Contemporary Literature - Honors

Catalog description

ENGL 140H offers a wide-ranging study of contemporary literature written in English across different forms and/or media. The class will approach this literature from a variety of thematic, historical, and/or generic vantages. Authors and texts under consideration will vary by instructor. Topics under consideration will likewise vary from class to class, but may include a chronological introduction to the development of contemporary literature, a consideration of a principle theme or themes common to contemporary literature through a number of works, a consideration of a number of contemporary works in the context of historical events central to the period, a consideration of a number of contemporary works in the context of formal or aesthetic elements common to those works and their various effects.