Begins with Old English literary texts, then examines selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the conventions of Middle English drama and lyrics, earlier Renaissance styles of lyric poetry (Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney), and then Shakespeare's sonnets and a major Shakespeare play. Reviews the dominant styles of Metaphysical and Cavalier poetry (Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Crashaw, Suckling, Waller, Milton).
Code
CL2051
Name
ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Equivalencies
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
CL (Comparative Literature)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
GE100
CAMS ID
2626
Last update with CAMS
demonstrate knowledge of the formal resources of English literature before 1800
with particular attention paid to prosody, and of the historical distribution of those resources
they will show a capacity to describe and analyse literary texts in relation to their formal features and historical context,
informed by a basic knowledge of existing scholarship in the field
and drawing responsibly and creatively on appropriate theoretical materials.