ENG 4130 - Writers and Their Worlds

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG (2000 or ENG 2100) OR permission of instructor

Description: This course focuses on individual authors or groups of authors, identifying the defining characteristics, themes, concerns, and innovations of their representative works. Groups of authors may be unified by thematic concerns and/or by a clearly demarcated period in literary history. Students consider the development of the author(s) within historical, cultural, and literary contexts and engage with relevant critical/theoretical approaches to the author’s work. Non-English texts are read in translation.