Survey of British Literature: Beginnings to 1784–Writing Intensive

ENGLSH 3200W
Section 01
Semester
Spring
Year
2024
Stephen Karian
Tuesday
Thursday
2:00-3:15pm
Course Description

This course will examine major works of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. We will study these works in relation to three major topics: heroism, love, and travel. The structure for this course will therefore permit a comparative approach that allows us to understand the changes and continuities evident in early British literature, and specifically how British writers and readers grappled with ideals of heroism, patterns of romantic attachment, and the fictional uses of travel narratives. We will also examine the problematic aspects of each of these topics.