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History of English Literature

U1
The Beginnings
topic 1 to 11
11 topics
01
The Beginnings: An Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Literature and Civilization
02
Christian and Secular Writers
03
Beowulf
04
Socio-Cultural Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Life
05
Medieval Literature
06
The Norman Conquest and Its Aftermath
07
Dominant Genres
08
Evolution and Development of English Language
09
Chaucer and His Contemporaries
10
Religious Absolutism and Seeds of Reformation
11
Black Death and Major Political Developments in congruence with the literary productions
U2
The Renaissance
topic 12 to 18
7 topics
12
The Renaissance: The meaning and genealogies of the arrival of the Renaissance at the English scene
13
Reformation of Religion (From Germany to Britain)
14
Scientific Developments in the Renaissance
15
Humanism
16
Arts and Painting in the Renaissance
17
Italian Influence on English Imagination
18
The Elizabethan Era
U3
Major Dramatists
topic 19 to 21
3 topics
19
Major Dramatists: Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Ben Jonson
20
Prose Writers of the Elizabethan Era
21
Poets and Treatises of the Elizabethan Era
U4
Puritanism and Restoration
topic 22 to 26
5 topics
22
Puritanism and Restoration: Major Political Developments
23
Divine Right Theory
24
Suspension of Parliament
25
Civil War in England
26
The Commonwealth
U5
Metaphysical Poets
topic 27 to 32
6 topics
27
Metaphysical Poets: John Donne
28
Milton and the Puritan Age
29
Cavalier Poets
30
Restoration Drama
31
Glorious Revolution of 1688
32
Philosophical Creations of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
U6
18th Century
topic 33 to 37
5 topics
33
18th Century: The Age of Prose and Satire
34
Major Writers and Their Works in the 18th Century
35
Journals in the 18th Century
36
The Spirit of Neo-Classicism
37
Rise of English Novel
U7
Romantic Movement
topic 38 to 40
3 topics
38
Romantic Movement: An Introduction to Romanticism
39
Major Literary Figures and Works in Romanticism
40
Blake, Byron, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, and Cowper
U8
Victorian Era
topic 41 to 46
6 topics
41
Victorian Era: Spirit of the Victorian Age
42
Tussle Between Science and Morality
43
Science and Nature in the Victorian Era
44
Industrialism in the Victorian Era
45
The Victorian Novel, Poetry, and Prose
46
Seeds of British Colonialism in Asia and Africa
U9
20th Century Literature
topic 47 to 49
3 topics
47
20th Century Literature: Modernism and Its Genealogies
48
World Wars and Their Impact on Literary Imagination
49
Major Writers, Genres, and Movements in the 20th Century

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