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3.00 Credits
A survey of English literature of the Old English period, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including the major work of Milton. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218. Suggested prior course: ENG 250. Required for English majors.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of English literature from the Restoration, through the 18th and 19th centuries, to the present. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218. Suggested prior course: ENG 250. Required for English majors.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected epics and works in the epic tradition, e.g., Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Divine Comedy, mock epics, with attention not only to literary forms but also to theories of epic and to cultural contexts. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
Using the contemporary novel The Name of the Rose as a starting point, this course examines the major non-Chaucerian literature of medieval England, e.g., the works of Langland, the Pearl Poet, the Wakefield Master, Gower and Malory. Many readings are in Middle English, but no previous experience with the language is required. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
See course description for ENG 310.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the history of English literature. The course will address most literary periods, covering a variety of genres (drama, poetry, fiction and non-fiction prose). The main text for the course will be The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218. Suggested prior course: ENG 250. Required for communication and theatre arts majors.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the major works of Chaucer. No prior knowledge of Middle English needed. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
A selection of outstanding literature of medieval times, including works by Dante, Marie de France and Chaucer along with many writers who remain unknown: emphasis on the way that Medieval themes and materials crossed geographical and linguistic borders. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 200/ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Advanced Grammar, to be offered as an elective during the summer sessions. Picking up where Advanced Grammar concludes, Advanced Grammar II will assess syntactic structures. Beyond the level of the single clause, continue reviewing he parts of speech, and focus more intensively on the uses of punctuation. We will diagram increasingly complex sentences and use this skill to identify and correct errors in sentences from student writing and published work. Prerequisite: ENG 301.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected major prose, poetry and/or drama of the English medieval period, with attention to classical, continental and religious influences, as well as relevant historical contexts. This course will variously focus on Old English literature, including “Beowulf,”Old English shorter poems and saint’s lives, the works of Bede, Aelfric, Wulfstan and/or Asser, as well as Middle English literature, including the works of Chaucer, Gower, the Gawain poet, Langland, Julian of Norwich, Margary Kempe, Layamon, anonymous romances, lyrics, sermons and plays. Any one of the following themes might be focused on, in any given semester: dreamers and dream visions, love and war, faith and pilgrimage, gender and chivalry, monsters and heroes. Prerequisites: ENG 101/ENG 102 and ENG 200/ENG 218
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