53-526 History of British Literature (AA2, LAA2, LAA15, IAA11, IAA14, SLM-WB, SG)

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Sandra Dinter

Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung

Anzeige im Stundenplan:

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Credits: 2,0

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -

Kommentare/ Inhalte:
This lecture gives students a broad overview of the history of British literature, ranging all the way from its beginnings in the Anglo-Saxon period to the twenty-first century. Each lecture will be devoted to a distinct literary period and its major developments and genres, which will be placed in their wider cultural and historical contexts. Furthermore, every lecture will feature concise readings of pertinent works and their authors, highlighting continuities across and differences between literary epochs. By the end of this lecture, you will be familiar with the basic concepts and texts associated with the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, the Restauration and eighteenth century, Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, and contemporary and postcolonial literature.

Literatur:
Many of the primary texts that will be discussed in the course of this lecture can be found in:
 
Stephen Greenblatt (ed.). The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 10th ed. New York: Norton, 2018. (six volumes in total)

Additional Reading:

Poplawski, Paul, ed. English Literature in Context. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2017.
Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.