Fall 2026

Literature and Culture Ii: From the 18th Century to the Present

ENGL 242 explores literature from the 18th century to the present, examining how writers responded to global upheavals through poetry, drama, and the novel.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jason HanMario Ortiz-Robles

Summary

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Historical reviews of Monique Allewaert: Grades rely on five papers and participation, with manageable reading loads and accessible help outside class.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ENGL 242

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Fall 2026

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.73 GPA, 85.6% A/AB (n=104 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.76 GPA, 89.4% A/AB (n=66 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.42 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=68 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Mario Ortiz-Robles is the current instructor, but no reviews exist for his teaching. Historical reviews for Monique Allewaert describe her as brilliant, engaging, and enthusiastic, with helpful TAs and accessible office hours.

KRISTINA HUANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARIO ORTIZ-ROBLES is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MONIQUE ALLEWAERT is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction73 / 760
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 307Classroom Instruction17 / 190
DIS 308Classroom Instruction18 / 190
DIS 304Classroom Instruction1 / 00
DIS 302Classroom Instruction18 / 190
DIS 306Classroom Instruction19 / 190
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 00
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Monique Allewaert: Reviewers describe the course as a healthy challenge with interesting content and engaging lectures under Monique Allewaert, though no reviews exist for current instructor Mario Ortiz-Robles.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 95.4% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.42 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=68 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Monique Allewaert: Grades rely on five papers and participation, with manageable reading loads and accessible help outside class.

Historical reviews of Kristina Huang show disagreement: some found her accessible and worth attending, while others cited disorganized, scripted lectures and a strict attendance policy.

Topics

  • Historical upheavals: empires, revolutions, and world wars
  • Human rights and global interconnectedness
  • Literary forms: poetry, drama, and the novel
  • Literary innovation and genre experimentation

Skills

  • Critical reading and writing skills

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ENGL 242 · Fall 2026

Literature and Culture II: from the 18th Century to the Present

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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