Literary Studies is the study of written works of the imagination, of which poetry, drama and narrative fiction constitute today the most familiar types or genres.

1. INTRODUCTION TO
LITERARY STUDIES
Course outline

2. Introduction to the course
Course Title: Introduction
to Literary Studies Level:
BS 1st
Course Code: ELL102

3. Introduction to Literary studies
CourseDescription
Thiscourseintroducesliteratureasculturalandhistoricalphenomena.Thisentailsastudyofhistoryof
variousperiodsofEnglishLiteraturefromRenaissancetothepresent.Thecoursealso,verybriefly,
touchesupondifferenttheoreticalapproachestoliteraturetointroducethestudenttoliterarycritique
andevaluation.Ageneralunderstandingofliterarytheoryasabroadfieldofphilosophicalconceptsand
principlesisalsocrucialtotheunderstandingofliterarypiece.

4. Introduction to Literary studies
CourseObjectives
1.TostudythehistoryandpracticeofEnglishasascholarlydiscipline.
2.Tostudythehistoryanddevelopmentofeachgenrethroughexcerptsofliterarytexts.
3.Todoclosereadingoftextsandanalyzethemwithdifferentcriticalframeworks.
4.Toanalyzeandcriticizetheworksofliteratureintheirculturalandhistoricalcontexts.
5.ToassesstheinfluenceofliterarymovementsinBritainonEnglishliteraturefromallpartsofthe
world.

5. Introduction to Literary studies
CourseContents
1.WilliamHenryHudson.IntroductiontotheStudyofLiterature(1913)
2.AndrewSanders.TheShortOxfordHistoryofEnglishLiterature(1994)
3.MarioKlarer.IntroductiontoLiteraryStudies(1999)
4J.H.Miller.OnLiterature(2002)
Note:TheteacherwilluseSander’shistorywithanyoneofthethreebooksonliteratureascoretexts.

6. Introduction to Literary studies
SuggestedReadings●Albert,E.(1979).HistoryofEnglishLiterature(5thed.).Oxford,NewYork:Oxford
UniversityPress.●Alexander,M.(2000).AHistoryofEnglishLiterature.London:PalgraveMacmillan.●
Blamires,H.(1984).AShortHistoryofEnglishLiterature.London:Routledge.●Carter,R.,&McRae,J.
(1997).TheRoutledgeHistoryofLiteratureinEnglish,BritainandIreland.London:Routledge.●Chin,B.
A.,Wolfe,D.,Copeland,J.,&Dudzinski,M.A.(2001).GlencoeLiterature:BritishLiterature.NewYork:
McGraw-HillHigherEducation.●Compton-Rickett,A.(1912).AHistoryofEnglishLiterature.London:T.
C.andE.C.Jack.●Daiches,D.(1968).ACriticalHistoryofEnglishLiterature.London:MartinSeckerand
WarburgLtd.●Fletcher,R.H.(1919).AHistoryofEnglishLiterature.Boston:R.G.BadgerLegouis,E.,&
Cazamian,L.(1960).AHistoryofEnglishLiterature.London:J.M.DentandSons.

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