Books

Graduate Student Resources

The most recent version includes current program requirements and policies. Archived handbooks may apply to Â鶹´«Ã½s who entered a program in a given year. For more information, contact the Director of Graduate Studies. 

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

Includes all program requirements and department courses

Permission to Elect Form

Required to register for all 7000-level courses

Graduate Assistantships

Rates, policies, and other information from the Graduate College

Graduate College Student Travel Grant

Provides up to $1,000 to present at professional conferences or meetings

Graduate Student Association Conference Grant

Provides up to $1,000 to attend professional conferences or meetings

Guides

 

Lists

The following lists provide you with literary, critical, and theoretical sources that will enable you to respond knowledgeably to the exam questions that are asked. Seek out for guidance on how best to prepare, given the field you have selected and your own background and interests.

 

British Literature

Early Medieval Literature

Late Medieval Literature

Medieval Criticism

Renaissance Literature

Restoration and 18th-century British Literature

British Romantic Literature

Victorian British Literature

Modern British Literature

 

American Literature

African American Literature up to 1940

African American Literature 1940 to the Present

American Literature Before 1865

American Literature, 1865-1945

 

Contemporary Literature

Postcolonial Literature

Contemporary Drama

Contemporary Fiction 

Contemporary Poetry

Children's and YA Literature

Comics Studies

 

English Education 

English Education--Theory and Practice

 

Critical Theory

Critical Theory