120130 VO Survey of Literatures in English 1 (2008S)

Students are expected to prepare for this survey by an intensive reading of the major works dealt with, and by reading selected chapters from a literary history of their choice, for example, Michael Alexander, A History of English Literature (Macmillan pb); Andrew Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature (Oxford UP); Ulrich Seeber (ed.), Englische Literaturgeschichte (Metzler). Many of the texts discussed may be found in the Norton or the Arnold Anthology of British Literature. A reader with key passages from the main primary sources and additional background information will be available at the beginning of the semester.