So interesting and knowledgeable! She brings in amazing literature/films to discuss, and is so clearly brilliant in her research field. I actually enjoyed learning Freudian theories for the first time in my life. Actual feedback on my essays! Easy workload, great readings. Not the strongest discussion leader, but great insight and lit analysis.

Professor Shewry is one of the best professors I've had at UCSB. She is a phenomenal lecturer and her feedback really strengthened my skills as a writer. I highly recommend this class to anyone, but especially English majors looking for opportunities to be creative and explore a more interesting and dynamic genre in their coursework.

Professor Shewry was amazing! I loved the content of the class, even though it was a lot of reading. It was challenging at times, but it definitely helped me improve my skills as a writer. As an English major, I definitely look forward to taking more classes with her in the future.

Professor Shewry is one of my fav English professors at ucsb. She is such a sweet person and she's really knowledgeable/passionate about the content. The readings can sometimes accumulate but other than that it is a relatively manageable class.

Super kind and fun professor who is also very accommodating. From what I can remember, we had 3 quizzes (she dropped the lowest score) and 2 papers that were relatively short (1 4page and 1 8page). Attendance isn't mandatory and you can find most of the novels online. 10/10 recommend!

I loved Shewry's class and decided to pick up an English minor because of it! I appreciated that the readings were actually interesting (besides Lord of the Rings). We were graded on section participation, 3 reading quizzes, and 2 papers that were all graded very easily. She also gave out prizes to students with creative answers during lecture.