Faculty

ENGL-2322 British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Through 18th Century

Jennifer Zuba

Credit Fall 2025

Section(s)

ENGL-2322-032 (21225)
LEC SHS ONL DIL

ENGL-2322-051 (21230)
LEC LEA ONL DIL

Course Requirements

● Writing assignments, including analytical essays and tests, will constitute at least two-thirds of the student’s final grade.

● The instructor may count other types of class projects, together accounting for no more than one-third of a student’s final grade. Projects might include quizzes, readings, dramatizations, journal writing, brief literary writing exercises, oral book readings, reports on authors, or other activities.

● The instructor will provide more specific course objectives and requirements. A student not complying with these requirements may be withdrawn from the course at any time up to the last official withdrawal date. See Professor Zuba’s Course Calendar for specific assignments

Professor Zuba uses a points based grading system. Every assignment will have specific information about points possible and due dates.

Readings

English 2322, British Literature: Anglo-Saxon through 18th Century, is a survey of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times through the 18th Century.

ALl readings will be given to students. This is a ZTC course.

Course Subjects

Write clearly, coherently and effectively about various genres in literature

● In discussions and writing, address the culture and context of the work of literature ● Write about and discuss elements of literary texts and relate these to the work as a whole.

Core Objectives (General Education Learning Outcomes)

Upon completion of the general education component of an associate’s degree, students will demonstrate competence in:

● Critical Thinking Skills (CT) - creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information

● Communication Skills (COM) - effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication

● Teamwork (TW) - ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal

● Social Responsibility (SR) - intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities

● Personal Responsibility (PR) - ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Upon completion of sophomore literature, students should be able to

● Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. ● Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.

● Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.

● Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.

● Write research based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.

English department Students learning outcomes