EL 237 - The Literary Essay

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

This course studies the personal essay as literary genre and artistic form. Students will examine the socio-historical contexts of essays, trace the intergenerational influence of essayists, connect the essay genre to fiction and poetry, and combine formal reading with applications of contemporary literary theory. Essayists covered include Montaigne, Lamb, Hazlitt, Woolf, White, Didion, and lesser-known essayists from non-western cultures. Three credits.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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