Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog (21-22 semester hours) in the English department,including the following:Pre-1900 LiteratureENGL 235 (3) -ShakespeareENGL 239 (3) -Old English Language andLiteratureENGL 315 (3) -Swords and Shield-Maidens:Gender Politics in MedievalHeroic EpicENGL 319 (3) -ChaucerENGL 322 (3) -Romance and Renewal:Shakespeare and ElizabethanDramaENGL 324 (3) -Revenge and Ravishment:Shakespeare and JacobeanDramaENGL 329 (3) -American RomanticismENGL 331 (3) -The 19th-Century AmericanNovelENGL 340 (3) -The Sacred and the Profanein the English RenaissanceENGL 344 (3) -Women in the RenaissanceENGL 367 (3) -Visionary Rebels: RomanticArtistsENGL 386 (3) -Fatal Attractions: Death andSex in the 19th-CenturyNovelPost-1900 LiteratureENGL 221 (3) -Loveliness Extreme: WomenPoets as Visionary InheritorsENGL 256 (3) -New Writing from Irelandand ScotlandENGL 258 (3) -Native American LiteratureENGL 282 (3) -Modern American AuthorsENGL 330 (3) -African-American LiteratureENGL 332 (3) -Modern and ContemporaryWomen WritersENGL 382 (3) -Contemporary InternationalFictionENGL 393 (3) -Modern PoetryENGL 394 (3) -Contemporary PoetryENGL 397 (3) -Becoming ModernAt least four of the seven courses required forthe minor must be at the 300-level or above.The remaining three courses must ordinarily beat the 200-level or above. The following exceptionsapply:- A student may substitute a 100-level coursefor a 200-level course if the course is taken inthe student’s first or second year.- A student may elect to take the four-creditsenior exercise in English (both ENGL 451and ENGL 452) in place of one 300-levelliterature course. Working closely with her advisor, eachstudent should seek to construct a plan for themajor that includes the following approachesto literary study:1. Historical — These courses will highlight theconstruction of literary traditions in differentperiods.2. Critical and/or theoretical — These courseswill foreground the study and use of a varietyof models of literary interpretation.3. Transnational — These courses will involve asignificant focus on the study of literary textsand traditions from other countries in relationto those of England and the United States.4. Formal — These courses will foreground thestudy of different genres and their conventions.5. Social — These courses will foreground thestudy of literature’s relationship to identitycategories such as those based on class, race,ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.More details about the five approaches toliterary study listed above can be found onthe English department website and can berequested from the chair of the English department.Some courses may be featured undermore than on category.