Nukus state pedagogical institute named after ajiniyaz foreign languages faculty

MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIALIZED EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
NUKUS STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE
NAMED AFTER AJINIYAZ

FOREIGN LANGUAGES FACULTY
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
COURSE PAPER
ON THE THEME: « English literature of the 17^th century: The Stuarts and Puritans»

Student:		Azatova S
Scientific supervisor:		Nuratdinova N.B
Head of the department:		doc. Aliya Tajieva

The Course Paper is admitted to the defense

Protocol № _____ «____» __________ 2023.


Nukus-2023
Content
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….3
CHAPTER. I. ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
1.1 A Century of Greatness……………………………………………….…5
1.2 Religious Literature and Sermons…………………………………….8
1.3 John Donne………………………………………………………….…10
1.4 The Metaphysical Poets……………………………………………...…12
1.5 Milton and the Puritan Commonwealth……………………………..…17
CHAPTER II. PURITANISM IN 17TH CENTURY ENGLAND
2.1 The religious question………………………………………………….19
2.2 The Stuarts and the Puritans (1603-1660)………………………..…22
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………...…..27
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………….28
Introduction
The 17th century is a period, which many English historians and literary scholars prefer to any other. During most of it England had her own course both in her political and literary life.
After Queen Elizabeth's death James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in J603 Like Elizabeth he tried to rule without parliament as much as possible. He believed in the divine right of kings, that is the king was chosen by God and only God could judge him. He expressed his opinion openly and that led to trouble with Parliament.
In 1618 the Thirty Years War began, and Parliament wished to go to war against the Catholics James I did not agree. Until his death in 1625 he was always quarrelling with parliament over money and over its desire to play a part in his foreign policy. His son, Charles I, quarreled with the House of Commons even more than his father. It was also over money. Finally Charles 1 dissolved Parliament. After that he had to recall Parliament, because he needed money, but each time he did so, he quarreled with it.