will be able to know the historical background from Middle Ages to Renaissance Period in English history.
will be able to analyze literary genres (short stories, poems, novel and plays).
will be able to gain analytical thinking skills.
will be able to interpret literary texts.
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
Prerequisites
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Description
The course involves the historical period from the Middle Ages to Renaissance Period, the analysis of popular texts as poems, short stories, novels and plays, the development of students' analytical thinking and the style of Analytical and Persuasive Essays.
Course Contents
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the Course
2nd Week
Literary Terms
3rd Week
Renasissance Period-Restoration Period: "The Birthmark" (N. Hawthorne) and Hamlet (W. Shakespeare)
4th Week
Hamlet
5th Week
Romanticism: "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" (William Blake)
6th Week
Gothic literature: Frankenstein (M. Shelley)
7th Week
Frakenstein (M. Shelley)
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Victorian period: A Doll's House (H. Ibsen)
10th Week
A Doll's House (H. Ibsen)
11th Week
The New Woman: "Two Blue Birds" (D. H. Lawrence) and "Bliss" (K. Mansfield)
12th Week
The Fox (D. H. Lawrence)
13th Week
The Fox (D. H. Lawrence)
14th Week
Analytical Essay Writing
Recommended or Required Reading
The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
An Introduction to Literature (S. Barnet)
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity
Percentage (%)
Mid-term
1
40
Quiz
1
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
