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EN 221 - British Literature II


Credit Hours: 3

A survey of selected works of major British writers from the Romantic period to the present 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 the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age, the Twentieth Century and Postcolonial Period, the Twenty-first Century;
  • identify styles, devices, and techniques characteristic of specific periods and movements such as the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age, the Twentieth Century and Postcolonial Period, the Twenty-first Century; 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)