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DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR BARNARD COURSES

Distribution Requirements fulfilled by Barnard 's English Department Courses

PERIOD DISTRIBUTION:
A Pre-1800

GENRE DISTRIBUTION:
B poetry, C prose fiction / narrative, D drama or film

GEOGRAPHY DISTRIBUTION:

F British, G American, H comparative / global

The following Barnard courses may count toward the Columbia English major and will fulfill the distribution requirements listed (in bold letters corresponding to the above key). For a course not listed here, students must obtain approval from the D.U.S. for the course and for any requirements it may fulfill.

Lectures generally are open; the junior colloquia (3159x-3160y) and the senior seminars (3997x-3998y) have limited space, as they are required for Barnard English majors. For fuller descriptions of the courses below, go to the Barnard English Department's website.

2006-2007


SPRING 2007

SPRING 2007
3140y Sec. 1 Othello & Appropriation (Hall TR 1:10-2:25) D
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 10:35-11:50) F
3144y [ENWS] US Minority Women Writers (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Hamilton W 9-10:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Schmidt T 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H

Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Basker M 2:10-4) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167y Milton (Guibbory TR 10:35-11:50) A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama (Platt TR 1:10-2:25) A D F
3173y 18th-century Literature (TBA) A F
3176y The Romantic Era (R. Hamilton TR 9:10-10:25)
B F
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) G
3182y American Fiction (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3183y American Lit since 1945 (Miller TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3189y Postmodernism (Vandenberg TR 4:10-5:25) G
3190y Global Literature in English (Abu-Manneh TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3260y Victorian Age in Literature (Sharpe MW 9:10-10:25) F
3998y Sec. 1 Christians & Jews (Guibbory R 2:10-4) A F

Sec. 2 Man in Crowd/Woman on Street (Spiegel R 4:10-6) G

Sec. 3 Family in American Fiction (Kassanoff W 11-12:50) C G

Sec. 4 Late Shakespeare (Platt T 4:10-6) A D F

Sec. 5 The City in Literature (Sharpe T 2:10-4) G

Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf (Brown W 4:10-6) C F
3136y (ENTH) Shakespeare in Performance (Denison T 11-12:50) A D F
3144y (ENTH) Black Theatre (Cobrin M 11-12:50) D G



FALL 2006

FALL 2006
3140x Sec. 1 Prophets & Women in Renaissance England A F

Sec. 2 Explorations in Black Literature G
3141x Major English Texts A F
3158x Medieval Lit: Paths to Heaven A H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder A H
3163x Shakespeare A D F
3166x 17c Prose & Poetry A F
3178x Victorian Poetry and Criticism
B F
3179x American Lit to 1800 A G
3185x Modern British & American Poetry B
3195x Modernism H
3199x Poetics B H
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory D
3997x Sec. 1 Body & Language H

Sec. 2 Women in Colonial America A G

Sec. 3 Mourning & Melancholia A H

Sec. 4 Poets & their Correspondence - - - - -

Sec. 5 Nationi & Novel C H

Sec. 6 Fallen Women H



FALL 2005  /  SPRING 2006

FALL 2005
3140x Sec. 1 Contemp Brit / Irish Poetry (Hoffman MW 1:10-2:25) B F

Sec. 2 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G

Sec. 3 Enchanted Imagination (Pagano MW 10:35-11:50) -----
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3144x Black Theatre (Cobrin M 11-12:50) D H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton T 9-10:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Guibbory R 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Prescott T 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3166x 17c Prose & Poetry (Guibbory TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3178x Victorian Poetry and Criticism (Sharpe MW 11-12:15)
B F
3179x American Lit to 1800 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) A G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Spiegel MW 5:40-6:55) C G
3185x Modern British & American Poetry (Sharpe MW 9:10-10:25) B
3194x Marxist Literary Theory (Abu-Manneh TR 11-12:15) H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory (Regan M 6-10) D
3992x Literature of the Middle Passage (Phillips et al T 9-10:50) C H
3997x Sec. 1 Fallen Women (R. Hamilton T 11-12:50) H

Sec. 2 Reading/Writing Colonial America (Gordis R 2:10-4) A G

Sec. 3 Late Shakespeare (Platt W 2:10-4) A D F

Sec. 4 G.M. Hopkins (Plotkin R 6:10-8) B F

Sec. 5 Courtship & Marriage in Chaucer (Szell W 4:10-6) A B F


SPRING 2006
3140y Sec. 1 Madness and Lit (Weinstock MW 2:40-3:55) H

Sec. 2 John Donne (Guibbory TR 10:35-11:50) A B F

Sec. 3 The Marriage Plot (Ellsberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H

