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  2. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    Bunyan introduced into English literature ideas of individualism and the quest of personal fulfillment. Behn used her writing as social criticism to question the Atlantic slave trade. [61] Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is considered to be the first modern English novel, written as a celebration of the social mobility introduced by capitalism.

  3. English literature - Wikipedia

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    English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [ 1 ] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English .

  4. Twelfth grade - Wikipedia

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    A 12th grade visual arts class in Scott County, Virginia in the United States. Twelfth Grade (also known as 12th Grade, Grade 12, Senior Year, Standard 12, 12th Standard, Class 12 or 12th Class) is the twelfth and final year of formal or compulsory education. It is typically the final year of secondary school and K–12 in most parts of the ...

  5. English studies - Wikipedia

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    Prospective English majors can expect to take college courses in academic writing, creative writing, literary theory, British and American literature, multicultural literature, several literary genres (such as poetry, drama, and film studies), and a number of elective multidisciplinary topics such as history, courses in the social sciences, and ...

  6. Middle English literature - Wikipedia

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    The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard , a form of London -based English, became widespread and the printing press regularized the language.

  7. Theological fiction - Wikipedia

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    Theological fiction is fictional writing which shapes or depicts people's attitudes towards theological beliefs. [1] [2] [3] It is typically instructional or exploratory rather than descriptive, [4] and it engages specifically with the theoretical ideas which underlie and shape typical responses to religion. [5]

  8. Category:12th-century English writers - Wikipedia

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    12th-century English Roman Catholic theologians (10 P) Pages in category "12th-century English writers" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

  9. Eleventh grade - Wikipedia

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    11th Grade is the first of the two years in college (12th Grade being the last and final year before university education) and is equivalently referred to as "first year." Students in this year level are 15 to 16 years old. Students get to select from the following subjects: Pre-medical (biology, physics, chemistry)