2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

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Peasants’ Revolt, the proto-Protestant religious movement of Wycliffe, ongoing
war with France, and the continued rise of a mercantile class, contributed to a
ENG 416 – Shakespeare II (3)
This course provides
an in-depth investigation of the Shakespearean canon. The focus of the course
will vary from semester to semester. Approaches may be generic, socio-economic,
political, gender based, or theoretical.
ENG 417 – Milton (3)
This course examines
the prose and poetry of John Milton, Europe’s last and perhaps greatest humanist
poet. Students will begin with an assortment of Milton’s minor poetry: pastoral
elegy, religious panegyric, dramatic verse, and masque, before moving on to a
selection of artfully crafted prose tracts written during the English Revolution
and addressing issues of censorship, divorce, freedom, and rebellion. The course
concludes with Milton’s masterpiece, Paradise Lost.
ENG 421 – Early American and Transcendental Literature (3)
This course is an
intensive study of earlier American literature and the classic works from the
period known as the American Renaissance (1830s-1860s). While the course
American literature, students may also encounter works from Puritan and other
and slave narrative. The course focuses on depth (rather than breadth) and on
student participation and research.
ENG 422 – American Realism and Naturalism (3)
Intensive study
of the Realist and Naturalist period of American literature (1860s-1900s). The
classic works in American literature, including works by Twain, Howells, Bierce,
Garland, Davis, James, Chopin, London, Crane, Wharton, and Dreiser.
ENG 423 – Contemporary American Literature (3)
Intensive study of a
limited number of works written in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Authors
Nabokov, and others.