Early English Literature Part 2 Video

Early English Literature Part 2 Video. Learning Objectives for this video:

• British Literature History. Learn about Early English Literature. Survey early British literary works set against historical backgrounds that include the Anglo-Saxon invasions, the Norman Conquest, the feudal period, and the English Renaissance during the reign of Elizabeth I.
• Witness the development of English drama, from early morality plays to the works of William Shakespeare, who mastered the dramatic structures of history, romantic comedy, and tragedy with A Midsummer Night-s Dream, Gulliver-s Travels, and Romeo and Juliet.
• Gain insight to the evolution of the English language, from Anglo-Saxon poetry to Chaucer-s allegorical Canterbury Tales to romances, ballads, and sonnets.
• Draw historic parallels between early British literary works and the growth and development of the English nation.
• Explore how seventeenth-century British literature reflected the political, social, and religious backdrops of that period.
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