This course is based on a thematic approach to British literature.Our themes are the supernatural, war and peace, and journeys. The following is a sampling of the works we will study.
Unit I: The Supernatural & Gothic
Brave New World - Huxley
Beowulf
Macbeth - Shakespeare
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Coleridge
The Rocking Horse Winner
Unit II: The Journey
The Canterbury Tales
The Virgins
Unit III. War & Peace
Unit IV: Sense of Self and Identity
"Not Waving, But Drowning" Stevie Smith
"The Hollow Men" T. S. Eliot
"Preludes" T. S. Eliot
"The Destructors"
Unit V: The Journey
The Canterbury Tales Chaucer
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