The course of literature in university education is included in the number of general professional disciplines. Literature occupies an important place in the training of a highly qualified specialist in foreign languages. The literature is based on the specialization of students' knowledge of the most important historians, literary processes and the work of the greatest writers of the countries of the studied language. The course provides necessary information about the ideological content and individual artistic features of the works of the greatest writers of literature in England.
Purposes and results of the discipline
Upon completion this course students must demonstrate through classroom discussions and exams an enhanced understanding:
1. Historical background of English literature and periods.
2. Ancient English literature and its historical background
3. Middle English literature, characteristics and representatives.
4. Renaissance, characteristics and representatives.
5. Enlightenment, characteristics and representatives
6. Romanticism, characteristics and representatives
7. critical realism and contemporary literature
Outcomes
After completing the subject students will also be able to
After completing the subject students will also be able to,
1. analyze the influence of historical background on literature
2. evaluate how periods in English literature connected with historical events
3. explain the connection between reasons and consequences in literary works
4. gain practical experience of working with references