, proficiency in one foreign language proficiency before degree conferral, preliminary and qualifying examinations, and a dissertation. In addition, there are also opportunities for students to pursue a Designated Emphasis and gain teaching experience.

Coursework Requirements

3 Core Courses (8 units) • English 200: Introduction to Graduate Studies (taken as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) • One survey course in literary theory (Critical Theory 200A or 200C taken for a grade) 1 Workshop (2 units) English 288: Prospectus Workshop (taken as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory); students may petition to complete this course independently with a Prospectus Adviser.

10 Graduate-level Seminars (40 units) • All courses must be taken for a grade • Five courses must satisfy the breadth requirement (see below) • Five courses will be comprised of electives (see below) • Students may count one undergraduate 100-level course as one of their ten required courses • Aside from ENL 200, no course graded Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory may count as one of the twelve required seminars • Independent and group studies may not be taken for a grade

13 Total Graduate Courses (50 units; 44 units taken for a grade) Additionally, students who enter the Ph.D. program without a MA degree can earn one en route to the Ph.D. degree.

Foreign Language Requirement

The English Ph.D. requires a reading knowledge of one foreign language before completing the degree; it is not an admissions requirement. This could be satisfied through previous or current coursework or an exam. Any of the following demonstrates proficiency:

Completion within the past eight years of 3 semester-length, or 4 quarter-length courses in a foreign language at the undergraduate level. Students must earn a passing grade, but courses may be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

Students may take the Placement Test offered by the UC Davis Language Center , testing out of the language at the intermediate level.

A Pass in the language exam offered in the English Department at the beginning of Fall or Spring quarter each year.

Breadth Requirement

The breadth requirements must be fulfilled by coursework in the Department of English or coursework taught by English Department faculty. Five courses (of the total 40 units above) will satisfy this requirement. Students must complete two Earlier Period courses, and two Later Period courses, and one Focus course.

Earlier Period Courses Pre-1800; or Pre-1865 if the course focus is on American literature

Later Period Courses Post-1800 or Post-1865 if the course focus is on American literature

Focus Course Interdisciplinary, Identity, Genre, Other National, Method, Theory

Faculty and/or the Graduate Advisor may choose to designate a course as fulfilling more than one category, but students may use the course to fulfill only one requirement. For instance, a student could use a course on women in Early Modern literature to satisfy the Earlier Period requirement, or the Focus (Identity) requirement, but not both. A student could use a course on Cold War Drama to satisfy the Later Period requirement or the Focus (Genre) requirement, but not both.

Electives Requirement
The electives requirement can be fulfilled by actual offered seminars inside or outside the English Department. Five elective courses will satisfy degree requirements. UWP 390 is acceptable as one of the electives. Also, be aware 299s are ungraded but still count towards overall units. With the approval of the Graduate Adviser, students may also enroll in a graduate class at another University of California campus through the Intercampus Exchange Program .
Course Waiver and Course Relief

Students who enter the Ph.D. program with MA coursework from another institution may petition the Graduate Adviser for a Course Waiver up to three of the twelve required seminars; each approved petition will reduce the number of required courses by one. Students may not reduce their coursework to fewer than nine seminars.

Students holding an MA may also petition the Graduate Adviser for course relief for up to five of the breadth requirements; each approved petition allows the student to substitute elective courses. ENL 200 may not be waived or relieved.

For each waiver or relief request, students must submit to the English Graduate Office a Course Waiver or Relief Request form (available in the office) along with the syllabus from the course and the student's seminar paper.

