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  Core Text:   Cross-currents: The Evolution of Literary Movements Broad Outline: ·        French Socio-political and religious situations ·        Enlightenment ·        Romanticism ·        Impact of Enlightenment/ Romanticism upon England Our study focuses on the 18 th century France. Part 1:  Refer pages 9 - 15 Background Late 2nd Century BC:             Roman occupation of parts of France (Julius Caesar) 5th C. AD:                    Germanic Franks establish power in the region. Frankish dominance continues for centuries. Power reaches its heights in the time of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. 1337 to 1453: The Hundred Years' War was a series of wars waged by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings. The House of Valois claimed the title of King of France, while the Plantagenets claimed the thrones of

  DOUBLE WAR – SELINA HOSSAIN   Selina Hossain:             Selina Hossain is a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer whose works focus on the partition issues of Pakistan and Bangladesh and the plight of Bangladeshi women. She is presently the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy. She has won many national awards like Bangla Academy Literary Award and Independence Day award. Her major works:       Hangor Nodi Grenede       Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti Most of her works are translated into other languages as well. Bangladesh Liberation War:             The story “Double War” is set in the context of the Bangladesh Liberation War that happened in 1971. The war, otherwise known as the Bangladesh War of Independence was a revolution sparked by the rise of Bengali Nationalist Movement.    In addition to certain vested political interests, the war intended to separate the Bengali speaking East Pakistan from the Urdu speaking West Pakistan. The Pakistan Army named a

  John Henrik Clarke: John Henrik Clarke was an African-American historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies. Being a member of a sharecropper’s family, he was expected to become a farmer by his mother. But he followed his dreams and went to Harlem. There he pursued scholarship and became part of the Black Power Movement, which aimed at instilling confidence of the Black people and at their upliftment. He was one of the pioneers who founded the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Major Works: Novel - Confessions of a Nat Turner Short stories –             The Boy Who Painted Christ Black: A Short Story             On the Other Side: A Story of the Color Line             Leader of the Mob: A Story of the Color Line             Santa Claus is a White Man: A Story of the Color Line The Boy Who Painted Christ Black Setting – Muskogee County School, Georgia Characters – Aaron Crawford – the talented boy in the school, an arti