Literature and Creative Writing

ENGL 228: Survey of Latina/o/x Literature new window
CRN: 42751

ENGLISH 228 celebrates drama, fiction, and poetry written in the last 60 years in English and Spanish (available in translation) by writers in the United States who are of Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Salvadoran heritage.  Major themes include identity construction, cultural duality, immigration, and language blending, as well as social justice issues, including racism, discrimination, and the search for belonging. No quizzes or exams. All reading materials available in Blackboard. This course satisfies a Gen Ed Humanities and Cultural Diversity requirement. 

ENGL 211: Survey of American Literature I
CRN: 22831

American author and activist James Baldwin reminds us that "history is literally present in all that we do." If that's true, understanding America's past is crucial to understanding its present. In ENGL 211, we'll explore voices, stories, and ideas from America's past. We'll look at how a diverse group of authors told their own American stories—stories of power, loss, hope, oppression, violence, idealism, and attempts at democracy. Come read beautiful, painful, forceful, hopeful, despairing texts and understand how the American past creates our American present—and maybe the future.
BIO: Professor Rebecca Eggenschwiler has been teaching both literature and composition at Montgomery College for over ten years. She earned her Master's in English with an emphasis on antebellum American Literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She loves teaching literature and most enjoys active classroom discussions with students around texts, ideas, and language.

ENGL 190: Introduction to Literature new window
CRN: 23963

In this course, we enter literature as a living space where words carry memory, identity and truth. Through poetry, fiction, and drama, students will learn to read closely, think deeply, and write with intention. We will engage voices that challenge, reveal, and remember. You are invited not only to study stories, but to encounter them and, in doing so, better understand the world and yourself.

ENGL 208 - Women in Literature (PDF, )
CRN: 23385

Women in Literature focuses on texts written by and about women across multiple demographics and genres including graphic novels, magical realism, horror, and more as we examine themes such as identity, power and control, autonomy, and psychology through various critical lenses. Students will explore their ideas through class conversation as well as a blend of academic writing and creative, reflective projects.

ENGL 228: Survey of Latina/O/X Literature new window
CRN: 22854

This fully online course explores the complex identity of being Latino/a/x in the United States through the powerful words of diverse authors from Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, Mexican, nd Salvadorean backgrounds. Students will engage with works by acclaimed writers such as Julia Alvarez, Junot Diaz, Esmeralda Santiago, Elizabeth Acevedo, Jose B. Gonzalez, and more!

As a Z-course, all materials are provided at no additional cost, eliminating textbook purchases. Weekly reading analyses will guide discussions on universal themes experienced through a Latinx lens, including:

• Coming of age narratives and identity formation
• Navigating feelings of cultural displacement and outsider status
• Stories of resilience and defying societal expectations
• Intergenerational conflicts
• Negotiating the complexities of cultural heritage

This course fulfills both Humanities distribution and Global Cultural Perspectives requirements.
The asynchronous format allows students to engage with the material on their own schedule without required Zoom meetings.
For questions or more information, please contact: Dr. Emily Rosado | Emily.Rosado@montgomerycollege.edu 

ENGL 265 - Advanced Creative Writing of Fiction 
CRN: 23396

Are you a fiction writer who wants to take your work further towards publication?  Have you taken ENGL 264, or do you have prior fiction-writing experience?  If so, consider taking ENGL 265, Advanced Creative Writing of Fiction, CRN 23396, on Thursdays from 2:30 to 5:20 on Zoom!  ENGL 265 is an advanced workshop designed to raise a student’s work to a professional level for eventual publication. Manuscripts are analyzed in class discussion with emphasis on the finer elements of narrative, characterization, dialogue, and pacing. The class is also a late start and begins September 17th, so you have plenty of time to get fictional!  Please forward any questions to Prof. Joseph Couch at joseph.couch@montgomerycollege.edu.