The Essay
ENG 203
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This course introduces students to the range of the essay form as it has developed from the early modern period to our own. The class will be organized, for the most part, chronologically, beginning with the likes of Bacon and Hobbes, and ending with some contemporary examples of and reflections on the form. It will consider how writers as various as Sidney, Hume, Johnson, Emerson, Woolf, C.L.R. James, and Stephen Jay Gould have defined and revised The Essay. Two lectures, one 50-minute preceptorial.
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Section L01
- Type: Lecture
- Section: L01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 53
- Capacity: 54
- Class Number: 40052
- Schedule: TTh 02:30 PM-03:20 PM - East Pyne Building 010
Section P01
- Type: Precept
- Section: P01
- Status: C
- Enrollment: 13
- Capacity: 13
- Class Number: 43250
- Schedule: Th 03:30 PM-04:20 PM - McCosh Hall B45
Section P02
- Type: Precept
- Section: P02
- Status: C
- Enrollment: 12
- Capacity: 12
- Class Number: 43251
- Schedule: T 03:30 PM-04:20 PM - Frist Campus Center 309
Section P03
- Type: Precept
- Section: P03
- Status: C
- Enrollment: 12
- Capacity: 12
- Class Number: 43252
- Schedule: Th 01:30 PM-02:20 PM - McCosh Hall B45
Section P04
- Type: Precept
- Section: P04
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 7
- Capacity: 12
- Class Number: 43253
- Schedule: Th 11:00 AM-11:50 AM - McCosh Hall 40
Section P05
- Type: Precept
- Section: P05
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 9
- Capacity: 12
- Class Number: 43254
- Schedule: Th 10:00 AM-10:50 AM - McCosh Hall 40
Section P99
- Type: Precept
- Section: P99
- Status: C
- Enrollment: 0
- Capacity: 0
- Class Number: 42488