(731532-3) Survey of British Literature
(British Lit)

Course Description

This course aims at introducing students to the wide historical range of the British literature. Short but representative selections from different periods—particularly from the 16 th to the 20 th century—and from different genres shall be used to point out the various characteristics and thought patterns of each literary age. Students will be expected to write comparison and contrast essays on themes and forms of texts belonging to different periods.

Text:

Abrams, M. H., et al. (Eds.) The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 1&2. New York, NY.: W. W. Norton &company. 1986