Literature in English to the 18th Century
Term 1
MWF, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
In this course, we will investigate major texts and themes of medieval and early modern British literature, with a particular focus on how this literature–from Old English poetry to seventeenth-century drama–recuperates and repurposes the past in order to shape identity in the present. Students will learn to close-read, to turn a close reading into an argumentative essay, and to understand and use the tools of literary study. Major texts will include Beowulf, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare’s King Lear.
