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EH 205 - British Writers I


Credits: (4 credits)

This survey course examines the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf and other major writing from the Medieval Period such as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as well as representative writing from the Renaissance and Restoration, including works by Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Swift.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Understand the major literary developments in British literature during the medieval and early modern periods;
  2. Form your own interpretation of a literary work using close reading skills;
  3. Construct convincing, nuanced, and well-supported interpretive arguments, and Synthesize the thematic and narrative concerns that span multiple works in this course.




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