AdvancedLiteratureandCultureCoursesLC001.BritishLiteratureI[英國文學史(一)]3credits.doc

AdvancedLiteratureandCultureCoursesLC001.BritishLiteratureI[英國文學史(一)]3credits.doc–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—–—[英國文學史(一)]<jenchiu.******@msa.>ForSophomoresandaboveClasssize:10-40;Non-EnglishDept.:5(mustallhavetakenatleastonecourserelatedtoliteraturesuchas“IntroductiontoWesternLiterature”)Prerequisite:,eveninalifetime,readalltheworksthatmakeupthetradition,:TheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature::,(subjecttochange)WeekAssignedreadingKeywords1IntroductiontothecourseIntroduction::“TheDreamoftheRood”allegory,elegy,epic,kenningsCeltic,runes;warrior,itatus,wergild,wyrd,meadhall2,3Anonymous:Beowulf5,6Chaucer:“TheGeneralPrologue,”“TheWifeofBath’sPrologueeandTale,”and“ThePardoner’sPrologueandTale”fromTheCanterburyTalesExamplum7,8Anonymous:SirGawainandtheGreenKnightMalory:fromMorteD’Arthurromantic-allegoricalepic,knight(hood),chivalry9MidtermExam10Introduction:TheSixteenthCentury:1485-1603Marlowe:DoctorFaustusShakespeare:Sequencetragedy,blankverse,pride,knowledge;Petrarchan/s,Shakespearean/s11Introduction:TheEarlySeventeenthCentury:1603-1660Donne:“TheCanonization”Marvell:“TheDefinitionofLove”Milton:LycidasMetaphysicalconceits,dramaticmonologue/dialogue;passion/intellect12,14Milton:fromParadiseLostpastoralelegy,evocation/apostrophe;epic,blankverse,Satanichero;15Introduction:TheRestorationandtheEighteenthCentury:1660-1785Dryden:“MacFlecknoe”Swift:“AModestProposal”mockheroic,ouplet,satire16-17Swift:fromGulliver’(or15-hourabsence);