Prologue ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Old English ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Anglo – saxon poetry ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Specific features of Anglo-saxon poetry ………………………………………………………………
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Beowulf ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Middle English literature/ 14th century …………………………………………………………………
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Geoffrey Chaucer biography …………………………………………………………………………………
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The Canterbury Tales ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Historical Context and Themes ……………………………………………………………………………..
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Religion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Social class and convention …………………………………………………………………………………..
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15th Century Literature …………………………………………………………………………………………
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The Elizabethan era / 16th century ………………………………………………………………………..
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Shakespeare biography …………………………………………………………………………………………
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Shakespeare sonnets ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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The Romantic Movement/ 18th century ………………………………………………………………..
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Mary Shelley biography ………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Jane Austen biography ………………………………………………………………………………………….
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The influence of European romanticism on American writers ………………………………
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Edgar Allan Poe biography ……………………………………………………………………………………
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The Victorian literature ………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Charles Dickens biography ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Oscar Wilde biography ………………………………………………………………………………………….
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20th Century Literature …………………………………………………………………………………………
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J.r.r Tolkien biography ………………………………………………………………………………………….
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21st century literature …………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Comparison with Modernist Literature …………………………………………………………………
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Common themes and techniques …………………………………………………………………………
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Irony, playfulness and black humor and Intertextuality ………………………………………..
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Pastiche, metafiction, fabulation, poioumena and temporal distortion ………………..
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Magic realism,