ENGL 0210 - British Literature to 1780

Credits: 3

A survey of the literature of the British Isles and Ireland to the nineteenth century in its cultural contexts. Students will read and explore texts such as Beowulf, the Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare sonnets, paradise Lost, and Gulliver’s Travels. Literary and intellectual currents if Medieval feudalism, Early Modern humanism, and the Enlightenment will be given significant attention. he early part of the course will be read generally in Early Modern or Modern English.

Prerequisites: ENGL 0101 and ENGL 0204.

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Westfield State University

ENGL 0210 - British Literature to 1780