History of British Culture
Brother Anthony (An Sonjae)
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This course is designed to give students a deeper
understanding of the history and culture of Britain and the
development of the literature written in England.
The main text book is available in PDF by clicking on the
title: History
of English culture and literature by
Brother Anthony
[See also my main home page index with links to each historical period]
Class topics and linked materials
Week 1 Introduction: Prehistoric England, The Roman occupation A map of Britain An outline map of Britain
Week 2 Anglo-Saxon England -- Beowulf
Week 3 The Middle Ages -- Chaucer
Week 4 The Renaissance -- Utopia
Week 5 Elizabethan England -- Spenser and Sidney Giotto Botticcelli Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael Titian Holbein
Week 7 Early 17th century -- John Donne
Week 8
Week 9 The Civil War -- John Milton
Week 10
The Restoration & 18th century
Week 11 The Age of Reason -- Jane Austen
Week 12 Romanticism -- William Wordsworth
Week 13 The Victorian age -- Charles Dickens
Week 14 20th century
Week 15 Britain today