ISLE
INTRODUCTION
TO THE STUDY
OF LITERATURE
IN ENGLISH
,Inhoud
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................5
2. The Middle Ages ca. 1485..............................................................................................................7
2.1. The Middle Ages I: Old English Poetry.........................................................................................7
2.2. The Middle Ages II: Anglo-Norman and Middle English Literature............................................10
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (ca.1375-1400) (romance).......................................................11
3. The Sixteenth Century.................................................................................................................17
3.1. The Sixteenth Century I: Poetry.................................................................................................17
Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)..........................................................................................................20
Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599)....................................................................................................20
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)................................................................................................21
3.2. The Sixteenth Century II: Drama................................................................................................22
William Shakespeare - Twelfth Night (1601) (play).......................................................................22
4. The Seventeenth Century............................................................................................................28
4.1. The early seventeenth century..................................................................................................28
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)........................................................................................................33
John Donne (1572-1631)..............................................................................................................34
George Herbert (1593-1633)........................................................................................................35
5. The Eighteenth Century...............................................................................................................36
5.1. Restoration & 18th Century I.....................................................................................................36
John Milton (1608-1674)..............................................................................................................37
Aphra Behn (1640?-1689).............................................................................................................40
Aphra Behn - Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave (1688).....................................................................42
5.2. Restoration & 18th Century II....................................................................................................46
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)..........................................................................................................48
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)............................................................................................................52
6. Romanticism................................................................................................................................53
6.1. The Romantic period I................................................................................................................53
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)................................................................................................53
William Blake (1757-1827)............................................................................................................56
6.2. The Romantic period II...............................................................................................................59
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)................................................................................................59
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)...........................................................................................60
John Keats (1795-1821)................................................................................................................62
6.3. The Romantic period III..............................................................................................................63
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, Walt Whitman (1819-1892)..........................................................................................................65
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass (1855-1892)..............................................................................65
7. The Victorian Age........................................................................................................................67
7.1. The Victorian Age I.....................................................................................................................67
Henry James (1843-1916).............................................................................................................67
Henry James - Daisy Miller: A study (1878) (novella)....................................................................67
7.2. The Victorian Age II....................................................................................................................71
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).........................................................................................................73
Thomas Carlyle - Past and Present: ‘Captains of Industry’ (1843) (pamphlet)..............................73
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)..............................................................................................74
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ (1854) (poem)....................................75
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888).......................................................................................................76
Matthew Arnold - ‘Dover Beach’ (1851/1867) (poem).................................................................77
7.3. The Victorian Age III...................................................................................................................78
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)..............................................................................................................78
Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)................................................................79
8. The Twentieth Century and after.................................................................................................82
8.1. 20th Century I............................................................................................................................82
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)...........................................................................................................83
Virginia Woolf - Modern Fiction (1921) (essay)............................................................................84
James Joyce (1882-1941)..............................................................................................................86
James Joyce - Ulysses “Penelope” (1922).....................................................................................87
8.2. 20th Century II...........................................................................................................................88
James Joyce (1882-1941)..............................................................................................................89
James Joyce - Dubliners (1914).....................................................................................................89
James Joyce ) - ‘Araby’ (story).......................................................................................................90
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)................................................................................................................92
W.B. Yeats - ‘Easter 1916’ (1916) (poetry)....................................................................................93
8.3. 20th Century III..........................................................................................................................94
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)....................................................................................................................96
T.S. Eliot - ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ (1919).................................................................96
T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land (1922)................................................................................................98
Ezra Pound (1885-1972).............................................................................................................100
Ezra Pound - ‘In a Station of the Metro’ (1913/1916) (poem)....................................................100
Ezra Pound - ‘A Pact’ (poem)......................................................................................................101
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).....................................................................................................101
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, Wallace Stevens - ‘Anecdote of the Jar’ (1919)..........................................................................102
8.4. 20th Century IV........................................................................................................................103
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)...........................................................................................................104
W. H. Auden - ‘Musée des beaux arts’ (1938).............................................................................104
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).......................................................................................................106
Samuel Beckett - En attendant Godot (1953) / Waiting for Godot (1955)..................................106
8.5. 20th Century V.........................................................................................................................108
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)........................................................................................................108
Allen Ginsberg - ‘A Supermarket in California’ (1955-6) (poem).................................................109
Maxine Hong Kingston (°1940)...................................................................................................110
Maxine Hong Kingston - ‘No Name Woman’ (1976)...................................................................111
9. Seminars....................................................................................................................................113
9.1. Alice Munro - Walker Brothers Cowboy (1968) (short story)...................................................113
9.2. Jacqueline Woodson - brown girl dreaming (2014) (children’s/YAL literature).......................117
9.3. Sally Rooney - Normal People (2018) (campus novel)..............................................................122
9.4. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go (2005).................................................................................125
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INTRODUCTION
