This course is one of the core requirements of the English major and seeks to cover a range of literary forms (poetry, drama, and fiction), familiarize students with critical approaches to texts, and practice literary analysis (in class discussion and in writing) and research skills: all to be better prepared for advanced level courses.  The theme “Reconsidering Love” allows us to look at literature across a wide historical range to find transformations and recurrent themes. Texts include: Poetry by John Donne, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Jill McDonough, and Miller Oberman.  Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, and Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends.