Cal Poly Literature
Courses
Dr. Paul Marchbanks
10-wk Courses
Course
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ENGL 231 Brit. Lit. 1790-2008 |
"Variations on a Theme of Beauty" the sociopolitical valence of aesthetics, art, and gender in British poetry, fiction, and non-fiction |
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ENGL 231 Brit. Lit. 1790-2008 |
"Dystopia and Apocalypse" Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist interpretations of global crisis |
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ENGL 304 Brit. & U.S. Lit. 1865-1914 |
"Constructing Identity" Core V course for English majors |
ENGL 334 Brit. Lit. 1838-1901 |
"The Woman Question" considering changing gender roles in Victorian poetry, fiction, and non-fiction [coming soon, perhaps in spring '10] |
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"Reflection in Action" Victorian literature as impetus for and product of personal, social, and political transformation |
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ENGL 335 Brit. Lit. 1895-2008 |
"Violence as Subject and Catalyst" reactions to the violence of war, including radical restructuring of traditional narrative and poetic forms |
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ENGL 380 Literary Themes |
"Representations of Disability" reflecting on Western renderings of disability in literature and film |
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"The Weight of Life" |
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ENGL 439 Joseph Conrad seminar |
"The Pauses Between the Words" |
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ENGL 512 Brit Lit. seminar (1838-1901) |
to be offered winter '09 | |
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"Between Death and Disillusionment" responses to WWI and its aftermath in British, Modernist fiction and poetry |
5-wk (summer) Courses
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"Reflection in Action" Victorian literature as impetus for and product of personal, social, and political transformation |
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ENGL 335 Brit. Lit. in the Age of Modernism |
"Violence as Subject and Catalyst" reactions to the violence of war, including radical restructuring of traditional narrative and poetic forms |