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Spring 2023
Apr 24, 2024
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ENGL 236 - ENGL LIT ROMANTIC TO PRESENT
Prerequisite (s): ENGL 111 English Composition I. This course introduces students to some of the major texts and themes in English literature from the late 18th century to the present. Writers ranging from ones such as William Wordsworth, Olaudah Equiano and Mary Shelley to Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf and Kazuo Ishiguro will be approached in relation to important historical, political, and social issues raised in their work. Various forms of literature will be studied, from poetry and fiction to political essays and plays. Topics may include, but are not limited to, ones such as the following: the American and French Revolutions, nature and natural law, slavery, gender and sexuality, science vs. religion, class consciousness and Industrialism, and the British Empire and its legacy. The Honors Option is available for this course.
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours
0.000 Lab hours

Levels: Academic
Schedule Types: Lecture

Liberal and Fine Arts Division
English Department

Course Attributes:
Survey Elective English Progrm, Free Elective, General Education, Humanities General Education, Engl Literature Gen Education

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Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Academic

Prerequisites:
Academic level ENGL 111 Minimum Grade of D or Academic level ENGL 111H Minimum Grade of D or Exempt - 24 credits + math 0 or Exempt - English & math 0 or Exempt - English/needs math 0 or Exempt - English/needs no math 0 or ENGL 112 - ENGLISH 2 0

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