ENGL 512 (01) - British Literature I Age of Heroes: Beowulf to Dr. Faustus

British Lit I Age of Heroes

Durham   Liberal Arts :: English
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   30  
CRN: 14826
An introduction to the earliest poetry, prose and drama in English, considered in chronological order and in historical context. Examine important literary works as the old English epic Beowulf, Chaucer's entertaining collection Canterbury Tales, the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the devotional autobiography The Book of Margery Kempe, the sermon in dramatic form Everyman, Edmund's Spenser's chivalric saga The Faerie Queen and the sonnets of Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare. Writing intensive.
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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Humanities(Disc)
Instructors: Rachel Trubowitz

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/29/2022 12/12/2022 TR 2:10pm - 3:30pm HS 240
Additional Course Details: 

ENGL 512 satisfies a Pre-1800 Literature requirement for English department majors.

ENGL 512 may be taken by English Teaching majors to satisfy one of the two upper level literature courses required.