Department of English

We’re driven to explore language — written and spoken — to enrich lives and impact change in the world. Together, we foster a greater appreciation for the role human creativity plays in society. In addition to professional and public writing, students of all majors can pursue their interests through a minor in English or certificates in linguistics, film or exile studies.

Degrees & Programs

BA in English
- Tracks: Literature; Writing and Rhetoric; Creative Writing; Linguistics
- Combined BA/MA in Linguistics Pathway
BA in English with English Education
Online BA in English: Writing and Rhetoric Track

Minor in English

Consult the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.

Spring 2026 Schedule

British Literature prior to 1800
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
ENL 4322	Shakespeare’s Tragedies	Sutton	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENL 4341	Milton	Strycharski	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3306	Travel Literature	Pearl	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4106	The Global Middle Ages: Animals	Blatt	-	Online
ENL 4322	Shakespeare’s Tragedies	Johnson	-	Online

American Literature prior to 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
AML 4606	19^th Century African American Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
AML 3415	American Literature and the Tradition of Dissent	Schoolman	-	Online

British Literature After 1800 or American Literature After 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3313	Science Fiction	Trauvitch	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3314	Utopias and Dystopias	Cadle	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4192	Major Caribbean Authors	Castro	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4253	Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENL 4273	Virginia Woolf and Her Circle	Gillespie	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4609	Literature and Revolution	Cadle	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3023	Around the World in Short Stories	Schoolman	-	Online
ENG 4134	Women and Film	Strycharski	-	Online
LIT 4825	Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond	Blanco	-	Online
AML 4930	Special Topics in American Literature: Aging Parents and Their Children	Johnson	-	Online

Multicultural Literature
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
AML 4606	19^th Century African American Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
FIL 3006	Intro to Film Studies	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3306	Travel Literature	Pearl	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3313	Science Fiction	Trauvitch	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3671	Global Issues in Literature	Bentley-Baker	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4192	Major Caribbean Authors	Castro	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4253	Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3023	Around the World in Short Stories	Menendez	-	Online
LIT 3200	Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives	Mayora	-	Online
AML 3415	American Literature and the Tradition of Dissent	Schoolman	-	Online
LIT 3703	Studies in Metaphor	Trauvitch	-	Online, A-term
LIT 4106	The Global Middle Ages: Animals	Blatt	-	Online
LIT 4825	Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond	Blanco	-	Online

Theory
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
AML 4606	19^th Century African American Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry, Fiction, Jazz, and Speakeasies	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
FIL 3006 U01	Intro to Film Studies	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENG 4132	Studies in the Film: Neo-Noir: Theory of Darkness	Bentley-Baker	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4253	Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3200	Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives	Mayora	-	Online
LIT 3703	Studies in Metaphor	Trauvitch	-	Online, A-term
ENG 4114	Film Adaptations of Literature	Johnson	-	Online

Film Studies Certificate
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
FIL 3006	Intro to Film Studies	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENG 4132	Studies in the Film: Neo-Noir: Theory of Darkness	Bentley-Baker	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
FIL 3006	– Intro to Film Studies	Bentley-Baker	-	Online
ENG 4134	Women and Film	Strycharski	-	Online
ENG 4114	Film Adaptations of Literature	Johnson	-	Online

Exile Studies Certificate
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location	Modality
LIT 4253	Literature of Exile: A Comparative Literary Approach	Grafals	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENL 4322	Shakespeare’s Tragedies	Sutton	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
ENL 4341	Milton	Strycharski	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3306	Travel Literature	Pearl	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 3671	Global Issues in Literature	Bentley-Baker	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4192	Major Caribbean Authors	Castro	MMC	Face to Face & Hybrid
AML 4606	19^th Century African American Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC	Face to Face & Hybrid
LIT 4106	The Global Middle Ages: Animals	Blatt	-	Online
LIT 4825	Intro to Latinx Literature: The U.S. of Us: Latinx Voices from South Florida & Beyond	Blanco	-	Online
LIT 3023	Around the World in Short Stories	Menendez	-	Online
LIT 3200	Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in Queer Narratives	Mayora	-	Online

