Perry Lentz - Kenyon College

Professor: Perry Lentz
Department: English
College: Kenyon College
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENG101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
As a freshman at Kenyon in 1984, I took Mr. Lentz's literature class. I graduated from law school, was elected a prosecutor in Montana shortly thereafter, worked as a prosecutor in New Mexico, in the financial industry in Singapore, and to this day, I find Mr. Lentz's class one of the most relevant classes I ever took even though, unfortunately I
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL330
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I took this class 7 years ago but I still remember that he made me cry. We had "recitations" (short, a handwritten page, answers to prompts on the text we're reading) and he said I should withdraw from the class because I did poorly on 1! Otherwise averaging a B/B+. He may be the reason I dislike early American Lit (in grad school for Lit).
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGLA
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Simply the best professor I have ever had. His 50 minute lectures are phenomenal and his knowledge of the subject matter is both encyclopedic and still growing. He insists on 2 things-punctuality and familiarity with the assignment. If you cannot do the reading and show up on time do not take his class. If you can, then do.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENG392
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It turns out that the "Charles P. McIlvaine Professor of English" isn't even up to date on literary criticism in his field. His lectures are informed by some scholars who were prominent in the late sixties. UGH!!He's a kind man though.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: AMLITLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a wonderful professor. I took his american lit class. It is challenging and some of the books we read weren't my favorite, but he is great! He is one of the kindest people I have ever met. It is annoying that his office hours are really early in the morning, but you should go anyway.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL391
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No! Just No!!!! Thanks God he's retiring. His new book is a catastrophe on paperback, too. People should realize that big words don't make a good teacher.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL111Y
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A truly devoted professor and wonderful mentor. He lives and breathes literature, and he really inspires his students to work hard and react personally to the text. Kind, perceptive, and invested in his students. If you want a challenging but fulfilling English experience, take a class with him. It's so sad that he's only here for one more year!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL391
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You either love him or you hate him. No inbetweens. I LOVE HIM! Amazing professor and human being.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENG392
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I admit I'm rather baffled by all these accusations of misogyny. Mr. Lentz has thus far always treated my as a complete equal. He's an absolutely extraordinary lecturer and has always made time for me in his office hours as well, whether to discuss the text or just to talk over whatever I've been reading on my own.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL335
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bombastic, but delightfully so. Demands a great deal of writing, which is not graded especially hard. He treats students fairly enough. I do wonder whether he is a competent teach of poetry. He reads Milton as if it were written in prose, adding extra syllables every so often.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENG112
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are a wishy washy, backboneless english student who likes to "feel" instead of know, don't take him. If you have the wherewithal to withstand his staunch criticism of your work, if you would like to know the pillars of modern literature, if you want to experience the best English teacher i have ever had, if you want excellence, take Lentz.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ALLOFIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He taught me how to complete a sentence. Yeah, he's religious, yeah, it's the canon. But, who teaches the canon better than Lentz, and don't you think you should read it well before you discount it. He is also the most compassionate, generous professor I've ever had. He grades hard, but on terms you set forth in writing
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENG101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Those who slander Mr. Lentz appear to not have listened to his CRYSTAL CLEAR eplanations in the syllabus and the ENDLESS AMOUNTS of respect he gives his students. Despite his old-fashioned approach and occasional abrassiveness, one can learn a lot from Lentz.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENG101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
extremely tyrannical in his teaching style and seems to like prostelitizing more than discussing topics from the readings. all i learned from his course was about the kenyon college plagarism conduct
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENG37980
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you like misogyny, you'll love Lentz. He soured me on the English department as a whole and on English as a subject. He should have retired years ago and been a Civil War historian instead.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: AMLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mr. Lentz is legendary for a reason. He rereads the novels he assigns along with you and is always open to new interpretations. If you don't learn something about life from him, you aren't paying attention.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENG398
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is great
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL379
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lentz is completely old school. He won't allow you to make up a quiz for being two minutes late and then he'll hold you four minutes after class. His rigidness is often unfair and tyrannical
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: AMLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His intellectual capability is staggering, but that doesn't translate into a good course. The readings he assigns, though essential, are tired and trite. His clarity is renowned, but what he chooses to cover is well worn material.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ENGAMLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A fantastic professor. The best lecturer I've ever had. The classes on Moby Dick were amazing, ditto Red Badge of Courage and the Henry James novel at the end. Kenyonites, TAKE HIS CLASS!
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