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History of English Literature

Course code

GRA6026.HT

old course code

GRA6026

Course title in Estonian

Inglise kirjanduse ajalugu

Course title in English

History of English Literature

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To become acquainted with the history of English literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century. To look at the writings of the important exponents of the particular century or literary movement.

Brief description of the course

Main literary methods (early literature, Renaissance, Restoration lit, Neoclassicism, the Gothic novel, Romanticism, Realism, literature of the fin-de-ciecle, neoromanticism). Analysis of Shakespeares plays, the Victorians (Th. Hardy, J. Galsworthy, O. Wilde).
The course consists of lectures and seminars. Independent study consists in reading the books from the list of obligatory reading and answering them individually in the form of a short essay (ca 1 A4 pg) on a topic provided by the lecturer.
Study methods: lecture, seminar, discussion, pair and group work.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the history of English literature, literary movements and methods, with an emphasis on the peculiarities of British culture;
- has developed of analytical skills.
- has motivation for further research.

Teacher

dots Julia Tofantšuk

The course is a prerequisite

20-th Century British Women Writers (GRA6060.HT)
Special Course of English Literature (19th century) (GRA6066.HT)
Special Course of English Renaissance (GRA6064.HT)
Special Course of English Romantics (GRA6065.HT)

Study programmes containing that course