Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course is a chronological survey of the English language, literary forms, and ideas from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century (Old English to the Neoclassical period), with special attention to Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson as representatives of their respective periods. Extensive reading and discussion of works. Strong writing component and emphasis on textual analysis. Examination of the relationship between historical events and literary works.