1/22/2026 8:50:54 AM	ENGL 46.2 Course Outline as of Fall 2026	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 46.2	Title:  SURVEY-ENGLISH LIT PT 2
Full Title:  Survey of English Literature Part 2
Last Reviewed:5/5/2025

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 46B

Catalog Description:

In this course, students will explore a range of texts representative of the literary traditions and ethnic and cultural diversities that have contributed to what has been historically called the British literary tradition. In this second of two survey courses in British literature, students will engage with the themes and historical contexts of texts from the late 18th century to the present. Students are invited to delve into the vital contributions of the myriad of voices and historical contexts and conflicts that have given shape to an expansive view of British literary traditions.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

In this course, students will explore a range of texts representative of the literary traditions and ethnic and cultural diversities that have contributed to what has been historically called the British literary tradition. In this second of two survey courses in British literature, students will engage with the themes and historical contexts of texts from the late 18th century to the present. Students are invited to delve into the vital contributions of the myriad of voices and historical contexts and conflicts that have given shape to an expansive view of British literary traditions.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
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 2025	Inactive:
Area:	E L3	Humanities Arts and Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ENGL 165	Survey of British Literature 2	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ENGL46.2

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Critically read, analyze, interpret, and write about a range of texts representative of the diverse ethnic, linguistic, and cultural frameworks that shape British literary traditions of the late 18th century to present.  

2. Explain the historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts as well as the evolution of British literary traditions.

3. Apply a range of critical approaches to literatures of this period.

 

Objectives:

1. Analyze and critique assigned texts.

2. Identify and interpret major themes in texts and their connections to the historical and cultural contexts of the era.

3. Analyze the development of a variety of genres and the conditions from which they emerge.

4. Define, evaluate, and apply different modes of argumentation and interpretation, such as biographical, historical, and psychological approaches to literary analysis.

5. Perform literary and historical research to support an interpretation of the literature.

Topics and Scope

I. Late Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment

II. The Romantic Age

    A. Sentimentalism

    B. Gothic fiction

    C. Visionary poetry

    D. Wordsworth and the new concept of the poet

    E. New attitudes toward nature

III. The Victorian Age

    A. Developments of literary material culture, such as the rise of the novel and periodicals

    B. Literary Realism and Naturalism

    C. The Pre-Raphaelites

    D. Early Science Fiction

    E. The New Woman

    F. Imperial literature

    G. Protest literature

    H. Aestheticism and Decadence

    I. Irish Literary Revival

IV. Modernism

    A. Literary Avant-garde

    B. Literature and politics, such as the reaction to WWI

    C. Influence of existentialism and psychoanalysis, such as the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud

    D. Influence of developments in visual arts, such as Impressionism and Cubism

    E. Stream of consciousness and Literary Impressionism

    F. New attitudes towards the poet

    G. British Poetry Revival

V. Postmodernism

    A. Absurdism

    B. Angry Young Men

    C. Metafiction

    D. Dystopian literature

    E. Magical realism

    F. Postcolonial literatures

VI.  Contemporary British Literature

    A. Metamodernism

    B. Decolonial literature

VII. Writing and Legacies of British Empire

    A. British Imperial history

    B. Imperial and Protest literature

    C. Postcolonial and Decolonial literature

VIII. Literary Analysis

IX. Literary Research

X. Schools of Literary Criticism

Assignments:

1. Weekly reading assignments

2. Participation in class discussions

3. Individual or group presentations or projects

4. Low-stakes writing assignments, such as

    a. Reading response journals

    b. Summaries

    c. Personal response papers

5. Short critical response papers (500 - 1,000 words each)

6. Library research assignments, such as:

     a. an annotated bibliography

    b. research sessions with a librarian

7. Essays including library research with MLA documentation (1,000 - 2,500 words each)

8. Essay exams, objective exams, and/or quizzes

9. Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include: field trips (ungraded)

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 50 - 65%
Low-stakes writing assignments; short critical response papers; library research assignment(s); essays
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 15%
Library research assignment(s)
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 5%
Individual or group presentations or projects
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Essay exams, objective exams, and/or quizzes
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Participation in class discussions; individual or group presentations or projects

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Anthologies:

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volumes D, E, and F. 10th ed. Greenblatt, Stephen. W. W. Norton & Company. 2018. (classic).

 

Relevant literature:

The Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man. Joyce, James. Penguin. 2003. (classic).

Waiting for Godot. Beckett, Samuel. Grove Press. 2011. (classic).

Things Fall Apart. Achebe, Chinua. Penguin. 1994. (classic).

Midnight's Children. Rushdie, Salman. Random House. 2006. (classic).

Omeros. Walcott, Derek. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1992. (classic).

Paradise. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. The New Press. 1995. (classic).

The God of Small Things. Roy, Arundhati. Random House. 2008. (classic).

White Teeth. Smith, Zadie. Vintage. 2001. (classic).

Never Let Me Go. Ishiguro, Kazuo. Vintage. 2006. (classic).

Frankenstein. Shelley, Mary. Dover. 1994. (classic).

Sense and Sensibility. Austen, Jane. Penguin. 2003. (classic).

Persuasion. Austen, Jane. W. W. Norton & Company. 2012. (classic).

Hard Times. Dickens, Charles. Penguin. 2004. (classic).

The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories, James, Henry. Oxford. 2008. (classic).

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde. Wilde, Oscar. Bantam. 1982. (classic).

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales. Conrad, Joseph. Oxford. 2008. (classic).

Mrs. Dalloway. Woolf, Virginia. Harcourt Brace. 1990. (classic).

Selected Poems. Wordsworth, William. Oxford. 2008.  (classic).

Robinson Crusoe. Defoe, Daniel. Restless Books. 2019. (classic).

The Jungle Books. Kipling, Rudyard. Oxford. 2008. (classic).

Delphi Collected Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton. Burton, Richard Francis. Delphi Classics. 2016. (classic).

 

Open Educational Materials and Electronic Resources:

British Literature II - Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond. Robinson, Bonnie J. https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/British_Literature_II_-_Romantic_Era_to_the_Twentieth_Century_and_Beyond_(Robinson)/00%3A_Front_Matter/03%3A_Table_of_Contents. CC BY-SA 4.0

 

Instructor prepared materials.

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