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History of British Literature For  Undergraduate Students What is Literature? written material such as poetry, novels, or essays the body of written work of a particular culture, people, or era: Elizabethan literature written or printed matter of a particular type or genre: medical literature the art or profession of a writer Function of literature Beautify Enrich Purify Touch and move How to learn the course? Pre-view and review every class Pre-view: make yourself clear of what the teacher is going to say, have a general view of the new lesson Review: select the important points of the lesson, and remember them. It will be a hard work to remember all of them before exam. The ability to integrate and connect Combine the literature with the historical background. Combine the literature with the political background. Combine the literature of one period with that of other periods. Broad reading Literary works Related comment articles Love it, not as a course, but as an interest—one can last in your whole life. Follow my steps and arrangements Contact me if you have any ideas Tell me your suggestions and opinions at any time, I will appreciate them very much. E-mail: imzhangy@ William Shakespeare Anglo-Saxon period(5th-11th) Middle-Age Period (12th-15th) Renaissance Period (16th) Revolution and Restoration period (17th) 18th century literature Romantic period (early 19th) Victorian period (from mid 19th) Modern period (20th) Anglo-Saxon period(5th-11th) history, Beowulf, Caedmon and Cynewulf Bede and Alfred Middle-Age Period (12th-15th) romance, ballad Langland, Chaucer, Malory Renaissance Period (16th) Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson More, Bacon Revolution and Restoration period Metaphysical and Cavalier poets Milton, Bunyan, Dryden 18th century literature Enlightenment movement, neo-classicism: Pope, Johnson periodical l