Undergraduate
Courses in British Literature
The Department of English offers the following undergraduate
courses related to British literature:
ENGL 2322: British
Literature to 1780
3 hours. Masterpieces of British literature from Beowulf
through the Enlightenment. Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours
of freshman-level English or equivalent credit. Satisfies
the Humanities requirement of the University Core Curriculum.
ENGL 2323: British
Literature 1780 to Present
3 hours. Masterpieces of British literature from the Romantic
Period to present. Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of
freshman-level English or equivalent credit. Satisfies the
Humanities requirement of the University Core Curriculum.
ENGL 3430: Studies
in British Literature to 1780
3 hours. In-depth study of traditional early British literature
in any of the major periods, such as Anglo-Saxon poetry,
Renaissance literature, Restoration and Augustan literature.
ENGL 3440: Studies
in British Literature 1780 to the Present
3 hours. In-depth study of traditional later British literature
in any of the major periods, such as Romantic literature,
Victorian literature, modern and contemporary literature.
ENGL 3911: Topics
in British Literature
3 hours. Consideration of genres, themes, movements, authors
and their relationship to the cultural contexts of the age.
ENGL 4410: Chaucer
3 hours. The Canterbury Tales and other works as a picture
of medieval life and illustration of various literary types;
the language of Chaucer and its development into modern
English.
ENGL 4430: Shakespeare
3 hours. Representative comedies, histories and tragedies;
survey of Shakespeare’s life; his relation to his
predecessors and contemporaries.
ENGL 4440: Milton
3 hours. Prose and poetry of Milton; political and religious
thought of his day; his relation to his predecessors and
his contemporaries and his legacy to later writers.
ENGL 4470: British
Drama
3 hours. May be offered as a survey from the origins into
the 20th century or as a study of any of the major periods
in the survey: medieval, Renaissance, Restoration and modern.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
ENGL 4500: British
Fiction
3 hours. Reading and analysis of British novels and short
stories by Defoe, Austen, Fielding, Dickens, Lawrence, Burgess,
Hardy and others.
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