LIT 141 - British Literature II

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course examines the development of British literature from the Romantic era to the present, with an emphasis on the major authors of the past two centuries. Students will apply several methods of literary analysis to interpret how the literature of these time periods is affected by social, political, and intellectual contexts, as well as study the relationship between English literature and the human condition.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 105 or ENG 107
Recommended and Non-Course Requisites: LIT 140
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate familiarity with major British authors from the Romantic Era to the present.
Analyze, in discussion and writing, British literary works in their appropriate historical, social, and intellectual context.
Distinguish how factors related to class, institutional power structures, and changing cultural traditions influence writers from each period. These factors must include the impact of colonialism, race, and the British Empire on British literature.
Describe similarities and differences between cultural traditions addressed by British lit, including the influence of colonialism and post-colonialism on British lit.
Explain the contribution of women writers in each period.
Explain the contribution of post-colonial writers such as Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, or others.
Distinguish literary themes and structures from the Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, and Contemporary periods.
Compose formal critical essays in which they evaluate literature, connect it to other works, explore its contexts, and assess its relationship to the human condition.