Designated Emphasis
Graduate students may participate in a Designated Emphasis (DE) , a specialization that might include a new method of inquiry or an important field of application which is related to two or more existing Ph.D. programs. The DE is awarded in conjunction with the Ph.D. degree and is signified by a transcript notation; for example, “Ph.D. in Literature with a Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies.” More information
Preliminary Examination

In the Spring Quarter of the second year or Fall Quarter of the third year of graduate study, students take a Preliminary Examination in two historical fields and one focus field. Three faculty members conduct the oral examination, each representing one of the fields. Prior to taking the Preliminary Examination, students must have completed the following:

• Introduction to Graduate Studies (ENL200) • Survey of Literary Theory (CRI200A or CRI200C) • Four of five Breadth Requirements • Four of five Elective Requirements

Additionally, students select one focus field. A student may devise her/his own focus list in collaboration with two faculty members or, as is more common, choose one from among the following:

• Black Studies • Critical Theory • Disability Studies • Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities • Feminisms • Film Studies • Marxism • Media Technologies • Performance Studies • Poetics • Postcolonial Theory • Psychoanalysis • Queer Feminisms • Queer Theories • Race and Ethnicity Studies • Science and Literature • Science Fiction

English 299 (Independent Study) is ordinarily used the quarters before the Preliminary Examination to prepare for the oral examination and is graded Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory. Students may register for ENL 299 under the Graduate Advisor or a faculty member in the field of their exam for the quarter(s) they intend to study.

In the event that the student does not pass the exam, the exam chair will report the decision to the Graduate Adviser, who will work with the committee to decide whether the student should be given a chance to retake the exam (no less than six months later) or whether the student should be dismissed from the program. The Graduate Adviser will report this final decision to the student within 72 hours of the exam’s conclusion.

Any remaining requirements after taking the Preliminary Examination must be completed before scheduling the Qualifying Examination.

Students will select two historical fields from among the following list. Students who would like to do non-consecutive historical fields need to get prior approval from the Graduate Adviser. These lists and additional helpful documents can be accessed via our box folder "Preliminary Exam" in the English Graduate Program file.

Qualifying Examination

The Qualifying Examination happens as early as the spring of the third year and should be taken no later than the spring of the fourth year. The reading list for this exam, which is conducted orally, is constructed by the student in consultation with his or her three-person dissertation committee. When making their lists, students may consult the standard lists for preliminary exams available on the department's Box site. If the student has elected a designated emphasis (DE), materials from that field should also be incorporated into the Qualifying Exam reading list.

Graduate Studies requires the Qualifying Examination Application (GS319) to be submitted at least 30 days prior the the scheduled exam date.

Qualifying Examination Committee The student, in consultation with their Prospectus Adviser and, if needed, the Graduate Adviser, nominates four faculty to serve on the Qualifying Examination Committee:

- The three proposed Dissertation Committee members

- One member must be from outside the English graduate program (this may be a member of the Dissertation Committee).

The QE Committee is responsible for administering the exam. Neither the “Prospectus Adviser” nor the Dissertation Director (in many, though not all, cases these will be same) may be the chair of the QE Committee. Students with a designated emphasis (DE) must include one faculty member affiliated with the DE on both their qualifying and dissertation committee. DE paperwork must be approved before the QE application is submitted. The exam will focus on the Prospectus and the Qualifying Exam reading list. The bibliography of the prospectus will normally overlap substantially with the Qualifying Exam reading list.

The Qualifying Exam Report (GS343) must be submitted withing 72 hours of the exam. Upon successful completion, students receive the Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Plan B (GS321) .

Exam Accommodations
If you are disabled, you are entitled to accommodations for all requirements of the program you’re enrolled in, a process formally handled by the Student Disability Center . We recommend starting the process of coordinating with the SDC early in your graduate school journey, as it can take time for the Center to process information. We must work with the SDC to implement your accommodations for your exams. Please indicate your need for accommodations to us as soon as possible, so we can include the Center in our exam scheduling process. Please notify us by the fourth week of the quarter in which you intend to sit the exam.
Dissertation
The dissertation must be an original work of scholarship and/or interpretation. It may be critical, bibliographical, historical, or biographical in its subject. Students work with a dissertation director and consult with two official readers as well as with other faculty knowledgeable about the project. Additional details

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PhD English Literature

We perform innovative and world-leading research across literature, writing and linguistics. Our diverse mix of subject specialities means we are a vibrant and imaginative community with lots of opportunity for intellectual exchange.

