LIT 224H - British Literature II

• Draw reasonable inferences, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
• Discuss literature of Romantic, Victorian, and 20th -century British writers.
• Discuss the major concerns of British writers of the three periods.
• Explain the social, political, religious and economic influences on the British writers of the three periods.
• Read, discuss, and evaluate a variety or texts ranging from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern Period.
• Situate and interpret literary texts in a national context.
• Describe the impact of a national literature on culture and history and vice versa.
• Write critically about a national literature as it is informed by a historical and cultural perspective.
• Examine the nature of human experience and/or artistic expression.