LESSON 1 (FAMOUS WORKS[incomplete])

• Beowulf - an EPIC POEM about a heroic warrior who battles monsters
• The Seafarer and the Wanderer - poems reflecting themes of exile, fate, and the harshness of life
• The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - a collection of stories told by PILGRIMS
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - a CHIVALRIC ROMANCE about a knight who faces a series of tests of his honor and bravery
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare - plays that explore HUMAN NATURE, ambition, love, and tragedy
• Paradise Lost by John Milton - an epic poem depicting the FALL OF MAN and the struggle between free will and destiny
• The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spense - an ALLEGORICAL POEM celebrating the tudor dysnaty and england
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift - a SATIRICAL TALE that critiques human nature, politics, and society
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - often regarded as the FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL, it explores themes of survival
• Pamela by Samuel Richardson - a novel about VIRTUE and social mobility, notable for its focus on character and plot development
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - a novel exploring themes of CREATION, ISOLATION, and AMBITION
• Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge - a collection of poems that marked the start of ROMANTICISM, focusing on nature and human emotion
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - a novel that critiques SOCIAL CLASS and explores themes of love and marriage