Course Description

This is a study of the essay in the English language. Beginning with some selections of Montaigne (in translation) and of Bacon, the students will learn the various forms of the essay. The personal and impersonal essay, the periodical essay, the opinion argumentative essay, and the descriptive essay will be studied in particular. Since an important aim of this course is to see a progressive development of discursive prose in English, reading selections will come from major essayist in the various literary periods. Students will be required to write not only about the selected essayists, but also to produce original essays of their own.

Text:
Williams, W. E. Ed. A Book Of English Essays. The Penguin Books, 1983.
Eastman, A. M. et al. (Eds.) The Norton Reader. 8 th Edition. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. 1993.
Emerson, R. W. Essays First and Second Series.
Emerson, R. W. Nature.
Thoreau, H. D. Walden and Selected Essays.
Newman, John Henry. “The Idea of A University”.
Arnold, Matthew. “The Study of Poetry.”
Huxley, Thomas Henry. “Science and Culture.”
Freeman, Edward A. “Race and Language.”
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Poetic Principle.

• Administrator: Dr. Ali Abureesh
• Course creator: Dr. Ali Abureesh