ENGL13B — Survey of English Literature from the Romantic Period to the Present

Survey of English Literature from the Romantic Period to the Present was a really fantastic class. Through it I developed a deep appreciation for poetry, which was a bit of a surprise. The curriculum was structured in such a way that the history of the British Empire was told through the writings of some of its most brilliant and creative minds from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Perhaps the greatest thing about it was that we weren’t just covering higher level English material, but somehow the better part of a History class was cleverly slipped in without increasing the workload.

I had to regress and take Literature and Composition after this, the general education English course where students get their first real taste of poetry, and because I had already completed this class it was doomed to be an incredibly laborious experience. All of the overlapping concepts and ideas were presented with grandness and majesty here, while in Literature and Composition they were watered down for a much broader and less refined audience. The material was in many ways the same, but also comparatively bland and at times bordering on the uninteresting.

This class is the second part of a two course series, the first being Survey of English Literature Old English Period through Neoclassicism. Hopefully one of these days I will have enough free time to take the preceding class when it is being offered. Unfortunately enrollment is generally low for these types of courses and so Shasta College cannot offer it on a regular basis.

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ENGL13B — Survey of English Literature from the Romantic Period to the Present

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