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ENGL243
British Literature: 1900 to World War II
ENGL243 SP
Not Currently Offered
In this survey of fiction, poetry, essays and drama from the
period, lectures will focus on questions of aesthetic form
and judgment; the social function of art; empire,
colonialism, and nationalism; and cultural, sexual, and
gender identity.
MAJOR READINGS
Works by authors such as: Auden, Bowen,
Christie, Conrad, Day-Lewis, Hardy, Eliot, Forster, Huxley,
Isherwood, Joyce, Lawrence, Mansfield, Orwell, Rhys, Shaw,
Spender, Wells, Woolf, and Yeats.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short response papers;
mid-term; final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course counts
toward the department's historical knowledge requirement.
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: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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