EN246 Lecture 1: EN 246_British Lit II_ Notes

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2 May 2017
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Small bold coffee, one sugar lots of cream. The norton anthology of english literature: the major authors, ninth edition. A vague term which usually notes works which belong to the major genres: epic, drama, lyric, novel, short story, ode, etc. If we describe something as literature, as opposed to anything else, the term carries with it qualitative connotations which imply that the work in question has superior qualities; that it is well above the ordinary run of written works. Having, as an artistic work, no end or purpose beyond its own existence. This term was invented and created by t. s. In this sense, literary history is simply the history of literature. A type of literary criticism that examines literary works within their diverse interrelated historical contexts. In analyzing a text, historicists consider cultural and social forces that influenced and are revealed through the text. The restoration (of the monarchy, & steward dynasty & the arts) 1660.

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