WLT 8 - Western Literature: Enlightenment to Modern

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Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

This course provides an introduction to some of the most brilliant writing in the Western world from the late seventeenth century to the present. Its purpose is to examine a set of literary masterpieces by such writers as Molière, Voltaire, Mary Shelley, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Conrad, Joyce, and Beckett for their insights into human nature and society. Its list of readings is drawn from the five intellectual movements that begin after the Renaissance and culminate in our own time. These include: the Enlightenment (1660-1770); the Romantic Movement (1770-1856); Nineteenth- Century Realism (1856-1900); Modernism (1900- 1945); and the Contemporary Period (1945-the present). Texts will be examined in light of the intellectual, social, literary, and political contexts in which they developed. Selected works from non- Western cultures might be introduced for comparison. Students who complete both ENG 7 and ENG 8 fulfill the Core Requirement in literature or language. Same as ENG 8. 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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