This course is being offered Writing Intensive.
Required texts:
- Primary source material is
all in the public domain, and available for free downloads - Packer
et al., Writing Worth Reading
Assignments:
- A short
paper [750 words] on an American issue as evidenced in a movie from a list I
will provide. - A short
paper [750 words] on a British issue as evidenced in a movie from a list I will
provide. - A short
analytic paper (1000 words) on a literary work assigned this semester. - Peer
evaluations: : Students will assess the
writing of several of their colleagues in small groups. - Poetry
Recitation: 100 lines of poetry from the
period. May be from more than one poem,
and may be completed in small chunks. - Oral
presentation on a topic from a list I will provide (topic areas include
literature’ biographical issues; medical, legal, and social issues; art and
architecture. - Final
exam: take-home final, due at the end of
the exam period for this section listed in the time schedule.
Brief description:
In this course, we will discuss a number of themes and
issues important in literature in
English written between 1660 and 1900. Themes include slavery and racism;
women’s rights; class issues, ideas about literature (theoretical0 and
landscapes in literature, and sexuality.
Authors include Elizabeth Barrett, Aphra Behn, William Wordsworth, John
Keats, Byron, Christina Rossetti, William Blake, Mary Shelley, and Robert
Browning.