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  • ENG 213: British Literature I

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Surveys the English tradition in literature, beginning with the early Middle Ages and ending with the Restoration. Important themes will include: faith, chivalry, love, marriage, adultery, and heroism. Readings will include selections from Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and poetry selections from Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Marvell, Wroth, Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth, and Milton. While we will be situating these works in their historical and cultural contexts, emphasis will be on the close reading of these texts. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 214: British Literature II

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Designed to build on the texts and contexts of British Literature I, beginning in the early 18th Century and ending in the present day. Course examines the influence of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and the fall of the Aristocracy, post-World War I Modernism, post-World War II Existentialism and Absurdism, late 20th century Post-Modernism, and 21st century social anxiety on British textual production. Students will analyze a variety of genres including, but not limited to fiction, poetry, drama and film. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 216: Beat Generation

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Focuses on Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti and Kerouac, their social and artistic revolt, their debt to Whitman and other earlier writers, and their legacy in popular culture from the 1960s to the present. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 218: Argument Based Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Builds on the writing and critical thinking skills introduced in ENG 101, offering additional focus on and development of skills used in the reading and writing of academic/argument-based essays. Students will critically read and respond to challenging academic texts, and compose thoughtful and well-supported argument-based essays and research papers. Satisfies the Writing Designated core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 220: American Short Story Cycles

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Introduction to the genre of the short story cycle. Through class discussions and essay writing, students will discover the various ways writers have found to create short story cycles or unified short story collections: recurring themes, characters, settings, and plot patterns are some of the unifying elements that will be examined. Representative writers may include Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Flannery O'Connor, Louise Erdrich, and Richard Wright. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. Prerequisites & Notes Crosslisted with AMS 220. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 225: Literary Criticism and Interpretation

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Literary studies are founded on the principles of sound interpretation and analysis. This course will provide students with knowledge of the key approaches to literary texts, including new criticism, reader-response theory, Marxism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Feminism, New Historicism, and Queer Theory. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. Prerequisites & Notes ENG 102 or permission of instructor. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 226: Early American History and Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    An interdisciplinary examination of the American past up to and including the Civil War. Course covers American Indian history and culture prior to and after the arrival of European settlers; the founding of the republic; and the ideals, contradictions, and emerging identity of a growing nation. Students will study key events, institutions, reform campaigns, and literary movements, and the broader cultural and ideological contexts in which they arose. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. Prerequisites & Notes Crosslisted with HST 226. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 230: Rebels and Misfits

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    This course will closely analyze the motives of characters who defy authority or their times in selected stories, novellas, poems and films. Examination of characters who choose to drop out or are ostracized will also be conducted, deciding who deserves our sympathy and why. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 235: Twentieth Century Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    A brief introduction to the art of fiction followed by close readings of modern master works. American short stories and novels will be compared to masterpieces from other cultures in order to view fiction as an international phenomenon and, even within nations (such as the United States), as multicultural in nature. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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  • ENG 240: Boston Writers

    3.00 Credits
    Endicott College

    Boston Writers will examine works of poetry, fiction and drama by writers from Boston and the surrounding area. Discussions and essay assignments will focus on how writers have responded to the city and region. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. Prerequisites & Notes Crosslisted with AMS 240. (Cr: 3)
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