English Literature 1.The development of Anglo-Saxon literature. 2.English literature from the Norman Conquest to 1300: key characteristics, genres and literary figures. 3.Medieval romances. 4.The 14thcentury in the history of English literature: key characteristics, genres and literary figures. 5.The life and literary works of Geoffrey Chaucer. 6.The 15thcentury in the history of English literature: key characteristics, genres and literary figures. 7.The Renaissance period of English literature: key characteristics, genres and literary figures. 8.English poetry of the Renaissance period. 9.The notion of classical utopia: Sir Thomas More and his “Utopia”. 10.The rise of English theatre and drama during the Renaissance. 11. The life and literary works of William Shakespeare: the authorship question. 12.Shakespeare’s comedies: key characteristics. 13.Shakespeare’s tragedies: major themes and common features. 14.John Milton: political and literary activity. 15.English Baroque literature: John Donne and the Metaphysical school of poetry. 16.18th-century English literature: major trends, genres and literary figures. 17.Early Enlightenment in England: classicism and Alexander Pope’s works. The rise of journalism and the beginnings of the periodical essay.
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