English Literature Plus 2023

General Introduction

• Why the Classical Mythology in the 20th Century?
• Literary Uses of Myth in English Literature
• Greek Mythology Family Tree
• The Birth of Venus
• Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus

• Orpheus in the history of English Literature
• Orpheus in the history Classical Literature I
• Orpheus in Classical Literature II
• Orpheus in John Milton
• John Milton
• What is Pastoral Elegy?
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Orpheus in Percy Bysshe Shelley
• In-Class Writing Sample

Venus and Adonis

• Venus and Adonis in the History of English Literature
• Venus and Adonis: Summary
• Venus and Adonis in Shelley
• Venus and Adonis in Paintings
• Venus and Adonis in Ovid's Metamorphoses
• Shakespeare I
• Shakespeare II
• Shakespeare III
• Facts about Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis
• from Norton intro to Adonais

Pygmalion

• Pygmalion in the history of English Literature
• Pygmalion in Ovid
• Pygmalion in Bernard Shaw
• Pygmalion in Robert Graves
• Pygmalion in Angela Carter
• Shaw's Pigmalion Act I
• Shaw's Pygmalion Act II
• Shaw's Pigmalion Act III
• Shaw's Pygmalion Act IV
• Shaw's Pygmalion Act V
• Educating Rita