The course is the first in the series of the so-called survey courses, and aims to map out the period of the British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century. The seminar is based on reading and analysis of selected extracts, and activities and discussions related to them. The goal of the course is that the students are acquainted with chief works, authors and topics of the relevant periods,will achieve an in-depth understanding of the British life and culture and will exercise their reading and other competences.
British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century 1. Introductory Practicalities and work required. Mapping the territory of Old English Literature and Early Modern Literature, up to Eighteen Century. 2. Old English Period: Riddles. Beowulf. The Arthurian Legend. Excalibur. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 3. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales; Robin Hood and the Widow's Sons. 4. Elizabethan Era: Drama and Sonnet. Elizabethan Theatre. Shakespearean Comedies. 5. Shakespeare and Tragedies. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet 6. Renaissance Man and Science. Christopher Marlowe. Doctor Faustus. 7. The Seventeenth Century: The Metaphysics (John Donne) and the Cavaliers. 8. Cromwelian Literature (Restoration lit.) and John Milton. Pamphlets; Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal. 9. Women's literature. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of Rights of Women; Aphra Ben. 9. Augustan Literature and Drama. John Gay: The Beggar's Opera. 10.The novel: Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Fanny Burney. 11. Preromantic and Early Romantic Poetry. Robert Burns, William Blake.
Grades and Evaluation Homework, in-class assignments, set reading 40% Credit Test 40% Oral Presentation 20% PLEASE NOTE: Attendance (80%) is assumed. Satisfactory result on assignments plus regular attendance will determine the grade. The course is hands-on, based on activities rather than lecturing. You are expected to work both for and in the sessions. Unexcused excessive abscense affects your grade as well. Each student will have to give 5 min. oral presentation.(More details will be provided in class).
British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century 1. Introductory Practicalities and work required. Mapping the territory of Old English Literature and Early Modern Literature, up to Eighteen Century. 2. Old English Period: Riddles. Beowulf. The Arthurian Legend. Excalibur. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 3. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales; Robin Hood and the Widow's Sons. 4. Elizabethan Era: Drama and Sonnet. Elizabethan Theatre. Shakespearean Comedies. 5. Shakespeare and Tragedies. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet 6. Renaissance Man and Science. Christopher Marlowe. Doctor Faustus. 7. The Seventeenth Century: The Metaphysics (John Donne) and the Cavaliers. 8. Cromwelian Literature (Restoration lit.) and John Milton. Pamphlets; Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal. 9. Women's literature. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of Rights of Women; Aphra Ben. 9. Augustan Literature and Drama. John Gay: The Beggar's Opera. 10.The novel: Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Fanny Burney. 11. Preromantic and Early Romantic Poetry. Robert Burns, William Blake.
Grades and Evaluation Homework, in-class assignments, set reading 40% Credit Test 40% Oral Presentation 20% PLEASE NOTE: Attendance (80%) is assumed. Satisfactory result on assignments plus regular attendance will determine the grade. The course is hands-on, based on activities rather than lecturing. You are expected to work both for and in the sessions. Unexcused excessive abscense affects your grade as well. Each student will have to give 5 min. oral presentation.(More details will be provided in class).