James Berg
ENGL
Great course, great instructor - Professor Berg is passionate and clear with a great classroom presence. 3 presentations involving memorizing and analyzing poems were the only grades, and were very helpful in engaging with poetry and growing comfortable in discussions and analysis.
Professor Berg is very enthusiastic with English literature and he shows that in his teaching. He is accomodating to students and very helpful during office hours. Absolutely enjoyed the class. But I wished there were more materials on poets from more diverse backgrounds.
I took this class solely for the distribution requirement, and I feel that it was very average in terms of quality and difficulty. It definitely is reading-heavy, but that is to be expected in a class like this. Overall, I feel very neutral about my experience in the class.