Weekend - History of English Literature
Johnson Susanna, dr

The first year of History of English Literature begins with Old English and finishes the first semester with Shakespeare.  The second semester begins with Shakespeare and ends with the Pre-Romantics and the beginning of the English novel. The key periods and authors are many and diverse because the course covers centuries upon centuries of English literature as well as significant aspects of English history as regards literature.  

Many forms of literature are studied: laments, chronicles, plays, poems, sonnets, odes, epics, satires, journalism, tragedies, comedies, essays, allegories, novels and more as well as myriad genres.  There are also authors, poets, playwrights, sonneteers, chroniclers, journalists, essayists, allegorists, novelists, satirists as well as politicians, kings, queens, monsters, lords, pirates, and prisoners who make up the history behind the literature that has been left for our study.  It is often a challenge just to learn the right names for everything that is part of our study!