ENG 2222 - British Literature: The Middle Ages to the Age of Reason
4 Credits
Surveys British Literature from the Middle Ages through the Eighteenth Century. Authors include Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, and Pope.
Pre-Requisites Both of these groups:
1.One of these two: EAP 0099, ENG 0099 (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
And
2. Any one of these three: READ 0093, READ 0094, READ 0099
OR
ENG 1108
Major Content Areas
Major authors and literary periods: The Middle Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth Century, and the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.
Literary forms, including lyric, narrative, and epic poetry, drama, and the novel.
Dominant themes, modes, images and figures (e.g. the hero, love, the journey, irony, evil.
Literary analysis will infuse all of the above items.
Learning Outcomes
Describe the development of the period’s literature within a larger cultural context, showing how concerns in literature reflect the changes, patterns and values of the culture.
Define representative themes of the period’s literature.
Analyze formal and generic conventions representative of the period’s literature.
Apply appropriate critical approaches to works of the period.
Demonstrate knowledge of canonical works of British literature in this period.
Demonstrate knowledge of major genres and styles in British literature in this period.
Demonstrate knowledge of major periods and historical developments in British literature during this era.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
02 - Critical Thinking
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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