Unit 1 Medieval Romance Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance Knighthood in Medieval Romance and Xia (俠) in Chinese Kung Fu Novels Unit 2 English Ballads Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance Images of Social Bandits in The Water Margin and A Gest of Robin Hood Unit 3 English Renaissance Definitions Historical Context Major Tenets Cultural and Literary Significance Chinese Merchandise and Cosmopolitanism in the English Renaissance Unit 4 Metaphysical Poetry Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance Metaphysical Poetry and Classical Chinese Philosophy Unit 5 Neoclassicism Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance English Neoclassical Writings and Chinese Culture Unit 6 English Romanticism Definitions Historical Context Major Tenets Cultural and Literary Significance Resonance between English Romanticism and Chinese Culture and Literature Unit 7 Critical Realism Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance Popularity of Charles Dickens's Novels in China Unit 8 Aestheticism Definitions Historical Context Major Tenets Cultural and Literary Significance Aestheticism in China Unit 9 The Irish Dramatic Movement Definitions
Historical Context Major Tenets Cultural and Literary Significance Resonance between Chinese and Irish Dramatists Unit 10 Stream of Consciousness Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance The Reciprocal Influence between Stream of Consciousness and Chinese Literature Unit 11 The Theatre of the Absurd Definitions Historical Context Major Characteristics Cultural and Literary Significance The Theatre of the Absurd and Daoism Unit 12 New Historicism Definitions Historical Context Major Tenets Cultural and Literary Significance Stephen Greenblatt's Exploration of China's Architectural Landscape References
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