English 471 - Survey of English Literature I (Three semester hours)

This course covers a thousand years of British literature, from (roughly) 800 to 1800. It may begin with an introduction to Old English (e.g., Beowulf) and Middle English poetry (e.g., Chaucer), proceeding through the Renaissance (e.g., Jonson, Webster and Shakespeare) and concluding with the Age of Reason (e.g., Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson).

Prerequisite: ENG 1302