Introduction to LTEN 21

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Introduction to LTEN 21

1. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary
   history
2. How to deal with so many centuries of literary
   history course mechanics
3. Why read this stuff? Or, The Canon and Its
   Discontents
4. Beowulf

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Course website

• http//www.medievallit.org/
• Change Holiday on Nov. 11. Corrections on
  website
• Friday section by arrangement
• Slides for lecture will be posted linked to
  their date in syllabus. I will post for the week
  over the weekend

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Penguin Beowulf
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Norton A
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Norton B
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Bedford Glossary
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I. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary
history

• Linguistic Divisions
• Anglo-Saxon or Old English
• Middle English
• Modern English

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I. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary
history

• Literary Divisions
• Anglo-Saxon or Old English Literature
• Middle English Literature
• The Early Modern Period, aka The Renaissance

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3. The Early Modern Period, aka The Renaissance

• a. The Elizabethan Age reign of Elizabeth I
  (1558-1603)
• b. Jacobean Age Reign of James I (1603-25)
• c. Caroline Age Charles I (1625-49)
• d. Commonwealth period (1649-1660)

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II. How to deal with so many centuries of
literary history course mechanics

• See Syllabus
• Accomodation
• Email notification