Week |
Topics |
1. Week |
Introduction to the course: content of the course |
2. Week |
The Early 17th Century: 1600- 1660
- Characteristics and main historical process
- John Donne
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3. Week |
The Early 17th Century: 1600- 1660
- Gender relations: Conflict and counsel
- Inquiry and experience
- Chrisis of authority
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4. Week |
The Early 17th Century: 1600- 1660
- John Milton
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5. Week |
The Restoration and 18th Century: 1660-1800
- Characteristics and main historical process
- John Dryden, John Locke, Sir Isaac Newton
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6. Week |
The Restoration and 18th Century: 1660-1800
- Samuel Butler, Daniel Defoe
- Low people and high people issues (Henry Fielding)
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7. Week |
The Restoration and 18th Century: 1660-1800
- Debating women: arguments in verse (Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson)
- Liberty (John Locke, David Hume, Edmund Burke)
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8. Week |
Midterm Examination
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9. Week |
19th Century English Literature:
- Poems
- Novels
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10. Week |
19th Century English Literature:
- Social problems and Charles Dickens
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11. Week |
19th Century English Literature:
- Social problems and Charles Dickens
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12. Week |
20th Century English Literature
- Background
- Modernism
- Writers and Works
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13. Week |
20th Century English Literature
- Background
- Modernism
- Writers and Works
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14. Week |
Discussion
Questions & Answers
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