ENG 4938 Fall 2018 Moore

What a range of texts -- Atonement, Beloved, Hard Times, Let the Great World Spin, MARCH, Book One, Portrait of a Lady and of course Sense and Sensibility -- and what a range of authors: one Nobel Laureate (so far), one civil rights icon, three Brits, one American expat-to-be and one Irishman with dual U.S. citizenship. Emphasis here is obviously on Anglophone texts, including one graphic novel and several others that are also quite graphic, each in its own way. Rather than embarking on a book-club adventure, we'll focus on reading and discussing; we'll do our share of close reading and we'll also learn about the contexts that swirl around each text, with some of that learning about contexts involving reading and discussing some literary history. Plan on writing a research paper strong enough to consider using as a writing sample; plan, too, on a mid-term and a take-home final exam. I'm looking forward! -- DM