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#literature #booktok #history #shakespeare Professor Timothy H. Wilson Department of English, University of Ottawa An introduction to English Literature designed for English majors at the University-level. The lecture focuses on defining the discipline of English Literature, as a Humanities discipline distinct from the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences; the lecture outlines questions students should keep in mind as they study literature or philosophy books. The lecture also discusses at a high level the major literary periods in English Literature, the major literary genres and the types of Literary Theory approaches to interpreting texts that the student should keep in mind. Powerpoint slides for this lecture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FF7eEqsSjRthh5a-rJGE3tZjXDyg3lX0/view?usp=drive_link My Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/untergehenproject/ 0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - What is Literature: Humanities vs Natural Sciences and Social Sciences; Reference to Viktor Shklovsky and "defamiliarization", 12:50 - Metaphor 14:20 - Epic Simile (Homer's Odyssey) 19:40 - Defining "English" Literature and "British" Literature 21:50 - English Studies Today, and the Problem of Specialization 23:47 - The Future of Literary Study: Interdisciplinarity; Digital / Quantitiative Approaches 26:19 - English Literary Periods 33:15 - The Beginnings of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon Literature (450-1066) 35:37 - Anglo-Norman Literature (1066-1200) 36:13 - Middle English (1200-1485) 36:58 - Renaissance Literature (1485-1660) 38:31 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1798) 40:25 - Romanticism (1798-1850) 41:35 - Victorian Literature (1837-1900) 42:20 - Modernism (1900-1950) 43:45 - Postmodernism (1950-2000) 44:57 - Post-postmodernism (2000 - Present); the problem of canonization 47:50 - Recency Bias in Current Study of Literature and History 51:20 - Literary Genres 55:25 - Literary Interpretation and Literary Theory Related Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAHbV-9UWc&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=17&t=1s&pp=iAQBsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-czQbceZXAQ&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4VwEcVHQkJX5NfHVGVi8ahn&index=2&t=4s&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky6I5pmMCNg&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=2&t=2335s&pp=gAQBiAQB0gcJCbEJAYcqIYzv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuHvy5yFxzI&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=6&t=1601s&pp=iAQB0gcJCa4KAYcqIYzvsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6J9ZTXb8P4&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=22&t=1458s&pp=iAQBsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0LwP5IUCLU&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=27&t=757s&pp=iAQBsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHz3QDzzLnk&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=29&t=91s&pp=iAQBsAgC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0YGzzfwf0U&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=10&t=111s&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2tLot9bAU&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V1QrovanmcllJz84_kKPrl&index=3&t=160s&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cszzjoqI6xU&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V8PplEBK4xBUCbTxT47JQs&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RsoS2917N0&t=939s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Xho-swi7o&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4V8PplEBK4xBUCbTxT47JQs&index=1&t=150s&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4EVsurjKE&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4WUnr4dTHgcsrH29_ZeTtNd&index=1&t=262s&pp=gAQBiAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1K2LSWGP8k&list=PLVnV4NOfHN4UCIEshC_uZ36LEpT_rdLV0&index=4&t=570s&pp=gAQBiAQB #literature #poetry #booktok
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