ENGL 462

Spring 2018 All Classes

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Topics in Modern Fiction

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced seminar devoted to topics in British, American, and Anglophone fiction from approximately 1800 to the present day. Continental fiction in English translation may occasionally be considered.

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 462 class schedule data for spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32235	Lecture-Discussion	1G	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Bauer, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Reading Late 19th-century Section Info: Reading Late 19th-century Popular Fiction: From Southworth to Wharton Starting with early popular fiction, and then to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's major novel about wage inequality, and ending with fiction by the Pulitzer Price-winning Edith Wharton, we will read and analyze a variety of mostly late 19th-century popular writers who have not always been as celebrated today as they were during the nineteenth century. Our major book will be Paul Gutjahr's Popular American Literature of the Nineteenth Century , which includes writing by E.D.E.N. Southworth, George Aiken, Laura Jean Libbey, and Charles Sheldon. We will compare Pauline Hopkins's serial fiction with Edith Wharton's short stories. Assignments include several response papers throughout the semester and one longer project addressing U.S. culture and society. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32233	Lecture-Discussion	1U	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Bauer, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Reading Late 19th-century Section Info: Reading Late 19th-century Popular Fiction: From Southworth to Wharton Starting with early popular fiction, and then to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's major novel about wage inequality, and ending with fiction by the Pulitzer Price-winning Edith Wharton, we will read and analyze a variety of mostly late 19th-century popular writers who have not always been as celebrated today as they were during the nineteenth century. Our major book will be Paul Gutjahr's Popular American Literature of the Nineteenth Century , which includes writing by E.D.E.N. Southworth, George Aiken, Laura Jean Libbey, and Charles Sheldon. We will compare Pauline Hopkins's serial fiction with Edith Wharton's short stories. Assignments include several response papers throughout the semester and one longer project addressing U.S. culture and society. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.