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21 Oct

I. Introduction

2 classes in one; for BA students 6 credits

form working groups (6-9 members); record keepers; speakers to rotate

Secondary texts : G. Atkin et al, Studying Literature. New York 1995; M. Jahn "PPP", An Introduction to Literary Genres, http://www.uni- koeln.de/~ame02/ index.htm

II. How to read a literary text ? group work 

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23 Oct

1) Comparison of your results with what is called "basic reading " by C. Walsh, "Reading literary texts ", in G. Atkin et al., Studying Literature, NY 1995, pp. 95-118 2) "Critical reading"

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28 Oct

Walsh ctd: each learning group  to produce 3 questions on Walsh's essay; Structure of Walsh's essay

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30 Oct

in tutorial groups: how to write a paper/essay; summary hand-out of Jo Pryke, "Writing about literature", in Atkin et al, Studying Literature, pp. 48ff

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4 Nov

III Drama- W. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Basic technical terms", section D3 in Jahn, op. cit.

Act I, scene 1 (I,1) : 3 questions each from groups; I, 3

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6 Nov

Representation of Women in JC

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11 Nov

Characterization : "Characters and Characterization", section D8 in Jahn op.cit; Cassius and Brutus

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13 Nov

in tutorial groups: "Shakespeare", section D4 in Jahn op.cit.; The Elizabethan Theatre; word scenery in II, 1;

announce topic of essay no 1

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18 Nov

Group topics (4): Groups to prepare one topic each

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20 Nov

Group topics (2) ctd; "The Sixteenth Century", in Abrams and Greenblatt eds, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol.1 , pp. 469-96

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25 Nov

Hand in first essay (c. 2,000 words)

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27 Nov

Discuss essays (45 mins)

Basic terms : P1 and P2 in  Jahn, op. cit.; discuss the structureof these sections

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2 Dec

Basic Terms ctd

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4 Dec

Semantic and rhetorical analysis : Sections P3 and P4 in Jahn, op. cit

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9 Dec

Analysis of three poems

I: Wordsworth, "I wandered lonely as a cloud", Abrams and Greenblatt, vol. 2, pp.284-5; comparison with Yeats' poem in P3.13;

announce topic of essay no 2

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11 Dec

in tutorial groups: II: Robert Burns, "To a Mouse ", in Abrams and Greenblatt, vol.2 , pp. 105-6; summary of "The Romantic Period", in Abrams and Greenblatt, vol.2, op.cit., pp. 1-21; cf. W. Wordsworth, excerpts from "Preface to Lyrical Ballads ", in Abrams and Greenblatt, pp. 239-51

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16 Dec

III : Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break", in Abrams+ Greenblatt, pp. 1216-7

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18 Dec

Hand in essay no 2