Семинар 5

Вопросы к семинару
Лекции 9-10

Lectures 7-8

Lectures 7, 8

Вопросы к семинару 4

Семинар 4

1. Ben Jonson. Theory of humour. Ben Jonson’s comedies. Valpone.His influence on the English literature.

2. John Donne and metaphysical poetry.

3The Bourgeois (puritan) Revolution and the English literature of the 17^th century.

4. John Milton. «Paradise Lost”.

Семинар 3 (лекции)

Lecture 5

Вопросы к семинару 3

Семинар 3 (Шекспир)

1.William Shakespeare. The traditional biography and his works. The dating of Shakespeare’s plays.

2. Shakespeare’s comedies. “Taming of the Shrew”, “Twelfth Night”, “A Midsummer Night’s dream”, “Merchant of Venice”.

3. Shakespeare’s histories or chronicles.

4. Shakespeare’s tragedies. Shakespeare’s innovations in the genre of tragedy. "Romeo and Juliet", The specific features of “Hamlet”.
5. Shakespeare’s tragedies. "King Lear", "Othello", "Macbeth"

Семинар 2 (лекции)

Lecture 3
Lecture 4

Вопросы к семинару 2

1. Geoffrey Chaucer. His life and work. “The Canterbury Tales”.

2. English literature of the XV century. Basic genres of English medieval drama: mysteries, morality, miracles. Popular ballads. “The Robin Hood Ballads”

3. The Renaissance in England. Sir Walter Raleigh as a prominent representative of the English Renaissance. Sir Thomas Moor.

4. The predecessors of Shakespeare in poetry.

5. Predecessors of Shakespeare in Drama. The first English theatres. University wits. Christopher Marlowe “Tamburlaine the Great”.