1. Read Don Juan by Lord George Gordon Byron.

2. Give an account of Don Juan literary background.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/don-juan/critical-essays/the-literary-background

3. Comment on the use of ottava rima stanza and the effect produced by it.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/don-juan/critical-essays/the-ottava-rima-stanza-and-style

4. Get familiar with the following literary devices: heteroglossia, language diversity, genre

dispersion. Explain their role in constructing the general style of Don Juan.

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.408.5858&rep=rep1&type=pdf (я оце
найшла, але так і не поняла шо з цього можна прочитати)

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

6. Comment on genre diversity in Don Juan.

7. Give a brief summary of the plot.

8. Provide the analysis of major characters.

9. 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

https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Don-Juan/themes/

https://www.shmoop.com/don-juan/themes.html