Spring 2024  |  ENGL 3004W Section 001: Historical Survey of British Literatures II (51418)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 110
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
In this wide-ranging survey of British and post-colonial literature from the late eighteenth century to the present, we will explore representative literary texts and genres from British Romanticism, the Victorian period, Modernism, and the postwar era. Besides analyzing the language, aesthetic features, and technical construction of these literary artifacts, we will examine our readings as reflections of and reactions to social upheavals like the Industrial Revolution, challenges to the traditional role of women, scientific discoveries that sparked religious doubt, and the First World War. Additionally, because this is a writing intensive course, you will familiarize yourself with the process of writing a research paper with a literary focus, which includes finding and successfully incorporating contemporary scholarly research about your topic into your paper, crafting an original argument, utilizing textual evidence, and evaluating existing scholarship.
Class Description:
This course will examine British literature during one of the most dramatic periods in its history: the rise and fall of the British empire as a global force. We will examine British literature in the context of global events, as well as in the context of dramatic upheavals in British life, including the shocks of the French Revolution, industrialization, abolition, the women's movement, working-class organization, and two world wars.
Grading:
15% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
55% Reports/Papers
10% Attendance
Class Format:
80% Lecture
20% Discussion
Workload:
50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51418/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 September 2016

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