TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to acquire and apply knowledge of the major literary genres and terminology in the analysis of literary texts.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course will familiarize students with the major literary genres and terminology that will be useful in the analysis of literary texts. Such genres as poetry, narrative, and drama will be the major focus of study. Students will be expected to use the basic vocabulary of literary study in their analysis of selected texts.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the Course; Lecture Week: Introduction to Literature; Close Reading Case Study: Short Story; Kate Chopin ?Story of an Hour? 2nd Week Short Story & Example Readings; Shirley Jackson ?The Lottery?; John Cheever ?Enormous Radio? 3rd Week Lecture Week: Introduction to Poetry; Close Reading Case Study: George Jones ?The Grand Tour?; Example Readings: Robert Frost ?The Road Not Taken?; Wilfred Owen ?Dulce et Decorum Est? 4th Week Imagery & Example Readings; Robert Frost ?After Apple Picking?; Seamus Heaney ?The Forge?; John Keats ?To Autumn? 5th Week Figurative Language I & Example Readings; John Donne ?A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?; Robert Frost ?Out, Out ??; Percy Bysshe Shelley ?Ozymandias?; Robert Browning ?Meeting at Night? and ?Parting at Morning? 6th Week Figurative Language II & Example Readings; Elizabeth Bishop ?One Art?; Anne Sexton ?Cinderella?; Sylvia Plath ?Metaphors?; Emily Dickinson ?Much Madness is Divinest Sense ?? 7th Week Quiz and Midterm I 8th Week Sound Devices in Poetry & Example Readings; William Shakespeare ?Sonnet 138?; Gwendolyn Brooks ?We Real Cool?; e.e. cummings ?[in Just-]? 9th Week Poetry Analysis & Example Readings; ?A Study of Reading Habits? by Philip Larkin 10th Week Types of Poetry 11th Week Introduction to Drama and Dramatic Techniques; Trifles by Susan Glaspell 12th Week Trifles by Susan Glaspell; Quiz
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Tenth Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012. Course Pack (texts available on MOODLE)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Practice,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Quiz 2 10 Attendance 5 15 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No