Spring 2027

Topic in Eighteenth-century Literature and Culture

This course studies a specific topic in 18th-century literature and culture, focusing on identifying and critiquing writers, movements, or genres within that period.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Mark Vareschi

The workload was manageable, consisting primarily of discussions with only a few papers required throughout the term.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and critique a specific writer, literary movement, historical period, or genre in 18th century literature.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ENGL 438

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARK VARESCHI is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Mark Vareschi

Students found the course enjoyable due to its discussion-heavy format and focus on 18th-century literature, including the gothic novel.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.58 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.66 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.77 GPA, 90.7% A/AB (n=54 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Mark Vareschi

The workload was manageable, consisting primarily of discussions with only a few papers required throughout the term.

Past student reviews · Mark Vareschi

Past students described the instructor as caring and supportive, noting he created a positive learning environment and helped during difficult times.

Topics

  • 18th-century literature, literary movements, historical periods, and genres.
  • Relationships among society, literature, language, and belief systems.

Skills

  • Critique writers, movements, or genres; apply analytical methods to literary texts; write critical analyses.

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 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

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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