ENGLISH PAPER

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please consult with the Marion Academic Advisor for English Majors, Shellie Shirk (shirk.20@osu.edu), or the Marion English Faculty Coordinator, Sara Crosby (crosby.91@osu.edu), concerning which English major concentration and/or other requirements are met by your choice of these courses.

English 2201

British Literature from the Middle Ages to 1800

Nathan Wallace

MW 3:15 - 4:35 / 3 Credit Hours

In this introductory critical study of British and Irish literature from 800 to 1800, we will study major works of fiction, drama, and poetry such as the anonymous Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, Marie de France’s Lanval, Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare’s Othello, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, William Hogar th’s Marriage a la Mode, and Frances Burney’s Evelina. In addition to discussing their literary qualities, we will also consider these works’ meanings in historical and cultural contexts. Major themes of discussion will be: religious and political history through literature, the development of language and national identity, and women’s writing, and the central impor tance of theatricality in England par ticularly. In this class you will be responsible for study questions, two exams, and two essays.

This course fulfills GE Requirements for Literature and Diversity and Global Studies. It is also a requirement for the English Major.

English 2221

Introduction to Shakespeare, Race, and Gender

Nathan Wallace

MW 11:00 - 12:20 / 3 Credit Hours

In this course we will learn to think about race and gender through the lens of Shakespeare’s poems and plays. We will spend a significant amount of time learning Shakespeare’s historical context and making ourselves accustomed to Elizabethan English. Films will be available for every one of the eight plays we will study: The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Othello, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest There will be weekly study question assignments, shor t presentation and performance assignments, and two exams.

This course fulfills GE Requirements for Race, Ethnicity and Gender

English 2267

Introduction to Creative Writing

Nathan Wallace

MW 1:30 - 2:50 / 3 Credit Hours

An introduction to the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Analysis and discussion of student work, with reference to the general methods and scope of all three genres.

Prereq: 1110.01 or equiv