Syllabus
1. English literature and religion
2. Climaxes of English drama
3. Metamorphoses of English poetic sensibility
4. Major developments in the 18th and 19th century English novel
5. English Romanticism
6. British Modernism
7. British literature from the 1930s to 1960s
8. Postmodernism in British literature
9. Metamorphoses of humour in English literature
Annotation
The aim of this course is to consolidate and deepen the students’ existing knowledge of English and British literature through complex and cross-section themes and exploring this knowledge in wider historical, social and cultural contexts. The course is conceived as class discussions and students’ presentations based on preceding independent preparation and reading.