ENGL2031 — British Literature: Medieval to Romantic
ENGL 2031 - British Literature: Medieval to Romantic ENGL 2031 - British Literature: Medieval to Romantic Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students will analyze and explore early British Literature from the Medieval to the Romantic era (up to 1800). A particular focus is given to how the English language literature of Old English, Middle English, Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, and Romantic periods. A particular focus is given to how the literature of these eras reveals and shapes history and cultural identities across time, space, and the global society of the Medieval to Romantic era. Topics may include courtly love, warrior culture, migration, religious conflict and individualism. Readings may include literary texts found across what is now England, France, Scotland and Wales before the formal establishment of the United Kingdom in 1801. Typical authors may include Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Charlotte Smith. MnTC Goals 6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective Major Content Techniques for close reading and interpretation. Literary elements and devices. Survey and overview of significant works of British literature written from the Medieval to Romantic Period including Old English period , Middle English period , and the Renaissance, Restoration periods up to the beginning of the Romantic period . Topics related to t
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052