Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
Subjects |
Literatura Inglesa 1 |
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Identifying Data | 2018/19 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Literatura Inglesa 1 | Code | 613G03010 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
1. What Is literature? What Is English Literature? | 1.1. The “canon” of English literature 1.2. Periodization |
2. The Anglo-Saxon or Old-English Period in English Literature (450 – 1066) | 2.1. Introduction to English literature previous to the 11th Century 2.2. Oral literature and manuscripts 2.3. Epic and elegiac poetry Readings: Excerpts from Beowulf & “The Dream of the Rood” |
3. Medieval English Literature or Middle English Period (1066-1500) | 3.1. Introduction: historical, social and cultural context 3.2. English religious drama a) The origins of English drama b) Mystery, miracle and morality plays Readings: Excerpts from Everyman 3.3. Geoffrey Chaucer and his contemporaries a) Gower and the Gawain poet b) Chaucer and his work Readings: Excerpts from the “General Prologue” in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 3.4. 14th- and 15th-century English lyrics a) Medieval lyrics b) Courtly love c) Medieval romance Readings: “In praise of women,” “Syng We, Syng We,” “Gentilesse,” from “Merciless Beauty” |
4. English Renaissance Literature (1500-1660) | 4.1. Introduction: historical, social and cultural context 4.2. 16th-century English poetry: the English sonnet a) Wyatt and Surrey b) Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare Readings: A selection of sonnets 4.3. Renaissance English theatre a) Architecture, conventions and plays b) Elizabethan and Jacobean drama: Marlowe and Shakespeare Reading: Hamlet 4.4. Early 17th-century metaphysical poetry a) Metaphysical poets and “cavalier” poets b) John Donne and Andrew Marvell Readings: A selection of poems |
5. The Restoration (1660-1700): Late 17th-Century Prose | 5.1. Religious prose 5.2. Autobiography and diaries 5.3. Travel books Readings: Excerpts from Samuel Pepys’ Diary |
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