HISTORY OF
HISTORY OF
HISTORY OF
HISTORY OF BRIT
BRIT
BRIT
BRITISH LITERATURE
ISH LITERATURE
ISH LITERATURE
ISH LITERATURE
Lecturer: mgr BARBARA BRAID
COLLEGIUM BALTICUM
Szczecin ul. Mieszka I 61c
2010/2011
The course is designed for the second year intramural students
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the basic overview of the history of the British literature. It
will cover the literature produced in Britain, from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th
century to the present. It is also the aim of the course to develop the skill of reading, analysing and criticising the
works of literature.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, the students will be expected to:
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posses the knowledge of the essential elements of the course: characteristics of the literary periods,
philosophical and cultural background of the periods, certain authors and their literary works;
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present the skill of analytical and critical reading of the literature;
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present the skill of identifying the crucial characteristics of an epoch in the given representative work.
CLASS ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
The course is structured chronologically, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the contemporary times. The class will
include a critical analysis of a text or texts in a form of a discussion, with focus on characteristic features of literary
works in a given literary period.
The students are required to:
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attend the classes (only 2 absences, including a sick leave, in a semester are permissible);
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read the assigned texts in advance and be able to discuss them;
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take active participation in discussions about the assigned texts;
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take a class test on the texts discussed, after each new set of texts are covered (10 in a semester).
In case of 5 or more class tests failed, the student will be given an additional test covering the whole semester, but
which can only be marked ‘ndst’ or ‘dst.’
TEXTBOOKS:
Abrams, M. H. et. al. The Northon Anthology of English Literature. 4th Ed. New York and London: W. W. Norton and
Company, 1979.
Allen, Derek R. (et. al.) Words, Words, Words. A History and Anthology of Literatures in English. Volumes 1-3. Milan:
La Spiga Languages, 2003.
Carter, Ronald and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English. Britain and Ireland. London:
Routledge, 1997.
Daiches, David. A Critical History of English Literature. London: Mandaryn, 1960.
Dobson, Michael and Stanley Wells, eds. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford: OUP, 2001.
Drabble, Margaret (ed.) The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Sixth Edition. Oxford: OUP, 2000.
Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter and Jon Stallworthy. The Northon Anthology of Poetry. 5th Ed. New York and
London: W. W. Norton and Company, 2005.
Glencoe Literature Course. Glencoe McGraw & Hill: 2002.
Mroczkowski, Przemysław. Historia literatury angielskiej. Zarys. Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1986.
Quinn, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. 2nd Ed. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006.
Sikorska, Lilianna. An Outline History of English Literature. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 1996.
Zbierski, Henryk. Historia literatury angielskiej. Poznań: Oficyna Wydawnicza Atena, 2002.
