This class is surveys important and representative works of British literature in their historical and cultural contexts. It begins by exploring the roots and history of the English language and the early literature of Old English and Middle English. It moves on to explore the literature of the Elizabethan period (1558–1603) and the Romantic periods (1785 –1832). At this time, the writings of William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, and John Keats will be read and discussed. The course concludes by exploring modern and contemporary British Literature through the reading of two novels: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and The Artists of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro. Throughout the course we will concern ourselves with temporality (chronological, discontinuous, in medias res) and how it functions in the literary texts that we encounter.
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- Teacher: Dr. Gregory Dunne