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
Class Size: 30 
Term:  Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
CRN:  13164
Grade Mode:  Letter Grading
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.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Attributes:  Writing Intensive Course, Humanities(Disc)
Instructors:  Rachel Trubowitz

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/26/2024 12/9/2024 TR 11:10am - 12:30pm HS 332

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Early Literature Foundational Survey requirement for English Majors. 

This course satisifes a Pre-1800 Literature requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Law 3+3, English/Journalism Majors.

This course may count as one of two Literature Courses @ 600/700 Level for English Teaching Majors. 

Booklist

Book Details
NORTON SHAKESPEARE-W/ACCESS 3RD 16
by GREENBLATT Required
ISBN
978039393499 1
PUBLISHER
NORTON
NORTON ANTHOLOGY VOL A&B
by NORTON Required
ISBN
978132407765 7
PUBLISHER
NORTON
NORTON SHAKESPEARE-VOL.1+2-W/ACCESS 3RD 16
by GREENBLATT Required
ISBN
978039326402 9
PUBLISHER
NORTON