{"id":469,"date":"2020-06-30T18:29:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/english\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:44:17","slug":"sarah-bilston-engl-260-section-1-intro-to-literary-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/english\/spring-and-summer1-course-information\/intro-level-courses\/sarah-bilston-engl-260-section-1-intro-to-literary-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGL 260.90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-806 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/11\/image001-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/11\/image001-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/11\/image001.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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.<\/p>\n<p>Course Texts<\/p>\n<p>William Shakespeare, <em>Twelfth Night <\/em>(Signet, 1998) \u2013 from the Bookstore<\/p>\n<p>Jhumpa Lahiri, <em>The Namesake<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) \u2013 from the Bookstore<\/p>\n<p>Additional Readings on Moodle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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