English 201: Survey of English Literature I
by Dr. Catherine Carsley
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Description
English 201 introduces student to the greatest stories in English Literature before 1800. The battle between Beowulf and Grendel, the challenge by the headless green knight to Sir Gawain, the adventures of “jolly body” of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath—these are only a few of the tales we discuss in English 201. Throw in * the yearnings of some love-crazed saints and sonneteers, * the over-reaching ambitions of a power-hungry scholar, * the hubris of a fallen angel, and * the cannabalistic leanings of an misanthropic dean, and you’ll have read your way through 1000 years of great English story-telling. As one student wrote, "we studied a love, lust, and power in both heaven and hell this semester!" Our class requires a midterm, a final examination, and a research paper, as well as weekly reading assignments and homework.
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Week 1 Introduction to Old English | -- | 2/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 2 Beowulf | -- | 2/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 3 Part 1 Chaucer's Language and Social Context | -- | 2/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 3 Part 2 Irony and Character in Chaucer's General Prologue | -- | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 4 Authority and Experience in Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale | -- | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 5 Arthurian Literature and its Themes | -- | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 5 Part 2 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | -- | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 6 Women's Devotional Literature of the Middle Ages | -- | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 7 Part 1 Introduction to the English Renaissance | -- | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 7 Part 2 Renaissance Sonnets | -- | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 8 Marlowe and Dr. Faustus | -- | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 9 Shakespeare's The Tempest | -- | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 10 The Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets | -- | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 11 Introduction to Milton and Hobbes | -- | 5/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoWeek 12 Swift, Satire, and the Enlightenment | -- | 4/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWeek 13 Understanding Pope's Heroic Couplet | -- | 3/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Week 14 Dr. Johnson, Professional Critic | -- | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 17 Episodes |
