Literature courses USA

...Any use of cellphones or other devices for communication with the world outside the classroom will signal that you are mentally absent, and you will...

...With the exception of Beowulf, we'll work through each poet's work chronologically. Although we'll be using collections of "selected works...

...short texts and/or visual works. The selections may be the shorter works of one or more authors (poems, short stories or novellas), or short films and other visual media... Learn about: Social Networking...

...come see me soon and make an arrangement. If you just turn something in late, expect a major outbreak of Hildeballistic behavior. For years...

...To keep us focused, on most days we discuss literary texts, we'll have a short quiz. Four 4-page "response" papers, distributed throughout the...

...and musical points of view. Readings supply critical and background materials from a number of sources. Visitors and films bring additional perspectives... Learn about: Folk Music...

...(8–10 pages). Final Paper : Longer essay either theoretically-oriented or a careful reading of a text of your choice, drawing on what you have read over the term...

...This course features a number of downloadable readings and a selective chronology of events during Augustan Rome. Lectures: 2 sessions /...

...Faculty that students who plagiarize will receive an F in the subject, and that the instructor will forward the case to the Committee on Discipline...

...MIT OpenCourseWare is a free & open publication of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. No enrollment or registration...

...that the most satisfying romantic love incorporates pain and violence, and that intense erotic pleasure can be found in celibate service to...

...may receive an automatic extension for one class period upon consultation with the instructor. Further lateness will result in a penalty of 1/3 of a grade...

...the emergence of scholasticism and universities, changes in devotional practices, the persecution of heretics, the rise of nationalism and class consciousness...

...Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. We don't offer credit or certification for using... Learn about: Renaissance Literature...

...Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. New York: Penguin, 2003. Students are required to attend all class sessions and to participate. I do not evaluate class participation...

...book are available from Project Gutenberg. Gaskell, Elizabeth. Mary Barton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780192805621...

..."Major English Novels," we will read of plagues, wars, hysterics, monsters and more in novels by authors including William Godwin, Maria Edgeworth...

...This course examines readings of the major British Romantic poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Scott, Shelley, and Keats) and important fiction writers...

...To use a phrase of Balzac's, serious fiction deals with "what happens everywhere". (2) This idea sometimes goes with another: that the most significant...

...Modify, remix, and reuse (just remember to cite OCW as the source.) Learn more at Get Started with MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: British Literature...