LIT/245 - SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1798
Course Description
This course is a survey of English literature since 1798.
This undergraduate course is 5 weeks.
This course requires the student to purchase materials. Please see details in the Required Materials section below.
PLEASE NOTE:
Attendance and participation are mandatory in all university courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.
Topics and Objectives
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.
Required Materaials
This course requires the student to purchase the following materials:
Norton anthology of English literature. (9th ed., Vol. 2), ISBN: 9780393912487
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Disclaimers
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Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.