The following list shows a summary of the topics covered in this course. To see all of the course pages, visit the Table of Contents.

Module 1: Learning to Write Literary Analysis

• Approaching Poetry
• Literary Criticism
• Additional Resources

Module 2: Old English Poetry

• Dream of the Rood: Background
• The Dream of the Rood
• Bede: Biography
• Cædmon’s Hymn
• The Wanderer: Background
• The Wanderer
• Additional Resources

Module 3: Beowulf

• Beowulf: Background
• Beowulf
• Additional Resources

Module 4: Everyman

• Everyman: Background
• Everyman: a 15th Century Morality Play
• Additional Resources

Module 5: The Second Shepherds’ Play

• The Second Shepherds’ Play: Background
• The Wakefield Second Shepherds’ Play
• Additional Resources

Module 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Background
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Additional Resources

Module 7: Dr. Faustus

• Christopher Marlowe: Biography
• English Renaissance Theatre
• The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
• Additional Resources

Module 8: Renaissance Love Poetry

• English Renaissance
• Renaissance Sonnets
• Whoso List to Hunt
• Rose-Cheeked Laura
• The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
• The Flea
• Additional Resources

Module 9: Twelfth Night

• William Shakespeare: Biography
• Twelfth Night
• Additional Resources

Module 10: Paradise Lost

• John Milton: Biography
• Book I
• Book IV
• Book IX
• Additional Resources

Module 11: The Restoration

• The British Restoration
• Marriage A-La-Mode
• Ode on Solitude
• A Description of a City Shower
• The Use of Memory Considered
• Additional Resources

Module 12: Oroonoko

• Aphra Behn: Biography
• Oroonoko; Or, the Royal Slave
• Additional Resources

Module 13: Gulliver’s Travels

• Jonathan Swift: Biography
• Gulliver’s Travels
• Additional Resources

Module 14: Fantomina

• Eliza Haywood: Biography
• Fantomina, or Love in a Maze
• Additional Resources

Module 15: Transitions to Romanticism

• Transitions from Augustan Literature to the Romantics
• The Restoration and the 18th Century
• Ode to Evening
• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
• For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry, from Jubilate Agno
• On the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes
• Additional Resources

Module 16: MLA Documentation

• Formatting the Works Cited Page (MLA)
• Formatting In-text Citations (MLA)
• MLA Checklist
• Introduce Evidence