LIT/245
Survey of English Literature Since 1798
Online
Format
$1194
Estimated Tuition
3 credits
Total credits
5 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Undergraduate
This course will survey major authors, ideologies, and historical contexts of English literature from the 19th century to the present. A diverse range of works, genres, movements, and cultural narratives will be explored.
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
The Romantic Period
- Identify the major authors, works, and literary movements of the Romantic period.
- Analyze how Romantic literature reflects the political, social, cultural, and philosophical changes of the period.
Victorian Poetry
- Identify the major poets, poems, and literary movements of the Victorian period.
- Analyze how Victorian poetry reflects the political, social, cultural, and philosophical changes of the period.
Victorian Prose
- Identify the major authors, works, and literary movements of the Victorian period.
- Analyze how Victorian prose reflects the political, social, cultural, and philosophical changes of the period.
The 20th Century I: Modernism
- Identify the major authors, works, and literary movements of the Modernist period.
- Analyze how Modernist literature reflects the political, social, cultural, and philosophical changes of the period.
The 20th Century II: Postwar and Postmodern Literature
- Identify the major authors, works, and literary movements of the postmodern period.
- Analyze how postwar and postmodern literature reflect the political, social, cultural, and philosophical changes of the period.