LAN2100: British Literature

05/01/2024 to 05/30/2025 • Modified 04/23/2024

Course Description

This semester-long course provides a wide-lens overview of British Literature, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Elizabethan, Restoration, Romantic, and Victorian periods through the early 20th Century. The course focuses on the connections between historical events, philosophies, and art in England and helps students connect the literature they read to their own life and faith. It covers selections from England’s most famous authors and allows students to explore these works through reading, creative writing, and interest-based research.

Next Start Date*

Next Monday

Program Restrictions*

ESD: Elementary School Diploma (ESDP-ESD-D) Excluded
MSD: Middle School Diploma (MSDP-MSD-D) Excluded

Prerequisite Requirements*

Any of the following:

All of the following:
- LAN 0901 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0902 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or
All of the following:
- LAN 0901 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0905 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0906 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or
All of the following:
- LAN 0902 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0903 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0904 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or
All of the following:
- LAN 0903 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0904 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0905 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
  and
- LAN 0906 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or
LAN 0900 previously completed with a minimum grade of D

High School Diploma Requirements*

Contributes .5 credits to LUOA – English, English Requirement.

Schedule

Module 1: Anglo-Saxon Literature

Week 1: Anglo-Saxon Literature
Week 2: Anglo-Saxon Literature, continued

Module 2: Medieval Literature

Week 3: Arthurian Legends
Week 4: Medieval Literature and Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

Module 3: Elizabethan Literature

Week 5: Queen Elizabeth
Week 6: Edmund Spenser and Faerie Queene
Week 7: William Shakespeare and Hamlet
Week 8: Shakespeare, Poetry
Week 9: English Language and Religion

Module 4: 17th Century England & The Restoration

Week 10: 17th Century
Week 11: John Milton
Week 12: The Restoration
Week 13: Jonathan Swift and the 18th Century

Module 5: Romanticism & Victorian Literature

Week 14: Romanticism
Week 15: Victorian Literature
Week 16: Victorian Literature, continued

Module 6: Modern British Literature & Semester Exam

Week 17: Modern Literature
Week 18: Modern Essay, Review and Exam

*Course specifics are tentative and subject to change each year. For the most current information, please refer to the Course Registration Tool.