Key course information

October 2024 - full-time, october 2024 - part-time, january 2025 - full-time, january 2025 - part-time, april 2025 - full-time, april 2025 - part-time, july 2025 - full-time, july 2025 - part-time, why choose this programme.

We’re part of the interdisciplinary School of Literature and Languages, which has research-active staff who are at the forefront of knowledge in English literature, creative writing, film studies, translation studies, theoretical and applied linguistics, and literary and cultural studies.
Our research concentrates on a range of periods, themes and subjects, spanning Medieval literature, Shakespeare and the Renaissance, Romanticism, Victorian and 19th-century literature, Modern and contemporary literature, creative writing and film studies.
We’re part of  TECHNE , an  Arts and Humanities Research Council  (AHRC)-funded doctoral training partnership, which provides access to comprehensive academic and professional training programmes, as well as the possibility of funding for your studies.
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 ranked the School of Literature and Languages 10th for research impact in the UK, with 75% of our case studies rated as having outstanding impacts, in terms of reach and significance (4*). Our submission to REF included contributions from the Guildford School of Acting (GSA).

Fantastic graduate prospects

95% of Surrey's postgraduates go on to employment or further study

10th for Research impact

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 ranked the School of Literature and Languages

Programme details Open

What you will study.

Our English Literature PhD will train you in critical and analytical skills, research methods, and knowledge that will equip you for your professional or academic career. It normally takes around three or four years to complete our full-time PhD.

You’ll be assigned a primary and secondary supervisor, who will meet with you regularly to read and discuss your work and progress. For us, writing is essential for understanding and developing new perspectives, so you’ll be submitting written work right from the start of your course.

In the first year of your PhD, you’ll refine your research proposal and plan the structure of your work with the guidance and support of your supervisors. As you go into your second and third year, you’ll gradually learn to work more independently, and your supervisors will guide you on how to present at conferences and get your work published.

After 12-15 months, you’ll submit a substantial piece of work for a confirmation examination. The confirmation examination will be conducted by two internal members of staff not on your supervisory team and will give you the opportunity to gain additional guidance on your research-to-date. The final two years of your PhD will be devoted to expanding and refining your work ready for submission of the final thesis.

As a doctoral student in the School of Literature and Languages, you’ll receive a structured training programme covering the practical aspects of being a researcher, including grant-writing, publishing in journals, and applying for academic jobs.

Your final assessment will be based on the presentation of your research in a written thesis, which will be discussed in a viva examination with at least two examiners. You have the option of preparing your thesis as a monograph (one large volume in chapter form) or in publication format (including chapters written for publication), subject to the approval of your supervisors.

Stag Hill is the University's main campus and where the majority of our courses are taught.

Research areas Open

Research themes.

Women's writing (especially medieval women's writing, early modern women's drama and Victorian women writers)
Medieval romance
Romanticism
Victorian studies
Modernism and modernity
Travel and mobility
Western and global esotericisms
Sexuality and queer theory
Postmodern and post-postmodern writing
Contemporary fiction
Transnational literature.

Discover more about our literature and languages research .

Academic staff Open

See a full list of all our literature and languages academic staff .

Support and facilities Open

Research support.

In addition to a number of excellent training opportunities offered by the University, our PhD students can take additional subject-specific training and take part in the School’s research seminars and events. These provide a valuable opportunity to meet visiting scholars whose work connects with our own research strengths across literature, theory, and creative writing.

The professional development of postgraduate researchers is supported by the Doctoral College , which provides training in essential skills through its Researcher Development Programme of workshops, mentoring and coaching. A dedicated postgraduate careers and employability team will help you prepare for a successful career after the completion of your PhD.

You’ll be allocated shared office space within the School of Literature and Languages and have full access to our library and online resources. Our close proximity to London also means that the British Library and many other important archives are within easy reach.

Hear from our students Open

Edwin Gilson

Student - English Literature PhD

"A real highlight for me was having an article published in a well-known journal in my field. This came out of a chapter I wasn’t expecting to write at the start of the thesis, on a novel I read during the PhD."

