LANE 341- Introduction to Literature
First Semester 2013
External Students
Section AA
Course supposed to be studied before studying this course:
LANE 215 (Reading 2)
Course objectives:
This course Introduces students to understand what literature is. It gives them a general idea about
literature, its forms and its genres. It also provides them with the strategies and techniques of reading,
analyzing, responding and writing literary texts. A variety of literary terms and literary texts of English
Literature are covered and discussed in this course.
Required textbook:
The Norton Introduction to Literature (Shorter Tenth Edition)
By Alison Booth & Kelly J. Mays
Other References and Books:
1. English Literature: A Survey for Students by Anthony Burgess
2. An Outline of English Literature by G.C. Thornley, G. Roberts
3. An Outline of English Literature by Pat Rogers
4. Reading Texts: Reading, Responding, Writing by Kathleen McCormick ; 1987, 298 pages, English
5. Outline of American Literature by Kathryn VanSpanckeren
Course content:
1. Introduction:
What is Literature? (pages 1-5)
What are the Genres of Literature? (pages 5-7)
Why Read Literature? (pages 7-8)
Why Study Literature? (pages 9-10)
2. Fiction:
Fiction: Reading, Responding, Writing (pages 11-49)
Understanding the Text:
1- Plot (pages 50-63)
Guy De Maupassant, The Jewelry
2- Narration and Point of View (pages 96-105)
Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
3- Character (pages 119-124)
4- Setting (pages 163-166)
5- Symbol and Figurative Language (pages 208-224)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Birth Mark
6- Theme (pages 251-254)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (pages 271-276)
3. Poetry:
Poetry: Reading, Responding, Writing
Reading Poetry (pages 618-619)
Understanding the Text:
1- Theme and Tone (pages 651-662)
Adrienne Rich's, Aunt Jennifer's Tiger
2- Speaker: Whose Voice Do We Hear ? (pages 672-673) & (pages 679-681)
Dorothy Parker, A Certain Lady
3- Situation and Sitting: What Happens? Where? When? (pages 700-701) & (pages 715-716)
Poems of varied situations and settings
Emily Bronte, The Night-Wind
4- Language (pages 730-731)
Metaphor and Personification (page 751- 755)
Simile and Analogy
Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose
The Sound of Poetry (page 790- 791)
Emily Dickinson, A narrow Fellow in the Grass
Internal Structure – Shifts of the Tone and Subject (pages 810-812)
Sharon Olds, The Victims
5- External Form (pages 824-827)
Rhyme & Stanzas
Stanzas and Rhyme Schemes: Some Examples
4. Drama:
Drama: Reading, Responding, Writing
Reading Drama (pages 1070-1071)
Questions to ask when reading a play (pages 1071-1073)
Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (pages 1547-1583)
Required Contents:
(Fiction)
Guy De Maupassant's "The Jewelry"
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth Mark"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
(Poetry):
Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tiger"
Dorothy Parker's "A Certain Lady"
Emily Bronte's "The Night-Wind"
Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose"
Emily Dickinson's "A narrow Fellow in the Grass"
Sharon Olds' "The Victims"
(Drama):
Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"
- These required contents are also included in the assigned pages of the required textbook in which you
are required to read
Exams & Grades:
Final exam
100
- The final exam date will be according to the university official schedule
Office No. 498 Office Hours: From 13:00 To 15:30 (Saturdays & Mondays)
To contact me:
Phone: 02-6952000 Ex.65057
E-mail: malqussayer@kau.edu.sa
Website: http://malqussayer.kau.edu.sa
Mr. Muhammad A. Alqussayer