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ENGL 205 · English

Introduction to Literary Analysis & Critical Theory

Close reading strategies, poetics, narrative forms, and foundational critical theory frameworks (Marxist, feminist, structuralist, postcolonial) applied to literature.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
semester credit hours
Level
200
Lower division
Typically offered
Fall & Spring
every semester
Subject
English
8 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

ENGL 102.

200-level courses: intermediate, lower-division courses suitable for sophomores and above. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.7.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Offered by

Department of English

Questions: Academic Advising Center

Office
Lovell Hall 101
Phone
(555) 555-0158
Email
advising@university.alkimi.ai

Degree planning

Where ENGL 205 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

This course

ENGL 205

Introduction to Literary Analysis & Critical Theory

3 credits · 200-level · Fall, Spring

Counts toward

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

No AP exam awards credit for ENGL 205. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches ENGL 205

Portrait of Dr. Leila Haddad

Dr. Leila Haddad

Professor of English; Chair of the University Curriculum Committee

Instructor for ENGL 205, Fall 2026

Office
Lovell Hall 332
Email
lhaddad@university.alkimi.ai

Dr. Julia Pryor

Associate Teaching Professor of English; Director of First-Year Writing

Instructor for ENGL 205, Spring 2027

Office
Lovell Hall 340
Email
jpryor@university.alkimi.ai

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens.

Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Registration

How to enroll in ENGL 205

  1. Check the prerequisites

    ENGL 102.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    ENGL 205 is typically offered in both the fall and spring semesters. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

Fall 2026 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

Fall 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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