Faculty
Department
Level
Subject
Lecturer
Email
Phone
Credits
Hours/week
Academic
Year
Arts
English
F
Introduction to English Literature
Lania Hamad Rasheed
Lania.rashid@soran.eu.iq
O7504924246
4
4
2013-2014
Weeks
Week No
Week 1
Week 2
Topic
Introduction to English
Literature
Periods of English
Literature
Literary Genres
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Poetry (Definition &
Types)
Units of Poetry
Details (at least one paragraph)
-What is literature?
-What are the functions of literature?
-The two branches of literature.
-What is English literature?
I-The Medieval Period (455CE-1485)
II-The Renaissance and Reformation(c.1485-1660 CE)
III-The Enlightenment (Neoclassical) Period
( c.1660-1790)
IV-Romantic Period (c.1790-1830)
VI-Modern Period (c.1914-1945)
VII-Postmodern Period (c.1945 onward)
-Poetry.
-Novel(definition & types)
-Drama (definition & types)
-Poetry.
-Short story.
1-What is poetry?
2-Types of poetry:
-Narrative poetry.
-Dramatic poetry.
-Lyric poetry.
1-Line and types of line breaks in poetry:
-Caesura.
-End-stopped lines.
-Run-on-line(enjambment).55
2-Stanza (definition & types).
3-Canto.
4-Book.
Week 6
Elements of
1-What is stress?
Poetry(Stress&Syllables 2-Syllable and its types.
3-Some determinants of stress on the syllable in a verse-line.
1-What is rhythm?
2-Metre and its distinction from rhythm.
Week 7
Rhythm & Metre
3-Foot and its most common types in English poetry.
4-Princcciple metric lines in English poetry.
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Rhyme & its Types
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech
1-Rhyme and its functions.
2-types of rhyme:
-End rhyme.
-Internal rhyme.
-Strong (masculine) rhyme.
-Weak (feminine) rhyme.
-Eye rhyme.
-Imperfect rhyme
1-What is a figure of speech?
2-Metaphor & simile.
3-Alliteration & assonance.
4-Personification & apostrophe.
1- Symbol & allegory.
2-Overstatement(hyperbole) &irony.
3-Allusion & onomatopoeia.
Figures of Speech
1-Metonymy & synecdoche.
2-Tone & mood
Exam
First Semester Exam
Introduction to English
Prose
1- What is prose?
2-Types of prose.
A Short History of
English Prose
A historical background of English poetry.
Week 14
1-Characteristics of prose.
Week 15
Features of Prose
2-Differences between poetry and prose.
1- Short Story (definition).
Week 16
Week 17
Short Story
2-Characteristics of short stories.
Elements of Short
Story
1- Setting (definition).
2-Functions of setting.
1-What is plot?
Week 18
Plot Structure and its
Stages
2-Stages of plot:
-Exposition.
-Complication.
-Climax.
-Resolution.
-Catastrophe
1-Character (definition).
Week 19
Character & its types
2-Types of characters in short stories:
-Protagonist & antagonist.
-Round & flat characters.
-Static & dynamic characters.
-Stock characters.
3-How to recognize characterization.
1- What is conflict?
Week 20
Conflict & its types
2-Types of conflict:
-Man Vs.man ( physical).
-Man Vs. society (social).
-Man Vs. circumstances (classical).
-Man Vs . himself/herself (psychological).
1- Points of View(definition).
Week 21
Week 22
Points of View
Exam
2- Types of narration :
-Innocent eye.
-Stream of consciousness.
-First person.
-Omniscient :
a- Omniscient limited.
b- Omniscient objective
Second Semester Exam
1-What is the theme of a short story?
Week 23
Theme
2-How to identify the themes of a short story?
1-what is dialogue in short stories.
Week 24
Dialogue
2-How dialogue is used correctly in short stories?
A critical analysis of some short stories.
Week 25
Textual Analysis
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