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ENGL
203: Major British Authors Office Hours Fall 2010: TR 2-4 and always gladly by appointment |
Dr. Jo
Koster |
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Welcome to ENGL 203, "Major British
Authors."
This is a survey of British Literature from its beginnings up to
recent times. Of course, it's impossible to cover all of
British literature in one semester--we're talking about material
that ranges over 1400 years in a variety of styles, languages,
and genres. So in one sense, ENGL 203 has to be a "British Lit's Greatest Hits" course.
Instead of trying to read everything, we will study the
major periods, literary forms, and cultural concerns
that characterize British literature, with close study of
representative major works and authors over the course of British
literary history from Beowulf to at least Virginia
Woolf (and a little beyond). Think of this as a Rhino
Records version of British literature--you'll get the hits, and
sometimes excerpts of the hits (no 22-minute version of
Freebird here) to give you a taste of what's out there for
you to discover. Texts: The Longman Anthology of British Literature, 2nd compact edition, volumes A&B*, packaged with Clare Carroll, Othello and the Tragedy of Mariam (ISBN 0312240073); Brown and Yarbrough, A Practical Introduction to Literary Study (ISBN 0-13-094786-5); Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: The Norton Critical Edition (ISBN 0-393097542-8). Documentation and presentation is described in the Prentice Hall Reference Guide used in first-year writing courses. If you didn’t keep this book, make sure you can borrow one if needed.
*I've arranged with Longman for you to
receive the Othello text free if you buy it
shrink-wrapped with new copies of the Longman Anthology through
the Bookworm. However, if you want to run the volumes down
separately on the used book market, here are the ISBNs: The blue oval buttons in the left margin will help you navigate through this site. Please let me know if you have any difficulty with them. |
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