LIT 230 - British Literature

Institution:

Southern New Hampshire University

Subject:

Literature

Description:

This course surveys British Literature from the 16th to 18th centuries, from the era of Shakespeare to Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Pope's eighteenth-century satirical poetry, and the prose experiments of Defoe, Swift, and others. Renaissance drama, epic poetry, the sonnet, satirical essays, diaries, biography and journalism are among the genres studied. Students will thus encounter a period of English literature renowned for the variety and originality of its writers--including Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson, Donne, Milton, Hobbes, Pepys, and Fielding--which left a lasting mark on subsequent English literature.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.snhu.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 668-2211

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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