ENG 160 - Hawthorne and James: From Romance to Realism

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Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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A concentrated analysis of the points of contact between two major American writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Two representative works that speak to each other - Rappaccini's Daughter and Daisy Miller - are introduced to show the difference between Hawthornian romance and Jamesian realism. After examining Hawthorne's Puritan-oriented works (such as "Young Goodman Brown" and The Scarlet Letter), as well as his novel about transcendentalism, The Blithedale Romance, the course examines how James' more realistic novels, such as Washington Square and The Portrait of a Lady, take up where Hawthorne left off. We see how they represent not only the "deeper psychology," but also issues related to nineteenth-century feminism and consumer capitalism. The moral, social, and aesthetic views of both writers are explored, and James' novellas such as The Beast in the Jungle and The Aspern Papers are read in order to demonstrate the intersecting interests of the writers: how the realist and cosmopolitan literature James produced never escaped the influence of Hawthorne's more provincial romances. Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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