English Literature I

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About This Course
  6. Licensing
  7. Course Contents at a Glance
  8. Assignments
  9. 1.0: Course Information
  10. 1.0: Timeline of British Literature
  11. 1.0: Sample Literary Analysis
  12. Licensing
  13. Chapter 1: Learning to Write Literary Analysis
  14. 1.0: Literary Criticism
  15. 1.1: Additional Resources
  16. 1.2: Approaching Poetry
  17. Chapter 2: Old English Poetry
  18. 2.0: Dream of the Rood- Background
  19. 2.1: The Dream of the Rood
  20. 2.2: Bede- Biography
  21. 2.3: Cædmon’s Hymn
  22. 2.4: Discussion- Bede (Caedmon) and the Dream of the Rood
  23. 2.5: The Wanderer- Background
  24. 2.6: The Wanderer
  25. 2.7: Discussion- The Wanderer
  26. 2.8: Additional Resources
  27. Chapter 3: Beowulf
  28. 3.0: Beowulf- Background
  29. 3.1: Beowulf Prelude
  30. 3.2: Beowulf Sections 1-5
  31. 3.3: Beowulf Sections 6-10
  32. 3.4: Beowulf Sections 11-15
  33. 3.5: Beowulf Sections 16-20
  34. 3.6: Beowulf Sections 21-25
  35. 3.7: Beowulf Sections 26-30
  36. 3.8: Beowulf Sections 31-35
  37. 3.9: Beowulf Sections 36-41
  38. 3.10: Additional Resources
  39. Chapter 4: Everyman
  40. 4.0: Everyman- Background
  41. 4.1: Everyman- a 15th Century Morality Play
  42. 4.2: Additional Resources
  43. 4.3: Discussion- Everyman
  44. Chapter 5: The Second Shepherds’ Play
  45. 5.0: The Second Shepherds’ Play- Background
  46. 5.1: The Wakefield Second Shepherds’ Play
  47. 5.2: Additional Resources
  48. Chapter 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  49. 6.0: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight- Background
  50. 6.1: Preface
  51. 6.2: Canto I
  52. 6.3: Canto II
  53. 6.4: Canto III
  54. 6.5: Canto IV
  55. 6.6: Additional Resources
  56. 6.7: Discussion- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  57. Chapter 7: Dr. Faustus
  58. 7.0: Christopher Marlowe- Biography
  59. 7.1: English Renaissance Theatre
  60. 7.2: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
  61. 7.3: Additional Resources
  62. 7.4: Discussion- Faustus
  63. Chapter 8: Renaissance Love Poetry
  64. 8.0: English Renaissance
  65. 8.1: Renaissance Sonnets
  66. 8.2: Whoso List to Hunt
  67. 8.3: Rose-Cheeked Laura
  68. 8.4: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
  69. 8.5: The Flea
  70. 8.6: Additional Resources
  71. 8.7: Discussion- Renaissance Love Poems
  72. Chapter 9: Twelfth Night
  73. 9.0: William Shakespeare- Biography
  74. 9.1: Act I
  75. 9.2: Act II
  76. 9.3: Act III
  77. 9.4: Act IV
  78. 9.5: Act V
  79. 9.6: Additional Resources
  80. 9.7: Discussion- Twelfth Night
  81. Chapter 10: Paradise Lost
  82. 10.0: John Milton- Biography
  83. 10.1: Book I
  84. 10.2: Book IV
  85. 10.3: Book IX
  86. 10.4: Additional Resources
  87. 10.5: Discussion- Paradise Lost
  88. Chapter 11: The Restoration
  89. 11.0: The British Restoration
  90. 11.1: Marriage A-La-Mode
  91. 11.2: Ode on Solitude
  92. 11.3: A Description of a City Shower
  93. 11.4: The Use of Memory Considered
  94. 11.5: Additional Resources
  95. 11.6: Discussion- The Restoration
  96. Chapter 12: Oroonoko
  97. 12.0: Aphra Behn- Biography
  98. 12.1: Introduction to Oroonoko
  99. 12.2: Oroonoko; Or, the Royal Slave
  100. 12.3: Additional Resources
  101. 12.4: Discussion- Oroonoko
  102. Chapter 13: Gulliver’s Travels
  103. 13.0: Jonathan Swift- Biography
  104. 13.1: Introduction to Gulliver’s Travels
  105. 13.2: Part I, Chapter 1
  106. 13.3: Part I, Chapter 2
  107. 13.4: Part I, Chapter 3
  108. 13.5: Part I, Chapter 4
  109. 13.6: Part I, Chapter 5
  110. 13.7: Part I, Chapter 6
  111. 13.8: Part I, Chapter 7
  112. 13.9: Part I, Chapter 8
  113. 13.10: Additional Resources
  114. 13.11: Discussion- Gulliver’s Travels
  115. Chapter 14: Fantomina
  116. 14.0: Eliza Haywood- Biography
  117. 14.1: Fantomina, or Love in a Maze
  118. 14.2: Additional Resources
  119. 14.3: Discussion- Fantomina
  120. Chapter 15: Transitions to Romanticism
  121. 15.0: Transitions from Augustan Literature to the Romantics
  122. 15.1: The Restoration and the 18th Century
  123. 15.2: Ode to Evening
  124. 15.3: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
  125. 15.4: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry, from Jubilate Agno
  126. 15.5: On the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes
  127. 15.6: Additional Resources
  128. 15.7: Discussion- Transition to Romanticism
  129. Chapter 16: MLA Documentation
  130. 16.0: Formatting the Works Cited Page (MLA)
  131. 16.1: Formatting In-text Citations (MLA)
  132. 16.2: MLA Checklist
  133. 16.3: Introduce Evidence
  134. Chapter 17: Assignments
  135. 17.0: Assignment- Literary Analysis Paper 1
  136. 17.1: Assignment- Literary Analysis Paper 2
  137. 17.2: Assignment- Final Reflection
  138. 17.3: Assignment- Presentation
  139. 17.4: Assignment- Literary Analysis Paper 3
  140. Back Matter
  141. Index
  142. Glossary
  143. Detailed Licensing
  144. Detailed Licensing