Academic Year:
2025/26
27820 - English Literature II
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2025/26
Subject:
27820 - English Literature II
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
680 - Degree in English
Ambit:
Philology, classical studies, translation and linguistics
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The main aim of the course is to provide:
1) basic knowledge of 17th and 18th century English literature
2) necessary skills for its understanding and analysis
The aim is for students to acquire a level of literary competence appropriate to the demands of a second-year subject. While increasing knowledge and their ability to understand and analyse the literary production of a specific period, it is also intended to improve their critical and analytical skills and the use of the English language in an academic context.
These objectives are aligned with the following SDGs: 4, 5, 10, 16 and 17.
The subject is based on two compulsory subjects of the first year 27808 and 27806.
2. Learning results
CON-4. Know, describe, analyze, and explain literature, culture, and cinema in the English language
Know, describe, analyze, and explain English literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.
CON-9. Know, describe, analyze, and apply critical theories and methodologies of literary and film analysis
Know, describe, analyze, and apply critical theories and methodologies of literary analysis to English literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.
CON-10. Know, describe, analyze, and apply critical theories and methodologies of cultural and gender studies
Know, describe, analyze, and apply critical theories and methodologies of cultural and gender studies to English literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.
HAB-4. Communicate and explain knowledge in English
Communicate and explain knowledge in English at a B2.2 level related to English literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.
HAB-9. Analyze literary and audiovisual texts in English critically, identifying sociocultural, linguistic, and aesthetic features
Critically analyze literary texts in English from the 17th and 18th centuries, identifying their sociocultural, linguistic, and aesthetic features.
HAB-10. Analyze social and cultural reality through its representations
Analyze social and cultural reality through its representations in English literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.
CTR-2. Teamwork. Actively collaborate with a group of people to achieve a common goal by combining different talents
CTR-3. Critical thinking. Reflectively reason on a topic, being able to deliberate on its validity by subjecting personal and external beliefs to debate
CTR-6. Lifelong self-learning. Use learning continuously and develop autonomous and flexible learning strategies throughout life to be part of an active, motivated, and integrated citizenry, fostering employability or personal development
3. Syllabus
Unit 0: Introduction: What is literature?
Section 1: 17th century Literature.
Unit 1. The literature of the early 17th century: Oral poetry. The Metaphysical poets, Katherine Philips, Sir Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution.
Unit 2. The Restoration period (1660-1689): Margaret Cavendish, John Milton and Aphra Behn.
Section 2: 18th century Literature.
Unit 3. The literature of the Augustan period (1689-1740): Anne Finch, Mary Delarivier Manley, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.
Unit 4. Advancing further into the 18th century: Thomas Gray, Robert Burns and William Blake. The development of the novel and Laurence Sterne. Mary Wollstonecraft.
4. Academic activities
Theoretical classes: Introduction to the historical and cultural context of each period and presentation of concepts and critical approaches applicable to the analysis of the texts
Practical classes: Individual and group work. Analysis and commentary of the selected texts under the tutelage of the teacher.
Supervised activities: Individual and group tutorials.
Autonomous activities:
a) study of the topics covered in class, compulsory readings, consultation of complementary bibliography.
b) preparation of tasks to be carried out in class.
Evaluation.
5. Assessment system
FIRST CALL
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (100%):
Two partial written tests on each block of the subject (17th c. and 18th c.) whose dates will be set by the teaching staff (80% of the final mark). Each test will consist of:
-Theory (50%, minimum 4.5 out of 10): open questions about concepts key, works and literary styles.
-Practice (50%, minimum 4.5 out of 10): text comment of one of the required readings.
2) A group presentation in class (20% of the final grade) of a theoretical topic-practice agreed with the teaching staff in advance. They will be able to prepare additional material if desired.
To pass the subject, the average of all parts must reach a minimum of 5.
FINAL EXAM (100%): Written test that will consist of a theoretical part of open questions on the topics and works covered in class (50%) and a practical part of text commentary (50%).
SECOND CALL
Final exam (100% of the final mark). The competences assessed are the same as those evaluated in the first call exam.
Assessment criteria (for both calls):
The ability to define and relate concepts, the ability to understand and analyse, and the development of personal interpretations will be valued, in relation to both the more theoretical part of the subject as well as with the more practical part referring to compulsory reading texts.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
4 - Quality Education
10 - Reduced Inequalities
17 - Partnerships for the Goals