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CONTENTS 

 

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 4

 

Theme 1: The Dawn of English Literature.  The Anglo-Saxon and Norman Periods. ........... 5

 

Theme 2: The Literature of the 14th and 15th Centuries. ....................................................... 10

 

Theme 3: Renaissance. William Shakespeare’s Work and His Theatre. ............................... 13

 

Theme 4: The Enlightenment and Reflection of its Ideas in English Literature. .................. 19

 

Theme 5: Romanticism. .............................................................................................................. 29

 

Theme 6: Critical Realism. ......................................................................................................... 41

 

Theme 7: She-writers in English Literature of the 19th Century. .......................................... 48

 

Theme 8: English Writers at the Turn of the Century (end of 19th and beginning of the 

20th century) ................................................................................................................................ 52

 

Theme 9: English Literature of the 20th Century (1st half). ................................................... 60

 

Theme 10: English Literature of the 20th Century (2nd half). ............................................... 64

 

LITERATURE ............................................................................................................................. 71