課程概述 Course Description：
This is a one-year course, which is designed to be the first part of the history of English Literature. It aims to help students understand the historical background of English Literature in order to learn English literary works well.
教學目標 Course Objectives：
In the first semester, the reading materials cover introductions of Anglo-Saxon Literature, Anglo-Roman Literature, and Middle English Literature in the 14th and 15th centuries. In this semester, the focus lies in the Elizabethan age, the 17th century, the restoration and the 18th century.
教學內容 Course Outline：
第01週教綱 outline：course description
第02週教綱 outline：Holiday
第03週教綱 outline：The early seventeenth century: introduction
第04週教綱 outline：John Donne, songs and sonnets (The Flea, Song, The Canonization, A Valediction)
第05週教綱 outline：Ben Johnson, Inviting a Friend to Supper, Volpone
第06週教綱 outline：Ben Johnson, Volpone
第07週教綱 outline：Holiday
第08週教綱 outline：Sir Francis Bacon, The New Atlantis; George Herbert, The Altar, Easter Wings
第09週教綱 outline：Mid-term Exam
第10週教綱 outline：John Milton, Paradise Lost (Book 1)
第11週教綱 outline：John Milton, Paradise Lost (Book 4)
第12週教綱 outline：The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century: Introduction
第13週教綱 outline：John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
第14週教綱 outline：Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (part 3)
第15週教綱 outline：Holiday
第16週教綱 outline：Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (part 4)
第17週教綱 outline：Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock
第18週教綱 outline：Final Exam