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ENGLISH 3197: Themes and Genres in Women’s Literature

3.00 Credits

Temple University

In-depth study of ideas, languages, and cultural stances in literature written by women.
Note: Variable content; consult Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3211: Old English

3.00 Credits

Temple University

An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Anglo-Saxon England. Short poems, excerpts from sermons, Bede, the Bible, and Beowulf. All works read in the original Old English.
Note: No previous knowledge of Old English necessary. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3212: Literature of the Medieval Period

3.00 Credits

Temple University

Literature of the Middle English period, as well as the relation of the literature to the traditions of medieval literature throughout Western Europe. Works may include The Owl and the Nightingale, Pearl, Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and selections from the mystery and morality plays, all usually read in the original in well-annotated texts.
Note: No previous knowledge of Middle English necessary. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3213: Chaucer

3.00 Credits

Temple University

This study of the first major poet of the English tradition will focus on the theoretical as well as practical problems he poses for the modern reader. Readings include early dream visions and the Canterbury Tales and selections from Chaucer’s sources and contemporaries to help students understand literary and social contexts.
Note: No previous experience with Middle English required. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3221: Advanced Shakespeare I

3.00 Credits

Temple University

In-depth readings of selected major plays, usually including histories, comedies, and tragedies. Close textual analysis, social context, and philosophical background.
Note: Assumes completion of at least one 2000-level literature course. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3222: Advanced Shakespeare II

3.00 Credits

Temple University

Readings in a small number of plays by Shakespeare which have presented special critical problems to scholars, general readers, and performers alike. How such problems define critical perspectives on the plays, and how some current critical modes of reading Shakespeare address these texts. Reading may include such plays as Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, Cymbeline. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3223: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama

3.00 Credits

Temple University

Study of the extraordinarily talented and productive group of playwrights of the late 16th and early 17th centuries; such dramatists as Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Ford, Dekker. Some attention to the plays as performances, and some consideration of social and intellectual contexts of the plays. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3224: Renaissance Writers

3.00 Credits

Temple University

Studies in Tudor and Stuart literature. May focus on a single author or group of authors or be organized generically or thematically. Possible topics include Spenser, Elizabethan courtly literature, lyric, pastoral, and prose fiction.
Note: Variable content; see the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.

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ENGLISH 3225: Milton

3.00 Credits

Temple University

A study of John Milton’s poetry and prose in its cultural and historical context. The course will begin with shorter poems, such as “Lycidas”, and spend the majority of the semester on “Paradise Lost”. Selected prose will highlight Milton’s views on religion, divorce, and censorship. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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ENGLISH 3231: Restoration and 18th Century Literature

3.00 Credits

Temple University

Readings in the major texts, authors, genres, and cultural institutions of the period, 1660-1800. Classes may focus on more specialized time periods (like The Restoration) or topics (colonialism and literature) or genres (forms of comedy) or range more widely. Authors may include: Behn, Milton, Dryden, Rochester, Defoe, Swift, Finch, Pope, Addison, Steele, Montagu, Fielding, Richardson, Johnson, Boswell, Collins,Gray, and Burns. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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