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English 10B-4 - Winter, 2014
Literatures in English II: 1700-1900
Class Information
Instructor:
Hendel, Erin
CRN:
84105
Time:
TR 9:00-10:20
Location:
163 Olson
Description
English 10B examines literatures in English from 1700 to 1900. The second course in the three-part Literatures in English series, 10B is a reading- and writing-intensive course designed to prepare you for upper-division English classes. It aims to improve your critical reading, writing, and research skills and to introduce some key themes emerging in literatures in English in the time period. We will investigate the ways in which literature shapes and is shaped by the shifting social, cultural, and economic contexts of these turbulent centuries. Some issues we will cover include the expansion of print culture, revolution and nationalism, colonialism and slavery, anti-colonial resistance, and literary constructions of the natural world.
In addition to the texts listed below, we will also use a course reader including selected poems, essays, and short fiction.
Grading
Quizzes and participation: 15%
Short writing assignments: 15%
Paper 1: 20%
Paper 2: 30%
Final exam: 20%
Texts
Robinson Crusoe
, Daniel Defoe
Frankenstein
, Mary Shelley
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
, Frederick Douglass
Life in the Iron Mills
, Rebecca Harding Davis
American Indian Stories
, Zitkala Sa
Mrs. Warren's Profession
, George Bernard Shaw