“Who painted the lion? Is Satan a hero? What is a yahoo? How does the story-teller’s perspective (whether social, economic, gendered, cultural, geographic or human) change the story told? From Arthurian Legends, to poems of revolution, and social satire in the early novel, British Literature I introduces students to some of the best-known poems, plays, and novels written between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries. Through independent reading and class discussion, students learn to move from a text’s literal meaning to its symbolic significance and explore the way literature reflects, comments on, and shapes its cultural moment. Readings include works by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Aphra Behn, Jonathan Swift and others.” – UNE course catalog