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Completion of the first-year composition sequence is a prerequisite for all 200-level English classes.
200-001 Introduction to Literary Style MWF 10-10:50 CRN: 20932
Charles Bradshaw
In this course we’ll cover the basics of literary style, focusing on the relationship between form and content, text and context, theory and analysis. In short, you’ll learn the “language” of English studies and how to communicate in the literature classroom and through critical writing. We’ll also get you to meet some of the instructors in the department, learn about options for the major, and read and respond to some great literature! (This course is required for all English majors and recommended for English minors.)
English 251 may be taken before English 250; English 261 may be taken before English 260; English 271 may be taken before English 270.
250-001 British Literary Tradition I TR 9:30-10:45 CRN: 20933
250-002 TR 11-12:15 CRN: 20934
David Williams
English 250 explores a wide range of early British Literature, including the medieval romances of Chaucer, the plays of Shakespeare, and the poetry of Donne. Our focus will include not only the works themselves, but also the historical and cultural context underlying their creation.
251-001 British Literary Tradition II: “The Two Faces of Empire” MWF 11-11:50 CRN: 20935
Jeffrey Longacre
By the late nineteenth century, Great Britain had become the most powerful and vast empire the world had ever seen. The British navy effectively controlled the commercial waterways, and the expanding colonial project brought approximately one quarter of the earth’s land mass and approximately one quarter of the earth’s population under some form of British control. By the early twentieth century, however, things began to fall apart; and by the 1990s, the mighty British Empire was no more. This section of English 251 will focus on the rise, decline, and fall of the British Empire as the primary historical context through which to survey much of the significant literature from approximately 1800 to the present. In particular, we will focus on the concept of duality and British identity in key texts from the period. Through the reading of poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose, students will be introduced to all of the major literary forms and major literary-critical terminology and to many of the major British and Commonwealth writers of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
251-002 British Literary Tradition II TR 9:30-10:45 CRN 20936
Erin Garcia-Fernandez
This course will provide an introduction to the great works of British literature from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. Beginning with the passionate and political Romantics, we will continue our study with the erudite writers of the Victorian era and conclude with the alienated modernists of the 20th century. Particular attention will be given to the influence of culture, history, and science on literature. We will also explore innovations in print media developing throughout this time period and consider how the publication format of periodicals, three-volume novels, and collections of poetry, short fiction, and essays influenced representations of culture in the literature we will be reading. Notable authors will include William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christina Rossetti, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and T. S. Eliot.
251-003 British Literary Tradition II TR 1:00-2:15 CRN 20937
Leslie LaChance
In this course we will read and write about poetry and prose by British authors from the late 18th-20th century. Through extensive reading and critical analysis of literary texts from the Romantic, Victorian and Modern periods, we will seek insights regarding British history, art and culture and the role of the literary artist within that culture. There will be three exams, a research project, quizzes and short response papers.
251H-001 British Literary Tradition II MWF 10-10:50 CRN 20938
Jeffrey Longacre
By the late nineteenth century, Great Britain had become the most powerful and vast empire the world had ever seen. The British navy effectively controlled the commercial waterways, and the expanding colonial project brought approximately one quarter of the earth’s land mass and approximately one quarter of the earth’s population under some form of British control. By the early twentieth century, however, things began to fall apart; and by the 1990s, the mighty British Empire was no more. This section of English 251 will focus on the rise, decline, and fall of the British Empire as the primary historical context through which to survey much of the significant literature from approximately 1800 to the present. In particular, we will focus on the concept of duality and British identity in key texts from the period. Through the reading of poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose, students will be introduced to all of the major literary forms and major literary-critical terminology and to many of the major British and Commonwealth writers of the nineteenth and twentieth century. This Honors British Literature course will have enrichment assignments and extensive opportunities for discussion.
260-001 American Literary Tradition I MWF 11-11:50 CRN: 20940
Charles Bradshaw
While we will look at some of the seminal texts and authors that make up the American Literary Tradition, our task will be to read, discuss, and describe the complexity and richness of American literature before the Civil war and its relationship to other cultures, both indigenous and foreign. We will move triumphantly—and certainly naively—from European discovery and exploration through colonization. Then, according to God’s sovereign pleasure we’ll suffer with the Puritans and reason our way into the 18th century and Revolutionary War. We will end our class, rising above petty convention with the help of the transcendentalists. We’ll also see what voices left out of these grand narratives have to say about America and being American. Certainly women, Native American, African American and other writers will offer exception and richness to our literary tradition.
261-001 American Literary Tradition II MWF 8-8:50 CRN: 20944
Melvin Hill
This course will survey selected American authors representing the major periods, schools, and traditions in American literary history. Our texts will span the mid-1800 to our contemporary era; include multiple genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama); and be race and gender inclusive. Some attention will also be paid to the historical/cultural contexts of the literary periods.
261-002 American Literary Tradition II TR 11-12:15 CRN: 20947
261-003 American Literary Tradition II TR 13-14:15 CRN: 20950
John Glass
Students in English 261 will study a selection of works by major American authors from the mid-19th though the 20th century. The study and discussion of texts will be guided by two goals: understanding the work in itself, and understanding the work in its cultural and historical contexts. Special emphasis will be given to close reading skills, and to discussions of the overarching social and historical movements surrounding the assigned readings. Prerequisites: English 112 with a ‘C’ or higher. English 261 may be taken before English 260.
271-001 World Literature TR 11-12:15 CRN: 20955
Mary Ellen Cowser
What distinguishes good from evil? What is the value of suffering? What is the place of the individual in society? These are all questions raised by writers from the eighteenth century to the present. Explore these and other crucial concerns of the modern world in texts such as Goethe’s Faust, Voltaire’s Candide, works by Tolstoy, and other important figures in western European literature.
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