Sec. 4 Dickinson & her Era (Schmidt MW 11-12:15) G

Sec. 5 Memory & Forgetting (Schulze TR 4:10-5:25) H

Sec. 6 The Western (McKenna TR 6:10-10:00) D G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 10:35-11:50) F
3149y Colonial Cultures: Palestine/Israel (Abu-Manneh TR 9:10-10:25) H
3155y Canterbury Tales (Szell TR 1:10-2:25) A B F
3158y Medieval Perf of Christ's Passion (Weinstock TR 11-12:15) A H
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Hamilton W 9-10:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Jaanus T 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Szell R 4:10-6) A H

Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Mahoney R 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167y Milton (Guibbory TR 2:40-3:55) A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama (Platt TR 2:40-3:55) A D F
3171y The Novel & Psychoanalysis (Jaanus MW 11-12:15) C H
3173y The 18th-century Novel (Schneier TR 5:40-6:55) A C F
3176y The Romantic Era (R. Hamilton TR 9:10-10:25)
B F
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Gordis TR 1:10-2:25) G
3184y House & Home in American Culture (Sharpe MW 9:10-10:25) G
3187y Am Writers/Foreign Counterparts (Gordon TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3190y Global Literature in English (Abu-Manneh TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3196y The Harlem Renaissance (Miller TR 1:10-2:25) G
3810y (ENRE) Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg (M 11-12:50) A H
3998y Sec. 1 Body & Language (Jaanus W 11-12:50) H

Sec. 2 Man in Crowd/Woman on Street (Spiegel R 4:10-6) G

Sec. 3 Stereotype/Racial Performance (Miller T 4:10-6) G

Sec. 4 Victorian & Mod Am Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H

Sec. 5 The City in Literature (Sharpe T 2:10-4) G

Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf (Brown W 4:10-6) C F
3136y (ENTH) Shakespeare in Performance (Denison T 11-12:50) A D F
3140y (ENTH) Women in Theatre (Cobrin R 11-12:50) D G



FALL 2004  /  SPRING 2005

FALL 2004
3140x Sec. 1 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman MW 11-12:15) G

Sec. 2 Fable and Fantasy (Prescott TR 11-12:15) C F

Sec. 3 18th-century Novel (Gerzina TR 10:35-11:50) A C F
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3158x Medieval Literature (Weinstock TR 1:10-2:25) A H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Platt W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin T 4:10-6) A H
  Sec. 4 Order and Disorder (Guibbory W 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167x Milton (Guibbory TR 11-12:15) A B F
3176x Romantic Era (Plotkin TR 11-12:15) B F
3180x American Literature 1800-1870 (Vandenberg TR 4:10-5:25) G
3181x American Literature, 1871-1945 (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Spiegel TR 5:40-6:55) C G
3184x House & Home in American Culture (Kassanoff TR 2:40-3:55) G
3190x Global Literature in English (Abu-Manneh TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3198x Poetry Movements since the 1950s (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B G
3201x Intro to Film and Film Theory (Regan M 6-10) D
3997x Sec. 1 Violent Thought (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 2 Body and Language (Jaanus R 6:10-8) H

Sec. 3 Lit of the Middle Passage (Phillips T 11-12:50) C H

Sec. 4 Slavery: A Woman's Experience (Prettyman M 2:10-4) C G

Sec. 5 Victorian to Modern (Plotkin W 4:10-6) H

Sec. 6 Renaissance Love Poetry (Guibbory T 4:10-6) A B F


SPRING 2005
3140y Sec. 1 Madness and Lit (Weinstock MW 1:10-2:25) H

Sec. 2 Christians & Jews in 17th-c Lit (Guibbory TR 2:40-3:55) A H

Sec. 3 Topics in Lit & Film (Hamilton/Schulze TR 4:10-5:25) D H

Sec. 4 Am Lit & Film (McKenna T 6:10-10) D G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 11-12:15) F
3143y Middle Fictions: Novellas (Gordon TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3144y (ENWS) US Minority Women Writers (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
3149y Colonial Cultures: Palestine/Israel (Abu-Manneh MW 4:10-5:25) H
3155y Canterbury Tales (Szell TR 1:10-2:25) A B F
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Szell R 4:10-6) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3165y Elizabethan Renaissance (Prescott TR 1:10-2:25) A F
3166y 17th-Century Poetry & Prose (Guibbory TR 11-12:15) A F
3178y Victorian Poetry and Criticism (Plotkin TR 11-12:15)
B F
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Vandenberg TR 4:10-5:25) G
3182y American Fiction (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3185y Mod Brit & American Poetry (Ellsberg MW 2:40-3:55) B
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 1:10-2:25) C H
3199y Poetics (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B G
3810y Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg (M 11-12:50) A H
3998y Sec. 1 Family in American Literature (Kassanoff W 11-12:50) C G