TO THE STUDY
OF LITERATURE
IN ENGLISH
,Inhoud
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................5
2. The Middle Ages ca. 1485..............................................................................................................7
2.1. The Middle Ages I: Old English Poetry.........................................................................................7
2.2. The Middle Ages II: Anglo-Norman and Middle English Literature............................................10
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (ca.1375-1400) (romance).......................................................11
3. The Sixteenth Century.................................................................................................................17
3.1. The Sixteenth Century I: Poetry.................................................................................................17
Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)..........................................................................................................20
Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599)....................................................................................................20
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)................................................................................................21
3.2. The Sixteenth Century II: Drama................................................................................................22
William Shakespeare - Twelfth Night (1601) (play).......................................................................22
4. The Seventeenth Century............................................................................................................28
4.1. The early seventeenth century..................................................................................................28
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)........................................................................................................33
John Donne (1572-1631)..............................................................................................................34
George Herbert (1593-1633)........................................................................................................35
5. The Eighteenth Century...............................................................................................................36
5.1. Restoration & 18th Century I.....................................................................................................36
John Milton (1608-1674)..............................................................................................................37
Aphra Behn (1640?-1689).............................................................................................................40
Aphra Behn - Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave (1688).....................................................................42
5.2. Restoration & 18th Century II....................................................................................................46
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)..........................................................................................................48
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)............................................................................................................52
6. Romanticism................................................................................................................................53
6.1. The Romantic period I................................................................................................................53
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)................................................................................................53
William Blake (1757-1827)............................................................................................................56
6.2. The Romantic period II...............................................................................................................59
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)................................................................................................59
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)...........................................................................................60
John Keats (1795-1821)................................................................................................................62
6.3. The Romantic period III..............................................................................................................63
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, Walt Whitman (1819-1892)..........................................................................................................65
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass (1855-1892)..............................................................................65
7. The Victorian Age........................................................................................................................67
7.1. The Victorian Age I.....................................................................................................................67
Henry James (1843-1916).............................................................................................................67
Henry James - Daisy Miller: A study (1878) (novella)....................................................................67
7.2. The Victorian Age II....................................................................................................................71
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).........................................................................................................73
Thomas Carlyle - Past and Present: ‘Captains of Industry’ (1843) (pamphlet)..............................73
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)..............................................................................................74
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ (1854) (poem)....................................75
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888).......................................................................................................76
Matthew Arnold - ‘Dover Beach’ (1851/1867) (poem).................................................................77
7.3. The Victorian Age III...................................................................................................................78
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)..............................................................................................................78
Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)................................................................79
8. The Twentieth Century and after.................................................................................................82
8.1. 20th Century I............................................................................................................................82
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)...........................................................................................................83
Virginia Woolf - Modern Fiction (1921) (essay)............................................................................84
James Joyce (1882-1941)..............................................................................................................86
James Joyce - Ulysses “Penelope” (1922).....................................................................................87
8.2. 20th Century II...........................................................................................................................88
James Joyce (1882-1941)..............................................................................................................89
James Joyce - Dubliners (1914).....................................................................................................89
James Joyce ) - ‘Araby’ (story).......................................................................................................90
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)................................................................................................................92
W.B. Yeats - ‘Easter 1916’ (1916) (poetry)....................................................................................93
8.3. 20th Century III..........................................................................................................................94
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)....................................................................................................................96
T.S. Eliot - ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ (1919).................................................................96
T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land (1922)................................................................................................98
Ezra Pound (1885-1972).............................................................................................................100
Ezra Pound - ‘In a Station of the Metro’ (1913/1916) (poem)....................................................100
Ezra Pound - ‘A Pact’ (poem)......................................................................................................101
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).....................................................................................................101
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, Wallace Stevens - ‘Anecdote of the Jar’ (1919)..........................................................................102
8.4. 20th Century IV........................................................................................................................103
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)...........................................................................................................104
W. H. Auden - ‘Musée des beaux arts’ (1938).............................................................................104
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).......................................................................................................106
Samuel Beckett - En attendant Godot (1953) / Waiting for Godot (1955)..................................106
8.5. 20th Century V.........................................................................................................................108
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)........................................................................................................108
Allen Ginsberg - ‘A Supermarket in California’ (1955-6) (poem).................................................109
Maxine Hong Kingston (°1940)...................................................................................................110
Maxine Hong Kingston - ‘No Name Woman’ (1976)...................................................................111
9. Seminars....................................................................................................................................113
9.1. Alice Munro - Walker Brothers Cowboy (1968) (short story)...................................................113
9.2. Jacqueline Woodson - brown girl dreaming (2014) (children’s/YAL literature).......................117
9.3. Sally Rooney - Normal People (2018) (campus novel)..............................................................122
9.4. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go (2005).................................................................................125
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