English 201: Survey of English Literature I

English 201: Survey of English Literature I

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English 201 introduces student to the greatest stories in English Literature before 1800.  The battle between Beowulf and Grendel, the challenge by the  headless green knight to Sir Gawain, the adventures of “jolly body” of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath—these are only a few of the tales we discuss in Engli…

Dr. Catherine Carsley


    • Dec 12, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Week 14 Dr. Johnson, Professional Critic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2009 12:07


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    Week 11 Introduction to Milton and Hobbes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2009 31:15


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    Week 12 Swift, Satire, and the Enlightenment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2009 10:42


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    Week 10 The Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 40:33


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    Week 8 Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 18:57


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    Week 9 Shakespeare's The Tempest

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 19:16


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    Week 7 Part 2 Renaissance Sonnets

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 12:35


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    Week 7 Part 1 Introduction to the English Renaissance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 26:13


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    Week 13 Understanding Pope's Heroic Couplet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2009 14:49


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    Week 6 Women's Devotional Literature of the Middle Ages

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2009 29:41


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    Week 5 Part 2 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2009 27:00


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    Week 5 Arthurian Literature and its Themes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2009 22:26


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    Week 4 Authority and Experience in Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2009 28:28


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    Week 3 Part 2 Irony and Character in Chaucer's General Prologue

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2009 30:42


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    Week 3 Part 1 Chaucer's Language and Social Context

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2009 53:35


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    Week 2 Beowulf

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2009 49:42


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    Week 1 Introduction to Old English

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2009 39:59


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