The lecture aims at familiarising the students with the history of English literature, its cultural, historical and sociopolitcal context, major representatives, trends and genres, from its beginings in the Old English period, through its subsequent development across centuries, up to the second half of the 18th c. (The Age of Johnson\The Age of Sensibility). The lecture is organised as a multimedia presentation and a discussion forum.
The class has been designed to help the first year BA students become acquainted with the major works of English literature beginning with its rise in the Old English period and following its development across the centuries up to the second half of the 18th c. (The Age of Johnson\The Age of Sensibility). The class is correlated with the History of English Literature lecture and is dedicated to studying and interpreting literary works by means of discussion, debate, groupwork and individual work.