Mark Patkowski
Graduate Deputy & Professor of English
Professor
Patkowski is on summer leave.
During
Summer Session 1 (June 2 - July 10), please contact Professor Ellen Tremper,
Chair.
During
Summer Session 2 (July 14 - August 19), please contact Professor Martha
Nadell, Summer Deputy.
Contact
information can be obtained from the English Department Office: 718 951
5195.
The M.A.
English program immerses students in literature dating from the Middle
Ages through the present. Through the study and analysis of a variety
of literary texts, critical and theoretical approaches (including, among
others, new historicism, reader-response theory, deconstruction, feminist
criticism, and post-colonial studies), and historical concepts, students
are afforded the opportunity to develop individual interpretations of
texts and to evaluate controversies surrounding the canon. Small-group
tasks, oral presentations, short papers, and longer research papers complement
lectures, discussion, and examinations. Travel and research grants are
available to our students, several of whom have presented at graduate
colloquia at Brooklyn College and at other universities throughout the
country and abroad, or had papers accepted for publication in journals.
Our graduates
have found new employment or enhanced their present careers in diverse
fields including education, publishing, writing for both for-profit and
non-profit organizations. Others have been accepted into doctoral programs.
NOTE:
The Graduate Program's new blog is up and running; click
here to
get information about (and for) our students.
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Students matriculated
in the MA English Teacher program, as well as applicants, should also
consult with Professor Jessica Siegel, coordinator of English Adolescence
Education, for questions concerning the program's Education requirements.
E-mail: JSiegel@brooklyn.cuny.edu
The M.A. English Teacher
program prepares students for a career teaching English from middle school
through high school. Study includes analysis of several genres of literature
from various historical periods, practical criticism and bibliographical
methods, and theoretical approaches. Topics in the history and structure
of the English language and the interrelation of language, culture and
society are also part of the curriculum. Classes offered in the School
of Education explore pedagogical issues and offer supervised field experiences.
The program leads to professional certification by the New York State
Education Department.
Our graduates are
extensively employed in the New York City public schools and in those
of neighboring communities; some have been accepted to doctoral programs
in education across the country.
Office
of Graduate Studies
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