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British Literature, Eng. III B Intro

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BRITISH LITERATURE

English III B 
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MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

  • COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY
  • WORD PAPER
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17th Century Poetry

Tumult and Revolution
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Paradise Lost
Civil War
Religious Conflict

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How does history shape literature of the various time periods?

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley
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ARE HUMANS INTRINSICALLY GOOD OR EVIL?

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18th Century and the Restoration

Things start to get funny
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Origins of satire

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The Romantic Age
1798-1832

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THE PRE-ROMANTICS
WORDSWORTH
COLERIDGE
KEATS

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Frankenstein

The Rise of the Novel

The Victorian Era

Social decorum/righting the wrongs of the Industrial Revolution

Modern Era

The Painted Veil and Short Stories

NOW A BIT ABOUT YOU

  • 1. Name and favorite extracurricular Mullen Activity
  • 2. Favorite (appropriate) recent weekend activity
  • 3. fAVORITE eNTREE AND DESSERT
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Lord of the Flies

William Golding 
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Ben Johnson

  • 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637
  • 2nd most famous dramatist in the reign of King James I
  • Classically educated
  • The poems we will see today are elegiac: elegies, remember, are poems of serious reflection, typically laments for the dead.
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