Summer 2024 Schedule

American Literature prior to 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period	Weir-Soley	Online

British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4356	Cuban-American Literature	Grafals	MMC
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online

Multicultural Literature
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4356	Cuban-American Literature	Grafals	MMC
LIT 3006	Introduction to Film Studies	Bentley-Baker	Online
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
ENG 3703	Studies in Metaphor	Trauvitch	Online
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period	Weir-Soley	Online

Film
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
FIL 3006	Intro to Film Studies	Bentley-Baker	Online
ENG 4121	History of Film	Strycharski	ONline

Theory
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4356	Cuban-American Literature	Grafals	MMC
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
LIT 3703	Studies in Metaphor	Trauvitch	Online
AML 4612	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Period	Weir-Soley	Online

Fall 2024 Schedule

British Literature Prior to 1660
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
ENL 4333	Shakespeare Tragedies	Dickson	BBC
ENL 4215	Medieval Monstrosity	Blatt	Online (GL)
ENL 3134	Medieval Hollywood	Blatt	Online

American Literature prior to 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4536	Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
AML 4213	Studies in Colonial and Early American Literature: Pirate Literature	Kelley	Online

British Literature After 1660 and American Literature After 1900
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4536	Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC
LIT 4224	Literature of Exile	Milbauer	MMC
AML 4155	Modern American Poetry	Cadle	MMC
AML 4245	Modernism/ Postmodernism	Johnson	Online
ENL 3506	Texts & Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British Canon	Huseby	Online
ENL 4251	Victorian Literature: Women Write the Empire	Huseby	Online

Multicultural Literature
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
LIT 4536	Multi-Cultural Working Class Women's Literature	Weir-Soley	BBC
LIT 3671	Global Issues in Lit	Bentley-Baker	MMC (GL)
LIT 4192	Major Carribean Authors	Grafals	MMC
ENG 4132 U01	Studies in Film: Film Theory	Bentley-Baker	MMC
ENG 4132 U02	Studies in Film: Horror Film	Bentley-Baker	MMC
ENL 4215	Medieval Monstrosity	Blatt	Online (GL)
FIL 3006	Introduction to Film Studies	Bentley Baker	Online
ENL 3134	Medieval Hollywood	Blatt	Online
LIT 3506	Texts and Contexts: British Literature Since 1660: Rethinking the British Canon	Huseby	Online (GL) [OL]
ENL 4251	Victorian Literature: Women Write the Empire	Huseby	Online
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present: Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
ENL 3200	Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT Narratives	Mayora	Online

Film
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
ENG 4121	History of Film	Strycharski	MMC
ENG 4132 U01	Studies in the Film: Classic Horros	Bentley-Baker	MMC
ENG 4132 U02	Studies in the Film: Film Noir	Strycharski	MMC
ENG 4132 U03	Studies in the Film: Brian De Palma	Strycharski
FIL 3006	Intro to Film Studies	Bentley-Baker	Online

Theory
Course Number	Course Title	Professor	Location
ENL 4192	Major Caribbean Authors	Grafals	MMC
LIT 3671	Global Issues in Lit	Bentley Baker	MMC (GL)
ENG 4132 U01	Studies in the Film: Film Theory	Bentley Baker	MMC
ENG 4132 U02	Studies in the Film: Horror Film	Bentley Baker	MMC
FIL 3006	Introduction to Film Studies	Bentley Baker	Online
AML 3042	Texts and Contexts: American Lit 1492 to the Present Disability Studies	Kelley	Online
LIT 3200	Themes in Literature: Sexual Citizenship in LGBT Narratives	Mayora	Online

Spring 2024 Schedule

Spring 2024 Writing and Rhetoric Program Upper-Division Undergraduate and Graduate Offerings

Global Learning designated courses are highlighted.

Events

Upcoming events will be posted here.

Contact Us

Department of English
MMC: 11200 SW 8 Street, DM 453
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-2874

BBC: 3000 NE 151 Street, AC1-335
North Miami, FL 33181
Tel: 305-919-5857

Email: fiuenglish@fiu.edu

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