EN 220 - British Literature I

Credit Hours: 3

A survey of selected works of major British writers from the Anglo-Saxon period to 1800 with a consideration of English literary tradition.

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories:

The Arts
Humanities

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate familiarity with a chronology of British Literature before 1800, including important dates, works and authors;
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an ability to critically assess a literary work in relation to its historical, philosophical and cultural context;
identify subjects, archetypes, patterns and themes characteristic of specific periods and movements such as Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan and Seventeenth Century Renaissance, Restoration, Eighteenth Century/Augustan, and Early Romantic;
identify styles, devices, and techniques characteristic of specific periods and movements such as Old English, Middle English, Elizabethan and Seventeenth Century Renaissance, Restoration, Eighteenth Century/Augustan, and Early Romantic; and
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an ability to analyze a literary work in the specified movements or periods through the conventions and methods of the humanities.

F/S (C, N, S)