ENGL 298 - Literature in Context:Texts in History

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University of Richmond

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Focuses on the ways in which literary traditions are perceived and/or constructed, and for what purposes. Taught in two modules with two different professors, this course with a grade of C (2.0) or better is a prerequisite to all 300-level literature courses, and thus is designed for those who think they might want to major or minor in English or take upper-level literature courses. Prerequisite(s): English 103 with a grade of C or better or exemption. General Education Requirement: (FSLT) Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course focuses on how a particular literary tradition arises in particular historical circumstances. The course is divided into two modules taught by different professors about two different literary time periods. The titles of recent courses include "The Rise of Theater and the Emergence of the Gothic" and "Literature and Revolution: 1848 and the Rise of Women's Writing, 1968 and the Emergence of Ethnic Literature.?or fall 2009 the focus of English 298 is "Literature and War." The American Civil War and World War I were two of the most destructive conflicts of their times, and both wars spawned a distinctive literature and marked a shift in literary content and style. This course examines the literature of each war, culminating in a community based learning project on veterans and memorials in Richmond. Writers considered may include Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Chesnutt, Thomas Nelson Page, T. S. Eliot, Rebecca West, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and others.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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