ENGL2032 — British Literature: Romantic to Present
ENGL 2032 - British Literature: Romantic to Present ENGL 2032 - British Literature: Romantic to Present Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students analyzes and explores British Literature from 1800 to the present. A particular focus is given to how the literature of Great Britain reveals the economic, social, cultural, international, and political issues informing the global society of this era. Topics may include colonialism; industrialization and social reform movements; wars and revolutions; and changing views of race, class, gender, and nation in relation to world cultures. Emphasis is placed on the study of literary elements and devices in fictional, non-fictional, poetic, and dramatic works. Typical authors include Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Chinua Achebe, and Margaret Atwood. MnTC Goals Goal 06: Humanities/Fine Arts Goal 08: Global Perspective Major Content 1. Survey and overview of British Literature since 1800 2. Significant works written during the Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, and Commonwealth/Postcolonial eras of British Literature 3. Topics related to social, political, international, and economic issues, such as the British Empire; the establishment of the British Commonwealth; changing views of nationality, religion, and race;colonialism; child labor; the evolving roles of women, etc 4. Topics related to the evolving views of culture, society, re
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052