Introduction to Literature
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Define what literature is; Explain each element of English fiction, poetry and drama; Differentiate the three main genres in English literature; Appraise simple works of literature; Analyze English short stories, poems, and plays
Topics
- What is literature? Escape and Interpretive Literature
- Elements of Fiction: Plot, Point of View, Character, and Setting
- Tone & Style, Theme, Symbol & Allegory
- What is Poetry? Paraphrasing Poems
- Voice: Tone & Irony
- Words: Diction
- Saying & Suggesting : Denotation & Connotation
- Imagery
- Figures of Speech (Simile, Metaphor, etc.)
- Sound: Alliteration & Assonance, Rhyme, Rhythm
- Forms: Closed & Open
- Drama: Theatrical Conventions
- Elements of a Play
- Modes of Drama: Tragedy & Comedy
- The Modern Theatre
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