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In this first of a two-part lecture, you will be introduced to important developments in English Literature from the 16th to the 20th century. An overview of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish writers and their texts will be complemented, when and where necessary, with excursions into cultural and social history as well as the history of events and ideas. Reflections on the nature and the function of literary history, of genre and (literary) theory as well as critical discussion of selected texts will contribute to an overview of the larger story of English Literature since ca 1500.
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