Introduction to Literature

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Course Contents

Course Contents at a Glance

Faculty Resources

Note to Instructors
In-Class Activities
Assignments

Module 1: Genre Introduction

Defining Literature
Introduction to American Literature
Introduction to Fiction
The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Introduction to Plays and Film
Reading a Play
Reading Poetry
Poetry Lesson Presentation
Poetry Literary Terms: A Guide
Free Verse
Billy Collins: A Poet Speaks Out
Approaching Poetry (Includes Free Verse)
Approaching Poetry

Module 2: Literary Conventions

Literary Terms
Elements of Literature
The Rough Guide to Literary Style, a Historical Overview
Theme
Symbols in Literature
Conflict
Symbolism
Metaphor
Characters and Characterization
Point of View
Perspective and Point of View

Module 3: Writing About Literature

How to Read Like a Writer
Modes of Exposition
Reading to Write Effectively
How to Write With Style
Creating an Effective Style
Structure in Literary Essays
Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources
Using Databases: Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
Writing an Introduction to a Literary Analysis Essay
Creating MLA Works Cited Entries
MLA In-Text Citations
Annotated Bibliographies: An Illustrated Guide

Module 4: Literary Analysis

The Nature of Analysis
How to Analyze a Novel
How to Analyze a Short Story
How to Analyze Poetry
How to Analyze a Film
Introduction to Critical Theory
Reader-Response Criticism In Brief
Reader-Response Criticism
New Criticism
Finding Literary Criticism
Multicultural Societies Explained

Module 5: Poetry Readings and Responses

Maya Angelou, "On the Pulse of Morning," 1993
Billy Collins, "The Lanyard," 2007
Emily Dickinson, Poems Series One, 1890
Emily Dickinson, "Wild nights - Wild nights!" 1861
Robert Frost, "Acquainted with the Night," 1923
Robert Frost, "The Lockless Door," 1920
Langston Hughes, "Let America Be America Again," 1935
Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Poetical Works, 1845
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven," 1845
Ezra Pound, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, 1920
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Selected Works, 1855
Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz," 1961
Reader-response to "My Papa's Waltz"
Christina Rossetti, "Goblin Market," 1862
William Shakespeare, Sonnets, 1609
Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind," 1891
Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773
Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," 1865
William Carlos Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow," 1962
Additional Poems

Module 6: Drama Readings and Responses

Anton Chekhov, "The Bear," 1888
Anton Chekhov, "The Cherry Orchard," 1904
Anton Chekhov, "The Three Sisters," 1900
Susan Glaspell, "Inheritors," 1921
Susan Glaspell, "The Outside," 1916
Susan Glaspell, "Trifles," 1916
Susan Glaspell, "The Verge," 1921
Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston, "The Mule-Bone," 1930
Henrik Ibsen, "A Doll's House," 1879
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
Critical Reviews of Film Version of The Importance of Being Earnest

Module 7: Fiction Readings and Responses

Louisa May Alcott, "Scarlet Stockings," 1869
Ambrose Bierce, "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot," 1890
Henry Cuyler Bunner, "The Nice People," 1890
Willa Cather, "On the Gull's Road," 1908
Anton Chekhov, "Peasant Wives," 1891
Kate Chopin, "Regret," 1897
Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," 1894
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1899
Joseph Conrad, "The Idiots," 1896
Philip K. Dick, "Beyond the Door," 1954
Charles Dickens, "The Signal-Man," 1866
Arthur Conan Doyle, "Scandal in Bohemia," 1891
F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Ice Palace," 1920
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Ethan Brand," 1850
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," 1835
Critical Responses to "Young Goodman Brown"
Kelly Link, "The Specialist's Hat," 1998
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 1892
Saki, "The Open Window," 1914
Mary Shelley, "The Mortal Immortal," 1833
Jim Shepard, "The Zero Meter Diving Team," 2007
Mark Twain, "Eve's Diary," 1905
Madhuri Vijay, "Lorry Raja," 2012
Analysis of "Lorry Raja"

Module 8: Nonfiction Readings and Responses

Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom, 1855
Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
Mark Twain, "Two Ways of Seeing A River," 1883
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, 1901
Zitkala-Sa, "The School Days of an Indian Girl," 1900
Other Creative Nonfiction Readings

Assignments

Assignment: Listening
Assignment: Character Analysis
Assignment: Close Reading
Assignment: Symbolism
Assignment: Comparative Essay

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