This book o?ers intermediate learners of English as a Foreign Language an original and stimulating learning experience. It introduces them to the beginnings of British literature, starting from the Anglo-Saxon world and continuing up to the beginning of the Renaissance. The texts chosen cover the development of poetry, narrative and the theatre, and the historical and social context from which they are drawn. No attempt has been made to offer an encyclopaedic survey of all authors and their works. Rather, a representative selection has been made from the various historical periods, including many ‘classic’ works.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Unit 1: Land of the Angles
- Reading
- Background
- Engla-land
- Over the years
- Brief explanation of the Kennings
- Some information about Beowulf
- Analyse
- Understand
- Task No. 3
- Task No. 4
- Task No. 5
- Create
- Reflect
- Unit 2: Journey, saints, and pilgrims
- Reading
- Analyse
- Comprehend
- Create
- Reflect
- Unit 3: In search of poetry
- Concerning blank verse
- Clarification for the reader
- Analyse
- Understand
- Create
- Reflect
- Unit 4: The poet and his language
- Reading
- Clarification
- Analyse
- Understand
- Task No. 2
- Task No. 3
- Task No. 4
- Task No. 5
- Task No. 6
- Create
- Reflect
- Unit 5: The ghosts of the theatre
- Reading
- Understand.
- Demonstrate
- Reflect
- Self-Revision
- Unit 1. Land of the Angles
- Analyse (Hough and Corbett, 2007, p. 32).
- Unit 2. Journey, saints, and pilgrims
- Unit 3. In search of poetry
- Unit 4. The poet and his language
- Task No. 4
- Task No. 5
- Task No. 6
- Task No. 7
- Unit 5. The ghosts of the theatre
- References
- Authors