Weekly Schedule/ Eng 221/ Term 092
Introduction to Literature
Dr. Orchida Fayez Ismail
27 – 31
March
Origins of Literature & English
Material covered
Assignments
Orientation
Registration still on going
Introduction to English Literature
Buy text books
Start Research
work
The history of English Literature and the
terminology associated with it
Old English/Texts Produced (Beowulf, Caedmon)
Middle English (Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales)
The Legend of King Arthur
Literature Timeline
Social, Stylistic,
Political, …etc.
3–7
April
Hand in CW 1
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Quiz 1
Characteristics of Greek Tragedy
Characteristics of Greek Theatre
The purpose of Theatre
Research the
myth of Oedipus
Characteristics of the tragic hero
Stylistic tools
Hand in CW 2
Relation between
nature and our
world
Start Reading The
10 – 14
April
Notices
Translate some
lines of the Tales
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Drama
(Tragedy
20 – 24 March
13 – 17
March
6 – 10
March
27Feb -3
march
20-24
Feb.
Topics
Women’s College
Odd Couple
Introduction to Comedy
Midterm Exam
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Break
Week9-10
Week 8
Week 7
Week 6
Week 5
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
Wk
Prince Sultan University
© Dr.Orchida Ismail/February. 2010/ Term 092
Weekly Schedule/ Eng 221/ Term 092
Prince Sultan University
Introduction to Literature
Dr. Orchida Fayez Ismail
Comedy
Poetry
Epic (Beowulf)
Sonnet (William Shakespeare & Milton)
Ballad (William Wordsworth)
Dramatic Monologue (Robert Browning)
Notices
Hand in CW#3
Washington Square by Henry James
Novel
24 – 28
April
1–5
May
8 – 12 May
Assignments
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
Hand in CW#4
Is Catherine round
or flat?
Revision Week
5 – 9 June
29 –May –
2 June
22 – 26
May
15 – 19
May
Week 11
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Material covered
Dates
Week 12
Week 11
Wk
Women’s College
FINAL EXAMINATION
P.S. This Schedule is tentative
Text Books:
- Oedipus the king by Sophocles (the photocopying center)
- The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (the photocopying center)
- Washington Square by Henry James (Al Shegry Bookstore)
- English Literature by Antony Burgess (Al Shegry Bookstore)
© Dr.Orchida Ismail/February. 2010/ Term 092
Weekly Schedule/ Eng 221/ Term 092
Introduction to Literature
Dr. Orchida Fayez Ismail
Prince Sultan University
Women’s College
References:
English Literature (Al Shegry Bookstore)
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Available in the library)
The Norton Anthology of American Literature (Available in the library)
Online References:
BBC Animated English Timeline
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history /british/launch_tl_ages_english
http://www.socsdteachers.org/tzenglish/literature_timeline_htm
http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/bdavis/ENGL21210timeline.htm
http://timerime.com/timeline/130293
http://ks.ac.kr/ycsuh/courses/engsurvey/engsurveyindex/timeline/timeline.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=timeline+of+english+literature&hl=en&rlz+IT4ADBF_e
nSA
Course Description:
This course introduces the three major genres in English literature: poetry, novel, and
drama. In addition a historical overview of the development of English as a language and a
culture is important.
Course Objectives:
An in-class reading of selections of all three literary genres is necessary.
The poetry selections should reflect its varied nature and various forms (Epic, elegy, ballad,
Ode, Dramatic Monologue)
The two types of Drama (Tragedy, Comedy) will be exemplified in reading Oedipus the
King and The Odd Couple.
Fiction will be introduced through reading a short novel (Washington Square by Henry
James)
Grade Distribution:
Course Work and Assignments: 30 %
Midterm
30 %
Final Exam
40%
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