Course Description

 This course will examine great works of British literature.  The material for the class will be drawn from an extensive reading list of novels, plays, and excerpts from an anthology. Additionally, there will be weekly written assignments meant to enhance reading comprehension and to further refine both mechanics and composition skills.  Written assignments will include, but not be limited to, critical analysis, research, and response. Students are expected to be proficient in MLA citation and format.

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Reading Requirements

• Beowulf
• Bede The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
• Geoffrey of Monmouth History of the Kings of Britain
• Chaucer The Canterbury Tales
• Spenser The Faerie Queen
• Shakespeare Hamlet, Macbeth
• Essays
      Pope, Defoe, Johnson, Bunyan

 

• Poets
      Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Alfred Lord Tennyson "Lady of Shalott", "Ulysses"
• J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
• Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland
• George Orwell Animal Farm
• William Golding Lord of the Flies
• J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
• George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

Old English

Anglo-Saxon Lecture

Beowulf Assignment #1

Beowulf Assignment #2

Beowulf Writing Assignment

Riddle Writing

Secret of Kells Response

Old English Period

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Medieval Period

Medieval Period

Extra Credit Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tale Pilgrim Project

Middle English

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Shakespeare and the Renaissance

Renaissance Notes

Renaissance PPT

Renaissance in England PPT

Shakespearean Influences

Sonnet Notes

Macbeth Writing Assignment

Hamlet Summary

Hamlet Cast

Hamlet Quotes

Hamlet Assignments

Hamlet Essay

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The Restoration - Pope, and Johnson - Romanticism

Notes on Restoration

Modest Proposal

Poetry Analysis

Poetry Presentation

Romanticism

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Victorians

The Victorian Era

Victorian Children

Alice in Wonderland Questions for Discussion

Alice in Wonderland Essay Topics

JM Barrie

Peter Pan Focus Questions

Peter Pan Activities 1-3

Peter Pan Comparative Assignment

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Modernism

Modernism

The Lord of the Flies Overview

Lord of the Flies Questions

Lord of the Flies Essay

Animal Farm Overview

Animal Farm Questions

Animal Farm Project

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Exam Prep

Midterm Warm Ups