By the end of this course students will be able to :-
1. read and analyze literary works
2. improve
their reading
fluency and accuracy
3. discuss themes, literary devices, style, and historical influences in
short stories,
Plays and novels.
4. respond reflectively in writing, with a
minimum of grammatical error, to prose fiction
5. improve their understanding of literary texts.
6. analyze and interpret literary
texts.
The course aims to cover the following:
1- A survey of English
literature from 18th century to modern time.
2- Introduction
to short story.
3- Elements of
short story.
4- The study of
two short stories by major writers of the genre.
Suggested
works:
Edgar Allen
Poe’s ‘ The Oval Portrait’
Earnest
Hemingway’s ‘Cat in the Rain’
5- Introduction
to drama.
6- Elements of
Drama.
The study
of one-act play by a major writer of the
genre.
Suggested work:
Othello's
Shakespeare play
7- Introduction
to the novel.
8-Elements of
the novel.
The study of
one short novel by a major writer.
Suggested work
George Orwell’s
Animal Farm
Students may be
asked to prepare a paper "assignment" on one of the literary types
they study in this course.
