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  • Welcoming Meesage

     

    • Dear Students,

       Welcome to the Study of Literary Texts course! 

      I am thrilled to have you embark on this exciting journey into the captivating world of Fiction and literature. Thorough the designed syllabus you will discover the fascinating worlds of Prose, Poetry and Drama. Together we will go beyond the words and read between the lines to travel in an imaginary world looking for the pleasure of reading, self-discovering and above all learning.

      So let us start our Journey.

      Dr.OUHIBA

  • Instructor and Module’s Information

    • Tutor: Dr. Nawel Meriem OUHIBA

      Rank:  Lecturer

      Personal Email:     ouhiba.nawel@gmail.com

      Professional Email: nawel.ouhiba@univ-saida.dz

       

      Module: Study of Literary Texts

      Level: L1 English Language and Literature

      Teaching Unit: Fundamental

      Coefficient: 01

      Credit: 02

      Duration:  01h30mn 

  • Course Description

     

    • This course presents an integrated programme designed as an introduction to English and American literature for first year students of English as a foreign language. It aims at proposing to the student an appropriate pedagogical approach taking into account the specific aspects of extra-university study.

  • Course Objectives and Outcomes

    • Aims and Objectives

       

      Our major aims through Initiation to English Literature course are to:

      §  Give students an insight into the nature of literature.

      §  Make students aware of differences in literary texts.

      §  Provide students with knowledge about different elements of literature.

      §  Make students know how to discuss a literary text.

      §  Afford students with techniques to detect theme(s) and discuss them in a piece of literature.

      §  Enhance their awareness of the relationship between literature and society

      §  Develop their capacity for critical thinking, creativity, self-expression, personal growth, empathy and cultural understanding

       

       

      Learning Outcomes

      §  Students can differentiate between different literary genres

      §  Students will be able to detect characterization, narration, and plot development in prose literature,

      §  Students will be able to discuss figurative language in different literary texts, especially in poetry

      §  Students will acquire a historical background about the rise of the English novel

       

  • Syllabus

    • Study of Literary Texts Syllabus

      First Semester

      1.      Introduction to Literature

      -Definition of Literature

      - Importance of Literature

      - Types of literature (Fictional L. & Non Fictional L.)

      2.      Fictional Literature: an overview

      - Meaning of Fictional Literature

      - Role and importance of Fictional Literature

                   - Types of Fictional Literature ( Prose fiction and Drama)

             3. Initiation to Poetry

        - Poets on Poetry: Definitions

        - Form of Poetry (Stanzas)

        - Types of poetry

              4.  Poetic Devices

                   - Role and importance of poetic devices in poetry

                   - Figures of speech: Metaphor, Simile, Apostrophe, Personification, Irony, Paradox, Onomatopoeia …etc.

             5. Versification Techniques

                   - Sound Devices

                   - Rhyme                                              

                  - Rhythm

                  - Scansion analysis  

             6. How to Read and analyze a poem?

                 - Methods and Techniques

              7. Romanticism is English Poetry: An over view

                  - Raise of the movement

                   - Characteristics

                   -  Major poets of the movement

           8. Evaluation Test

  • Pre-requisites

    Knowledge of the language

  • Lesson 01

     

  • Lesson 02

     

  • Lesson 03

  • Lesson 04

  • Lesson 05

  • Lesson 06 1/2

  • Lesson 07 2/2

  • Lesson 08

  • Lesson 09

  • Lesson 10

  • Evaluation Test

    • Evaluation Test إختبار
      مفتوح: السبت، 14 ديسمبر 2024، 8:00 AM
      مغلق: الأحد، 15 ديسمبر 2024، 8:00 AM

  • Bibliography

    • List of References used to realise the given lessons:

      Aristotle, Poetics, Retrieved from: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.1.1.html

       Attridge, D., Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 1995

      Bennett,  A. And Royle, N., Literature, Criticism and Theory, 3rd Edition, Pearson, Longman, UK, 2004

      Bertolt, B., On Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic. Trans. And Ed. John Willet, London, 1978  

      Coyle, M., Gorside, P., Kel, M. And Peck, J. Encyclopaedia of Literature and Criticism, Routledge, 2014

      Doody, M. The True Story of the Novel. Rutgers, 1996 
      Dukore, B., F. Dramatic theory and Criticism: Greek to Grotowski , NY: Holt Reinhart and Winston, 1974.

      High, B. An Outline of American Literature. New York. Longman Group, 1986 
      Kersher, R. B. The Twentieth-Century Novel. Bedford Bks, 1997 
      Knowlson, T., Sharper .How to study English Literature -Scholar’s Choice Edition, Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2015.

      Lazar, G.,  Literature and Language  Teaching. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1993

      Morris, P., Representation and the Twentieth Century Novel, NY: Konigshausen and Neuman, 2005

      Perrine, L., Story and Structure, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Canada, 1987

      Pound, E., ABC of Reading. Full text of Literary essays of Ezra Pound available on line at: https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.504260/2015.504260.Literary-Essays_djvu.txt

      Schwarz, D., The Humanistic Heritage: Critical theories of the English Novel From James to Hillis Miller. Houndmilts: The Mac Millan Press, 1986. Thornley, G., and Gwyneth, R. An Outline of English Literature.  England. Longman Group, 1984 

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