ENGL 462

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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 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32235	Lecture-Discussion	1G	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	English Building	Bauer, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Reading Late 19th-century Section Info: Reading Popular 19th-century US Writing: From Maria Monk to E.D.E.N. Southworth and Edith Wharton Starting with early popular writing in tracts and memoirs, to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's major novel about wage inequality, and ending with a short story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Edith Wharton, we will read and analyze a variety of mostly late 19th-century popular writers whose work led us to modern American writing. Our major book will be Paul Gutjahr's edited collection, Popular American Literature of the Nineteenth Century, which includes writings by George Aiken, Laura Jean Libbey, and Charles Sheldon, once household names but now recovered by American literary historians. This course will ask you to deliver one brief oral report, write response assignments, and a semester-long critical review. As part of our regular class meetings, we will discuss your writing and peer reviews of it. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32233	Lecture-Discussion	1U	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	English Building	Bauer, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Reading Late 19th-century Section Info: Topic: Reading Popular 19th-century US Writing: From Maria Monk to E.D.E.N. Southworth and Edith Wharton Starting with early popular writing in tracts and memoirs, to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's major novel about wage inequality, and ending with a short story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Edith Wharton, we will read and analyze a variety of mostly late 19th-century popular writers whose work led us to modern American writing. Our major book will be Paul Gutjahr's edited collection, Popular American Literature of the Nineteenth Century, which includes writings by George Aiken, Laura Jean Libbey, and Charles Sheldon, once household names but now recovered by American literary historians. This course will ask you to deliver one brief oral report, write response assignments, and a semester-long critical review. As part of our regular class meetings, we will discuss your writing and peer reviews of it. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.