1. Read Don Juan by Lord George Gordon Byron.

2. Give an account of Don Juan literary background. 

3. Comment on the use of ottava rima stanza and the effect produced by it.
4. Get familiar with the following literary devices: heteroglossia, language diversity, genre
dispersion.  Explain their role in constructing the general style of Don Juan.
5. Don Juan is a hybrid text which incorporates a number of genres:

 Long narrative poem

 Epic
 Mock epic
 Satire
 Picaresque
 Travelogue
 Gothic poem
 Chivalric romance
 Historiography
 Autobiography

Comment on genre diversity in Don Juan.

6. Give a brief summary of the plot.
6.  Provide the analysis of major characters.
6. Explicate the major themes:
 Love / Marriage/ Sexuality
 Travel
 War / History / The nature of civilization
 Transience 
 Religion
 Indictment of English high society
 Restraints on personal liberty and freedom of speech