## Goals of this course

After having finished this course you:

- know the basics of British literature in a historical context;
- know which literary genres are characteristic for which literary period;
- can explain the most important features of different literary genres in different periods;
- can analyse literary extracts and poems from different periods;
- can write a modern Shakespearean sonnet;
- can discuss your opinions and motivate them in English in your team;
- can relate the literary extracts and poems to modern day life;
- can express your opinion on the poems and extracts that you have read, and the literary periods you have studied.