Description
This course surveys the development of the major themes and genres of British literature from Beowulf through Chaucer and the Renaissance to the early Enlightenment. Students will develop skills in analyzing literary texts composed in a variety of literary genres, consider cultural forces shaping the development of British literature, and literature’s role in constructing British identity. By the end of the semester, students will be able to describe and analyze key literary and cultural features of texts from a variety of historical periods.