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- | Old and Middle English literature. Introduce the background and the various literary genres current in the period (597–1066–1450). The heroic epic, the romance, lyric poetry. Talk in more detail about Chaucer' | ||
- | English drama from medieval times to the Renaissance. Introduce the main developments in, and the major dramatic genres of, the period (theatrical traditions, performances, | ||
- | English poetry from Wyatt to Milton. Introduce the main developments in the history of the genre in the period (the birth of new poetical forms in England, the reception of the Continental Renaissance, | ||
- | The long eighteenth century. Provide an overview of the era, highlighting the major developments in its literature (Restoration drama; the rise of the novel; diverse trends in eighteenth century poetry). Discuss, in detail, one longer work (drama, novel) or two major poems from the period. | ||
- | Romanticism. Provide an overview of the era, highlighting the major developments in its literature (the emergence of Romanticism: | ||
- | The Victorian age. Provide an overview of the era, highlighting the major developments in its literature (the Romantic tradition; Victorian realism; transition towards modernism). Discuss, in detail, one novel, or two major poems from the period. | ||
- | The English novel from the 1890s to the 1960s. Introduce the main developments in the history of the genre in the period (modernism, realism, allegory and satire, utopia and dystopia, etc.). Discuss, in detail, one representative novel. | ||
- | English drama from the 1890s to the 1960s. Introduce the main developments in the history of the genre in the period (the comedy of ideas, turn-of-the century experimentation, | ||
- | English poetry from the 1890s to the 1960s. Introduce the main developments in the history of the genre in the period (early and “classical” modernism, the “engaged” poetry of the 1930s and 1940s, New Romanticism, | ||
- | Contemporary English literature. Highlight some characteristic developments in the literature of the recent past. Introduce the work, in some detail, of a major writer or poet (Salman Rushdie, John Fowles, Angela Carter, Tom Stoppard, Seamus Heaney). | ||
- | American poetry and drama. Discuss one of the following topics in detail: American poetry from the period of Colonization to the age of Enlightenment; | ||
- | American prose and fiction. Discuss one of the following topics, in detail: American prose from the period of Colonization to the age of Enlightenment; | ||
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