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ENGL 3924 Vietnam War in Literature and Film
Spring 2026

In the US, "Vietnam" signifies not a country but a lasting syndrome that haunts American politics and society, from foreign policy to popular culture. But what of the millions of …

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Difficulty
3.74
GPA
ENGL 3940 Tutoring Peer Writers
Spring 2021

Prepares undergraduates to tutor peer writers by introducing them to theories of writing and practices of peer tutoring. Successful completion of the course will qualify students to apply for part-time …

4.7
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1.0
Difficulty
4.00
GPA
ENGL 3960 The Lyric
Spring 2022

Studies the major lyrical forms and traditions in Western literature, with particularly close reading of poems written in English. For more details on this class, please visit the department website …

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Difficulty
3.63
GPA
ENGL 3971 History of Drama I: Ancient Greece to the Renaissance
Fall 2022

This course begins in ancient Athens with the birth of tragedy and comedy, moving from there to the Latin tradition, both pagan and Christian, before settling into the European vernaculars, …

4.7
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.52
GPA
ENGL 4270 Shakespeare Seminar
Fall 2025

Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

5.0
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.58
GPA
ENGL 4500 Seminar in English Literature
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

3.3
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4.0
Difficulty
3.58
GPA
ENGL 4510 Seminar in Medieval Literature
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.81
GPA
ENGL 4515 Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Spring 2024

Interdisciplinary seminar whose topics vary from year to year. For more information on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.28
GPA
ENGL 4520 Seminar in Renaissance Literature
Fall 2026

Topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are `Renaissance Word and Image' and `Masks of Desire.' For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.66
GPA
ENGL 4530 Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department w1ebsite at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.82
GPA
ENGL 4540 Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.67
GPA
ENGL 4545 Seminar in American Literature before 1900
Fall 2022

Limited enrollment. Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.39
GPA
ENGL 4559 New Course in English Literature
Fall 2026

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

5.0
Rating
1.0
Difficulty
3.76
GPA
ENGL 4560 Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

3.7
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.71
GPA
ENGL 4561 Seminar in Modern Literature and Culture
Fall 2026

Limited enrollment. An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on the interrelationships between literature and history, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and the fine arts in the Modern period. For more details on …

3.8
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2.0
Difficulty
3.60
GPA
ENGL 4570 Seminar in American Literature since 1900
Spring 2026

Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.70
GPA
ENGL 4580 Seminar in Literary Criticism
Spring 2026

Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

5.0
Rating
2.0
Difficulty
3.58
GPA
ENGL 4590 Seminar in Literary Genres
Spring 2025

Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.

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Difficulty
3.71
GPA
ENGL 4900 The Bible
Spring 2023

Analyzes readings in the English Bible. Designed to familiarize or re-familiarize the literary student with the shape, argument, rhetoric, and purposes of the canon; with the persons, events, and perspectives …

5.0
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.40
GPA
ENGL 4901 The Bible Part 1: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Fall 2026

The stories, rhythms, and rhetoric of the Bible have been imprinting readers and writers of English since the 7th century. Moving through selections from the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, …

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Difficulty
3.80
GPA