Seminar № 4. Critical Realism in the English Literature. Seminar № 5. English Realism of the 20th century. Seminar № 6. American Literature: American Romanticism

Seminar № 4

Critical Realism in the English Literature

1. Critical Realism in the English Literature of the 19^th century (historical background, main features).

2. The Glorious School of English Novelists (representatives, style, themes).

3. Charles Dickens: life and literary activity.

3. 1. The problem of upbringing and education in Dickens’ novels (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son).

3. 2. Dombey and Son. General analysis, the plot, the message, the idea of the novel. The theme of moral degradation of the society. The character of Mr. Dombey. The fight between evil and good. The victory of good.

4. William Makepeace Thackeray: the most significant works; major themes and characters.

4. 1. Vanity Fair. Main characters. General analysis, the plot, and the message of the novel.

4. 2. Dickens and Thackeray – common features and differences.

Seminar № 5

English Realism of the 20th century

1. An outline of the English Literature of the 20^th century (historical background, new trends and principles).

2. JohnGolsworthy – thewriterandthedramatist.

2. 1. JohnGolsworthyandhistrilogies.

2. 2. TheForsyteSagaandAModernComedy. The collision between the sense of property and love, money-worship and keen sense of beauty. The dominant theme, the characters and the problems.

3. G. Greene – the creator of “serious” and “entertaining” novels.

3. 1. The Quiet American. The characters of Fowler and Pyle.

Seminar № 6

American Literature: American Romanticism

1. General characteristics of the period. Peculiar features of American Romanticism

2. J. F. Cooper – life and literary activity.

2. 1. The Leather Stocking Tales by Cooper.

2. 2. The image of Natty Bumpo.

2. 3 The Last of the Mohicans. The plot, the message, and the characters.

3. Henry Longfellow – the poet, the translator, the scholar, the professor and the teacher.

3. 1. Longfellow’s contribution to American and world culture.

3. 2. The Song of Hiawatha. The plot, the character of Hiawatha. The idea of peace and unity.

3. 3. Poems on slavery.

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