The Song of Beowulf

Groups - 201, 206, 211, 216, 221, 226, 231, 236, 241

1. 
   The epic Anglo-Saxon poem “The Song of Beowulf”
   
2. 
   The main tendencies of development of the modern English literature
   
3. 
   The preparation for the Renaissance. William Langland – a priest/poet.
   
4. 
   Geoffrey Chaucer – his life and three periods of his creative work. “Canterbury Tales”.
   
5. 
   The folk ballads. Robin Hood Balads
   
6. 
   W. Shakespeare’s importance for the development of the English language, literature and theatre.
   
7. 
   Shakespeare’s historical dramas
   
8. 
   Comedies of Shakespeare
   
9. 
   Sonnets of Shakespeare
   
10. 
    Christopher Marlowe and Carp Diem Poetry
    
11. 
    The history of Renaissance and its philosophy. Sir Tomas More, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Philip Sidney
    
12. 
    The Enlightenment – its ideals and objectives.Daniel Defoe – his life and work. “Robinson Crusoe”.
    
13. 
    Jonathan Swift – his life and work. “Gulliver’s travels”
    
14. 
    Henry Fielding – his life and work. His best novels.
    
15. 
    Richard Sheridan – his life and work. “School for Scandal”.
    
16. 
    Robert Burns – his life and work. His best poems
    
17. 
    Sentimentalists. Samuel Johnson
    
18. 
    The peculiarities of English Romanticism: two trends – progressive and regressive. The poets of the “Lake School” – W. Wordsworth, S. Coleridge, R. Southey.
    
19. 
    George Byron – his life and work.
    
20. 
    Percy Shelley – his life and work.