ENG 211 Lyric and Dramatic Voices
Focuses upon examples of lyric poetry and drama, with special attention to voice and the way in which selected examples of these two literary genres characterize human subjectivity. The course proceeds through three units: ancient lyric and dramatic voices (Greek lyric and tragedy, the Psalms); early modern/Renaissance lyric and dramatic voices (several plays of Shakespeare, as well as selected sonnets and other English lyric poetry of the period); and modern lyric and dramatic voices (e.g., Wordsworth, Keats, Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, and a novel such as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment). Each unit contains representative masterpieces that are significant for an understanding of the development and articulation over time of a specifically Christian literary voice.
Core Curriculum
(Literature Core)