Entry requirements Open

Applicants are expected to hold a good first-class UK degree (a minimum 2:1 or equivalent) and an MA in a relevant topic.

English language requirements

IELTS Academic: 7.0 or above with a minimum of 6.5 in each component (or equivalent).

These are the English language qualifications and levels that we can accept.

If you do not currently meet the level required for your programme, we offer intensive pre-sessional English language courses , designed to take you to the level of English ability and skill required for your studies here.

Selection process

Selection is based on applicants:

Meeting the expected entry requirements
Being shortlisted through the application screening process
Completing a successful interview
Providing suitable references.

Fees and funding Open

Fees per year.

Explore UKCISA’s website for more information if you are unsure whether you are a UK or overseas student. View the list of fees for all postgraduate research courses.

Annual fees will increase by 4% for each year of study, rounded up to the nearest £100 (subject to legal requirements).
Any start date other than September will attract a pro-rata fee for that year of entry (75 per cent for January, 50 per cent for April and 25 per cent for July).

Additional costs

There are additional costs that you can expect to incur when studying at Surrey.

A Postgraduate Doctoral Loan can help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate doctoral course.

Application process

Applicants are advised to contact potential supervisors before they submit an application via the website. Please refer to section two of our application guidance .

After registration

Students are initially registered for a PhD with probationary status and, subject to satisfactory progress, subsequently confirmed as having PhD status.

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English Literature PhD

Full-time, October 2024

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About the University of Surrey

Accommodation

We have a range of housing to suit all requirements and budgets. There are more than 6,000 rooms available (en-suite, single-sex, studio flat, shared or single).

Student life

At Surrey we offer a friendly university campus set in beautiful countryside, with the convenience and social life of bustling Guildford on your doorstep.

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Contact our Admissions team or talk to a current University of Surrey student online.

Code of practice for research degrees

Surrey’s postgraduate research code of practice sets out the University's policy and procedural framework relating to research degrees. The code defines a set of standard procedures and specific responsibilities covering the academic supervision, administration and assessment of research degrees for all faculties within the University.

Download the code of practice for research degrees (PDF) .

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When you accept an offer to study at the University of Surrey, you are agreeing to follow our policies and procedures , student regulations , and terms and conditions .

We provide these terms and conditions in two stages:

First when we make an offer.
Second when students accept their offer and register to study with us (registration terms and conditions will vary depending on your course and academic year).

View our generic registration terms and conditions (PDF) for the 2023/24 academic year, as a guide on what to expect.

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Whilst we have done everything possible to ensure this information is accurate, some changes may happen between publishing and the start of the course.

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PhD Program in English Language and Literature

The department enrolls an average of ten PhD students each year. Our small size allows us to offer a generous financial support package. We also offer a large and diverse graduate faculty with competence in a wide range of literary, theoretical and cultural fields. Each student chooses a special committee that works closely along side the student to design a course of study within the very broad framework established by the department. The program is extremely flexible in regard to course selection, the design of examinations and the election of minor subjects of concentration outside the department. English PhD students pursuing interdisciplinary research may include on their special committees faculty members from related fields such as comparative literature, medieval studies, Romance studies, German studies, history, classics, women’s studies, linguistics, theatre and performing arts, government, philosophy, and film and video studies.

The PhD candidate is normally expected to complete six or seven one-semester courses for credit in the first year of residence and a total of six or seven more in the second and third years. The program of any doctoral candidate’s formal and informal study, whatever his or her particular interests, should be comprehensive enough to ensure familiarity with:

The authors and works that have been the most influential in determining the course of English, American, and related literatures
The theory and criticism of literature, and the relations between literature and other disciplines
Concerns and tools of literary and cultural history such as textual criticism, study of genre, source, and influence as well as wider issues of cultural production and historical and social contexts that bear on literature

Areas in which students may have major or minor concentrations include African-American literature, American literature to 1865, American literature after 1865, American studies (a joint program with the field of history), colonial and postcolonial literatures, cultural studies, dramatic literature, English poetry, the English Renaissance to 1660, lesbian, bisexual and gay literary studies, literary criticism and theory, the nineteenth century, Old and Middle English, prose fiction, the Restoration and the eighteenth century, the twentieth century, and women's literature.

