Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

Ў қ у в қ ў л л а н м а н и н г т и л и а н ч а о д д и й , ф а қ а т и қ т и д о р л и
т а л а б а л а р г а г и н а э м ас , б а л к и я х ш и ва ў р т а ў з л а ш т и р у в ч и
т а л а б а л а р г а ҳ а м т у ш у н а р л и б ў л г а н л и г и т у ф а й л и , у н и н г
а й р и м қ и с м л а р и д а н а к а д е м л и ц е й л а р н и н г и н г л и з т и л и г а
и х т и с о с л а ш г а н гу р у х л а р и д а ҳ а м ф о й д а л а н и ш м у м к и н . Ў қ у в
қ ў л л а н м а н и н г қ ў л ё з м а л а р и д а н Ў з б е к и с т о н Д а в л а т ж а ҳ о н
т и л л а р и у н и в е р с и т е т и д а , Б у х о р о Д а в л а т у н и в е р с и т е т и н и н г
х о р и ж и й ф и л о л о г и я ф а қ у л ь т е т и д а и н г л и з а д а б и ё т и д а н
м а ъ р у з а в а а м а л и й м а,ш ғул о тл ар ў т и ш д а ҳ а м д а у н и в е р с и т е т
қ о ш и д а г и а к а д е м л и ц е й ^ а и н г л и з а д а б и ё т и ҳ а м д а о ғ з а к и
н у т қ б ў и и ч а ў т к а з и л г а н а м а л и й м а ш ғ у л о т л а р д а т а ж р и б а
с и ф а т и д а к е н г ф о й д а л а н и л д и .

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INTRODUCTION 
The Development of English literature (Periodization).
Its Place in the World Literature.
English literature is a component part of the world literature. 
Its best national traditions ha ve played an important role in enriching 
and development ofthe world literature. English literature consists 
of poetry, prose and drama written in the English language by 
authors in England, Scotland, and Wales. These lands have 
produced many outstanding writers.
English literature is a rich literature. It includes masterpieces 
in many forms, particularly a novel; a short story, an epic and lyric 
poetry, an essay, literary criticism, and drama. English literature is 
also one o f the oldest nal ional literatures in the world. The masters 
of English literature from the turn of the XIV century to the present 
rank among the world’s greatest literary figures. Such names as 
Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, 
Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, George Gordon Byron, Charles 
Dickens, Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and many others are 
famous all overthe world. Their manner of writing has influenced 
a great number o f writers, poets and playwrights from other 
countries.
National literature is the reflection o f the history and national 
peculiarities of people. Each national literature has much in common 
with the world literary progress, but at the same time has its own 
specific features as well. One of the characteristic features of 
the English authors is that they have always been deeply interested 
in political and social environment of their time. They are parts o f 
the real world, which dramatically influences what and how they 
write. What takes place in the w riter’s study is crucial, but it also 
emphasizes the importance of what takes place in the larger world.
The world Book Encyclopedia gives the following outline of 
English literature:
I. Old English literature (500-1100)
A. Old English Poetry.

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E*. Old English Prose.
II. Middle English literature (1100-1485)
A. The development o f English romances.
Et. The age o f Chaucer.
C. Early English drama.
III. The beginning of Modern English literature (1485- 
1603)
A. Elizabethan poetiy.
El. Elizabethan drama.
C. Elizabethan fiction.
IV. The Stuarts and Puritans (1603-1660)
A. Metaphysical and Cavalier poets..
El. Jacobian drama 
C. Prose: writing.
I). John Milton.
V. Restoration literature (1660-1700).
A. John Dryden..
B. Restoration drama.
C. Restoration prose
VI. The Augustan Age (1700-1750)
A. Swift and Pope..
B. Addison and Steele.
C. The rise o f the novel
VII. The Age of Johnson (1750-1784)
A. Samuel Johnson.
B. The Johnson circle.
VIII. Romantic literature (1784-1832)
A. The pre-romantics
B. Romantic poetry. .
C. Romantic prose.
IX. Victorian literature (1832-1901).
A. Early Victorian literature.
B. Later Victorian literature.
X. The l ‘>00’s.
A. Literature before World War 1.
B. Poetry between the wars.

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C. Fiction between the wars.
D. Literature after World War II.
E. English literature today.
Having studied the outline given above, and the periodizations 
presented in other books on English literature, and taking into 
consideration the general objectives ofthe course and the number 
o f academic hours in the curriculum, we decided to focus on more 
general issues and divided this book into nine units according to 
the following outline:
1. Old English Literature.
2. Middle English Literature.
3. The Renaissance.
4. English literature in the Seventeenth Century.
5. The Eighteenth Century. (The Age o f Reason or 
Enlightenment).