Insitute of English Studies, KUL JPII
Year I – Literature I
2015/2016
Łukasz Borowiec
lukbor@kul.pl
Requirements:
A. 60 % of the final grade  pass the semester test (pass-mark is 60%)
B. 40% of the final grade  attend the classes, which means:
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come to the class
keep in mind it is not the lecture
always have the correct text on you in class
read the assigned texts at home (checking the vocabulary you have problems with…)
be prepared to participate in class discussions
be prepared to write unannounced ‘short tests’ in class
Important dates:
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Semester test 1 – 13 January 2016
Signatures / re-sits term 1 – 27 January 2016
Semester test 2 – 25 May 2016
Signatures / re-sits term 2 – 8 June 2016
Primary sources:
 The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 & 2 (OA)
 Stanisław Helsztyński – Specimens of English Poetry and Prose, Część I & II (H)
 The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1
Recommended handbooks and additional sources:
 Baugh, A. C., A Literary History of England
 Carter, R.; McRae, J., The Routledge History of Literature in English, 1997
 Cuddon, J.A., A Dictionary of Literary Terms, 1977
 Daiches, D., A Critical History of English Literature
 Drabble, M. (red.), The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1985
 Ford, B. (red.), The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain, 1992
 Ford, B. (red.), The New Pelican Guide to English Literature, 1982
 Fowler, A., A History of English Literature, 1987
 Mroczkowski, P., Historia Literatury Angielskiej, 1981
 Sikorska, L., A Short History of English Literature
READING LIST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
(each point = 1 class; in [square brackets]= optional reading)
Old English Literature – Anglo-Saxon Period 450-1066
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The Wanderer (H),[The Seafarer (H)]
Beowulf, lines: 50-132, 392-411,|666-789,| 1051-1170,| 1378-1504,| 1611-1670,|
2368-2456,| 2485-2563,| 2935-2976 (OA) [8]
The Dream of the Rood (OA)
Medieval Literature – Middle Ages 1066-1500
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, stanzas: I, III-X, XIII, XVI, XIX, XX, XXII,
XXIII, XXV-XXVII, XXXI, XXXII, XLV-LIV, LXIX-LXXV, XC-XCV, C-CI (OA) [45]
G. Chaucer  from Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue [lines 1-34 +
selected characters], Miller’s Tale, Nun’s Priest’s Tale, Pardoner’s Tale
Everyman (OA)
Pearl, Piers Plowman (H)
Renaissance Literature 1500-1660
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Renaissance sonnets: (OA)
Wyatt: “I Find No Peace”, [“My Galley Charged”]
Surrey: “Alas, So All Things”
Sidney: from Astrophel and Stella: I, II, III, [XV, LXXI]
Shakespeare: sonnets XVIII, LV, [LXXIII, CXXI, CXXIX], CXXX, [CXXXV]
Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus (OA)
Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy
Ben Jonson: Volpone
W. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, [The Tempest]
W. Shakespeare: Hamlet, [Othello]
XVII c. / Baroque Literature
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The Metaphysical Poets: (OA)
Donne: “The Sun Rising”, “The Flea”, from Holy Sonnets: VI, X
[Herbert: “The Collar”, “The Pearl”]
Herrick: “To the Virgins”, [“Upon Julia’s Clothes”]
[Marvell: “To His Coy Mistress”]
J. Milton: Sonnets: XVII, XVIII (OA), from Paradise Lost: Book I, IX
Restoration Literature 1660-1700
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W. Congreve: The Way of the World [read a summary and one act of your choice]
Restoration satire:
Swift: A Modest Proposal, The Battle of the Books
Bunyan: The Pilgrim’s Progress: Vanity Fair
Augustan Period 1700-1740
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Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, Essay on Criticism [highlighted fragments]
The Novel
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D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
H. Fielding: Joseph Andrews (fragm.)
[L. Sterne: Tristram Shandy (fragm.)]
Pre-Romanticism / Age of Sensibility 1745-1785
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Thomas Gray – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Edward Young – from Night Thoughts: On Life, and Immortality