The present unit, Unit 51, aims to provide an account of two Irish dramatists, Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. Since they produced their works in two different Victorian periods, we shall deal with how they reflected the prevailing ideologies of the day in...
The present unit, Unit 52, aims to provide a useful introduction to the historical development of the United States of America from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This historical period has not been chosen arbitrarily since we aim at examining an...
The present unit, Unit 53, aims to provide a useful introduction to the main literary contributions on the novel, short story and poetry in the United States in the nineteenth century. In general, the literature of the time was both shaped by and reflected the...
The present unit, Unit 54, aims to provide a useful introduction to two relevant figures of American literature, Mark Twain and Henry James, whose literary contributions were namely produced on the second half of the nineteenth century and associated to the...
The present unit, Unit 55, aims to provide a useful introduction to four relevant figures of the so-called American Lost Generation, that is, S. Fitzgerald, J. Steinbeck and E. Hemingway, as well as the Narrative of W. Faulkner. Since they were born in the very...
The present unit, Unit 56, aims to provide an account of the historical relations between Ireland and Great Britain. Particularly, we shall concentrate on the late Victorian period since both authors were born in the 1880s, and the first half of the twentieth century...
The present unit, Unit 57, aims to provide a useful introduction to Great Britain in the inter - War years and during the World War II so as to examine the life, works and style of the most representative authors in this period. In general,...
The present unit, Unit 58, aims to provide a useful introduction to the political, social and economic development in the United Kingdom and Ireland since 1945 up to the present day, and we shall also examine their presence in the European Union. With this background...
The present unit, Unit 59, aims to provide a useful introduction to the political, social and economic development in the United States since 1945 up to the present day, and also, its political relevance at international level. With this background in mind we aim at...
The present unit, Unit 60, aims to provide a useful introduction to the North American black novel and the English detective novel. In doing so, we aim at reviewing the historical and literary background of the time so as to analyse the life, works and...