This course provides an exploration of proven masters in major genres, including epic poetry, short story, drama, and the novel. Major themes include love of self, of others, and of principle.

Course Details

Note
The novels required may be available at a local library or bookstore.
Course Outline
1. The Great English Epic: Beowulf
2. Love in Structure: The Sonnet
3. Love through Imagination: Art Ballads and Odes
4. A Dark Side of Love: The Romantic Short Story
5. Contradiction and Contrast: The Short Story from a Victorian View
6. The Victorian Novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
7. Modern Poetry: The Magic of Robert Frost
8. Modern Drama: Pygmalion
Syllabus
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Textbooks
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A Boy's Will & North Of Boston (Required)
by: Robert Frost
ISBN: 9780486268668
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Beowulf (Required)
by: B Raffel
ISBN: 9780451530967
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Great Sonnets (Required)
by: P Negri
ISBN: 9780486280523
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Man Who Would Be King (Required)
by: R Kipling
ISBN: 9780486280516
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Picture Of Dorian Gray (Required)
by: Wilde
ISBN: 9780486278070
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Pygmalion (Required)
by: Shaw
ISBN: 9780486282220
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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Required)
by: Coleridge
ISBN: 9780486272665
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Young Goodman Brown And Other Short Stories (Required)
by: N Hawthorne
ISBN: 9780486270609
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