SYLLABUS: LITERARY APPRECIATION

SYLLABUS:

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION

1.1 Studying Literature 

1.2. Value of Humanities in the Present Times

1.3 Brief Survey of Literature in English

1.4 Genres and Forms

1.5 Glossary of important terms in Genres and form

1.6 Unit –end Assessment and Assignment

UNIT II- READING AND APPRECIATING POETRY

2.1 Understanding Poetic Devices 

2.2 Text-1 William Wordsworth-

The World is Too Much With Us 

2.3 W.H.Auden- Funeral Blues 

2.4 Critical Analysis of Text I 

2.5 Critical Analysis of Text II

2.6 Glossary of Poetic Terms

2.7 Unit end Assessment/Assignment

UNIT III- READING AND APPRECIATING PROSE

3.1 Understanding Non-Fiction Writing

3.2 My Lost Dollar

Stephen Leacock

3.3 Kindly Adjust to our English

Shashi Tharoor

3.4 Critical Appreciation of Text 1

3.5 Critical Appreciation of Text 2

3.6Glossary of Prose Terms

3.7 Unit - end Assessment & Assignment

UNIT IV- READING AND APPRECIATING DRAMA

4.1 Understanding Dramatic Devices

4.2 G.B. Shaw’s Arms& The Man

4.3 Critical Appreciation of Text 1

4.3 Critical Appreciation ofText 2

4.4 Neil Simon’s The Defenseless Creature

4.5 Critical Appreciation of Text 2

4.6 Glossary of Dramatic Terms

4.7 Unit-end Assessment & Assignment

UNIT V- READING AND APPRECIATING FICTION

5.1 Understanding Fiction Devices

5.2 Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet”

5.3 Excerpts from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist

5.4 Short Story

5.5 Novella

5.6 Glossary of Fiction terms

5.7 Unit end Assessment & Assignment

Reference Books

WORD ART: An Approach to Literary Appreciation By Emerald Publishers

Online Resources

https://www.britannica.com/

MOOCs

 NPTEL Video Course: Introduction to Literary devices: https://youtu.be/jgr34oMrl3s

NPTEL Video Course: Trauma and Literature: https://youtu.be/HaH4M60llWg

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  1. Jalenemeshika.s3 July 2023 at 04:26

    Literature improves communication skills
    literature teaches you about past
    literature inspires imagination
    literature entertains
    literature studies gives knowledge to people's

    Jale Nemeshika.s
    II B.A English

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