ENGL 455

Spring 2018 All Classes

All Classes

Major Authors

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

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.

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

ENGL 455 class schedule data for spring 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
32205	Lecture-Discussion	1G	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	131 English Building	Spires, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Frederick Douglass and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frederick Douglass’s (1818?-1895) and France Ellen Watkins Harper’s (1825-1911) careers as activists, orators, writers, and suffragists spanned the better part of the nineteenth century, from the age of slavery to the dawn of Jim Crow. We might say that the narrative of the life of Douglass is the narrative of the life of democracy and citizenship in the United States, as told by a man who often found himself characterized as an intruder, a fugitive, and an outlaw. Harper, though born free, faced and fought against the double vices of white supremacy and sexism. She was a suffragette who challenges her white sisters to face their racism and her black brothers to face their misogyny. We will spend time investigating newspapers Douglass edited in the context of a larger American and African American print culture. We will read Harper’s fiction, poetry, and essay and think about them through the lenses of African American literary history, American Romanticism, and the relation between aesthetics and social movements. And, of course, we will read Douglass’s autobiographies. Course requirements include weekly reading journals, two short essays, and a final research project. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32202	Lecture-Discussion	1U	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	131 English Building	Spires, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Frederick Douglass and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frederick Douglass’s (1818?-1895) and France Ellen Watkins Harper’s (1825-1911) careers as activists, orators, writers, and suffragists spanned the better part of the nineteenth century, from the age of slavery to the dawn of Jim Crow. We might say that the narrative of the life of Douglass is the narrative of the life of democracy and citizenship in the United States, as told by a man who often found himself characterized as an intruder, a fugitive, and an outlaw. Harper, though born free, faced and fought against the double vices of white supremacy and sexism. She was a suffragette who challenges her white sisters to face their racism and her black brothers to face their misogyny. We will spend time investigating newspapers Douglass edited in the context of a larger American and African American print culture. We will read Harper’s fiction, poetry, and essay and think about them through the lenses of African American literary history, American Romanticism, and the relation between aesthetics and social movements. And, of course, we will read Douglass’s autobiographies. Course requirements include weekly reading journals, two short essays, and a final research project. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
32210	Lecture-Discussion	2G	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Soto Crespo, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: JEAN RHYS AND JAMAICA Section Info: Topic Section 2G: MAJOR AUTHORS: JEAN RHYS AND JAMAICA KINCAID This course, which offers an opportunity to go in-depth into the writings of two influential Caribbean authors, will examine the writings of Jean Rhys and Jamaica Kincaid. We will discuss in detail Jean Rhys, a leading modernist/postcolonial writer whose literary works during the early decades of the twentieth century made her part of the expatriate American community in Europe, and Jamaica Kincaid, a darling of the New Yorker magazine, whose postcolonial pieces became notorious for their blistering sharpness and are considered the most innovative Caribbean narratives of the late twentieth century. Themes to explore include modernist writing and postcolonial critique, notions of exile, the importance of language, the articulation of identity in varying post-colonial states, and representations of gender, race, ethnicity, and, sex. The class will also analyze the socio-political events of their particular country of origin (Dominica and Antigua) and the ways in which these events influence their writing. The class will examine the use of short story, bildungsroman, and autobiography as narrative forms, and will explore themes of diaspora and multiculturalism. Texts Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark; Wide Sargasso Sea; Smile Please; and After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie. Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John; A Small Place; The Autobiography of My Mother; My Brother, and “Ovando.” Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
32207	Lecture-Discussion	2U	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Soto Crespo, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: JEAN RHYS AND JAMAICA Section Info: Topic Section 2U: MAJOR AUTHORS: JEAN RHYS AND JAMAICA KINCAID This course, which offers an opportunity to go in-depth into the writings of two influential Caribbean authors, will examine the writings of Jean Rhys and Jamaica Kincaid. We will discuss in detail Jean Rhys, a leading modernist/postcolonial writer whose literary works during the early decades of the twentieth century made her part of the expatriate American community in Europe, and Jamaica Kincaid, a darling of the New Yorker magazine, whose postcolonial pieces became notorious for their blistering sharpness and are considered the most innovative Caribbean narratives of the late twentieth century. Themes to explore include modernist writing and postcolonial critique, notions of exile, the importance of language, the articulation of identity in varying post-colonial states, and representations of gender, race, ethnicity, and, sex. The class will also analyze the socio-political events of their particular country of origin (Dominica and Antigua) and the ways in which these events influence their writing. The class will examine the use of short story, bildungsroman, and autobiography as narrative forms, and will explore themes of diaspora and multiculturalism. Texts Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark; Wide Sargasso Sea; Smile Please; and After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie. Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John; A Small Place; The Autobiography of My Mother; My Brother, and “Ovando.” Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.