Arthur to Austen: English Literature Before 1850

Language

English

Prerequisites

Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 
The student has successfully completed the course LENG1124. 

Main themes

This course offers an introduction to the first phase of English literary history (from ca 650 to ca 1850). It summarizes the most important genres, writers, and developments, and places them in their literary and historical context. As part of this course, students are also expected to read a selection of texts and excerpts from across this period. A series of workshops will be organised to help students read and understand these texts.  

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Students should be able to identify the typical features of the most important literary genres and trends and to place them in their sociocultural context. They are expected to know the key figures and works from this period of literary history, and they should have read the relevant excerpts and be able to recognise, analyse, contextualise, and compare them.
This learning unit contributes to the development and command of the following skills and learning outcomes of the ELAL programmes: 1.5; 1.6; 2.6; 4.3; 5.6.

Faculty or entity

> ELAL