Awesome class. Life changing.
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23 Reviews
Joanna Swafford is a great TA. This is the best class out of the ENGL 3800 series. Cushman and Levenson are engaging, efficient, and humorous.
Out of all of the History of English series, this one is the best. Cushman and Levenson are great lecturers and really keep you engaged, whether its through literature, music or jokes. The literature was great, with works from Yeats, Joyce, Hemingway, Bishop, etc. Brandon Walsh is an awesome TA and will help you every step of the way! There are weekly reading quizzes (which can vary in difficulty, depending on your TA), a midterm, and a final. The reading is not bad and I recommend doing most of it.
This class was definately more interesting that ENGL 3820, and Cushman and Levenson are excellent lecturers. The reading can be extensive at times but it is manageable. In addition to that Megan was an excellent TA. She's very passionate and gave great feedback on papers. This course was a nice way to end the ENGL "History of Literatures in English" series.
Levenson and Cushman are both very interesting lecturers who made the material fun to learn about. Despite this, I still disliked almost everything we read in the course: much of it was difficult to understand and fairly long. The course certainly taught me a lot about modernism, but I'm not sure I'd be interested in taking another modern lit class in the future.
Both Levenson and Cushman are scary smart, lectures are both engaging and the reading selection is interesting. There is a lot to read, but it is worth it. I didn't know that much about modernism before this class, but it is a really relevant and interesting literary time period to study. Brandon is an awesome TA, extremely helpful in office hours and always prepared. He's a good discussion leader too.
Megan is extremely passionate about the material we read and about hearing our comments. She is by far the best TA I have had at this school. If you're taking this class and not even an English major make sure to be in her discussion...there is never a moment she won;t have something interesting to say! Love her!
This was a great class and confirmed my decision to become an English major.
I loved this class. Despite a fair amount of reading, Cushman and Levenson make everything worthwhile. Also, Shaun Cullen was one of the best TA's I have had so far as an English major. He is not the easiest grader, but he is open to many ideas, and I believe that everyone in our disucssion got at least a B+ or higher
One of the most valuable courses I've taken at UVA. They are a dynanamic teaching duo. They taught me how to read all over again & this class has shed light on so many others that I've taken in other departments.