Insitute of English Studies, KUL JPII



Insitute of English Studies, KUL JPII Łukasz Borowiec

Year I – Literature I lukbor@kul.pl

2016/2017

Requirements:

A. 60 % of the final grade ( pass the semester test (pass-mark is 60%)

B. 40% of the final grade ( attend the classes, which means:

➢ come to the class

➢ keep in mind it is not the lecture

➢ always have the correct text on you in class

➢ read the assigned texts at home (checking the vocabulary you have problems with…)

➢ be prepared to participate in class discussions

➢ be prepared to write unannounced ‘short tests’ in class

Important dates:

• Semester test 1 – 11 January 2017

• Signatures / re-sits term 1 – 25 January 2017

• Semester test 2 – 31 May 2017

• Signatures / re-sits term 2 – 14 June 2017

Primary sources:

( The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 & 2 (OA)

( Stanisław Helsztyński – Specimens of English Poetry and Prose, Część I & II (H)

( The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1

Recommended handbooks and additional sources:

• Baugh, A. C., A Literary History of England

• Carter, R.; McRae, J., The Routledge History of Literature in English, 1997

• Cuddon, J.A., A Dictionary of Literary Terms, 1977

• Daiches, D., A Critical History of English Literature

• Drabble, M. (red.), The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1985

• Ford, B. (red.), The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain, 1992

• Ford, B. (red.), The New Pelican Guide to English Literature, 1982

• Fowler, A., A History of English Literature, 1987

• Mroczkowski, P., Historia Literatury Angielskiej, 1981

• Sikorska, L., A Short History of English Literature

READING LIST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

(each point = 1 class; in [square brackets]= optional reading)

| |Old English Literature – Anglo-Saxon Period 450-1066 |

|1. |The Wanderer (H),[The Seafarer (H)] |

|2. |Beowulf, lines: 50-132, 392-411,|666-789,| 1051-1170,| 1378-1504,| 1611-1670,| 2368-2456,| 2485-2563,| 2935-2976 (OA) [8] |

|3. |The Dream of the Rood (OA) |

| |Medieval Literature – Middle Ages 1066-1500 |

|4. |Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, stanzas: I, III-X, XIII, XVI, XIX, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXV-XXVII, XXXI, XXXII, XLV-LIV, |

| |LXIX-LXXV, XC-XCV, C-CI (OA) [45] |

|5. |G. Chaucer ( from Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue [lines 1-34 + selected characters], Miller’s Tale, Nun’s Priest’s |

| |Tale, Pardoner’s Tale |

|6. |Everyman (OA) |

|7. |Pearl, Piers Plowman (H) |

| |Renaissance Literature 1500-1660 |

|8. |Renaissance sonnets: (OA) |

| |Wyatt: “I Find No Peace”, [“My Galley Charged”] |

| |Surrey: “Alas, So All Things” |

| |Sidney: from Astrophel and Stella: I, II, III, [XV, LXXI] |

| |Shakespeare: sonnets XVIII, LV, [LXXIII, CXXI, CXXIX], CXXX, [CXXXV] |

|9. |Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus (OA) |

|10. |Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy |

|11. |Ben Jonson: Volpone |

|12. |W. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, [The Tempest] |

|13. |W. Shakespeare: Hamlet, [Othello] |

| |XVII c. / Baroque Literature |

|14. |The Metaphysical Poets: (OA) |

| |Donne: “The Sun Rising”, “The Flea”, from Holy Sonnets: VI, X |

| |[Herbert: “The Collar”, “The Pearl”] |

| |Herrick: “To the Virgins”, [“Upon Julia’s Clothes”] |

| |[Marvell: “To His Coy Mistress”] |

|15. |J. Milton: Sonnets: XVII, XVIII (OA), from Paradise Lost: Book I, IX |

| |Restoration Literature 1660-1700 |

|16. |W. Congreve: The Way of the World [read a summary and one act of your choice] |

|17. |Restoration satire: |

| |Swift: A Modest Proposal, The Battle of the Books |

| |Bunyan: The Pilgrim’s Progress: Vanity Fair |

| |Augustan Period 1700-1740 |

|18. |Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, Essay on Criticism [highlighted fragments] |

| |The Novel |

|19. |D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe |

|20. |H. Fielding: Joseph Andrews (fragm.) |

| |[L. Sterne: Tristram Shandy (fragm.)] |

| |Pre-Romanticism / Age of Sensibility 1745-1785 |

|21. |Thomas Gray – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |

| |Edward Young – from Night Thoughts: On Life, and Immortality |

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