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  • ENGL 230: Poetry

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An introductory study of poetry written in English. The course may survey representative poems or focus on a theme. In all versions of the course, students will develop a range of interpretive strategies, learning the vocabulary appropriate to poetry’s many structures, modes, and devices. Staff.
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  • ENGL 231: Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An introductory study of drama, emphasizing form, history, and performance. Organization may be chronological, thematic, or generic and may cover English language, western, or world drama. In all cases, the course introduces students to fundamental issues in the interpretation of theatrical texts. Staff.
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  • ENGL 232: The Novel

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An introductory study of the novel written in English. The course may focus on major representative texts or upon a subgenre or thematic approach. In all cases, the course introduces students to fundamental issues in the history and theory of modern narrative. Staff.
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  • ENGL 233: Film

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An introductory study of film in English. The course may focus on major representative texts or upon a subgenre or thematic approach. In all cases, the course introduces students to fundamental issues in the history and theory of film. Staff.
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  • ENGL 234: Children's Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of works written in English for children. The course treats major writers, thematic and generic groupings of texts, and children’s literature in historical context. Readings may include poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and illustrated books, including picture books that dispense with text. Service learning placements in literacy-related work in the community supplement class work. Keen.
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  • ENGL 235: Fantasy

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of major types of narrative in which the imagination modifies the “natural” world and human society: the marvelous in epic, romance, and Islamic story collections; the fantastic in romantic and modern narrative; and the futuristic in science fiction and social fable. Staff.
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  • ENGL 236: The Bible as English Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. An intensive study of the Bible as a literary work, focusing on such elements as poetry, narrative, myth, archetype, prophecy, symbol, allegory, and character. Emphases may include the Bible’s influence upon the traditions of English literature and various perspectives of biblical narrative in philosophy, theology, or literary criticism. Staff.
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  • ENGL 237: The Bible as Literature: Exile and Return

    4.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. Students may not take for degree credit both this course and ENGL 236. An intensive study of exile and settlement narratives in the Old and New Testaments, focusing especially on Genesis and Exodus, I and II Kings, Ezekiel, the Gospels of Matthew and John, and the books of Acts and Revelation. Exile and return feature not just as recurrent themes in separate books but as narrative forms themselves, as metaphors, spiritual states, and central tropes of Biblical literature. Literary treatments of exile and return are also explored in two critical, formal papers, due at the middle and end of the course. Additionally, the course includes fieldwork involving the study of rare Bibles, especially during the English Reformation (when the English Bible was banned); surveys of Biblical editions, including Thomas Jefferson’s “cut” Bible; and attendance of local religious services in which scripture is read. Gertz.
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  • ENGL 240: Arthurian Legend

    3.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Surveys the origins and development of the legend of King Arthur, one of the most enduring traditions in Western literature. Readings commence with early Latin chronicles and Celtic sources before progressing to later medieval adaptations by Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, and Thomas Malory. Central characters and icons, such as Lancelot, Guinevere, the Round Table, and the Grail studied in light of moral, political, and theological questions. The term concludes with Tennyson’s Idylls of the King and the place of Arthur’s Camelot in Victorian England. All foreign language and most medieval texts are read in modern English translation. Jirsa.
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  • ENGL 242: Individual Shakespeare Play

    4.00 Credits
    Washington and Lee University

    Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A detailed study of a single Shakespearean play, including its sources, textual variants, performance history, film adaptations and literary and cultural legacy. The course includes both performance-based and analytical assignments. Pickett.
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