ENGL 209

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

Early British Literature and Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

This course surveys more than a thousand years of British literature from the early Middle Ages through the Renaissance and well into the eighteenth century. But what does "British literature" really mean, especially in the context of an island archipelago populated by multiple nations (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) and repeatedly subjected to foreign rule (either by violent invasion or dynastic succession)? The range of texts we thus characterize as "early British literature" is staggering, and part of our goal in this course will simply be to appreciate the sheer volume and breadth of written work created in Britain and Ireland between the sixth and eighteenth centuries. We will do this through a necessarily selective sampling of historical periods, languages, and genres. Our authors will range from the famous (e.g., Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton) to the lesser-known (e.g., Marie de France, Lady Mary Wroth, and Eliza Haywood) to the unknown (e.g., the anonymous Beowulf-poet).

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 spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
31994	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	Henry Administration Bldg	Keener, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
31997	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	Henry Administration Bldg	Keener, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
32004	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	12:00PM -12:50PM	F	Henry Administration Bldg	Short, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
32008	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	Henry Administration Bldg	Short, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
32013	Lecture	AL1	10:00AM -10:50AM	MW	English Building	Trilling, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: SP23 ENGL 209 - Renee Trilling - Early British Literature and Culture.This course is intended to survey more than a thousand years of British literature from the early Middle Ages through the eighteenth century. But what does “British literature” really mean? The range of languages, genres, peoples, characters, and contexts that falls under this heading is downright staggering, and part of our goal in this course will be simply to appreciate the sheer volume and breadth of written work created in the British archipelago between the eighth and eighteenth centuries. We will do this through a necessarily selective sampling of historical periods, languages, and genres. Some of the texts we read will be attached to famous names like Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare; others are composed by lesser-known, and even unknown, authors. In each case, however, we will work to understand how the categories of genre, language, form, and historical period have been used to construct the discipline of English literary studies.