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A psalm of praise. Of David. 1  I will exalt you, my God the King;     I will praise your name for ever and ever. 2  Every day I will praise you     and extol your name for ever and ever. 3  Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;     his greatness no one can fathom. 4  One generation commends your works to another;     they tell of your mighty acts. 5  They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—     and I will meditate on your wonderful works. [ b ] 6  They tell of the power of your awesome works—     and I will proclaim your great deeds. 7  They celebrate your abundant goodness     and joyfully sing of your righteousness. 8  The Lord is gracious and compassionate,     slow to anger and rich in love. 9  The Lord is good to all;     he has...

Ancient Literature: 800 BC to the birth of Christ: (various devices and methods of each literature, individual author's style, difference between myth, legend and heroic forms with specific examples from the prescribed texts) 1.   Ancient Hebrew texts: Selections from the Book of Psalms 2.   Greek epic: Excerpts from Iliad 3.   Greek play: Oedipus the King 4.   Roman epic: Excerpts from Aeneid 5.   Ovid Maserpieces of Medieval Literature: Birth of Christ to 1500 AD (the development of social classes, feudalism, institutional learning, characteristics of the medieval romance, Dante’s concept of the damned, his symbols, and Chaucer’s use of the frame narrative and tableau) 6.   Inferno 7.   Canterbury Tales 8.   Decameron Masterpieces of Renaissance: 1500 to 1660 AD (renaissance ideals, classical roots and derivations of renaissance drama, complexities of characterisation and the Renaissance hero) 9.   Faustus 10. Utopia