2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

ENLT 343 3 cr.
Milton and 17th-century Poetry
Detailed study of the Metaphysical poets, the
Cavalier poets, and the poetry of John Milton.
This course seeks to provide a bridge between
the Elizabethan Age and the Restoration and
18th-century poets.
ENLT 344 3 cr.
Milton’s Paradise Lost
Intensive study of Milton’s masterpiece. In addition
to our reading and discussion of the text
itself, we will examine its biographical and historical
context and explore a variety of critical
approaches to the poem.
ENLT 345 3 cr.
(CL,W) Restoration and 18th-century
Drama
(Area B, Theory Intensive) A survey of the major
formal and thematic developments on the London
stage between 1660 and 1776. Discussions
will focus on the social, political and institutional
changes that re-shaped theatrical productions
during this period. This course may be counted
toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
ENLT 346 3 cr.
The English Novel: 18th and 19th Centuries
The history of the English novel from its origins
in the early 18th century until the end of the
19th century. The course focuses on such major
figures as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Austen,
Dickens and Eliot.
ENLT 347 3 cr.
Victorian Voices
This course will focus on three major Victorian
authors: one non-fiction prose writer, one novelist,
and one poet. Possible authors include Carlyle,
Arnold, Ruskin, Dickens, Eliot, Bronte,
Tennyson, Browning,
ENLT 348 3 cr.
(CL,D,W) Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction
Through detailed study of such authors as
Achebe, Conrad, Forster, Kincaid, Kipling,
Naipaul, Orwell, and Rushdie, this course
explores the myths and meanings of 19th- and
20th-century European colonialism in Asia,
Africa, and the Americas.
ENLT 350 3 cr.
Major Works: American Romantics
(Area D) Cooper’s The Prairie, Emerson’s
Nature, Thoreau’s Walden, Melville’s Moby Dick,
and others. Evaluation of the works in their his-
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torical context and the development of the
American Romantic movement, 1820-1865.
ENLT 351 3 cr.
Transcendentalists
This course transcends the typical limits of this
literary period to Emerson and Thoreau’s major
works. Thus, Orestes Brownson, Margaret Fuller,
Ellery Channing, Theodore Parker are covered.
ENLT 352 3 cr.
(CL,W) The Development of the American
Novel
This course will focus on the ways in which the
American novel has reflected our changing literary
and cultural values from the late 18th to the
20th century. The reading list will include works
by Charles Brockden Brown, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, John
Steinbeck, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
ENLT 353 3 cr.
Major Works: American Realists
(Area F) Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Howell’s The
Rise of Silas Lapham, James’s The American,
Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, Dreiser’s Sister
Carrie and others. Works are evaluated in their
historical milieu and the development of American
Realism, 1865-1900.
ENLT 354 3 cr.
Major Works of Twain and James
Works to be studied include Twain’s Huckleberry
Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court, and James’s 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.
ENLT 355 3 cr.
American Drama 1919-1939
(Area F) A review of the first “golden age” of
American drama, which includes biting masterpieces
such as The Hairy Ape, Awake and Sing,
and comic works such as You Can’t Take It With
You and The Time of Your Life. This course may
be counted toward the Theatre track or minor.
ENLT 356 3 cr.
Major Works of Hemingway and O’Hara
Works to be studied include Hemingway's The
Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls, and
O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra and From the
Terrace. These will be examined in terms of both
their historical contexts and their basic themes as
part of a comparative analysis of the two authors.