Unit 2. The Medieval period (1066-1485)
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2.1. Chivalry and romance.
2.2. The legend of King Arthur.
2.3. The Ballads.
2.4. Drama of the Middle Ages.
2.5. Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales. |
| Unit 4. The Restoration and the Eighteenth century (1660-1798) |
4.1. Restoration drama.
4.2. Periodical, magazines and prose essays.
4.3. Augustan poetry.
4.4. Sentimental poetry.
4.5. The origins of the novel: Defoe and Swift.
4.6. Evolution of the novel: Richardson and Fielding.
4.7. Picaresque novel.
4.8. The Gothic and the sentimental novel.
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| Unit 6. The Twentieth century (1901 to present) |
6.1. Crime, adventure and gothic extravagance.
6.2. Revival of the theatre to 1945.
6.3. Pre-war poetry.
6.4. The World War I poetry.
6.5. The poets of the thirties.
6.6. The modern novel.
6.7. Modernism: The Bloomsbury group.
6.8. The post-modern novel.
6.9. The absurdist drama.
6.10. Poetry: The Movement and The Group.
6.11. Regionalists, women and post-colonial writers.
6.12. Multiculturalism |
