Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Irish author, clergyman, satirist. born in Dublin in 1667. Studied in Kikenny Grammar School and at Trinity College in Dublin, left the…
Fiction/ Novels John Bunyan (1628 – 88) English playwrite/ Preacher born in Elstow, England, in November 1628 He joined the parliamentarian army at the age…
Historic background Literary Movements: Oxford movement Aesthetic Movement Pre-rapaelite Movement/Brotherhood Science-religion Conflict Victorian poetry Early Phase (1837-1848) Mid (1848-1870) Late (1870-1901) Characteristics: Realism Focus on…
Background European Renaissance Renaissance = from Latin word ‘rinascere’ meaning Rebirth (of the classical antiquity or culture), European artists turned back to the ancient Greek…
Social History/Literary/Linguistic Background Witnessed wars like: The War of the Roses, Cade’s Rebellion Wyatt and Surrey introduced the sonnet to England. Henry V – 1413,…
Lecture: What is the Origin of English? Lecture: How Middle English Language is Different from Old English? War and France (Hundred Years’ War) The Hundred…
Social History/Literary/Linguistic Background Look Back Settlement of Jutes, Saxons and Angles in Britain 449 – 547 Christianity introduced into Kent by St. Augustine 597, into…
Who wrote The Life of Johnson? Boswell malvolio is a character in: Twelfth Night In which poem the line occurs: “Our sweetest songs are those…
The exodus(exit) of Greek scholars and artists from their country started after- The fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Turks. 1453 The exodus…
Overview of GATE English Literature Exam Particulars Details Examination Mode Computer Based Test (Online) Duration 3 Hours Number of Paper in English Literature 02 Papers…