By the time a doctoral candidate enters the fourth semester of graduate study, the special committee must decide whether he or she is qualified to proceed toward the PhD. Students are required to pass their Advancement to Candidacy Examination before their fourth year of study, prior to the dissertation.

PhD Program specifics can be viewed here: PhD Timeline PhD Procedural Guide

Special Committee

Every graduate student selects a special committee of faculty advisors who work intensively with the student in selecting courses and preparing and revising the dissertation. The committee is comprised of at least three Cornell faculty members: a chair, and typically two minor members usually from the English department, but very often representing an interdisciplinary field. The university system of special committees allows students to design their own courses of study within a broad framework established by the department, and it encourages a close working relationship between professors and students, promoting freedom and flexibility in the pursuit of the graduate degree. The special committee for each student guides and supervises all academic work and assesses progress in a series of meetings with the students.

At Cornell, teaching is considered an integral part of training in academia. The field requires a carefully supervised teaching experience of at least one year for every doctoral candidate as part of the program requirements. The Department of English, in conjunction with the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, offers excellent training for beginning teachers and varied and interesting teaching in the university-wide First-Year Writing Program. The courses are writing-intensive and may fall under such general rubrics as “Portraits of the Self,” “American Literature and Culture,” “Shakespeare,” and “Cultural Studies,” among others. A graduate student may also serve as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate lecture course taught by a member of the Department of English faculty.

Language Requirements

Each student and special committee will decide what work in foreign language is most appropriate for a student’s graduate program and scholarly interests. Some students’ doctoral programs require extensive knowledge of a single foreign language and literature; others require reading ability in two or more foreign languages. A student may be asked to demonstrate competence in foreign languages by presenting the undergraduate record, taking additional courses in foreign languages and literature, or translating and discussing documents related to the student’s work. Students are also normally expected to provide evidence of having studied the English language through courses in Old English, the history of the English language, grammatical analysis or the application of linguistic study to metrics or to literary criticism. Several departments at Cornell offer pertinent courses in such subjects as descriptive linguistics, psycholinguistics and the philosophy of language.

All PhD degree candidates are guaranteed five years of funding (including a stipend , a full tuition fellowship and student health insurance):

A first-year non-teaching fellowship
Two years of teaching assistantships
A fourth-year non-teaching fellowship for the dissertation writing year
A fifth-year teaching assistantship
Summer support for four years, including a first-year summer teaching assistantship, linked to a teachers’ training program at the Knight Institute. Summer residency in Ithaca is required.

Students have also successfully competed for Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship, Society for the Humanities Fellowships, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Shin Yong-Jin Graduate Fellowships, Provost’s Diversity Fellowships, fellowships in recognition of excellence in teaching, and grants from the Graduate School to help with the cost of travel to scholarly conferences and research collections.

Admission & Application Procedures

The application for Fall 2025 admission will open on September 15, 2024 and close at 11:59pm EST on December 1, 2024.

Please do not reach out directly to faculty with inquires, instead email [email protected] , if you have questions.

Our application process reflects the field’s commitment to considering the whole person and their potential to contribute to our scholarly community. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of academic preparation (e.g., performance in relevant courses, completion of substantive, independent research project). An applicant’s critical and creative potential will be considered: applicants should demonstrate interest in extensive research and writing and include a writing sample that reveals a capacity to argue persuasively, demonstrate the ability to synthesize a broad range of materials, as well as offer fresh insights into a problem or text. The committee will also consider whether an applicant demonstrates a commitment to inclusion, equity, and diversity and offers a substantive explanation for why study at Cornell is especially compelling (e.g., a discussion of faculty research and foci). Admissions committees will consider the entire application carefully, including statements and critical writing, as well as transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a resume/cv (if provided). Please view the requirements and procedures listed below, if you are interested in being considered for our PhD in English Language and Literature program.

