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These free online courses in English literature cover everything you need to know about this expansive topic. English literature has a long and rich history, from tales as old as the epic of Beowulf, to the famous plays and dramas of Shakespeare. If you have an interest in English poetry, story-telling, prose, and more, these are the courses for you....…Read More
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![Great Epics and Poems of World Literature Great Epics and Poems of World Literature](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2929/alison_courseware_intro_2929.jpg)
Great Epics and Poems of World Literature
- Explain the relationship between antiquity and modernity...
- Describe the political, historical and cultural dimensio...
- Explain the humanistic epic tale from a liter... Read More
![Understanding Feminist Poetry Understanding Feminist Poetry](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3433/alison_courseware_intro_3433.jpg)
Understanding Feminist Poetry
- Describe the historical context that led to the feminist...
- Analyze the role and impact of poetry on feminism
- Discuss its key features and themes
- Outline the context of feminist poetry in the... Read More
![Understanding Metaphysical Poetry Understanding Metaphysical Poetry](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3234/alison_courseware_intro_3234.jpg)
Understanding Metaphysical Poetry
- Explain metaphysical poetry
- Describe the genre’s ideals
- Outline the wider context in which such poetr... Read More
![Poetry in the Romantic Period Poetry in the Romantic Period](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3237/alison_courseware_intro_3237.jpg)
Poetry in the Romantic Period
- Discuss the context of the early 19th century in Europe
- Explain the tenets of the Romantic movement
- Identify the contrasts between this and other artistic t...
- Describe Romantic poetic forms and functions Read More
![Gothic Terror and Grotesque in the Gothic Novel Gothic Terror and Grotesque in the Gothic Novel](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2604/alison_courseware_intro_2604.jpg)
Gothic Terror and Grotesque in the Gothic Novel
- Outline the early life of Charles Dickens
- Discuss the plot of the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’
- Define the term ‘Commodity Gothic’ in the con... Read More
![Epic Tragedies and Postcolonial Literature Epic Tragedies and Postcolonial Literature](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2928/alison_courseware_intro_2928.jpg)
Epic Tragedies and Postcolonial Literature
- Describe how love and care come across being an extensio...
- Discuss the hard reality which was happening in the afte...
- Analyze the multiple layers of politics and t... Read More
![Understanding the Relevance of Poetry Understanding the Relevance of Poetry](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3235/alison_courseware_intro_3235.jpg)
Understanding the Relevance of Poetry
- Discuss the relevance and benefits of poetry
- Describe different views on its use
- Explain many poetic functions Read More
![Analysis of English Literature Analysis of English Literature](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2699/alison_courseware_intro_2699.jpg)
Analysis of English Literature
- Discuss the early years of Samuel Coleridge
- Discuss Coleridge poems Kubla Khan, The Eolian Harp, Thi...
- Discuss the themes and acts in the play Macbeth by Willi...
- Explain the themes in The Crucible by Arthur ... Read More
![An Introduction to Modernistic Poetry An Introduction to Modernistic Poetry](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3432/alison_courseware_intro_3432.jpg)
An Introduction to Modernistic Poetry
- Define ‘Modernist’ poetry
- Discuss the historical and literary events that defined ...
- Explain the importance of contemporary poetic... Read More
![Diploma in Poems, Plays and Stories From Around the World Diploma in Poems, Plays and Stories From Around the World](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3067/alison_courseware_intro_3067.jpg)
Diploma in Poems, Plays and Stories From Around the World
- Define ‘world literature’ and its historical context
- Compare the literary importance of great texts in their ...
- Analyze the challenges and possibilities faci... Read More
![Aesop's Fables - Moral Stories for Adults and Children Aesop's Fables - Moral Stories for Adults and Children](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2700/alison_courseware_intro_2700.jpg)
Aesop's Fables - Moral Stories for Adults and Children
- You will have read 60 Aesop’s Fables
- Identify and demonstrate an understanding of the moral o...
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![The Gothic Novel Parody The Gothic Novel Parody](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2602/alison_courseware_intro_2602.jpg)
The Gothic Novel Parody
- Define what parody is in the context of Gothic Fiction
- Outline the plot of the novel ‘Northanger Abbey’
- Discuss the education process of Catherine Morland throu...
- Explain the notions of ‘Gothic Reading’ Read More
![Diploma in English Literature of the Romantic Period Diploma in English Literature of the Romantic Period](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2810/alison_courseware_intro_2810.jpg)
Diploma in English Literature of the Romantic Period
- Describe the general trends in the depiction of Nature a...
- Identify common themes underlying the fiction of the dif...
- Distinguish between the views of literary cri... Read More
![Appreciating Metaphor Appreciating Metaphor](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/4562/alison_courseware_intro_4562.jpg)
Appreciating Metaphor
- Recognize that metaphor is a basic element of English
- Explain how metaphor is a way of thinking that gives ris...
- Describe how metaphor works
- Identify how the mapping theory of metaphor i... Read More
![Diploma in Early Poetry Reading and Writing Diploma in Early Poetry Reading and Writing](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3233/alison_courseware_intro_3233.jpg)
Diploma in Early Poetry Reading and Writing
- Discuss the relevance of poetry
- Describe different views on the value of poetry
- Explain poetic devices and their use Read More
![An Introduction to American Poetry An Introduction to American Poetry](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3435/alison_courseware_intro_3435.jpg)
An Introduction to American Poetry
- Discuss the historical and literary context of American ...
- Identify key features that define American Modernism
- Outline the deeper meaning of various famous ... Read More
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