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  • English 18: A History of the English Language

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09X: Arrange The development of English as a spoken and written language as a member of the Indo-European language family, from Old English (Beowulf), Middle English (Chaucer), and Early Modern English (Shakespeare), to contemporary American English. Topics will include some or all of the following: the linguistic and cultural reasons for 'language change,' the literary possibilities of the language, and the political significance of class and race. Open to all classes. Dist : SOC. Course Group IV. CA tags Cultural Studies and Popular Culture, Literary Theory and Criticism, National Traditions and Countertraditions . Otter, Pulju.
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  • English 19: Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Epic and Saga

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    Not offered in 2008-2009, may be offered in 2009-2010 An introduction to Old English language and literature, this course concentrates on reading, translating and interpreting selected poems understood in terms of their cultural environment-political, historical, artistic, and religious. The major poems studied are 'The Wanderer,' 'The Dream of the Rood,' and Beowulf. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags National Traditions and Countertraditions, Genre-narrat ive. Otter, Trav
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  • English 20: Chaucer:The Canterbury Tales

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    08F: 1109F: Arrange An introduction to Chaucer, concentrating on ten of the Canterbury Tales, and studying him as a social critic and literary artist. Special attention will be paid to Chaucer's language, the sounds of Middle English, and the implications of verse written for the ear. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Genre-poetry, Genre-narrative. Edmondson, Otter, Travis.
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  • English 21: Chaucer:Troilus and Other Poems

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09W: 2A10W: Arrange A study of Chaucer's works other than the Canterbury Tales, focusing on some of the early dream visions (Book of the Duchess, House of Fame) and the courtly love romance Troilus and Criseyde, which many consider Chaucer's most accomplished work. Some attention will be given to the French and Italian context of these works (in translation). Prior acquaintance with Middle English (English 20, 22, or 18) is helpful but not absolutely required . Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Genre-poetry, Genders and Sexualities . Edmondson, Otter, Travis.
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  • English 22: Medieval English Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    Not offered in 2008-2009, may be offered in 2009-2010 An introduction to the literature of the "Middle English" period (ca. 1100- ca. 1500), concentrating on the emergence of English as a literary language in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries and on some of the great masterworks of the late fourteenth century. Readings will include early texts on King Arthur, th e lai s of Marie de France, the satirical poe m The Owl and the Nightingale , the romanc e Sir Orfeo, Pearl , an d Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , th e Book of Margery Kempe , and the York Cycle. Most readings in modern English translation, with some explorations into the original language . Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Cultural Studies and Popular Culture, National Traditions and Countertraditions . Edmondson, Otter, Travis.
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  • English 23: The English Renaissance

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09S: 2A10S: Arrange English verse and prose of the sixteenth century: a study of Wyatt, Gascoigne, Nashe, Marlowe, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and others in the cultural context of Tudor England. The course will investigate issues of classical and European influence, publication, and courtly patronage, especially under the auspices of a female ruler (Elizabeth I). Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Genders and Sexualities, Genre-poetry. Crewe, Halasz.
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  • English 24: Shakespeare I

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    08F: 1009X, 09F: Arrange A study of about ten plays spanning Shakespeare's career, including comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances. Attention will be paid to Shakespeare's language; to his dramatic practices and theatrical milieu; and to the social, political, and philosophical issues raised by the action of the plays. Videotapes will supplement the reading. Exercises in close reading and interpretative papers . Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tag Genre-drama . Boose, Crewe, Halasz, Luxon.
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  • English 26: English Drama to 1642

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09S: 1010S: Arrange A study of commercial theater in London from about 1570 until the closing of the theaters in 1642. Anonymous and collaborative plays will be read as well as those by such playwrights as Kyd, Marlowe, Dekker, Jonson, Webster, and Ford. The course will focus on the economic, social, political, intellectual, and theatrical conditions in which the plays were originally produced, on their continuing performance, and on their status as literary texts. Research into the performance history of a play or participation in a scene production is required. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Genre-drama, Genders and Sexualities. Boose, Halasz.
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  • English 27: The Seventeenth Century

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    Not offered in 2008-2009, may be offered in 2009-2010 English poetry and prose from 1603 to 1660. Primary focus on major lyric tradition including poems by John Donne, Ben Jonson, Mary Wroth, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, and John Milton. Secondary focus on significant prose works of intellectual history (Francis Bacon, Robert Burton) and political controversy (debates about gender and/or political order). Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tag Genre-poetry. Crewe, Luxon.
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  • English 28: Milton

    3.00 Credits
    Dartmouth College

    09S: 1010S: Arrange A study of most of Milton's poetry and of important selections from his prose against the background of political and religious crises in seventeenth-century England. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group I. CA tags Genre-poetry, Genders and Sexualities. Luxon.
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