On these pages, you will find links to the lectures that go along with the readings. Please read them carefully, and try to answer all the questions (in your head; no need to write down answers).
Lecture 1: Introduction to English Literature
Lecture 2: Old English Literature; Beowulf
Lecture 3: The Middle Ages; Sir Gawain
Lecture 4: The Middle Ages; Chaucer
Lecture 5: The Middle Ages; Malory, Morte Darthur
Lecture 6: The Sixteenth Century; Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
Lecture 7: The Sixteenth Century; Shakespeare, King Lear
Lecture 8: The Seventeenth Century; The Metaphysical Poets