Eligibility: Applicants must currently have, or expect to have, at least a BA or BS (or the equivalent) in any field before matriculation. International students, please verify degree equivalency here . Applicants are not required to meet a specified GPA minimum.

To Apply: All applications and supplemental materials must be submitted online through the Graduate School application system . While completing your application, you may save and edit your data. Once you click submit, your application will be closed for changes. Please proofread your materials carefully. Once you pay and click submit, you will not be able to make any changes or revisions.

Deadline: December 1st, 11:59pm EST. This deadline is firm. No applications, additional materials, or revisions will be accepted after the deadline.

PhD Program Application Requirements Checklist

Academic Statement of Purpose Please describe (within 1000 words) in detail the substantive research questions you are interested in pursuing during your graduate studies and why they are significant. Additionally, make sure to include information about any training or research experience that you believe has prepared you for our program. You should also identify specific faculty members whose research interests align with your own specific questions. Note that the identification of faculty is important; you would be well advised to read selected faculty’s recent scholarship so that you can explain why you wish to study with them. Do not rely on the courses they teach. Please refrain from contacting individual faculty prior to receiving an offer of admission.
Personal Statement Please describe (within 1000 words) how your personal background and experiences influenced your decision to pursue a graduate degree and the research you wish to conduct. Explain, for example the meaning and purpose of the PhD in the context of your personal history and future aspirations. Please note that we will pay additional attention to candidates who identify substantial reasons to obtain a PhD beyond the pursuit of an academic position. Additionally, provide insight into your potential to contribute to a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect where scholars representing diverse backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn (productively and positively) together.
Critical Writing Sample Your academic writing sample must be between 3,000 and 7,500 words (12-30 pages), typed and double-spaced. We accept excerpts from longer works, or a combination of shorter works.
Three Letters of Recommendation We require 3 letters of recommendation. At the time of application, you will be allowed to enter up to 4 recommenders in the system. Your application will be considered “Complete” when we have received at least 3 letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation are due December 1 . Please select three people who best know you and your work. Submitting additional letters will not enhance your application. In the recommendation section of the application, you must include the email address of each recommender. After you save the information (and before you pay/submit), the application system will automatically generate a recommendation request email to your recommender with instructions for submitting the letter electronically. If your letters are stored with a credential service such as Interfolio, please use their Online Application Delivery feature and input the email address assigned to your stored document, rather than that of your recommender’s. The electronic files will be attached to your application when they are received and will not require the letter of recommendation cover page.
Transcripts Scan transcripts from each institution you have attended, or are currently attending, and upload into the academic information section of the application. Be sure to remove your social security number from all documents prior to scanning. Please do not send paper copies of your transcripts. If you are subsequently admitted and accept, the Graduate School will require an official paper transcript from your degree-awarding institution prior to matriculation.
English Language Proficiency Requirement All applicants must provide proof of English language proficiency. For more information, please view the Graduate School’s English Language Requirement .
GRE General Test and GRE Subject Test are NO LONGER REQUIRED, effective starting with the 2019 application In March 2019, the faculty of English voted overwhelmingly to eliminate all GRE requirements (both general and subject test) for application to the PhD program in English. GRE scores are not good predictors of success or failure in a PhD program in English, and the uncertain predictive value of the GRE exam is far outweighed by the toll it takes on student diversity. For many applicants the cost of preparing for and taking the exam is prohibitively expensive, and the exam is not globally accessible. Requiring the exam narrows our applicant pool at precisely the moment we should be creating bigger pipelines into higher education. We need the strength of a diverse community in order to pursue the English Department’s larger mission: to direct the force of language toward large and small acts of learning, alliance, imagination, and justice.

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Application Fee: Visit the Graduate School for information regarding application fees, payment options, and fee waivers .

Document Identification: Please do not put your social security number on any documents.

