1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

ENGL 321 Dr. Fraustino
Macabre Masterpieces 3 credits
This course studies works of horror – or
Gothic – fiction in England and America
that best exemplify this mode of writing as
a serious art form in its exploration of the
human mind, particularly abnormal psychology.
Works we will read may include:
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Robert
Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the works of
Edgar Allan Poe, and others.
ENGL 322 Prof. Hill
Colonial and 3 credits
Postcolonial Fiction
This course explores myths and meanings
of nineteenth- and twentieth-cnetury
European colonialism in Asia, Africa, and
the Americas by representative authors
such as Achebe, Conrad, Forster, Kincaid,
Kipling, Naipaul, Orwell, Rushdie, and
others.
ENGL 323 Staff
Renaissance Poetry 3 credits
and Prose (A)
Detailed study and discussion of several
varieties of English literature written
between the time of Sir Thomas More and
John Milton. Lyric and narrative poetry,
fictional and non-fictional prose, and
drama will be included in course readings,
discussions, and assignments. Typical
authors covered include More, Surrey,
Lyly, Spenser, Sir Philip and Mary
Sidney, Donne, Webster, Jonson, Marvell,
and Milton.
ENGL 324 Dr. Gougeon
American Romanticism (D) 3 credits
This course will deal with representative
short works of America’s six major
Romantic authors: Emerson, Thoreau,
Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville and Poe.
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ENGL 325 Dr. Gougeon
Major Works: 3 credits
American Romantics (D)
Cooper’s The Prairie, Emerson's Nature,
Thoreau’s Walden, Melville’s Moby Dick,
and others. Evaluation of the works in
their historical context and the development
of the American Romantic movement,
1820-65.
ENGL 326 Fr. Joseph Quinn
Transcendentalists (D) 3 credits
Course transcends typical limits of this literary
period to Emerson and Thoreau’s
major works. Thus, Orestes Brownson,
Margaret Fuller, Ellery Channing,
Theodore Parker are covered.
ENGL 329 Prof. Schaffer
Introduction to 3 credits
Jewish Literature
The course provides a broad literary
overview of Jewish life from medieval
times to the present, examining the poetry,
fiction, memoirs and drama of Jewish
writers from a variety of cultures.
ENGL 330 Dr. Gougeon
Masters of Darkness (D) 3 credits
This course will survey a significant sampling
of the short works of three of
America’s most famous “dark Romantic”
writers: Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe.
Consideration will be given to the historical
milieu and the authors’ responses to
the problems and promises of the
American experience.
ENGL 331 Fr. Joseph Quinn
Major Works of 3 credits
Twain and James
Works to be studied include Twain’s
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court; Jame’s The Portrait of a Lady and
The Ambassadors. These works will be
examined both in terms of their historical
context and by way of a comparative
analysis of the two authors.