English Literature (ENL)

Survey of the literature of great britain as it reflected and influenced culture from medieval times through the late eighteenth century. Readings include both canonical and marginal texts. This course includes selections from the Western canon.

Survey of the literature of great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture from the early romantic period through the present day. Readings include both canonical marginal texts. This course includes selections from the Western canon.

This course will be a survey of British literature before 1800.

This course will be a survey of British literature after 1800.

Readings course on the literature of Great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture in medieval times. Readings include canonical as well as marginal and non-literary texts.

An examination of the literature of Great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture during the Renaissance.

An examination of the literature of Great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture during the Restoration and eighteenth century.

Readings course on the literature of Great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture during the Romantic period. Readings include canonical as well as marginal and non-literary texts.

Readings course on the literature of Great Britain as it reflected and influenced culture during the Victorian period. Readings include canonical as well as marginal and non-literary texts.

Readings course on the literature and culture of the 20th century in Great Britian. Intense study of authors/works and their contexts.

Introduction to Shakespeare's language, poetry, and plays within the context of Elizabethan culture. Intended for majors who have limited experience with Shakespeare.

This seminar is an in-depth study of the British novel as it developed from its origins to about 1780. The course focuses on the emergence of the early novel form, the cultural forces leading to the writing of novels, the culture as reflected in novels, and the influence of the novel on traditions of writing and thinking in England.

Seminar with in-depth study of the British novel from 1780 to 1900. The course focuses on the developing forms of the novel, the cultural forces at work within the novels, and the ways that the novels both reflected and influenced the culture at large.

Seminar with in-depth study of the novel from 1900 to present. The course focuses on the developing forms of the novel, the cultural forces at work within the novels, and the ways that the novels both reflected and influenced the cultural at large.

Exploration of British romance from earliest times to the advent of the Renaissance, with an in-depth focus on the legends involving King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table and the complex British culture out in which these tales proliferated.

This course will be an in-depth exploration of one or more select authors and/or themes in British Literature until 1800.

This course will be an in-depth exploration of one or more select authors and/or themes in British literature from 1800.

Exploration of some of the earliest and most powerful British literature written on epidemic disease, with an in-depth examination of bubonic plague in Britain as it traveled in two forms: as a literal disease and as a metaphor.

1. Critical study of a selection of Chaucer's works, such as the Canterbury Tales, or Troilus and Criseyde. 2. Analysis of the major forms and themes in Chaucer's works. 3. Analysis of the characteristics of Middle English language. 4. Written analysis selected segments of Chaucer's work. Works are read in the original language.

Seminar with in-depth study of Shakespeare's plays within the context of Elizabethan history and culture. The course focuses on major themes and issues, on close critical reading of Shakespeare's plays, and on related Elizabethan social, political, religious, and cultural contexts.

Focused study of a particular issue, theme or body of work in literature of the fifth through the seventeenth century in a variety of genres and anglophone contexts. Specific course topics will vary depending on faculty expertise and research interests.

examination of British literature and culture after 1800

Examination of British literature and culture prior to 1800

Examines the life and times of one or more British author. May be repeated once with a change in content.

Examines British literature and criticism within a cultural context prior to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Examines British literature and criticism within a cultural context since the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Supervised research in preparation for writing a thesis on a topic in British literature. Approval of the coordinator of graduate studies required.