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Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-22-2004 |
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ENH221
2005 Fall - 9999 |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Survey
of English Literature Before 1800 |
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Emphasizes the social and political backgrounds as well as
the form and content of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the end
of the eighteenth century. Prerequisites: (ENG101 or ENG107) or
equivalent. Course
Attribute(s): General Education Designation: Humanities and Fine Arts
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MCCCD
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ENH221 2005
Fall - 9999 |
Survey of English Literature Before 1800 |
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Identify and
analyze major (background) influences contributing to the change and
development of English literature: social, economic, political. (I-IV) |
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Identify and
analyze characteristics of major literary movements within English
literature: the Middle Ages, the Sixteenth Century, the Seventeenth Century;
Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. (I-IV) |
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Analyze the
works of individual authors (within the backgrounds and movements) and
identify characteristics of these works with regard to content and form.
(I-IV) |
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Write essays
which draw relevant generalizations and adequately support them relating
specific literature and movements within literature to background influences:
social, economic, political. (I-V) |
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Write essays
which compare and contrast literature of the period with regard to form,
content, and efficacy of varying combinations of form and content. (I-V) |
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Identify major characteristics of English prosody. (VI) |
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ENH221 2005
Fall - 9999 |
Survey of English Literature Before 1800 |
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I. The Middle Ages A. Background influences 1. Social 2. Economic 3. Political B. Literary movements C. Major works of
literature 1. Form 2. Content II. Sixteenth Century A. Background influences 1. Social 2. Economic 3. Political B. Literary movements C. Major works of
literature 1. Form 2. Content III. Seventeenth Century A. Background influences 1. Social 2. Economic 3. Political B. Literary movements C. Major works of
literature 1. Form 2. Content IV. Restoration and
Eighteenth Century A. Background influences 1. Social 2. Economic 3. Political B. Literary movements C. Major works of
literature 1. Form 2. Content V. Essay A. Introduction B. Thesis statement C. Methods of support D. Conclusion E. MLA (Modern Language
Association) style of citation VI. Prosody A. Meter B. Musical conventions C. Verse forms D. Characteristic
structures E. Imagery F. Other rhetorical devices
G. Diction H. Syntax |