History of English Literature
( 24 Modules )

Module #1
Introduction to English Literature
Overview of the course, significance of English literature, and key concepts

Module #2
Old English Literature (450-1100 AD)
Beowulf, epic poetry, and Anglo-Saxon culture

Module #3
Middle English Literature (1100-1500 AD)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Chaucers Canterbury Tales, and medieval culture

Module #4
The Renaissance and Elizabethan Era (1500-1600 AD)
Shakespeares plays, sonnets, and the emergence of English drama

Module #5
The Metaphysical Poets (1600-1660 AD)
John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvells innovative poetry

Module #6
The Restoration and 18th Century (1660-1780 AD)
Dryden, Pope, and Swifts satirical works, and the rise of the novel

Module #7
Romanticism (1780-1830 AD)
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats poetry and nature

Module #8
Victorian Literature (1830-1900 AD)
Dickens, the Brontë sisters, and the social commentary of the era

Module #9
The Victorian Novel
In-depth analysis of major Victorian novels, such as Great Expectations and Jane Eyre

Module #10
The Fin-de-Siècle and Aestheticism (1880-1900 AD)
Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, and the decadent movement

Module #11
Modernism (1900-1940 AD)
T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and the experimentation of modernist literature

Module #12
Early 20th-Century Poetry
W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, and the development of modern poetry

Module #13
Post-WWII Literature (1940-1970 AD)
The Angry Young Men, the Movement, and the emergence of postmodernism

Module #14
Contemporary British Literature (1970-present)
Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and the diverse voices of contemporary British literature

Module #15
American Literature:Colonial to Romantic (1600-1850 AD)
Early American literature, Edgar Allan Poe, and the American Renaissance

Module #16
American Realism and Naturalism (1850-1910 AD)
Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and the rise of American realism

Module #17
Modern American Literature (1910-1940 AD)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and the Lost Generation

Module #18
Post-WWII American Literature (1940-1980 AD)
J.D. Salinger, Sylvia Plath, and the counterculture movement

Module #19
Contemporary American Literature (1980-present)
Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, and the diversity of contemporary American literature

Module #20
Postcolonial Literature
Literary responses to colonialism and imperialism, including works by Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie

Module #21
Womens Writing in English Literature
The history and development of womens writing, from medieval to modern times

Module #22
Literary Theory and Criticism
Introduction to key literary theories and critics, including Marxism, feminism, and postcolonialism

Module #23
Special Topics:Fantasy and Science Fiction
Exploration of fantasy and science fiction in English literature, from Beowulf to modern works

Module #24
Course Wrap-Up & Conclusion
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