- •Anglo-Saxon literature. Genre variety of Anglo-Saxon literature. Style and language peculiarities.
- •Anglo-Saxon literature. “Beowulf”, its plot and composition, the peculiarities of the language. Anglo-Saxon verse, alliteration. Beowulf as the national hero. Type of Work
- •Main Characters
- •English literature of the Middle Ages and genre variety. English ballads. The peculiarities of the genre. Ballads of Robin Hood. Robin Hood and the national idea of justice.
- •The genre variety of “The Canterbury Tales” by g. Chaucer and the ideas of humanism.
- •I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself, And falls on th’other. . . . – Macbeth
- •English literature of 17 century. J. Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost”, the plot, the portrayal of Satan, the concept of God and man.
- •English literature of 17 century. J. Dryden, the founder of classicism. The general characteristics of his works.
- •The early period of Enlightenment. ‘The Augustan Age’. The poetry of a. Pope. “The Rape of the Lock”.
- •English literature of the Enlightenment. D. Defoe’s novel “Robinson Crusoe” or in j. Swift’s novel “Gulliver’s Travels”, the satirical skill of the author.
- •It evolves around a character
- •Romanticism. G. G. Byron “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”
- •Romanticism. W. Scott’s historical novels “Ivanhoe”, “Rob Roy”.
- •Romanticism. The poetry of p. B.Shelley, j. Keats.
- •Realism as a literary trend. Ch. Dickens and the peculiarities of Dickens’ realism. The analysis of one of the novels. (“The Posthumous Papers o the Pickwick Club”, “Oliver Twist”)
- •L. Carroll and the peculiarities of his book “Alice in Wonderland”
- •Thackeray, William Makepeace
- •Women writers of the 19th century realism. J. Austen “Pride and Prejudice”/ Sh. Bronte “Jane Eyre”.
- •The development of English literature at the edge of the 19th and 20th centuries. Neo-romanticism and r. L. Stevenson’s adventure novels. (“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- •The development of English literature at the edge of the 19th and 20th centuries. J. K. Jerome “Three Men in a Boat”, a. C. Doyle’s stories.
- •Aestheticism. O. Wilde’s stories “The Happy Prince and other stories” and the novel “The Picture of Dorian Grey”. The embodiment of paradox in o. Wilde’s works.
- •In the meanwhile Liza gets very nasty lessons and is not at all pleased about it.
- •The peculiarities of science fiction in g. H. Well’s novels. The analysis of one of the novels. (“The Time Machine”, “The Invisible Man”)
- •Postmodernism. J. Fowles. Постмодернизм в литературе
The peculiarities of science fiction in g. H. Well’s novels. The analysis of one of the novels. (“The Time Machine”, “The Invisible Man”)
Herbert George "H.G." Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946)[1] was an English author, now best known for his work in thescience fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".[2] His early novels, called "scientific romances", invented a number of themes now classic in science fiction in such works as The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon.
Modernism in English literature. “The stream of consciousness” technique in the novels of J. Joyce (“Ulysses”).
Modernism in English literature. The Bloomsbury group. V. Woolfe “Mrs. Dalloway”. Poetry of modernism: T.S. Eliot.
The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists who held informal discussions in Bloomsbury throughout the 20th century.[1] This English collective of friends and relatives lived, worked or studied near Bloomsbury in London during the first half of the twentieth century. "Although its members denied being a group in any formal sense, they were united by an abiding belief in the importance of the arts".[2] Their work deeply influenced literature, aesthetics, criticism, andeconomics as well as modern attitudes towards feminism, pacifism, and sexuality.[3] Its best known members were Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton Strachey. The lives and works of the group members show an overlapping, interconnected similarity of ideas and attitudes that helped to keep the friends and relatives together
Modernism. D. H. Lawrence and the theme of people’s relations. The analysis of any novel (“The Rainbow”, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”)
Critical realism. J. Galsworthy “The Forsyte Saga”. The social position of the author. The conflict between beauty and the sense of property in the novel “The Man of Property”. The embodiment of all typical features of Forsytism in Soames Forsyte.
Critical realism. W. S. Maugham. The author’s outlook in his novels. (““The Moon and Sixpence”).
Действительно, реализм XIX века примечателен прежде всего правдивым изображением существующего строя. «Реализмом именуется правдивое, неприкрашенное изображение людей и условий их жизни», – писал Горький М. в статье «О литературе». Представители критического реализма, давая правдивое изображение жизни, неизбежно превращали его в критику буржуазной действительности. Говорить о буржуазном обществе правду – значило разоблачать это общество. Если художник слова отказывался от критики существующего строя, он переставал быть реалистом. В сравнении с романтизмом критический реализм значительно расширил сферу искусства. Если романтики сосредоточивали внимание на духовных устремлениях человека, то критические реалисты избирают объектом изображения человеческую жизнь во всех ее проявлениях. В их творчестве находит отражение не только идеальная, духовная, но и вся конкретная деятельность людей (их служебные, семейные, общественные дела и т.п.). В связи с этим границы литературы широко раздвинулись. В нее мощным потоком хлынула проза жизни. Житейские бытовые мотивы стали обязательным спутником реалистических произведений. В повествовательных и даже лирических жанрах главное место заняли обыкновенные заурядные личности, которые пришли на смену необыкновенным романтическим героям, жившим в мире высоких духовных и моральных интересов. Романтических мечтателей и бунтарей вытеснил реальный исторический человек.
William Somerset Maugham (pronounced /ˈmɔːm/ mawm), CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.