For experienced writers. Focus on developing skills and mastering creative and technical elements of writing poetry and fiction. Grammar and Language. A careful reading of a representative selection of Shakespeare's plays, with attention to their historical context, the poetic and dramatic aspects of Shakespeare's art, and a variety of approaches to his work. Medieval to Renaissance in English Literature.
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Origins and Influence. Victorian and Modern British Literature. Analysis of literature as a product and cause of cultural change in Great Britain from 1839 to 1939. The English Novel. Study of the development of the English novel in the 18th and 19th centuries.