WRLIT-2080: Literature: Historical Topics

Course Description

Historical Topics courses are designed for Writing and Literature Majors and Minors and are focused on the critical investigation of a specific historical topic, movement, style, or tradition of literary and performative production, typically before the year 1900. Students will read and write critically on these topics, including multi-modal responses, and will position the texts within a socio-historical context.

Academic Level: Undergraduate

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Subject

Writing and Literature

Sections

Fall 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: Historical Topics: Sansei & Sensibility: 250 Years of Jane Austen Aimee Phan	Aimee Phan	Mon 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - 141

Spring 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: Literature: Historical Topics: Imagination and Critique: Surrealist Fiction and Poetry Joseph Lease	Joseph Lease	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1

Fall 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: Historical Topics: Shakespeare John Wilkins	John Wilkins	Mon 7:15-10:15PM, 80 Carolina - P2

Spring 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: Postmodern American Poetry Joseph Lease	Joseph Lease	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1

Fall 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-2: Celebrating the Natural World Caroline Goodwin	Caroline Goodwin	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 141

Fall 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: How to Tell a Scary Story Eric Olson	Eric Olson	Thu 11:00AM-12:30PM, Online - HS-4

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-1: Exploring Identity Through Writing Anita Amirrezvani	Anita Amirrezvani	Wed 9:30-10:55AM, Online - HS-1

Fall 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-2: How to Tell a Scary Story Eric Olson	Eric Olson	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-2

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-4: L: Exploring Identity Through Writing Anita Amirrezvani	Anita Amirrezvani	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC2

Fall 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-2080-3: L: Gothic Literature Eric Olson	Eric Olson	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Oakland - Ralls - 203

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-208-01: L: Shakespeare John Wilkins	John Wilkins	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, B Building - B5
WRLIT-208-02: L: On the Road: Lit of Travel Anita Amirrezvani	Anita Amirrezvani	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Grad Center - GC2

Fall 2018

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
WRLIT-208-02: L: Encounters in World Myths Rebekah Bloyd	Rebekah Bloyd	Wed 4:00-07:00PM
WRLIT-208-03: L: Gothic Literature Eric Olson	Eric Olson	Thu 12:00-03:00PM