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Use this guide to find relevant high quality sources for the Historical Context British Literature Project. Reminder you will need at least 5 print sources as well as academic journals and websites sponsored by universities, museums and libraries.

The Task

Your task is to create a presentation to teach the class about a specific time period in British Literature. This presentation should include visuals, music, assorted information (food optional) to educate your peers on your time period of British Culture and the British Literature of that age. PLEASE TAKE THE AESTHETIC SENSIBILITIES OF YOUR AGE INTO CONSIDERATION IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YOUR AUDIENCE’S SENSES SHOULD BE ASSAULTED BY A VISCERAL SENSE OF YOUR AGE.

Due Dates

Due 

  • Literary Movements and Specific Devices

In Class

  • Critical Literature Review

Due 

  • Author Work: biography, brief list of major works, close analysis of two quotations

Due 

  • OR #4 LJ, BP#1, Outline with annotated books

Due February 18 & 19

  • OR #4 - historical criticism

 

 

Presentation Dates

Presentation Due Dates

 February 11 & 12: Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Era

 February 13 &14: Sixteenth Century

[ February 18–  March 17 Hamlet]

 March 18-19: Seventeenth Century 

 March 24 & 25: Eighteenth Century

 March 31 & April 1: British Romanticism

April 4 & 7: Victorian Era

 April 10 & 11: British Modernism

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