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2025 Spring > UGRD > ENGL > ENGL 201

Five British Authors

Course #: ENGL 201

Description:
This course engages deeply with a small number of British texts spanning more than five centuries. Serving as an introduction to humanistic and literary studies, the course considers how these texts, written in both prose and verse, reflect, shape, and/or critique the dominant values of their ages. The course takes up such questions as what is literature and what makes it British? How do these texts engage with the history, dialects (early, modern, and contemporary), and fluidity of the English language? How do these works register and respond to the rise and decline of the British empire? How does the changing multiracial and multiethnic composition of Britain impact its literature over time? In order to address these questions and others, the course offers instruction in analytical reading and writing.
Pre Requisites:
Pre-requisite = ENGL 101 or 102

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 7687 TuTh
12:30 - 1:45 pm
Fay,Elizabeth A McCormack M02-0206
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 25
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite = ENGL 101 or 102
Course Attributes: Mid-Term Roster course, Humanities
02 8802 TuTh
2:00 - 3:15 pm
Penner,Anna Louise McCormack M02-0417
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 24
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite = ENGL 101 or 102
Course Attributes: Mid-Term Roster course, Humanities
03 10396 MW
9:30 - 10:45 am
TBD McCormack M01-0420
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 25
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite = ENGL 101 or 102
Course Attributes: Mid-Term Roster course, Humanities
04 10397 MWF
10:00 - 10:50 am
Egle,Lamont L McCormack M02-0208
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 25
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite = ENGL 101 or 102
Course Attributes: Mid-Term Roster course, Humanities