Rachael Deagman Simonetta's research focuses on models of community building in medieval and early modern English literature.
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medieval studies, Renaissance studies, Digital Humanities, poetry, drama, visual studies, architectural history, religious studies
Teaching
courses taught
AHUM 3106 - Introduction to Literary Study with Data Science
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Fall 2022
Introduces students to the use of data science methods in literary criticism. This course explores how computers and data science methods can provide insight into literature while also developing the necessary coding skills to perform such analysis. Students will learn both to perform and to think critically about computationally-based literary scholarship. Same as ENGL 3106.
ENGL 2017 - World Literature
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Fall 2020
Songs. Epics. Autobiographies. Novels. Tales. Plays. Films. These genres appear across cultures, languages, and historical periods. This course focuses on how genres work in a variety of cultures and time periods, reading work written in English and in translation. Students will gain a deep understanding of the possibilities of that genre as well as an introduction to the way that literature travels between cultures. Topics and focus will vary by instructor.
ENGL 2102 - Literary Analysis
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Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
Students will build skills in careful, detailed reading and critical writing. Focusing on poetry, prose, and plays, the course cultivates an understanding of literary forms and genres and introduces techniques and vocabulary essential for the study of literature.
ENGL 3000 - Shakespeare for Nonmajors
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Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2021
Introduction to Shakespeare. Introduces students to 6-10 of Shakespeare's major plays. Comedies, histories, and tragedies will be studied. Some non-dramatic poetry may be included. Viewing of Shakespeare in performance is often required.
ENGL 3006 - Digital Editions & Web Publishing
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Spring 2021
Introduces students to the theories and practices involved in making a scholarly edition. Students create their own digital editions and learn the requisite skills to publish scholarly research on the web.
ENGL 3106 - Introduction to Literary Study with Data Science
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
Introduces students to the use of data science methods in literary criticism. This course explores how computers and data science methods can provide insight into literature while also developing the necessary coding skills to perform such analysis. Students will learn both to perform and to think critically about computationally-based literary scholarship. Same as AHUM 3106.
ENGL 3116 - Topics in Advanced Theory
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020
This course will focus on a specific topic in critical theory. The class is designed to give students a deeper understanding of a theoretical issue or problem. Topics will vary by semester. Check department description for details. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics.
ENGL 3563 - Shakespeare in Dialogue
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Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2023
Shakespeare has often seemed to stand apart. This course proposes instead that the full power of Shakespeare�s drama and poetry emerges in dialogue. Students will read his plays alongside those of talented contemporaries; explore the dynamic social and political contexts of his writing; ask how Shakespeare�s works can participate in modern conversations about race, sexuality, nation, and ability; or consider how �Shakespeare� is transformed by the bodies that perform, edit, or simply read his writing.
ENGL 3930 - Internship
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Provides academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to work in public or private organizations on projects related to students' career goals and to relate classroom theory to practice. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced prerequisite: 3.0 GPA and faculty supervision.
ENGL 4039 - Capstone in Literary Studies
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Fall 2018
Topic varies by section, but all sections include small seminar discussions and focus on an individualized research project related to the topic. This course will draw on skills from previous courses in critical reading, thinking, and writing and will culminate in high-level discussions and in the final project. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
ENGL 4113 - Medieval Worlds
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Spring 2021
This course introduces students to the time period when England and English emerged out of the intersections of Germanic (Viking and English), Celtic, French, and other influences, c. 500-1500 CE. The course offers a dialogue with texts and artifacts from this distant past to explore what is shared with and what distinguishes us from medieval people and their culture.
ENGL 4206 - Writing for the Real World
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Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Trains students in advanced techniques of writing with a view toward �real world� application'that is, usefulness after graduation. Emphasis on writing for a variety of audiences and techniques for achieving conciseness, clarity, expressiveness, logic, and appropriateness of diction and evidence. Readings include classic and contemporary writings about writing and exemplary professional essays from a variety of fields. Previously offered as a special topics course.
ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
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Spring 2019
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
ENGL 5549 - Studies in Special Topics 2
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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.
