1.

OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE

Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, was written from 600 -1100.
The greatest Old English poem is a long epic called Beowulf, whose author is unknown.
Two Old English authors that are known by name are Caedmon, the author of a short
hymn, and Cynwulf, the author of four long poems.

2. MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE

Middle English was used from about 1100 to about 1500.
Poetry: The most important poet of the time is Geoffrey Chaucer. His greatest work is
Canterbury Tales.
Drama: Bible stories, the lives of saints and the moral qualities (such as charity or vice).

3. RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
This is literature written approximately during the time Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).
THIS LITERATURE about emphasis of human beings and the importance of the present
life; belief in the right to enjoy the beauty of this life
Poetry: The most important poets include Edmund Spenser, the author of The Faerie
Queene, Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare.
Drama: Drama is the greatest form written during the Elizabethan age. William
Shakespeare is best works include Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and Merchant
of Venice.

4. ROMANTICISM
The main characteristics of Romantic poetry:
Poetry is the expression of personal feelings and emotions.
Imagination is a main source of poetry.
Nature in Romantic poetry is a living thing, a teacher of man, and a healing power.
Some important Romantic poets are William Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Shelley, and
Coleridge.
5. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
It includes the second half of the nineteenth century.
Poetry: Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning are the major poets of the period.
The Novel: The novel was the main literary production of the Victorian period.
This was the time of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, and
Thomas Hardy. Drama: The best dramatist of the period is Oscar Wilde. His masterpiece
is The Importance of Being Earnest.

6. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

the gap between the rich and the poor; the postwar economic dislocation and spiritual
disillusion; the rise of all kinds of philosophical ideas.
Modern fiction : D. H. Lawrence his works Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, Lady
Chatterleys Lover, Rainbow
*modernism in drama : Theater of Absurd; John Osborne and the Angry Young Man;
Samuel Beckett and Waiting for Godot
. Some major literary figures include W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden in poetry ;
Virginia Wolf and James Joyce in the novel; and Samuel Becket in drama.

Advantage of using literature

1. literature provides meaningful contexts
2. Literature develops creativity and critical thinking skills.
3. Literature develops students interest in reading
4. Literature provides pleasure to listeners and readers.
5. Literature involves vocabulary, dialogues and prose;3
6. literature expands the language awareness
7. It represents valuable authentic material
8. It helps students to understand the target culture
9. Literature builds experience

The using of the literature in teaching :

1. Using poems : Ask students to rewrite the poem, changing the meaning but not the structure.
2. Using stories or short stories
- Ask students to write what they think will happen next, or what they think happened just before.
 3. using movie

- Ask students to act out a part of the scene in groups.

Lesson plan

LEVEL Lower intermediate to advanced

TIME 20 minutes
Skill : speaking skill

Opening Activities
1. Teacher greets the students using English in order to create English Environment.
2. Teachers and students pray together.
3. Teacher checks the students attendance
4. Students receive information competence, material, purpose, benefits, and lessons that
will be implemented.
Main Activities
1. Divide the students into groups of three or four
2. the students watch the video
3. the teacher pause the video in climax scene.
4. The teacher give instruction to the students to estimating what is the next story from the
movie
5. the teacher ask each group to tell the complete story in front of the class by their version.
6. the teacher ask the students orally about the genre of the movie, The characteritc of the main
cast, and the moral value.
Closing Activities
Students with teacher conclude the learning