EN 282 - Survey of British Literature II

1. Appreciate and understand a range of canonical and non-canonical British writers from the Romantic Era through the present, and articulate through discussion, writing, and presentations how this understanding helps shape our perspective, British culture, politics, language, literature, and religion of those eras. 

2. Defend interpretations of British texts from the Romantic Era through the present, showing through discussion and writing how the texts reflected and shaped the cultural values of Britain. 

3. Evaluate texts from the Romantic Era through the present as a way of perceiving the growing literary, social, religious, and historical world of Great Britain. 

4. Using the fundamental language of the genre and era, demonstrate critical thinking skills through analysis of texts in discussion and writing. 

5. Translate or explain what written information means and/or how it can be used.

6. Evaluate information to identify limitations and biases.

 A. Read and analyze a diverse body of published works from the Romantic era to discuss

1. Elements of craft and genre

2. Social, cultural, historical, political, and religious influences

B.  Compare published works of this and other era as a means of understanding commonalities and differences among ideas and perspectives in Great Britain across time

C.  Produce texts that interpret, analyze, or creatively represent the published works of the Romantic Era

II. The Victorian Era

A. Read and analyze a diverse body of published works from the Victorian era to discuss

1.  Elements of craft and genre

2. Social, cultural, historical, political, and religious influences

B.  Compare published works of this and other era as a means of understanding commonalities and differences among ideas and perspectives in Great Britain across time

C.  Produce texts that interpret, analyze, or creatively represent the published works of the Victorian era

III. The Twentieth Century through the present

A. Read and analyze a diverse body of published works from the Twentieth Century through the present and discuss

1.  Elements of craft and genre

2. Social, cultural, historical, political, and religious influences

B.  Compare published works of this and other era as a means of understanding commonalities and differences among ideas and perspectives in Great Britain across time

C.  Produce texts that interpret, analyze, or creatively represent the published works of the Twentieth Century through the present

Facilitated discussion: 0-50%

Mediated discussion: 0-50%

Group work: 0-30%

Other (such as project work): 0-20%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
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