Eng 150

Introduction to Literary Studies

The study of literary forms, including the short story, drama, and poetry, as well as basic approaches to literary criticism. Focus will include literary vocabulary and methods of interpretation.

 

Course Items

 course syllabus

 

 

 

 

On-line text and discussion pages for selected reserve items

 Edgar Rice Burroughs's Jungle Tales of Tarzan (linked from discussion page)

Anton Chekhov's "Sleepy Eye" (linked from discussion page)

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" (linked from discussion page)

Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" (discussion page only)

Kate Chopin's "Ripe Figs"

James Joyce's "The Dead" (be sure to click “next page”; there are 27 pages)

Rudyard Kipling's "Hyenas"

 

John Keats's "'La Belle Dame sans Merci'" (linked from discussion page)

Ednas St. Vincent Millay's "The Spring and the Fall"

Denise Levertov poems (some linked from discussion page)

Sharon Olds's "I Go Back to May 1937"

Created by Stanley A. Galloway 1999. Last updated 23 January 2008. Contact me at sgallowa@bridgewater.edu