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Klages, Mary

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  • Dr. Klages' research focuses on the social constructions and representations of bodies in 19th century American culture. An expert on gender and disability studies in Victorian American culture, she is currently working on a project on the intersections of sexuality and disability in institutional discourses in 19th c. Massachusetts.

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  • nineteenth century American literature and culture, disability studies, gender studies, queer studies in literature, literary theory

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  • ENGL 1260 - Introduction to Women's Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Introduces literature by women in England and America. Covers both poetry and fiction and varying historical periods. Acquaints students with the contribution of women writers to the English literary tradition and investigates the nature of this contribution. Same as WGST 1260.
  • ENGL 1270 - Introduction to American Women's Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023
    Introduces literature by women in America. Covers both poetry and fiction and varying historical periods. Acquaints students with the contribution of women writers to the literary tradition and investigates the nature of this contribution. Same as WGST 1270.
  • ENGL 1290 - Crime, Policing, Detection
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Explores stories about crime and policing, deviance and detection, law and order. Students will learn how genres such as detective or crime fiction or police procedurals narrate anxieties about race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality. Analyzes how categories of innocence and guilt, justice and punishment, are imagined and portrayed in short stories, films, novels, and TV shows.
  • ENGL 2112 - Introduction to Literary Theory
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019
    Introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. Covers major movements in modern literary/critical theory, from Matthew Arnold through new criticism to contemporary postmodern frameworks. Required for all English majors.
  • ENGL 2707 - Introduction to Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Literature
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Offers students at sophomore and junior levels an introduction to some of the forms, concerns, and genres of contemporary lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay writing in English. Same as LGBT 2707.
  • ENGL 3235 - American Novel
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2019 / Summer 2021
    Surveys the American novel. Covers the early development of the American novel, its rise in the 19th- and 20th-centuries, and its contemporary expressions. Students will be introduced to theories of the novel, the major movements and authors, as well as the characteristics that define the American novel as unique.
  • ENGL 3675 - Majors Authors in American Literature
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
    Provides an in-depth study of the work of one or two major American authors. Explores the range, influences, and development of a writer over his or her life. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics.
  • ENGL 4039 - Critical Thinking in English Studies
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2023
    Concerned with developments in the study of literature that have significantly influenced our conception of the theoretical bases for study and expanded our understanding of appropriate subject matter. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 4287 - Special Topics in Queer Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
    This course will focus on a special topic in queer literature and non-normative genders and sexualities. Students will consider how literature reflects and represents understandings of sexuality, gender, desire, and more; the course may engage a variety of genres. Topics vary by semester. Check department description for details. Same as LGBT 4287 and WGST 4287.
  • ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2022
    Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
  • ENGL 5529 - Studies in Special Topics 1
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023
    Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as IAWP 6100.
  • ENGL 6959 - Master's Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
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  • LGBT 2707 - Introduction to Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Literature
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Offers students at sophomore and junior levels an introduction to some of the forms, concerns, and genres of contemporary lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay writing in English. Same as ENGL 2707.
  • WGST 1260 - Introduction to Women's Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Introduces literature by women in England and America. Covers both poetry and fiction and varying historical periods. Acquaints students with the contribution of women writers to the English literary tradition and investigates the nature of this contribution. Same as ENGL 1260.
  • WGST 1270 - Introduction to American Women's Literature
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023
    Introduces literature by women in America. Covers both poetry and fiction and varying historical periods. Acquaints students with the contribution of women writers to the literary tradition and investigates the nature of this contribution. Same as ENGL 1270.

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