ENG 110 - English Literature And Its Contexts

Dates: 12/14/2019 - 01/12/2020 - Winter Session

Building: Online, contact instructor

Instructor Name: Brian Rejack

Section Note: Winter Session course - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - Sunday, January 12, 2020. Last day to drop with no grade and full tuition adjustment is Monday, December 23, 2019. Last day to withdrawal with a withdrawal grade (WX) assigned is Thursday, January 2, 2020. There will be no adjustment of tuition charges or financial aid.

Dates: 01/13/2020 - 05/02/2020

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 220 (STV 220)

Instructor Name: Katherine Ellison

Section Note: Uncensored British Literary History: This innovative course combines the lecture mode – you listen, think, take notes, and learn – with discussion to introduce the literatures written in England, from the earliest literary texts to recent slam poems that challenge the entire notion of a literary tradition and who has been allowed in it. Guided by Dr. Katherine Ellison, this historically grounded course – yes, you will learn the big picture of history and leave feeling comfortable with your sense of chronology -- will think in terms of who has been included in the stories of British literary history, who has been left out, and why. We will consider shifting notions of “Englishness” and the place of “Englishness” in the cultural and literary world. While we sketch in broad terms a cultural and political history, we will trace the construction of notions of class, race, gender, and sexuality. As readers of texts and, for many of you, future teachers of “literature,” we will consider our ethical responsibilities as educators and purveyors of cultural traditions. This course is particularly recommended for English Education majors and future teachers. Note: reading all texts assigned will be mandatory – this will not be a course in which you can “get by” without reading.

Dates: 01/13/2020 - 05/02/2020

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 220 (STV 220)

Instructor Name: Katherine Ellison

Section Note: Uncensored British Literary History: This innovative course combines the lecture mode – you listen, think, take notes, and learn – with discussion to introduce the literatures written in England, from the earliest literary texts to recent slam poems that challenge the entire notion of a literary tradition and who has been allowed in it. Guided by Dr. Katherine Ellison, this historically grounded course – yes, you will learn the big picture of history and leave feeling comfortable with your sense of chronology -- will think in terms of who has been included in the stories of British literary history, who has been left out, and why. We will consider shifting notions of “Englishness” and the place of “Englishness” in the cultural and literary world. While we sketch in broad terms a cultural and political history, we will trace the construction of notions of class, race, gender, and sexuality. As readers of texts and, for many of you, future teachers of “literature,” we will consider our ethical responsibilities as educators and purveyors of cultural traditions. This course is particularly recommended for English Education majors and future teachers. Note: reading all texts assigned will be mandatory – this will not be a course in which you can “get by” without reading.

Dates: 05/18/2020 - 06/12/2020

Building: Online, contact instructor

Instructor Name: Katherine Ellison

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 06/29/2020 - 08/07/2020

Building: Online, contact instructor

Instructor Name: Brian Rejack

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.