ENGL 157
The Novel to 1832
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisites: courses 10A, 10B. Study of major works of English Renaissance literature and culture in relation to literatures of antiquity and continental Renaissance. Topics may include epic tradition, forerunners of novel, Renaissance humanisms, literature of love, monsters and marvels, representing nature, Ovidian transformations. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2020 - Professor Shuger's class was chaotic and difficult to put it simply. She ensures that it is impossible to get a decent grade with her unreasonable focus on grammar rather than on your understanding of the content of the readings itself. The workload throughout the quarter is made up of weekly short essays where she asks students to pose a question about the reading and attempt to answer it. While this may seem simple, Shuger takes a ridiculous amount of time to line edit each essay based on the grammar she prefers and grades harshly if you misplace a single comma or use what she deems to be the incorrect use of common words like "as" and "similar," often barring them completely from use in the essays. On top of all of this, she grades on a check, check plus, check minus scale, which translates poorly into legitimate letter grades. All of the lectures are scattered and poorly planned – often with problematic anecdotes thrown in every now and then. They do little to none in terms of aiding in student understanding of the complicated readings, leading to essays that she once again deems as subpar. The only positive thing about this class is Shuger's absurd fascination with the power of the internet and that everything has a wikipedia page. But that does not make this class worth your time. Do. Not. Take. This. Class.
Winter 2020 - Professor Shuger's class was chaotic and difficult to put it simply. She ensures that it is impossible to get a decent grade with her unreasonable focus on grammar rather than on your understanding of the content of the readings itself. The workload throughout the quarter is made up of weekly short essays where she asks students to pose a question about the reading and attempt to answer it. While this may seem simple, Shuger takes a ridiculous amount of time to line edit each essay based on the grammar she prefers and grades harshly if you misplace a single comma or use what she deems to be the incorrect use of common words like "as" and "similar," often barring them completely from use in the essays. On top of all of this, she grades on a check, check plus, check minus scale, which translates poorly into legitimate letter grades. All of the lectures are scattered and poorly planned – often with problematic anecdotes thrown in every now and then. They do little to none in terms of aiding in student understanding of the complicated readings, leading to essays that she once again deems as subpar. The only positive thing about this class is Shuger's absurd fascination with the power of the internet and that everything has a wikipedia page. But that does not make this class worth your time. Do. Not. Take. This. Class.
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