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