HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AN INTRODUCTION (Lecture 1) MA English COMSATS Virtual Campus Islamabad

2. History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

3. MA ENGLISHSemester 1COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURECOURSE CODE: ENG-402COMSATS VIRTUAL CAMPUS ISLAMABAD History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

4. Introduction to the INSTUCTOR • KIRAN RUKHSANA • Academic Qualification • PhD Scholar (Applied Linguistics) • Masters In English Language and Literature (2006) • Masters in English Language Teaching (2008) History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

5. Me!!! Instructor of History of English Literature • MA English • First Semester • COMSATS VIRTUAL CAMPUS ISLAMABAD History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

6. A Brief Sketch of the Course • History Of English Literature • Core Objective: • To make students aware of the historical development of English Literature with its social, political, cultural and economical background and its impact on literature through different eras. History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

7. A Brief Sketch of the Course (Conti) • The objective of this course is to inform students about how English Literature has evolved historically and how socio-cultural and political events have influenced its development through ages. • Although the scope of the course is quite expansive, starting from the age of Chaucer, the students shall focus on early 16th to late 19th century Romantic Movement. • Histories of Literature written by some British literary historians will be consulted to form some socio-cultural and political cross connections. History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

8. A Brief Sketch of the Course (Conti) • The present course covers a reference to the multiple factors from economic theories to religious, philosophical and metaphysical debated that overlap these literary works of diverse nature and time periods under multiple contexts. • The reading of literature within its socio-cultural context will help the readers become aware of the fact that literary works are basically a referential product of the practice that goes back to continuous interdisciplinary interaction. History Of English Literature/Lecture 1

9. Overview • In this class we will discuss Literature History of English Literature Periods in the History of English Literature Division of Periods

10. History is nation`s biographyIts Literature is its autobiography

11. Literature • Expression of life in terms of truth and beauty. • Written record of man`s spirit, thoughts, aspirations and emotions

12. Qualities of Literature • Artistic quality • Suggestive quality • Permanent quality

13. Tests Of Literature • Universality • Style

14. Objectives of Literature • To teach • To delight

15. Aims in Studying Literature • To know humans • Their souls • Their actions

16. Importance of Literature • Every civilization is founded upon ideals • Every human action springs from an ideal • Literature preserves such ideals • Literature preserves civilizations and human actions

17. History of English Literature Not a chronological account of books written in English language

18. History of English Literature The literature of England is one of the highest achievements of a great nation. It should not, however, be read simply as a national expression. It is a body of significant statements about abiding human concerns. The language in which it is written has evolved over hundreds of years and is still changing. Several nations, including Canada, the United States, and Australia, are indebted to England for a literary heritage.

19. History of English Literature • Record of the relationship between a writer and those who precede or succeed him/her. • Record of the relationship between age and age. It records the rise, the growth and the decline of schools and movements. • Record of the influence of individual writers on an age and vice versa. • Record of both individual writers and their special contributions to literature.

20. Aims of History of English Literature • To give a clear account of whole transformation of literature from period to period. • To make out the causes which have produced such transformations. • To explain the successive changes in its matter, form and spirit.

21. Periods • A period is a certain length of time during which a particular kind of taste prevails. • A taste of an age differs from that of others.

22. Periods • A literature written in an age is marked by various common features like its subject matter, thought, tone, and style. • Each age had its own particular lines of interest and its own particular way of thinking and feeling about things.

23. Factors deciding a Period • Anything that brings fresh ideas and interests into the life of an age. • Anything that modifies the thoughts and feelings of a period. • Any change in the attitude towards men and things.

24. Labels of Periods • The periods in the history of English literature are usually labeled with epithets derived from history: • The Elizabethan Period • The Victorian Period

25. The Anglo – Saxon Period: ( 449 - 1100) • Britain before the Anglo- Saxons • The Germanic Invasions • Anglo- Saxon Society • Anglo – Saxon Literature

26. II. The Medieval Period: (1100 – 1500) • The Norman Conquest • The Reign of William the Conqueror and the Feudal System • The Medieval Church • The Medieval Literature

27. III. The Renaissance Period: (1500- 1600)

28. IV. The Puritan Age: (1600 - 1660)

29. V. The Restoration Period: (1660 – 1700)

30. VI. The Age of Pope: (1700 - 1744)

31. VII. The Age of Johnson: (1744 - 1784)

32. VIII. The Romantic Age: (1798 - 1824)

33. IX. The Victorian Age: (1832 - 1900)

34. X. Modern Literature: (1900 - 1961)

35. XI. Post-Modern Literature:

36. The Present Age

37. SUM UP • What is Literature? • What is History of Literature? • What is a Period?

38. Reference Book 1. History of English Literature An Introduction By Xavier Pradheep Singh. M. S. HEL Series - 16th July 2010 2. INA MITITELU, HISTORY OF BRITISH LITERATURE FROM ORIGINS TO THE AGE OF REASON, 2010

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