The Department of English at Yale teaches more than 100 English majors to graduates and the majority of freshmen in Yale College. The courses are designed to develop students' understanding of important works of English, and other literatures in English and to provide a historical perspective from which to read and analyze these works.
INTRODUCTION TO THEORY OF LITERATURE
WITH PAUL H. FRY
This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings, while providing social perspectives on the questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?
MILTON
WITH JOHN ROGERS
This class is a study of Milton's poetry, with attention paid to his literary sources, his contemporaries, his controversial prose, and his decisive influence on the course of English poetry. Lectures include close readings of poetry, prose, and letters; examinations of historical and political contexts.
MODERN POETRY
WITH LANGDON HAMMER
This course covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major poets. The authors discussed range from Yeats, Eliot, to Stevens, Moore, and Frost with additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism. Diverse methods of literary criticism are employed, such as historical, biographical, and gender criticism.
THE AMERICAN NOVEL SINCE 1945
WITH AMY HUNGERFORD
In “The American Novel Since 1945” students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, and the changing place of literature in American culture.
【小题1】Students majoring in English at Yale will ______.| A．take more than 100 English courses |
| B．have a different opinion on history |
| C．well understand English literatures |
| D．easily analyze a historical work |
| A．They deal with poetry. |
| B．They focus on criticism. |
| C．They include many poets. |
| D．They refer to history. |
| A．Paul H. Fry's. | B．John Roger'. |
| C．Langdon Hammer's. | D．Amy Hungerford's. |
