Cal Poly Literature Courses
Dr. Paul Marchbanks

Course Title
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"Variations on a Theme of Beauty"
the sociopolitical valence of aesthetics, art, and gender in British poetry, fiction, and non-fiction
"Dystopia and Apocalypse"
Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist interpretations of global crisis
"Constructing Identity"
Core V course for English majors
"Reflection in Action"
Victorian literature as impetus for and product of personal, social, and political transformation
Fracture
 "Fractured Perspectives"
modernist approaches to identity, relationship, society, meaning, and the Arts
"Love That Surpasses Knowledge"
a look at love's various forms and purposes in the Bible, as well as in western literature, film and art
The Bible as Literature "Between Matter and Metaphor"
examining Truth's position along the continuum between the literal & figurative, the embodied & spiritual
Representations of Disability "Representations of Disability in British Lit."
reflecting on Western renderings of disability in literature and film
Engl 380 USA "Representations of Disability in American Lit."
exploring American approaches to disability in fiction and film

"The Weight of Life"
a seminar in the non-fiction, short fiction, and novels of Virginia Woolf
The Architecture of Dystopia
 "The Architecture of Dystopia"
 configurations of architectural, governmental, social, and psychological spaces
Introduction to Graduate Studies "A Set of Tools"
An overview of skills and knowledge necessary for success in the English M.A. program
Engl 512 Victorian "Shadow and Substance"
responses to industrialism, empiricism, and materialism in Victorian fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
"Violence as Subject and Catalyst"
reactions to the violence of war, including radical restructuring of traditional narrative and poetic forms

 

 

Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu