ENGL 260.90

Intro to Literary Studies with Sarah Bilston - TR 11.15-12.55 remote

Why study literature? A practical reason: we live in a world of words and this course helps you master that world. But more importantly, literature immerses you in vast new worlds that become more meaningful as you become a better reader. Literature grapples with the fundamental problems of humanity; good, evil, pain, pleasure, love, death. We will read across centuries of English literature, in all genres, to see how great authors have addressed these problems. Through a sustained and rigorous attention to your own writing and interpretive skills, the course will leave you better prepared to explore and contribute to the written world. This course offers skills required for the English major, but welcomes anyone who wishes to become a better writer, reader, and thinker.

Course Texts

William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (Signet, 1998) – from the Bookstore

Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) – from the Bookstore

Additional Readings on Moodle.