- Code
- ELL 411
- Name
- British Literature and Culture
- Semester
- 1
- Lecture hours
- 4.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 4.00
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Description
- Objectives
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to English Literature. English Invasion. The Roman invasion. Old English and Middle English period 450-1485
- 2
- Discussions on Old English Period and Middle Ages Literature; Beowulf epic poems ; G. Chaucer’s The Canterbury tales,
- 3
- English Renaissance: England during Elizabeth I reign: Reformation, Mercantilism, Puritanism 1485-1641
- 4
- English Renaissance: England during Charles I & II reign: Civil war, Oliver Cromwell & Protectorate 1641-1660
- 5
- Pre-Shakespearean drama: Ch. Marlowe; Renaissance Poetry: analysis of selected authors
- 6
- W. Shakespeare: Literary contribution; Critical attitudes and analysis: Much Ado about Nothing
- 7
- W. Shakespeare: Analysis: The Merchant of Venice
- 8
- W. Shakespeare: Analysis: Coriolanus
- 9
- W. Shakespeare: Analysis: Sonnets and narrative poems
- 10
- Elizabethan Poetry: Metaphysical poetry - Social, economic and literary characteristics
- 11
- Metaphysical poetry: Analysis: J. Donne; A. Marvell; R. Herrick
- 12
- Puritan Age and Restoration Age – the fall of drama 1660-1789; Classic Literature of the
- 13
- Romantic Literature 1789-1830; Victorian and Post Victorian Literature 1832-1903; Protagonists and main genres
- 14
- Modern Literature the XX century: Literature within the World Wars & main protagonists 1903-1945
- 15
- Modern Literary movements: Stream of Consciousness Technique in Shaw; Woolf; Conrad; Impressionism of Joyce; Thriller of Greene; Theatre of absurd; Becket
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Identify and trace the development of British literature from the beginning to the modern period by explaining key historical, philosophical, social, theological, and literary movements and exploring how these movements are reflected in the representative literature of the time.
- 2
- Demonstrate understanding of literary terms, major themes, and critical principles by using them to analyze specific works of British literature from the time period covered.
- 3
- Provide insight and understanding into the literature and culture of each time period studied through clear expository prose.
- 4
- Value literature, language, and imagination; develop a passion for literature and language; appreciate literature’s ability to elicit feeling, cultivate the imagination, and call us to account as humans.
- 5
- They will cultivate their capacity to judge the aesthetic and ethical value of literary texts–and be able to articulate the standards behind their judgments; appreciate the expressive use of language as a fundamental and sustaining human activity, preparing for a life of learning as readers and writers.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 4 64
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 5 5
- Midterms
- 1 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 15 15
- Other
- 2 10 20
- Total workLoad
- 146
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.84
- ECTS
- 6.00