Littèrature et civilisation

British Literature Course is a lecture given to MA1 (First Year Master of Arts) students who opted for English literature and civilization specialty. Yet, having enrolled in the study of the English language, the target audience must have prior knowledge of the course as they had been taught the basics of Anglophone literature in literary texts module since their early stages of learning the language and its culture. During the first semester of their first year master’s studies, they discover the most influential cultural movements that have affected the production of English literature, focusing mainly on realism and modernism. Obviously, during the second semester, the students focus on postmodernism and know more about the cultural and historical circumstances that determined writing literary works after the Second World War. Consequently, they will deal with the major works produced in post-war II Britain.