Introduction to A-Z English Literary Periods
Learn about the history of English literature, from the Old English period to contemporary works. This course is perfect for beginners and those studying for exams in English literature. Discover important authors, movements, and timelines in a concise and interesting manner. Boost your knowledge and advance in your studies with this essential resource.
What you’ll learn
- All literary ages and representative authors
- All important timelines of the literary periods
- All notable literary movements and their representative authors
- All important backdrops to the English literary ages
English literature occupies the lion’s share of the literature of the world and the basic knowledge of the literature is crucial for many University-Level degrees including Undergraduate (B.A., Special English), Postgraduate (M.A., English), and to get through Common Entrance Exams for M Phil and PhD in English; and to achieve eligibility qualification to become PhD researcher or to qualify to become an assistant professor in a university or a college through UGC NET or SET examinations (screening/placement tests).
So, let’s know what English literature is? It’s nothing but the literature of England, Scotland and Ireland that dates back to approximately the 13th century, roughly beginning with Beowulf, the first Old English poem of great significance. Some major British writers include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, Bronte’s, George Eliot, Hardy, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats and Beckett. The British literature could be divided into many literary periods, each period consisting of many major and minor writers, their biographies, their works and important events that influenced those periods.
This tiny course on English literary periods includes various ages and periods of the history of English literature namely., the old English literature, the Middle English literature, the Elizabethan literature covering poetry, prose, drama; the age of Milton, the age of Restoration, the Neoclassical poetry, 18th-century prose, the age of Romanticism, the age of Tennyson, the 19th-century novelists as well as prose writers, the 20th century novel, prose, drama and poetry along with a brief introduction to contemporary literature.
Worry not! In this course, we will provide essential but simplified content related to all these literary periods in the most precise and interesting manner!
Who this course is for:
- Beginners to English literary studies
- Aspirants to advance in in English Literature of B.A., (Special English) M.A. English
- Students need to get through competitive examinations in English literature of CIVILs, NET, SET, JL, DL, PGT and TGT.
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