Maricopa Community Colleges  ENH222   19942-20055 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/22/94
ENH222 19942-20055 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Survey of English Literature After 1800
Emphasizes the social and political backgrounds as well as the form and content of English literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ENH222   19942-20055 Survey of English Literature After 1800
1. Identify and analyze major social, political, and economic influences contributing to the change and development of English literature. (I-V)
2. Identify and analyze characteristics of major literacy movements within English literature: Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Contemporary. (I-VI)
3. Analyze the works of individual authors (within the backgrounds and movements) and identify characteristics of these works with regard to content and form. (I-VI)
4. Identify major characteristics of English prosody. (I-IV, VI)
5. Write essays which draw intelligent generalizations and adequately support them relating specific literature and movements within literature to background influences: economic, political, social. (V)
6. Write essays which compare and contrast literature of the period with regard to form, content, and efficacy of varying combinations of form and content. (V)
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ENH222   19942-20055 Survey of English Literature After 1800
    I. Romantic
        A. Background influences
          1. Social
          2. Political
          3. Economic
        B. Literary movements
        C. Major works of literature
          1. Form
          2. Content
      II. Victorian
          A. Background influences
            1. Social
            2. Political
            3. Economic
          B. Literary movements
          C. Major works of literature
            1. Form
            2. Content
        III. Modern
            A. Background influences
              1. Social
              2. Political
              3. Economic
            B. Literary movements
            C. Major works of literature
          IV. Contemporary
              A. Background influences
                1. Social
                2. Political
                3. Economic
              B. Literary movements
              C. Major works of literature
            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
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