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What is literature? How is it different from branches of sciences? Why do we study literature? What is English literature and its periods? |
Lecture |
| 2 |
Reading |
Anglo-Saxon Period: Old English and the First Examples of English Literature |
Lecture |
| 3 |
Reading |
The Beowulf and The Wanderer |
Lecture |
| 4 |
Reading |
Medieval English literature: historical and literary background, exploring genres and traditions |
Lecture |
| 5 |
Reading |
Romance, Chivalric Tales, Allegories, Fables, Ballads, Lyric Poetry, Mystery and Morality Plays: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Everyman |
Lecture |
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Reading |
Renaissance English Literature: Historical and literary background, Sonnet forms by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Earl of Surrey, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser |
Lecture |
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Reading |
Elizabethan Drama: Introduction to the works of William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe Macbeth and Dr. Faustus |
Lecture |
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Reading |
The 17th Century English Literature: social, political, cultural, religious and historical background |
Lecture |
| 9 |
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Metaphysical Poetry: John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan |
Lecture |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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Reading |
The 18th Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, Enlightenment and Its effects on literature |
Lecture |
| 12 |
Reading |
19th Century English Novel: Historical and literary background, Charles Dickens: Great Expectations |
Lecture |
| 13 |
Reading |
20th Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, Modern Drama and fiction, T. S. Eliot |
Lecture |
| 14 |
Reading |
21st Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, global diversity, hybridity, experimental style |
Lecture |
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Reading |
Round up |
Lecture |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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