English Lit CLEP

[forserious]

Let me preface this with saying I searched the forums and found limited information on this test. I was wondering if anyone had any books that they would recommend for passing this test.

[LuBee]

I am sorry to say that I have not taken this CLEP. But there is a new book out that looks like it may be similar to the Complete Idiots Guide to American Literature. That is all that seems to be needed to pass the American Lit test. So hopefully the Complete Idiots Guide to English Literature is just as good. Here is the link: Amazon.com: The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature (Complete Idiot's Guide to): Books: Ph.D., Jay Stevenson

If you end up buying it and taking the test, let us what you think of it, okay?

[forserious]

I am sorry to say that I have not taken this CLEP. But there is a new book out that looks like it may be similar to the Complete Idiots Guide to American Literature. That is all that seems to be needed to pass the American Lit test. So hopefully the Complete Idiots Guide to English Literature is just as good. Here is the link: Amazon.com: The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature (Complete Idiot's Guide to): Books: Ph.D., Jay Stevenson

If you end up buying it and taking the test, let us what you think of it, okay?

yea, but I don't want to wait. I think I'm going to end up buying one from passyourclass.com

[Eva Anderson]

The complete idiot's...doesn't come out until July, by then it will be too late for me. I got a couple of Brit. Lit. surveys from the university library and a good literary terms dictionary, used the CLEP test book (also from the library) and just went through the answers. If the answer was, for instance, John Dryden, I read all I could about him and his era, poetry, etc. Not the easy way, I admit, but I think it'll work. My test is this Tuesday. Good luck on yours.

[JoliesMom]

HI! I took English literature on 4/11/2007. I also had a hard time finding study information. There was one question on a Canadian female author. I forgot all 4 answers but I marked Sylvia Plath and that was wrong. I was really taken by surprise for this question. There are several questions with a review of a work and you need to reply with either the name of the work or the author. There are 4 or 5 questions where they give you pairs of characters from Shakespere and you answer the title. There are 4 questions where they want to know which 2 authors worked together to write plays, satire, novels, poetry. I remembered reading this, but of course couldn't remember at test time. One question is who wrote the 1st dictionary in English. There is one question about the name of a poem someone wrote in response to his friends death. The answer was In Memorium. A lot of questions gave a passage and then they asked specific questions about the meaning of phrases and either the name of the work or the author. I really stressed about studying and not knowing enough, but the test itself was much better than I thought. Good Luck!!! I really think you will do ok.

[forserious]

HI! I took English literature on 4/11/2007. I also had a hard time finding study information. There was one question on a Canadian female author. I forgot all 4 answers but I marked Sylvia Plath and that was wrong. I was really taken by surprise for this question. There are several questions with a review of a work and you need to reply with either the name of the work or the author. There are 4 or 5 questions where they give you pairs of characters from Shakespere and you answer the title. There are 4 questions where they want to know which 2 authors worked together to write plays, satire, novels, poetry. I remembered reading this, but of course couldn't remember at test time. One question is who wrote the 1st dictionary in English. There is one question about the name of a poem someone wrote in response to his friends death. The answer was In Memorium. A lot of questions gave a passage and then they asked specific questions about the meaning of phrases and either the name of the work or the author. I really stressed about studying and not knowing enough, but the test itself was much better than I thought. Good Luck!!! I really think you will do ok.

thanks for the response, how much time did you spend studying?

[mattie]

Don't forget, you can look up a lot of Info on sparknotes.com. I used that when I took this test. Plus a highschool text book. I think I studied for like two weeks or so. But I had very little English lit background.
Good luck!

[JoliesMom]

I spent about 4 days (10 hours) studying. I really stressed over not knowing enough. I used the Pass your class booklet. They have some wonderful websites at the end. I used the SparkNotes Literature 101. I bought the SparkNotes Shakespere, but did not read it.
The SparkNotes in the internet is the same as the book Literature 101.
I believe SparkNotes had reviews that would have been writen in the time of
the publication.


Remember Polonius said "to thine own self be true"

Web sites

Progress Pilgrim's Progress | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Robinson Crusoe SparkNotes: Robinson Crusoe
Macbeth SparkNotes: Macbeth
Julius Caesar SparkNotes: Julius Caesar
King Lear SparkNotes: King Lear
Othello SparkNotes: Othello
Hamlet SparkNotes: Hamlet
Henry IV Shakespeare's Sources for 1 Henry IV Paradise Lost SparkNotes: Paradise Lost
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Eliot, T.S. 1917. Prufrock and Other Observations Ulysses SparkNotes: Ulysses
A Valediction Forbidding Morning John Donne: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man SparkNotes: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Plot Overview
The Waste Land SparkNotes: Eliot's Poetry: The Waste Land Section I: "The Burial of the Dead" The Rime of the Ancient Mariner SparkNotes: Coleridge's Poetry: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Parts I-IV Songs of Innocence SparkNotes: Songs of Innocence and Experience
The Faerie Queene SparkNotes: The Faerie Queene
The Rape of the Lock SparkNotes: The Rape of the Lock
Tess of the D’Uberville Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Detailed Book Review
Sons and Lovers SparkNotes: Complete Text of Sons and Lovers
Professions for Women The Death of the Moth, and other essays, by Virginia Woolf (chap28) Lycidas 317. Lycidas. John Milton. The Oxford Book of English Verse
The Canonization John Donne: The Canonization.
Pride and Prejudice SparkNotes: Pride and Prejudice
The Rover The Rover Summary & Essays - Aphra Behn
The Rivals The Rivals, a CurtainUp Berkshire review

It was hard to find resources. Good Luck!!! I know you will do great.

[Shadowless]

What did you score on the test?

[sdeserio]

I am going to take the English Lit Clep exam soon. I was wondering if there is any online sample tests i can take or practice tests from a book. Thanks in advance.

Stephen