British Literature, Volume 2
Romantics to the Present
Organized chronologically, British Literature, Volume 2 focuses on authors and works from passionate Romanticism to smug Victorianism to a doubting, wary, Orwellian modern world. Lessons emphasize the links among literature, culture, and history. Part 1 introduces major figures of the Romantic Era, such as poets Wordsworth and Keats and novelists Austen and Shelley. Part 2 examines the Victorian Age of Empire, when writers like Dickens, Kipling, and Hardy lauded and questioned England’s growing industrialization and world influence. In Part 3, the events and ideas that accompanied the turn of the century are viewed through the writers of the Modern Era, such as Yeats, Woolf, and Eliot. Finally, Part 4 focuses on how British writers responded to the social changes that followed the end of World War II. An extended list of recommended resources includes films and online materials.
About the Series:
English & Language Arts curriculum units contain complete lesson
plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with background
and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for
student questions. These materials encourage the development of thinking
, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical
thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Use Center for Learning novel/drama units to enhance your approach to literature by including great works from the British tradition.
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Student Activities
Students explore the concept of the Byronic hero, character development, elements of poetry, freedom, humor, imperialism, the Industrial Revolution, literary genres, nature, romanticism, science fiction, and Victorianism. They examine the work of Robert Burns, Samuel Coleridge, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Bernard Shaw, Ted Hughes, and others.
Classroom activities include analyzing, comparing literary works, defining terms, developing/expressing ideas, drawing conclusions from reading, evaluating character authenticity, identifying an author’s purpose, relating literature and history, researching, tracing image patterns, and using logical order.
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