English Literature: Be as Informed as a Literature Graduate

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Cost

Paid
Provider

Udemy
Certificate

Paid Certification
Language

English
Start Date

2021-08-17
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No Information
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Instructor

Eve Williams MMus

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4.5

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This course is perfect for anyone who wants to become an expert in English Literature. With this course, you will be able to discover timeless stories and poetry, grow confidence in your knowledge of literature, learn about the development of the English language, and understand cultural and ideological shifts found in English Literature. Presented the way a literature degree at any respected university would be structured, it looks at every major era of English Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern day, covering the major authors in each era. With a degree in English Literature and a Master's in Old English from the respected Queen's University of Belfast as well as being a writer, the instructor will be your guide on a literary odyssey which spans 13 centuries and more than 47 writers. Join today and take advantage of Udemy's 30 day money back guarantee.

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This course, English Literature: Be as Informed as a Literature Graduate, is designed to give learners a thorough grounding in English Literature. It covers every major era of English Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern day, including the development of the English Language, English history and the development of ideas from medieval heroicism to postmodernism. Learners will also explore American, Australian, Canadian and Irish literature in English. The course is presented in the same way a literature degree at any respected university would be structured, and includes works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Austen, Tennyson, the Brontes, Dickens, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, William Faulkner, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Beckett, Yeats, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, Haddon and more. With a degree in English Literature and a Master's in Old English from the respected Queen's University of Belfast as well as being a writer, the instructor will be the guide on a literary odyssey which spans 13 centuries and more than 47 writers. Learners will discover timeless stories and poetry, grow confidence in their knowledge of literature, learn about the development of the English language, and understand cultural and ideological shifts found in English Literature. Udemy has a 30 day money back guarantee so learners can enroll without risk.

Course Syllabus

Introduction

Old English (Anglo-Saxon)

Middle English Texts

Renaissance Literature: Poets and Playwrights

The English Civil War and The Great Epic Poem in English

The Age of Richardson, Austen and the Novel

The Romantics

Victorian Literature

Early Twentieth Century English Literature: The First World War

Modernism in England and the Bloomsbury Set

Fathers of Fantasy: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and the Inklings

Late Twentieth and Early 21st Century English Literature

American Literature

Irish Literature in English

Canadian Literature

Australian Literature

Other Noteworthy English Language Writers

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