History The program of study English Literature, Faculty of Humanities University of Brawijaya stems from the establishment of English Language Laboratory UB in 1973. The Language Laboratory serves as the medium of English education to prepare UB faculty in continuing their studies abroad. With the Rector's Decree No. 026 / SK / 1986, the English Language Laboratory-1 Diploma courses of English in 1986. The English Language Laboratory Unit then turned into English in 1993 (Rector's Decree No. 036
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Norton Anthology of English Literature and may be found online at: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/middleages/topic_4/welcome.htm | From our point of view, it is appropriate to think of the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England as "Old English," because the language is the remote ancestor of the English spoken today. Yet for the inhabitants of Anglo-Saxon England, the language was, of course, not old, and did not come to be referred to generally as "English" until fairly late
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thinking about what literature means to me, all that come to mind are the English portions of the SATs and the STAR tests where I remember falling asleep in the middle of reading a passage and then waking up, hoping I’ll know the answer to the question, "What was the author's mood in the story?" It never really made sense to me as to why such questions were important or relevant in a writing class. In fact, before I looked it up, I never knew that there was a difference between literature and writing. Isn't
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Romanticism (literature), a movement in the literature of virtually every country of Europe, the United States, and Latin America that lasted from about 1750 to about 1870, characterized by reliance on the imagination and subjectivity of approach, freedom of thought and expression, and an idealization of nature. The term romantic first appeared in 18th-century English and originally meant “romancelike”—that is, resembling the fanciful character of medieval romances. II ORIGINS AND INSPIRATION
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Margery Kempe By Anthony Ekpe English 2322 October 17th 2015 Margery Kempe Margery Kempe and her autobiography (The book of Margery Kempe) is a historical and intriguing piece to read. Its impact on the literary world helped put the autobiography style of writing into usage by current authors. In medieval times, “Latin was the language of English literature” (Medieval Literature). Usually, the stories of the medieval ages were passed down orally and not written. In addition
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was my approach to literature. Close reading, formalism. Staying close, very close, to the text. I was certain. Certainty, however, proved rather unstable. I knew it was important not to close myself off from other approaches to literature, so when I returned to Swarthmore from Grenoble, I took two courses which I knew would be highly theoretical-Women Writers 1790-1830 and Feminist Literary Criticism. These courses brought me around to a kind of hybrid approach to literature which I
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of 2002, Frank Wulfgar will be graduating from Western Carolina University with a Masters degree in English literature. He is interested in continuing his studies in graduate school, earning a Ph.D., and teaching at the college or university level. Given his current schedule—including teaching part time at both WCU and Southwestern Community College, taking two graduate level English Literature courses, preparing for his Masters Comprehensive Exams, and beginning work on his Masters Thesis—Mr
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Literature Through Time Literature depicts the morals of time it shift and morphs into less power in the divine and more faith in man. Stories began being written by monks and the clergy which in time turned into regular men with stores that focused on more secular matters. English literature fills up the gap between wars, between societal change, you can see time progressing, you can see our values and morals changing, you can see history passing by. In the beginning there was Bede, a philosopher
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Old english literature Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. However, the hero and the setting of Beowulf have nothing to do with England, for the story took place in Scandinavia. Beowulf describes the exploits of a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon. In these sequences Beowulf is shown not only as a glorious hero but also as a protector of
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• Characteristics of Medieval Literature Themes of Medieval Literature: • The Seven Deadly Sins • The Seven Heavenly Virtues • Physiognomy and "The Humours" • Values of "courtly love" • The Code of Chivalry(CF) The Poets and Authors: Caedmon: First English poet; author of "The Dream of the Holy Rood." Venerable Bede: wrote the Ecclesiastical History of England and the scientific treatise, De Natura Rerum. Geoffrey Chaucer: Famous Medieval author of the Canterbury Tales
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