E X50R E 350R Topics in Language and Literature: 1830 to 1940 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Law, Society, and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Britain.
Topic 2: Animal Humanities. Explores the intersection of literature with animal studies. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350R (Topic: Animal Humanities), 350R (Topic 2), 379N (Topic: Animal Humanities).
Topic 3: Literature, Cultural Memory, and the American Civil War. Examines the American Civil War not in terms of its military or political history but in relation to the ways literary and cultural texts have remembered and rewritten it. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350R (Topic 3), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Literature, Cultural Memory, and the American Civil War), 350 (Topic 32).
Topic 4: The Paperback. Introduction to basic bibliography terminology and book history by tracking the evolution of the modern paperback, from 1850 to now, by means of author case studies. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350R (Topic: The Paperback), 350R (Topic 4), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: The Paperback).