Description
This course will survey the major British authors and works from the Old English period to the eighteenth century, connecting the literature with the historical and cultural influences of the different periods. Readings will include authors such as Chaucer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, and other major British writers of the Middle Ages to 1790. (Prerequisite: College level reading score on appropriate placement exam or completion of the COMM 90 sequence)