Cornerstone 1A. Three hours. A study of works that define the modern tradition in Western literatures. An examination of such writers as Shakespeare, Racine, Rousseau, Mary Shelley, Mill, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, and Kafka. The course explores the development of Western culture since the Renaissance as revealed by its literature. Cornerstone 1B. Three hours.
Study includes the historical periods as well as representative writers and their chief works.
Works by Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton and others are covered. Cornerstone 4B. Three hours. Representative British Writers II . A course in English literature from the Restoration to the late Victorians. Study includes the historical periods as well as representative writers and their chief works.