ENGL 184: MODERN EUROPEAN LIT
University of California, Santa Barbara
Modern European literature (1850-2000) through some of its most relevant te xts from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Ireland. Topics: early commo dity culture, changing gender roles, boredom, and consumption (Flaubert and Zola); memory in the amnesiac culture of the early 20th century, and time in technologically accelerated modernity (Proust, and Woolf); the importanc e of the work ethic for the modern subject (Mann, and Kafka); Calvino and p ostmodernism; Tabucchi the resistance to fascism. Doyle on working-class li fe in Dublin, and Lakhous on migration and multicultural Europe.
Average GPA: 3.66
Grade distribution records: 287 students across 14 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 1 | 0.3% |
| A | 128 | 44.6% |
| A- | 83 | 28.9% |
| B+ | 43 | 15.0% |
| B | 18 | 6.3% |
| B- | 9 | 3.1% |
| C+ | 3 | 1.0% |
| F | 2 | 0.7% |
Based on 287 student grade records across 14 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Boscagli M 271 students, Average GPA 3.65
- Kalaidjian A 16 students, Average GPA 3.86