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Academic Year 2000/2001

Romanticism in America
ENGL 264 SP

This course includes readings in poetry and some nonfiction prose to show how Romantic topics are developed by a line of canonical 19th- and 20th-Century American writers from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Wallace Stevens, and by a selection of less canonical 20th-Century writers. Topics of concern include the relation of nature and consciousness; imagination as a way of knowing and being; individualism; ideas of freedom.

MAJOR READINGS

Poetry and prose by R.W. Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich, Mary Oliver.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly response papers, several short critical papers, take-home final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

ENGL201 or equivalent preparation.

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: ENGL201 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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