HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes :

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Outline the history of English language; Explain the development of English language; Outline the history of English literature; Explain the development of English literature; Analyze historical changes in terms of linguistic systems and/or literary developments critically.

Topics:

1. The English Language;
2. English Spelling, Sound, and Grammar;
3. Before Old English;
4. Old English: 450-1150;
5. Old English: 450-1150 (2);
6. Middle English: 1150-1500 (1);
7. Middle English: 1150-1500 (2);
8. Early Modern English: 1500-1700 (1);
9. Early Modern English: 1500-1700 (2);
10. Modern English: 1700-present;
11. English around the World;
12. Conclusion and Review;
13. Introduction-Medieval: Old English Literature: to 1100;
14. Middle English Literature: 1066-1500;
15. Tudor & Stuart – Tudor Literature: 1500-1603;
16. Shakespeare and the Drama;
17. Stuart Literature: to 1700;
18. Augustan & Romantic: to 1790;
19. The Romantics: 1790-1837;
20. Victorian Literature- to 1880: The Age and its Sages;
21. Poetry and Fiction;
22. Late Victorian Literature: 1880-1900;
23. Ends and Beginnings: 1901-19;
24. Beginning Again: 1955-1980;
25. Contemporaries;
26. Review.