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ENGL 3060: Modern & Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors

Maymester Surveys the major literary trends from 1900 to the present in the Anglo-American tradition of modern, postmodern, and contemporary literature. It will provide a basic grounding in two important moments in literary history: modernism and post-modernism. Quite a bit of the focus of the course will be on poetry—we...

Amy Adams pointing at graphic from the film Arrival

ENGL 2102-100: Literary Analysis (A-term, Summer 2019)

By Tiffany Beechy Develops the skills of seeing, hearing, noticing, and describing that are the foundation of literary study. We all have feelings about what we like and don’t like, but can you articulate precisely what it is about that book, that song, that film, that makes it amazing and...

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ENGL 3060-102: Modern & Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors (A-term online, Summer 2019)

Whether it’s the war on terrorism, global markets, tourism, or population diversity, we can’t escape the effects of globalization; they are indeed everywhere. This course will trace the rise of globalization as written about by early and late 20th and 21st century writers. For writers in the so-called third world,...

3060 image_World Map

ENGL 3060-101: Modern & Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors (A-term online, Summer 2019)

Whether it’s the war on terrorism, global markets, tourism, or population diversity, we can’t escape the effects of globalization; they are indeed everywhere. This course will trace the rise of globalization as written about by early and late 20th and 21st century writers. For writers in the so-called third world,...

H.D, Pound, Hardy Bishop, and Heaney

ENGL 3060-100: Modern & Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors (A-term, Summer 2019)

Surveys the major literary trends from 1900 to the present in the Anglo-American tradition of modern, postmodern, and contemporary literature. It will provide a basic grounding in two important moments in literary history: modernism and post-modernism. Quite a bit of the focus of the course will be on poetry—we will...

ENGL 3000-100: Shakespeare for Nonmajors (A-term, Summer 2019)

Introduction to Shakespeare. Introduces students to 6-10 of Shakespeare's major plays. Comedies, histories, and tragedies will be studied. Some non-dramatic poetry may be included. Viewing of Shakespeare in performance is often required.