ENG 2210 - ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800

credits: 3.0
This courses surveys significant developments in the history of English literature, from the Middle Ages through the Eighteenth Century. It includes the literature of the Anglo-Saxon period, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The course covers a diverse range of authors, genres, theories, and themes, and also teaches students how to read literature in its social and historical contexts. Authors to be discussed include Marie de France, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, John Milton, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Objectives: A) Identify selected authors, forms, genres, theories and themes important to the time period; B) Identify relevant social, cultural and historical contexts for English literature; C) Employ historical and formal analysis in the interpretation and evaluation of English literature; D) Write effective critical essays about English literature. Method of Evaluation: Reading quizzes, and tests, with in-class component (true false, multiple choice, passage identification, short answer) and out-of-class component (take-home essay). Meets *WEP Distribution Requirement.