Sec. 2 Man in Crowd/Woman on Street (Spiegel R 4:10-6) C

Sec. 3 Medieval Romance (Weinstock M 11-12:50) A C H

Sec. 4 Victorian & Mod Am Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H

Sec. 5 Harlem in Literature (Gerzina T 12-1:50) G

Sec. 6 Conrad, Eliot, Woolf (Brown W 4:10-6) C F
3139y (ENTH) Modern American Drama (Denison T 11-12:50) D G
3140y (ENTH) Women in Theatre (Cobrin R 11-12:50) D G




FALL 2003   /  SPRING 2004

FALL 2003
3140x Sec. 1 Explorations Black Lit (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G

Sec. 2 Poetry Movements (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B G

Sec. 3 20th-c Black Men (Miller TR 2:40-3:55) G

Sec. 4 Renaissance Women (Prescott TR 11-12:15) A H

Sec. 5 Intro to Film Theory (Kane M 6:10-10) D H

Sec. 6 China in the English Imagination (Yang TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3141x Major English Texts (Ellsberg TR 2:40-3:55) A F
3158x Medieval Literature (Szell TR 1:10-2:25) A H
3159x Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (R. Hamilton W 11-12:50) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (Prescott W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin T 4:10-6) A H
3163x Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3178x Victorian Poetry and criticism (Sharpe TR 11-12:15)
B F
3179x American Lit to 1800 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) A G
3181x American Literature, 1871-1945 (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3183x American Literature since 1945 (Miller TR 9:10-10:25) C G
3184x House & Home in American Culture (Kassanoff TR 2:40-3:55) G
3185x Modern British & American Poetry (Sharpe TR 1:10-2:25) B H
3194x Literary Theory (Plotkin TR 5:40-6:55) H
3195x Modernism (Vandenburg TR 1:10-2:25) H
3196x Harlem Renaissance (Miller TR 2:40-3:55) G
3997x Sec. 1 Violent Thought (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 2 Victorian & Modern Drama (Denison M 11-12:50) D H

Sec. 3 Body and Language (Jaanus T 2:10-4) H

Sec. 4 19th-c American Women Writers (Gordis M 2:10-4) G

Sec. 5 Postcolonial Lit (Phillips T 2:10-4) C H

Sec. 6 Medieval Romance (Weinstock R 2:10-4) A B H


SPRING 2004
3144y U.S. Minority Women Writers (Prettyman MW 2:40-3:55) G
3155y Canterbury Tales (Weinstock TR 1:10-2:25) A B F
3160y Sec. 1 Imitation and Creation (Basker W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 2 Skepticism and Affirmation (R. Hamilton W 2:10-4) A H

Sec. 3 Reason and Imagination (Plotkin W 4:10-6) A H
3164y Shakespeare (Platt MW 9:10-10:25) A D F
3167y Milton (Prescott TR 11-12:15) A B F
3169y Renaissance Drama (Platt MW 1:10-2:25) A D F
3173y English Lit, 1660-1740 (Yang TR 10:35-11:50) A F
3176y The Romantic Era (R. Hamilton TR 10:35-11:50) B H
3180y American Literature 1800-1870 (Gordis MW 11-12:15) G
3182y American Fiction (Kassanoff TR 10:35-11:50) C G
3188y Modern Novel (Vandenberg TR 2:40-3:55) C H
3190y Global Literature (Mehta TR 9:10-10:25) H
3140y Sec. 1 Madness and Lit (Weinstock MW 1:10-2:25) H

Sec. 2 Poetics (S. Hamilton MW 1:10-2:25) B H

Sec. 3 War and Lit (Brown TR 4:10-5:25) H

Sec. 4 Contemporary Irish (Doyle TW 11-12:15) C F

Sec. 5 Enchanted Imagination (Pagano TR 4:10-5:25) H

Sec. 6 Topics in Am Lit & Film: Horror (McKenna T 6-10) G
3142y Major English Texts (Ellsberg MW 4:10-5:25) F
3810y Lit Approaches to Bible (Ellsberg (M 11-12:50) A H
3998y Sec. 1 Troilus and Cressida (Szell T 11-12:50) A H

Sec. 2 City in Literature (Sharpe T 11-12:50) G
G

Sec. 3 Black Stereotypes (Miller R 6:10-8) C G
C G

Sec. 4 Family in American Literature (Kassanoff W 11-12:50) C G

Sec. 5 American Film (Spiegel R 4:10-6) D G

Sec. 6 Late Shakespeare (Platt TBA) A D F
3137y (ENTH) Restoration & 18th-c Drama (Denison W 11-12:50) A D F
3140y (ENTH) Women in Theatre (Cobrin R 11-12:50) D G