ENGL G270: British Literature to 1800
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Curriculum Committee Approval Date | 12/01/2020 |
| Top Code | 150100 - English |
| Units | 3 Total Units |
| Hours | 54 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 54) |
| Total Outside of Class Hours | 0 |
| Course Credit Status | Credit: Degree Applicable (D) |
| Material Fee | No |
| Basic Skills | Not Basic Skills (N) |
| Repeatable | No |
| Open Entry/Open Exit | No |
| Grading Policy | Standard Letter (S) |
| Local General Education (GE) |
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| Diversity Requirement (GCD) | Yes |
| California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) |
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| Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) |
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| California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth) |
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Course Description
Formerly: ENGL G290 – Major British Authors. This course surveys the literature written in the British Isles up to the last quarter of the 18th century. PREREQUISITE: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or achieve qualifying score on English Placement. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. C-ID: ENGL 160. C-ID: ENGL 160.
Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)
- Course Outcomes
- Analyze a text based on its literary, historical, social, and/or cultural significance in Britain prior to 1800.
- Explain the stylistic, thematic, and/or rhetorical elements of a text in order to reveal its importance in the literary tradition in Britain prior to 1800.
- Analyze patterns and innovations in the major genres of English literature from the Middle Ages to the Restoration and early 18th Century.
- Compile the major theories of relevant critics into a developed and scholarly written analysis.
- Compose a paper synthesizing relevant and scholarly sources to augment, strengthen, and complement an original analysis of literature from the Middle Ages to the Restoration and early 18th Century.
Course Objectives
- 1. Identify major authors, works, genres, and themes of the period.
- 2. Analyze and interpret the literature and intellectual movements of the period.
- 3. Apply academic discourse and the conventions of critical literary analysis.
- 4. Relate the literary works to their historical, philosophical, social, political, and aesthetic contexts.
- 5. Employ class discussion, written exams, essays, and other assignments to demonstrate comprehension of literary works.
Lecture Content
Selections from the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Period Pagan Christian Tensions Beowulf The Dream of the Rood The Wanderer Anonymous Women's Voices Wulf and Eadwacer The Wife's Lament Translation Issues Oral/Textual Transmission The Celtic Tradition Taliesin Early Irish Verse Selections from the Medieval Period Illuminated manuscripts Invention of the Printing Press Arthurian Romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Malory Marie de France Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Langland's Piers Plowman Affective Piety and Mystical Writings Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe Early English Biblical Drama Mystery Plays The Second Play of the Shepherd Morality Plays Everyman Selections from the Tudor and Elizabethan Periods Manuscript Circulation vs. Publication Humanist Tradition Elyot Ascham More Lyric Poetry Sonnet Wyatt Surrey Spenser Sidney Shakespeare Translations Mary (Sidney) Herbert Surrey Early Modern Drama Marlowe Shakespeare Cult of Elizabeth Elizabeth I Raleigh "New World"/Colonial Discourse Ralegh Spenser Shakespeare's The Tempest Thomas Harriot Pastoral Sidney Marlowe Selections from the Jacobean and Carolinian Periods and the Commonwealth Lyric Poetry Sonnet Donne Wroth Milton Estate Poetry Jonson Lanyer Metaphysical Poetry Donne Marvell Herrick Herbert Prose Bacon Bunyan Nashe Milton Literature of the Civil War Milton Philips Marvell Hutchinson Selections from the Restoration and Eighteenth Century Development of Mass Literary Market Restoration Drama Wycherly Congreve Gay Development of Periodical Literature Addison Steele Swift Pope Johnson Coterie Writing Finch Chudleigh Leapor Montagu Classical Influences Dryden Pope Johnson Satire Dryden Swift Pope Early Novel Defoe Richardson Selections from the Development of Genres in England Epic Beowulf Faerie Queene Paradise Lost Rape of the Lock (mock epic) Romance Faerie Queene Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia Countess of Montgomery's Urania Oroonoko Sonnet Wyatt Surrey Spenser Sidney Shakespeare Wroth Donne Milton Drama Mystery Plays Morality Plays Shakespeare Marlowe Jonson Wycherly Gay Satire Dryden Swift Pope Diaries/Autobiography Kempe Cavendish Pepys Selections from the Development of English Anglo-Saxon Norman influences Medieval Dialects Middle English Shakespearean English 18th Century Standardization Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
Method(s) of Instruction
- Lecture (02)
- DE Live Online Lecture (02S)
- DE Online Lecture (02X)
Instructional Techniques
Lecture Discussion: small-group and large-group Peer Response Audio/Video Presentations Student Presentations: individuals and small groups Facilitations Dramatic Performances Self-Assessment Collaborative Activities Conferences Individualized Instruction Written and Oral Comments on Student Writing
Reading Assignments
Anthology of British literature to 1800, academic articles and other texts, and/or supplementary texts as selected by the instructor.
Writing Assignments
Out-of-class, research-based essays. Exams that may include a variety of prompts, such as quote analysis, short answer, and essay questions. Shorter critical assignments including Reading responses/journals Quizzes Discussion posts Small research projects including a final written summary and/or evaluation Annotated bibliographies
Out-of-class Assignments
Students will submit a minimum of 5,000 words of evaluated writing, which includes essays, exams, discussion posts, and other writing assignments. Writing assignments are assessed for critical thinking, conceptual understanding, structure, style, and mechanics. Students will write a minimum of two out-of-class literary analysis essays (at least 3,500 words total). These assignments will emphasize close reading and textual explication to develop and support original interpretations of literary works. Students will also demonstrate their ability to select and integrate appropriate academic sources in these assignments. Exams might include a variety of prompts, such as quote analysis, short answer, and essay questions. These exams may be in, or out, of class assignments. Along with the formal assignments described above, students will be given additional, evaluated writing assignments to help develop literary analysis and interpretation skills. Evaluated based on critical thinking, conceptual understanding, structure, style and mechanics, these assignments may include: Reading responses/journals Quizzes Discussion posts Oral reports (prepared out-of-class) Facilitations (prepared out-of-class) Small research projects Web-based presentations Annotated bibliographies
Demonstration of Critical Thinking
Compose evaluative essays. Compose analytical, research-based essays. Compose critical reading responses. Compose original responses to online discussion assignments.
Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration
Analyze literature and genre in class discussion. Compose critical, research-based essays. Locate, select, integrate, and cite appropriate academic sources. Demonstrate knowledge through a final examination.
Eligible Disciplines
English: Master's degree in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition OR bachelor's degree in any of the above AND master's degree in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism OR the equivalent. Master's degree required.
Textbooks Resources
1. Required Stephen Greenblatt, M.H. Abrams, Alfred David. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1: The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the 18th Century (Classic), 10th ed. Norton, 2018 2. Required Damrosch, David, et al., eds.. The Longman Anthology of British Literature Vols. 1A, 1B and 1C (Latest), 4th ed. Pearson, 2009 Rationale: Additional option for lower cost
Other Resources
1. Instructor prepared materials.