British Literature is an upper-level English literature course students typically take after American Literature; Literature II and Writing II are prerequisites to both American Literature and British Literature. The course offers a comprehensive historical outline of the major British literary periods and challenges students to employ a variety of close reading strategies and critical thinking skills to create authentic interpretations of texts, recognize how historical, cultural, and social realities have influenced literature, and to appreciate the art and craft of literature. Students will read and analyze poetry, drama, essays, and narrative prose and will complete written and oral assignments that center on periods of the British literary experience. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to speak authentically about British literature from the Middle Ages to the post-modern and post-colonial periods.