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This lecture course (the second in a two-part sequence) aims at providing a rough (and necessarily sketchy) overview over the key texts and periods of English literature from the Romantic era to the global diversification of contemporary English literatures. Our starting point will be the merits, pitfalls and governing principles of writing literary histories. We will then focus on Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, Modernist, Postmodernist and Postcolonial Literatures. For a first orientation in the field, please consult the standard literary histories (Seeber, Englische Literaturgeschichte; Sampson, Cambridge Guide to English Literature; Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature; Peck/Coyle, A Brief History of English Literature; Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature) as well as standard anthologies such as The Norton Anthology of English Literature (7th ed., vol. 2) or Die englische Literatur in Text und Darstellung (Reclam). A detailed course schedule will be available at the beginning of term. No registration is required for this course. Participation in part I of this course is NOT a prerequisite for enrolment. |
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English Literature II