Literature 250,251,252 - English Literature I,II,III

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Bard College

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Description:

Major writers, genres, and issues in the history of English literature are explored, from the medieval period through the mid-20th century, in a regularly offered sequence of three independent but related units. In general, Literature 250 includes medieval and 16th-century poetry and drama, with some attention to prose. Writers include Shakespeare, Chaucer, the Gawain poet, Sidney, More, Marlowe, and Ben Jonson. Literature 251 includes poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism of the 17th and 18th centuries by Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Wroth, Milton, Congreve, Fielding, Pope, and Swift. Literature 252 concentrates primarily on the novel and poetry in the 19th and 20th centuries, with some attention to criticism and drama; writers include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Eliot, Dickens, the Bront?s, Hardy, Arnold, Joyce, Shaw, Lawrence, and Woolf. Any course in the sequence may be taken independently, but all students interested in English literature, especially those considering graduate studies, are encouraged to take two or more parts.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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