ENGL 6260

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ENGL 6260
Spenser: Reading the Faerie Queen

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

A reading of the entire Faerie Queene as an ur-text for criticism: new historicism; deconstruction; proto-colonialism; literature and science relations; ambient investigations; sovereignty studies; history of the book; ideas about allegory; ecological criticism, not to mention gender/queer critique. Students will be responsible for one short (10 pp) paper, circulated to the class to provide the basis for discussion of a specific point in the text; a brief commentary on and critique of a fellow student's paper, aimed at developing a conversation about the paper and text for the day; an oral report of no more than 15 minutes (to be delivered from notes, not read) on a topic of contextual concern; a longer paper (20 pp) on a topic that engages a large critical issue addressed by The Faerie Queene.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17390 ENGL 6260   SEM 101

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  • Instructor: Maureen Quilligan, M. H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor