ENGL 209

Fall 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

British Lit to 1800

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Credit: 3 hours.

Historical and critical study of selected works of British literature to 1800 in chronological sequence. For majors only.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement and ENGL 200.

Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 209 class schedule data for fall 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
33907	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	12:00PM -12:50PM	F	English Building	Kimutis, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
33909	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	English Building	Kimutis, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
41808	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	English Building	Chan, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
41809	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	English Building	Chan, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
33895	Lecture	AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM	MW	English Building	Markley, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course. Section Info: This course covers British literature from its origins to 1800. Rather than aiming for coverage, we will read closely a limited set of representative works from different genres from the eighth to the late eighteenth century, including lyric poetry, drama, satire, polemical prose, and amatory fiction. In so doing, we’ll consider how politics, religion, and landscape shaped Britain’s national literature. We’ll pay attention to the evolution of the English language.” We will furthermore analyze our emotional engagement with the works we read. What formal qualities, themes, and conventions draw us in—or indeed, estrange us? What’s familiar about the distant past, and what’s alien, unexpected, and surprising? Expect to encounter such writers as Unknown, Marie de France, and Geoffrey Chaucer; Shakespeare, John Donne, and Andrew Marvell; and William Wycherley, Jonathan Swift, and Eliza Haywood. We will visit, in a manner of speaking, the preaching cross near Solway firth, in what once was Northumbria; medieval towns in the middle of festivals; the perilous court of King Henry VIII; the Globe theater of Shakespeare and his Chamberlain’s Men; and the dressing room of an eighteenth-century lady. We will see performances of several plays, live and digitally, and we will focus on the ways that text can be translated into action. The method of instruction is lecture, with smaller groups meeting in discussion sections once a week under the guidance of a teaching assistant. Your evaluation will be based upon two papers, a midterm, a final, and additional assignments and reading quizzes designed to encourage your participation in section. Diligent attendance at lecture and in section is necessary to pass this course.