Fall/Winter 2016-2017
AP/EN 4332 3.0A (F)
Edgar Allan Poe
Course Director:
Dr. Judith Anderson Stuart
Email: [email protected] (Use “EN 4332" or “Poe” as your subject header) Office: TBA
Office phone (during office hours only): TBA
Delivery Format:
Seminar
Time:
Fridays, 11:30am ‐ 2:30pm. Location: BC‐214
Description:
Writing across the genres of short and long fiction, poetry, and literary criticism, Edgar Allan Poe went from relatively minor popularity in his own time to becoming a figure of near‐cult status in American literature. His tales of terror, his detective stories, and his lyrical poetry have captured fresh audiences in the twenty‐first century, and his stylistic approaches to writing are of keen interest to a new generation of literary critics.
This course will examine a broad selection of Poe’s writing, from fiction – including his only novel – and poetry to essays on contemporary writers and the literary scene of his day. Among the theoretical approaches we will use are gender theory, New Criticism, psychoanalysis, and classical rhetoric.
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Historical Requirement:
C
2
2
Time Period II (1700‐1900)
Requirements:
Active Participation (includes weekly in‐class questions & seminar feedback): 15%
Best 2 of 3 in‐class “pop” quizzes: 10%
Seminar (15‐20 minutes) & write‐up: 25%
Essay Proposal (@. 300 words; includes a tentative works cited list; MLA style): 5%
Major Research Paper (@ 2000 words; must be in MLA style): 25%
In‐class final test (2 ½ hours in duration; December 2, 2016): 20%
Reading List:
Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry and Tales . Ed. James M. Hutchisson. Peterborough: Broadview, 2012.
The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym . <www.gutenberg.org/files/2149/2149‐h/2149‐
h.htm>
Required e‐tours:
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site . <www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm>
The Poe Museum . <www.poemuseum.org/about.php>
Also Recommended:
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory (or another good literary dictionary)
Open To:
Yr4 H