Pass.

8th century anglo-saxon literature, right up to Adrienne Rich's postmodern poetry (thats uhh... a few hundred years)

this time span broken into three periods (8cent-1780, 1780-1900, 1900-present).

all major political, social, ideological, historical, religious movements affecting literature and vice versa in these years.

273 specific texts (poetry, short stories, novellas, novels).

Knowledge of form, content, significance of each work.

Knowledge of influence, history, style of authors.

Five sections.

Four hours.

Three semesters into my grad program.

Two graders.

One just-got-the-face-rocked-off-of-it comprehensive exam.

PASS!

(PS> This means I'll be around a lot more)