Sublimity, Visions, and the Self in British Literature, 1789-1830
ENGL 226
Fall 2024
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This course is an introduction to British literature from the 1790s to the 1820s. We will trace three central thematic and formal preoccupations through the poetry, fiction, and philosophical prose of the era: (1) sublimity and the Gothic; (2) the imagination, dreams, and visions; and (3) individualism and interiority.
No experience with philosophy, history, or British literature is expected; the course functions as an introduction to all of them and, in this sense, to the interdisciplinary study of literature. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Major readings: Austen, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY; Blake, THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL; Blake, SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE; Walter Scott, WAVERLEY; Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN; selections from Wordsworth, THE PRELUDE and LYRICAL BALLADS; writings by Byron, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Ann Radcliffe, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers, reading/reflection exercises, class participation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to the following English major requirements:
Literary History 2; British Literature, Theory. |
| Instructor(s): Weiner,Stephanie Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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