ENGL 414
Donne, Shakespeare, and Wroth Spring 2014
Division I Writing Skills
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“Wit! Wonder-exciting vigour, intenseness and peculiarity of thought,” Samuel Coleridge wrote, “this is the wit of Donne!” There are no greater, wittier, or more daringly original lyric poems in the English language than Donne’s Songs and Sonnets, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilathus, the first collection of secular poems written and published by an Englishwoman. This intensive, discussion-oriented seminar will explore the following questions. What are these writers’ stylistic characteristics? How peculiar or unconventional are these poems, and what innovations do they seek? What is the impact of their coterie audience? How do questions of sexuality and gender animate these poems? To what extent are biography and history pertinent or helpful in understanding this poetry? Why have these poems inspired such provocative critical responses from modernists, and more recently, post-modernists?
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 15
Expected: 10
Class#: 3800
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation: regular class attendance, active contribution to class discussion, and weekly journal entries; the last three weeks will be spent writing, reading and discussing drafts of the seminar papers, which are due at the end of reading period
Extra Info 2: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites: a 300-level ENGL course or permission of the instructor
Enrollment Preferences: junior and senior English majors, but sophomores and other majors are encouraged to apply
Distributions: Division I Writing Skills
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ENGL; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under WGSS
Attributes: ENGL Criticism Courses
ENGL Literary Histories A

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