Novels, Plays, Poems

Fall 2010

NOVELS, PLAYS, POEMS

Listed in: English, as ENGL-01

Faculty

Wendy H. Bergoffen (Section 06)
C. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Section 07)
Ingrid L. Nelson (Section 08)
David R. Sofield (Section 09)

Description

A first course in reading fictional, dramatic, and lyric texts: stories, a major novel, one or more plays by Shakespeare, poems by Donne, Dickinson, Frost, and others.

Why does any writer--an Amherst College student, Philip Roth, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare--say what he or she says one way rather than another? And what in the expression itself makes a story, a play, a poem effective, something a reader might care about, be moved or delighted by? We will try to answer these questions by reading primary examples of each genre, including much recent work, with close and sustained attention to details of expressive language. There will be frequent writing exercises.

The course will be taught in sections of 15 students. Preference will be given to first-year students.  Fall semester. Visiting Lecturer Bergoffen.

Course times and locations

ENGL 01 - L/D

Section 06
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM BARR 102
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM BARR 102

Section 07
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM COOP 101
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM COOP 101

Section 08
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 314
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 314
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 314

Section 09
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 208
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 208

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 20122024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 20112024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 20212024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 20212024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 20162024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 20132024-25: Not offered
2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 20222024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010