12/22/2024 3:53:38 AM	ENGL 46.1 Course Outline as of Spring 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 46.1	Title:  SURVEY-ENGLISH LIT
Full Title:  Survey of English Literature
Last Reviewed:9/9/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		12 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ENGL 46A

Catalog Description:

Reading and discussion of important works from the British Isles in the period between Beowulf and Johnson, analyzing the meaning, style, and relevance of these works, and the importance of their authors in literary history.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A)

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Reading & discussion of works in Engl literature in the period between Beowolf & Johnson.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ENGL 160	Survey of British Literature 1	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ENGL46.1

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The students will be able to:

1.  Read, analyze and interpret works of literature written in Great

   Britain, from Old English texts through the Eighteenth Century.

2. Develop several methodologies for reading and interpreting these

   texts, differentiate among the premises and the modes of arguing

   that each pursues, and of the issues connected with a choice of one

   perspective versus another.

3. Examine the critical and historical principles behind the

   construction of literary and cultural history including

   the terminology of literary periods, controversies concerning the

   establishment of distinctions between periods, and general

   significances attached to various views taken of the transitions

   between periods.

4.  Examine the history of the English language

   and the development of particular forms, genres, and conventions

   (i.e. the sonnet, the mystery play, the caesura).

5.  Identify the literary and cultural inheritance drawn from this

   period of British literature and apply this knowledge to other,

   later forms of literature.

6.  Study and apply elementary literary research methodology.

7.  Evaluate the uses of secondary material in the study of literary

   texts.

8.  Examine the art, sociology, history, economics, and daily life of

   the people of each period under study, and evaluate their effect

   on the literature of the time.

9.  Analyze the period under study such continuing concerns

   as the shifting role of the poet, the development of literary

   theory, and the changing readership.

Topics and Scope

1.  The middle ages.

     A. Beowulf and Old English.

     B. The idea of the hero.

     C. The role of women.

     D. Chaucer and Middle English.

     E. The relationship between oral and written forms.

     F. The Arthurian myth and chivalric works.

     G. From pagan to Christian beliefs.

2.  The Sixteenth Century.

     A. Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

     B. Elizabethan prose.

     C. The sonnet and Elizabethan lyrics.

     D. The Elizabethan world picture.

3.  The early Seventeenth Century. (1603-1660)

     A. The Reformation.

     B. Court literature.

     C. Grub Street.

     D. The Metaphysical poets.

     E. The Cavalier poets.

     F. The development of satire.

4.  The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century.

     A. Satire.

     B. The Augustan Age.

     C. Nature.

     D. Restoration drama.

     E. The beginning of the novel.

Assignments:

READING:

1.  Assigned reading from text, plus supplementary handouts.

2.  Some assigned reading of secondary texts.

3.  Self-directed research projects.

WRITING:

1.  Reader response essays or journal writing, both in class and at

   home.

2.  Critical essays covering units of study, themes, or individual works.

3.  Research projects, (e.g., annotated bibliography, classroom

   presentation on author or theme, survey of criticism).

4.  Final essay exam.

5.  Objective quizzes.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 65 - 70%
Written homework, Reading reports, Essay exams, Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 15%
Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 15%
Oral presentation
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 10%
Multiple choice, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

THE NORT0N ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, Vol. 1., W.W. Norton, 1999.

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