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ENGL 340 · English

The Modern Novel

Evolution of the novel across the 20th and 21st centuries, examining narrative fragmentation, unreliable narration, modernism, and postmodern aesthetic experiments.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
semester credit hours
Level
300
Upper division
Typically offered
Spring
Spring semester only
Subject
English
8 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

ENGL 205.

300-level courses: advanced, upper-division courses requiring prior foundational preparation. This course counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). 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 340 fits

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

This course

ENGL 340

The Modern Novel

3 credits · 300-level · Spring

Leads to

No other catalog course lists ENGL 340 as a prerequisite.

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 340. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches ENGL 340

Portrait of Dr. Charles Davenport

Dr. Charles Davenport

Professor of English

Instructor for ENGL 340, Spring 2027

Office
Lovell Hall 336
Email
cdavenport@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 340

  1. Check the prerequisites

    ENGL 205.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    ENGL 340 is typically offered in the spring semester. 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.).

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

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