At the end of this course, the students; 1) identify the characteristics of literary genres and their subgenres, 2) recognize the differences between the characteristics of the subgenres, 3) apply their knowledge of the characteristics of literary genres in explicating texts.
MODE OF DELIVERY
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
This course aims to introduce students to the major literary movements and to provide them with the necessary theoretical framework that will establish the foundations for literary analysis. The students will learn to identify the historical and cultural context of a specific literary work and observe the influence of the cultural and artistic movements on that literary work.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the course and overview of the syllabus, lecture on the genres and subgenres of literature
2nd Week
Fiction: Development of fiction, types of fiction (picaresque, epistolary, stream-of-consciousness novel, bildungsroman, nouveau roman, anti-novel, gothic novel, science fiction)
3rd Week
Picaresque Novel: Example excerpts from Daniel Defoe's The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
4th Week
Epistolary Novel: Example excerpts from Alice Walker The Color Purple
5th Week
Stream-of-Consciousness Novel: Example excerpts from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
6th Week
Science Fiction: Example excerpts from Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
(Prose fiction assignment deadline)
7th Week
Midterm Examination
8th Week
Poetry: Development of poetry, types of poetry (lyric, narrative, dramatic, ode, elegy, ballad, sonnet, epic, mock epic, pastoral, acrostic, villanelle, sestina)
9th Week
Example poems: Elizabeth Bishop "One Art," Billy Collins "Sonnet," Charles Algernon Swinburne "Sestina"
10th Week
Example poems: John Greenleaf Whittier "The Changeling," Christopher Marlowe "A Passionate Shepherd to His Love," Joy Harjo "Perhaps the World Ends Here," Alexander Pope "Essay on Man"
(Poetry assignment deadline)
11th Week
Drama: development of drama, types of drama (tragedy, old comedy, new comedy, comedy of manners, sentimental comedy, romantic comedy, melodrama, mystery, miracle, morality plays, problem play, historical play, commedia dell'arte, masque, absurd drama)
12th Week
Elements of Tragedy: example excerpts from Euripides Medea
13th Week
Elements of Old Comedy: example excerpts from Aristophanes Birds
14th Week
Elements of New Comedy: example excerpts from Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
(Drama assignment deadline)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Tenth Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012.
Kennedy, X. J. and Dana Gioia, eds. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Compact edition, HarperCollins, 1995.
Klarer, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies, Routledge, 2004.
Jago, Carl et al. Literature and Composition: Reading, Writing, Thinking, Bedford, 2011.
Rainsford, Dominic. Studying Literature in English: An Introduction, Routledge, 2014.
Sullivan, Jenny. Writing Themes About Literature, Norton, 1983.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
3
15
Presentation of Article
1
15
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
3
42
Preparation for Final exam
1
20
20
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
20
20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
3
6
18
Article Presentation
1
4
4
Total Workload
150
Total Workload / 30
5
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
