ENGL221 - Two Cultures: British & American

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Academic Year 2000/2001

Two Cultures: British & American
ENGL 221 FA

Crosslistings:
AMST 221

Two English-speaking cultures come from a (more or less) common source, yet few fail to make the distinction between British and American. This course takes these differences as its subject matter: How does Keats differ from an American poet, Francis Bacon from an American painter? Are the differences constant for the past three centuries, or are the differences accelerating? British and American painters and poets from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries are the materials for the study.

MAJOR READINGS

18th century--B: Alexander Pope, William Hogarth, A: Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Earl;
19th century--B: John Keats, William Mallord, Joseph Turner, A: Walt Whitman, Thomas Eakins;
20th century--B: W.H. Auden, Francis Bacon, A: Richard Wilbur, William H. Johnston.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Hour exam, final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course fee: $30.00. Admission is by interview with instructor at 285 Court Street, Rm. 306.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Reed,Joseph W.

Times: .M.W.F. 09:00AM-09:50AM; Location: SCIE121

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 70)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: 19 Jr. non-major: 18 SO: 18 FR: 15

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001