Having read and/or viewed a substantial body of material, 
students will be able to discuss assigned primary and secondary 
sources (orally and in writing) with critical sophistication, to 
read and enjoy other words from the period, and to converse with 
fellow students about texts and issues related to the subject 
matter of the course.

The choice and sequence of topics will vary from instructor to 
instructor and semester to semester. The topics will consist of 
selected works by various authors, to be read and/or viewed 
outside of class and discussed in class, examined individually 
and comparatively in the context of the times and circumstances 
of their composition and reception. Because the course will 
change from semester to semester, students are encouraged to 
refer to the English department website for information 
concerning the course content for a specific semester.

Sample list of texts:
H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man 
Rudyard Kipling, Kim 
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday
Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands
John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle
Christopher Isherwood, Mr. Norris Changes Trains
Elizabeth Bowen, The Heat of the Day 
George Orwell, 1984
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale
Graham Greene, The Quiet American
John Le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Tinker, 
Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity
John Banville, The Untouchables
Film and TV adaptations of Bond, Bourne, Smiley, etc.
MI-5 (Spooks)
The Americans
Homeland

Topics might include: espionage and empire; world war and the 
Cold War; ideological conflict and nation-states; science and 
technology; the war on terror; the surveillance state; 
nationality and identity; sexual self-fashioning; the literary 
history of spies and spy fiction; spy fiction and other genres 
(e.g., invasion novels, terrorist fiction, or the detective 
story; science fiction; utopian literature); spies in 
literature, film, television, and popular culture.

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to the 
University of Georgia policy on academic honesty, according to 
which all violations of academic honesty will be handled.