Course code

GRA6313.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Briti kirjandus renessansist tänapäevani

Course title in English

British Literature from the Renaissance to the Present Day

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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

Course aims

Getting acquainted with main periods and key names in British literature from the 15th century to the present day.

Brief description of the course

Most important periods and literary methods: Renaissance and Shakeaspere’s oeuvre; neo-classicism; Romanticism, Realism, Decadence; Modernism; Postwar British literature; Existentialism; trends and contradictions of the 1960s-70s; postmodernism, feminism; British litearuture of the 1980s: the problem of history, metafiction, postcolonial discourse; identity studies, trauma studies, ecocriticism. Main characteristics and names of the particular period.
Study methods: lecture, seminar, free discussion, group work, multimedia e-lecture, portfolio.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has the idea of history of British literature, as well as main literary methods with a focus on peculiarities of British literature;
- has knowledge of main methods, tendencies and themes in 20th century British literature, up to the present day;
- has ability to place literary material in a wider context.

Teacher

Julia Kuznetski

Study programmes containing that course

Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/21.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/21.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/20.HT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/00.HR)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/20.HT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/18.HR)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/19.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/19.HT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/17.HR)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/18.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/18.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/17.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/17.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/16.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/00.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/00.HT)