Listed in: English, as ENGL-115
Formerly listed as: ENGL-01 | FYSE-20
Peter Berek (Section 01)
Anston L. Bosman (Section 02)
Alicia J. Mireles Christoff (Section 03)
C. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Section 04)
Christopher A. Grobe (Section 05)
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.
Each section limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Visiting Professor Berek, and Professors Bosman, Christoff, and Cobham-Sander, and Grobe.
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 205
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 205
Section 02
Tu 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM MORG 110
Th 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM MORG 110
Section 03
Tu 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM MCLS 230
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM MCLS 230
Section 04
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM COOP 101
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM COOP 101
Section 05
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CHAP 210
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CHAP 210