Status Inquiries: Once you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email. You will also be able to check the completion status of your application in your account. If vital sections of your application are missing, we will notify you via email after the Dec. 1 deadline and allow you ample time to provide the missing materials. Please do not inquire about the status of your application.

Credential/Application Assessments: The Admission Review Committee members are unable to review application materials or applicant credentials prior to official application submission. Once the committee has reviewed applications and made admissions decisions, they will not discuss the results or make any recommendations for improving the strength of an applicant’s credentials. Applicants looking for feedback are advised to consult with their undergraduate advisor or someone else who knows them and their work.

Review Process: Application review begins after the submission deadline. Notification of admissions decisions will be made by email by the end of February.

Connecting with Faculty and/or Students: Unfortunately, due to the volume of inquiries we receive, faculty and current students are not available to correspond with potential applicants prior to an offer of admission. Applicants who are offered admission will have the opportunity to meet faculty and students to have their questions answered prior to accepting. Staff and faculty are also not able to pre-assess potential applicant’s work outside of the formal application process. Please email [email protected] instead, if you have questions.

Visiting: The department does not offer pre-admission visits or interviews. Admitted applicants will be invited to visit the department, attend graduate seminars and meet with faculty and students before making the decision to enroll.

Transfer Credits: Students matriculating with an MA degree may, at the discretion of the Director of Graduate Studies, receive credit for up to two courses once they begin our program.

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The Department of English offers a program leading to the PhD degree in literatures in English. The department is small in numbers and its graduate students are carefully selected on the basis of their professional distinction as teachers, critics, and scholars. Because of its small size, the department affords students exceptionally focused attention.

The department accepts only full-time students for the PhD. Continuance beyond each of the first three years depends on satisfactory performance in the graduate seminars and passing two foreign language examinations. Students who successfully continue are awarded an MA degree in the course of the PhD program, but the department does not offer a separate master’s program. Students proceed to the dissertation after successfully passing a qualifying examination in the third year.

The PhD in English literature at Johns Hopkins consists of two years of course work and three years devoted to the research and writing of a dissertation. Students who remain in good standing will be guaranteed the same level of financial support for the full five years.

Facilities for Research

The cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., jointly contain a large collection of manuscripts and printed books. Major libraries and museums in Baltimore possess more than a thousand early manuscripts and 3 million books. The 12 million books and numerous manuscripts in the Library of Congress are supplemented in Washington by many specialized collections, notably those of the Folger Shakespeare Library, with which the university is affiliated. Opportunities for research in those libraries are open to students in the English department.

The Tudor and Stuart Club, along with a number of other outstanding lecture series within the university, enables students to learn about advances in research, criticism, and theory, and to confer with leading scholars.

The Journal Club is a departmental series in which students present to the department papers drawn from their dissertation research.

English Language & Literature

Fields include English language and literature from Old English to the present, American literature, and Anglophone world literature.

Programs of Study
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Admission Requirements

Standardized testing requirements.

GRE is not accepted.

Program-Specific Application Requirements

A writing sample is required by this program.

English Language Requirement

TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic is required of most applicants whose native language is not English.

You may be exempt from this requirement if you have received (or will receive) an undergraduate degree from a college or university where English is the primary language of instruction, and if you have studied in residence at that institution for at least three years.

Combined Degree Program Application Deadline

*The deadline to submit an application to a combined program is always the earlier deadline of the two individual programs, or December 15, whichever comes first.

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Combined phd information.

English Language & Literature offers a combined PhD in conjunction with several other departments and programs including: African American Studies , Film and Media Studies , History of Art , and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies .

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Students must register every term in which they are enrolled in the Graduate School. Registration for a given term takes place the semester prior, and so it's important to stay on top of your academic plan. The University Registrar's Office oversees the systems that students use to register. Instructions about how to use those systems and the dates during which registration occurs can be found on their registration website.

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PhD students at Yale are normally full-funded for a minimum of five years. During that time, our students receive a twelve-month stipend to cover living expenses and a fellowship that covers the full cost of tuition and student healthcare.

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