ENGL 455

Fall 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 23-Dec 8

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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 fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40444	Online	1G	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	n.a.	Mahaffey, V	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: English 455, Major Authors - W. B. Yeats: Enchantment and Violence - Professor V. Mahaffey - Over his long poetic career, W. B. Yeats moved from being a poet entranced by nature, myth, and incantatory rhythms to someone powerfully reacting to the bloodshed throughout the Irish colony as it tore itself loose from English control. Throughout, he wove his love for his country into his unrequited love for the beautiful and revolutionary Maud Gonne. In this course, we will examine Yeats’s greatest poems against the background of Irish myth and history. We will read The Tain (in Ciaran Carson’s translation) and Lady Gregory on Irish myth. We will look into the figures of Cathleen ni Houlihan sand Dark Rosaleen (both code names for Ireland). We will examine the Easter Rising, the Black and Tans, and the Irish Civil War. We will always pay close attention to the form and structure of each of the poems themselves. Finally, we will look at how the titles of Yeats’s volumes respond to one another (for example, how the governing metaphor of The Rose is related to that of the later volume The Tower). From time to time, we will read one of Yeats’ plays. Requirements include at least two short essays to be written and presented to the class, and a final project. As always, the main emphasis will be on the readings and the discussion of them. Thoughtful participation is strongly encouraged, because what is most important is not whether a reading is right or wrong, but on how we articulate its basis (which takes practice). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	39507	Online	1U	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	n.a.	Mahaffey, V	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: English 455, Major Authors - W. B. Yeats: Enchantment and Violence - Professor V. Mahaffey - Over his long poetic career, W. B. Yeats moved from being a poet entranced by nature, myth, and incantatory rhythms to someone powerfully reacting to the bloodshed throughout the Irish colony as it tore itself loose from English control. Throughout, he wove his love for his country into his unrequited love for the beautiful and revolutionary Maud Gonne. In this course, we will examine Yeats’s greatest poems against the background of Irish myth and history. We will read The Tain (in Ciaran Carson’s translation) and Lady Gregory on Irish myth. We will look into the figures of Cathleen ni Houlihan sand Dark Rosaleen (both code names for Ireland). We will examine the Easter Rising, the Black and Tans, and the Irish Civil War. We will always pay close attention to the form and structure of each of the poems themselves. Finally, we will look at how the titles of Yeats’s volumes respond to one another (for example, how the governing metaphor of The Rose is related to that of the later volume The Tower). From time to time, we will read one of Yeats’ plays. Requirements include at least two short essays to be written and presented to the class, and a final project. As always, the main emphasis will be on the readings and the discussion of them. Thoughtful participation is strongly encouraged, because what is most important is not whether a reading is right or wrong, but on how we articulate its basis (which takes practice). Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.