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Reading List VL und Begleitübung Survey I, Prof. Korte
The following texts will be treated in the lecture course (briefly) and in the Übung
(somewhat more extensively). Knowledge of these texts will be necessary for your
final exam. With the exception of Shakespeare, Henry V, all texts or text excerpts
on this list can be found in the Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. I., 8th
ed.
Texts:
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: "General Prologue" and "Miller’s Tale"
Everyman
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare, King Lear
William Shakespeare, Henry V
Sonnets: Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare (details given in class)
Thomas More, Utopia
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress (excerpts)
Milton, Paradise Lost (excerpts Bk 1 and Bk 3)
Donne, "Batter My Heart", "Death Be not Proud", "The Sun Rising"
Herbert, “Redemption”
Herrick, "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time", "Delight in Disorder"
William Congreve, The Way of the World
Pope, "Essay on Criticism"
Swift, "City Shower"
Addison, The Spectator (excerpts)
Richardson, Clarissa
Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Oliver Goldsmith, "The Deserted Village"
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