Course Title: 

SURVEY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURECourse

Code: MC116 No. of Units: 3 unitsCourse Description:
This 3-unit course consists of reading and analyzing significant works of
American literature from different eras. This course views literature through a
historical perspective, relating theway of living of the people of the era to the
literary pieces they were able to produce. The objective of the course is to
enable students to appreciate literature by developing their critical
andaesthetic senses and by acquainting them with the rich, literary heritage of
the English and American people.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
1. Begin to notice how language is used and how it varies across the array of
contexts in which we engage daily.2. Understand the theoretical underpinnings
of the tradition of Sociolinguistics.3. Understand different perspectives on
context, including identities, social institutions, cultural values and their
relationships with language.4. Understand the issues confronting the nation-
state5. Assess the effects of globalization on different social units and their
responses.

Course Title: SURVEY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURECourse

Code: MC116 No. of Units: 3 unitsCourse Description:
This 3-unit course consists of reading and analyzing significant works of
American literature from different eras. This course views literature through a
historical perspective, relating theway of living of the people of the era to the
literary pieces they were able to produce. The objective of the course is to
enable students to appreciate literature by developing their critical
andaesthetic senses and by acquainting them with the rich, literary heritage of
the English and American people.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
1. Begin to notice how language is used and how it varies across the array of
contexts in which we engage daily.2. Understand the theoretical underpinnings
of the tradition of Sociolinguistics.3. Understand different perspectives on
context, including identities, social institutions, cultural values and their
relationships with language.4. Understand the issues confronting the nation-
state5. Assess the effects of globalization on different social units and their
responses

The English Renaissancea.Elizabethan Period b.Jacobean Periodc.Caroline

Periodd.The Commonwealth & The ProtectorateWeek 4: LITERARY PERIODS
OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (CONTINUATION)-The Restoration-The Eighteenth
Century-Romanticism-Victorian Period-Modern Period-Postmodern and
Contemporary PeriodWeek 5: LITERARY PERIODS OF AMERICAN
LITERATURE-Colonial Period-The Revolutionary Age-The Early National Period-
The Romantic Period-The Realistic Period-The Naturalistic PeriodWeek 6:
PRELIM EXAM WEEK Week 7: LITERARY PERIODS OF AMERICAN
LITERATURE (CONTINUATION)-American Modernist Period-Jazz Age, Harlem
Renaissance-The "Lost Generation"-The Contemporary Period-The Beat
Writers-CountercultureWeek 8: BEOWULFWeek 9: CANTERBURY TALES -
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Week 10: THE GREAT GATSBY - F. SCOTT
FITZGERALDWeek 11: THE TEMPEST - WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREWeek 12:
MIDTERM EXAM WEEK Week 13: JANE EYRE - CHARLOTTE BRONTEWeek
14: UNCLE TOM’S CABIN HARRIET BEECHER STOWEWeek 15: PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE - JANE AUSTENWeek 16: WUTHERING HEIGHTS - EMILY
BRONTEWeek 17: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - HARPER LEE