ENGL 455

Spring 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 19-May 4

Major Authors

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Intensive study of the work of one or two major authors.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary. May be repeated for graduate credit if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 455 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32205	Lecture-Discussion	1G	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: William Faulkner Section Info: Topic Section 1G: William Faulkner: The Chaos of the Real Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. --William Faulkner, The Sound and The Fury William Faulkner is one of the most written about novelists of the twentieth-century. Yet, his works contain deeply troubling depictions of African-Americans, of race-relations, and of the plight of female characters in a male-dominated society. In short, for a man whose major fiction was written between 1928-1960, Faulkner has never seemed more relevant. In this course we will explore some of Faulkner’s major fiction in an attempt to understand the political and social valences of his writing, but we will also pay close attention to how Faulkner experiments with prose and storytelling, how he deploys as he also destroys classic modes and genres of the English-language novel. At the heart of Faulkner’s fiction is an abiding fear and a concern for the traumas and tragedies of modern human society. He provides a tragic vision of a world that no longer seems cohere, a world where chaotic desire mixes with prejudice. Put quite simply, Faulkner wrote novels that seem to fail, fragment, and fall apart just as the worldviews that gave birth to and are depicted in those novels fail, fragment, and fall apart. We will endeavor to explore his prose and the chaotic world it depicts. Requirements will include a weekly reading journal, two major exams, two 5 page papers, presentations, and active in-class participation. Books for the class will include: The Sound and the Fury, Sanctuary, Light In August, Absalom, Absalom!, Go Down Moses, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, and The Unvanquished. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32202	Lecture-Discussion	1U	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: William Faulkner Section Info: Topic Section 1U: William Faulkner: The Chaos of the Real Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. --William Faulkner, The Sound and The Fury William Faulkner is one of the most written about novelists of the twentieth-century. Yet, his works contain deeply troubling depictions of African-Americans, of race-relations, and of the plight of female characters in a male-dominated society. In short, for a man whose major fiction was written between 1928-1960, Faulkner has never seemed more relevant. In this course we will explore some of Faulkner’s major fiction in an attempt to understand the political and social valences of his writing, but we will also pay close attention to how Faulkner experiments with prose and storytelling, how he deploys as he also destroys classic modes and genres of the English-language novel. At the heart of Faulkner’s fiction is an abiding fear and a concern for the traumas and tragedies of modern human society. He provides a tragic vision of a world that no longer seems cohere, a world where chaotic desire mixes with prejudice. Put quite simply, Faulkner wrote novels that seem to fail, fragment, and fall apart just as the worldviews that gave birth to and are depicted in those novels fail, fragment, and fall apart. We will endeavor to explore his prose and the chaotic world it depicts. Requirements will include a weekly reading journal, two major exams, two 5 page papers, presentations, and active in-class participation. Books for the class will include: The Sound and the Fury, Sanctuary, Light In August, Absalom, Absalom!, Go Down Moses, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, and The Unvanquished. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
32210	Lecture-Discussion	2G	3:00PM -4:50PM	MW	English Building	Rodriguez, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Junot Diaz Section Info: Topic Section 2G: Junot Diaz In a relatively short period of time, Junot Díaz has become one the most widely read and recognized Latino writers in the U.S. Focusing on his Pultizer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, his short story collections Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, and a number of his essays and short stories, this course will examine the overlapping concerns of race, sexuality, class, and gender central to Díaz’s work. We will also read essays in the recently published collection of scholarly essays titled Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination to historically and politically contextualize his writing while also examining his intellectual and personal influences, which range from women of color feminism to DC and Marvel Comics. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32207	Lecture-Discussion	2U	3:00PM -4:50PM	MW	English Building	Rodriguez, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Junot Diaz Section Info: Topic Section 2U: Junot Diaz In a relatively short period of time, Junot Díaz has become one the most widely read and recognized Latino writers in the U.S. Focusing on his Pultizer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, his short story collections Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, and a number of his essays and short stories, this course will examine the overlapping concerns of race, sexuality, class, and gender central to Díaz’s work. We will also read essays in the recently published collection of scholarly essays titled Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination to historically and politically contextualize his writing while also examining his intellectual and personal influences, which range from women of color feminism to DC and Marvel Comics. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.