A study of representative prose writers and nondramatic poets of the English Renaissance such as More, Spenser, Donne, Herbert, and Milton. Offered fall semester of even years. A selective study of poets and prose writers from 1660 to 1798, such as Defoe, Dryden, Fielding, Pope, Swift, Boswell, and Johnson. Offered spring semester of even years. A study of writers from 1798 to 1832, such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and Lamb.
Some attention is given to representative novelists.
Offered fall semester of even years. Some attention is given to representative novelists. Offered fall semester of odd years. Modern American Literature Explores the themes and characteristics of key works of American fiction, poetry, and drama in the context of the twentieth century. Offered fall semester of even years.