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of novelists such as Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Mary Shelley, Austen, the
Brontës, and Dickens. (MWL)
326 The British Novel II (3 credits) A study of the English novel from
the mid-19 th century through its later incarnations in the early decades of
the 20th century to the present, with particular emphasis on the ways in
which it shaped itself in response to the advent of a “modernity” that was
historical, literary, and scientific. Readings will include the novels of
authors such as Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Wells, Conrad, Lawrence, Woolf,
and Joyce. (MWL)
330 Old English Literature (4 credits) An exploration of the literature,
language, and culture of the Old English period (c. 500-1100). An
examination of the complex and multi-linguistic culture of England in the
Anglo-Saxon period will be coupled with intensive study of Old English
prose and poetic works such as “The Life of St. Edmund,” the Anglo-
Saxon Chronicles, “The Dream of the Rood,” “The Wanderer,” “The
Seafarer,” and selections from Beowulf. Offered alternate years.
331 Chaucer (4 credits) Intensive study of the works of Chaucer. Special
attention will be paid to gaining fluency in reading Chaucer’s Middle
English (both silently and aloud), cultural context, and critical reception.
Some of Chaucer’s shorter works may be studied, but the main
concentration of the course will be on his two masterpieces, Canterbury
Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Offered alternate years. (MWE)
333 Middle English Literature (4 credits) Intensive study of the
literature, language, and culture of the Middle English period (c. 1100-
1500). The rich variety of Middle English literature will be explored
through readings in different genres—romance, lyric, saints’ lives, drama,
epic, dream vision—and by practice in reading different dialects. (MWE)
335 English Renaissance Literature (3 credits) Advanced study of
the poetry, drama, prose, fiction, and song of 16 th century England,
primarily works of the late Elizabethan era. With an eye always to the
focal point of all Elizabethan circles, the Queen herself, students examine
some notable models for success in court circles, study Elizabethan sonnet
cycles, pastoral romance, revenge tragedy, and lyric comedy, and sample
the literature of exploration and colonization. Authors include Hoby,
Wyatt the Elder, the Sidney circle, Marlowe, Spenser, Kyd, Shakespeare,
Elizabeth I, Greene, Raleigh. (MWE)
336 Shakespeare I (4 credits) Advanced study of plays from the first
half of Shakespeare’s career as a dramatist, with attention to the
development of Shakespearean comedy, to the playwright’s achievement
in dramatizing English history in the Richard II-Henry V tetralogy, and to
the interpenetration of these genres. The plays will be considered as
scripts for a particular theatre in a particular place and time, as well as
texts of enduring critical controversy, cultural interest, and iconic
significance. (MWE)
337 Shakespeare II (4 credits) Advanced study of Shakespeare’s later
works, beginning with Hamlet, that is, the major tragedies and romances.
Special attention will be paid to cultural context, critical reception, and
stage history. Offered yearly. (MWE)
340 Empire and Revolution in 17 th Century British Literature
and Culture (3 credits) In this century of revolution, reformation, and
imperial expansion, England’s writers participated in its political,
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