12/21/2024 5:44:10 AM	ENGL 46.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2017	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 46.1	Title:  SURVEY-ENGLISH LIT PT 1
Full Title:  Survey of English Literature Part 1
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 Samuel 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 and discussion of important works from the British Isles in the period between Beowulf and Samuel Johnson, analyzing the meaning, style, and relevance of these works, and the importance of their authors in literary history.

(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 (e.g. 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 the period under

    study and evaluate their effect on the literature of the time.

9. Analyze the period under study with regard to  the period such continuing concerns as the

    shifting role of the poet or writer, the development of literary theory, and the changing

    readership.

Topics and Scope

I. The History of the English Language

II. 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

III. The Sixteenth Century

    A. Shakespeare and his contemporaries

    B. Elizabethan prose

    C. The Sonnet and Elizabethan lyrics

    D. The Elizabethan world picture

IV. 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

V. The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

    A. Satire

    B. The Augustan Age

    C. Nature

    D. Restoration drama

    E. The beginning of the novel

VI. Literary Analysis

VII. Literary Research

VIII. Schools of Literary Criticism

    A. Biographical

    B. Historical

    C. Psychological

    D. Reader Response Theory

    E. Marxist/Economic Theory

    F. New Criticism

    G. Queer Theory

    H. Gender studies

    I. Poetics

IX. Writing Literary Analysis Essays

Assignments:

Assignments may include:

1. Reading and examination of major works of British literature from Beowulf through the

    Eighteenth Century (50 to 100 pages per week)

2. Reading and examination of critical essays concerning both individual works and authors in

    the period from Beowulf through the Eighteenth Century (40 to 50 pages per week)

3. Writing detailed summaries, in-class or as homework

4. Writing in reading-response journals

5. Composing short critical response papers of 500 to 1,000 words (1 - 3)

6. Essay of up to 2500 words including extensive library research with complete and correct

    MLA documentation

7. Short library research assignments (1 - 5)

8. Personal response papers of 500 to 1000 words in reaction to readings, videos, lectures, plays,

    and performances (1 - 3)

9. Group or individual presentations about particular works, authors, schools of criticism, time

    periods, or literary styles

10. Readings of varying lengths, including poetry, short stories, plays, novels, and literary

    criticism

11. Viewing videos outside the classroom setting

12. Essay examinations (1 - 2)

13. Quizzes (5 - 10)

14. Optional field trips to see plays, poetry readings, music or dance performances

15. Participation in class discussions

16. Close readings

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%
Detailed Summaries; Reading Response Journals; Critical Response Essays; Personal Response Essays; Term papers; Research Exercises
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Essay Exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Attendance and participation in class discussions; group presentation; field trips

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

The Norton Anthology Of English Literature, Vol. 1. 9th ed. Abrams, M.H. and Greenblatt, Stephen and Christ, Carol. W.W. Norton. 2012 (classic)

The Longman Anthology Of British Literature, Vol. 1A, 1B, 1C. 4th ed. Damrosch, David and Dettmar, Kevin and Baswell, Christopher. Pearson. 2009 (classic)

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