In British Literature you will study:
- Beowulf
- Canterbury Tales (selected) by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and other Arthurian works
- King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Softcover; 8.5 x 11"; 166 pages
This fourth edition of the best-selling British Literature (English 4) from Excellence in Literature features additional learning helps, a new pacing chart for each module, and updated context links and resources.
What does British Literature cover?
British Literature is a college-preparatory literature and composition course. Focus works, including novels, short stories, poems, and drama, have been selected for literary quality, and for their place in the historical development of literature. Context readings provide background information about the author, the historical period, and the literary and artistic context of the focus work.
Students will gain an understanding of the development of literature and will practice the skills of close literary analysis through essays, approach papers, and other evaluative writing.
Objectives
By the end of the course, students will:
- Possess a broad knowledge of the history and development of British literature.
- Have specific understanding of selected representative texts by major authors of the periods studied.
- Have a general understanding of the historical and cultural contexts of the works.
- Be able to analyze literary texts and present thoughtfully developed ideas in writing.
- Demonstrate competence in essay organization, style, and mechanics.
