This document summarizes an introductory literature course. It provides details about the course title, code, credit hours, level, instructor information, and session content which includes introductions, syllabus overview, required readings, assessments, class policies, and how to study for the course. The course is an introduction to literature through fiction, drama, and poetry. It aims to enable students to critically and imaginatively respond to literature.

1. Course Title: Introduction to Literature
Course Code & NO.: LANE 341
Course Credit Hrs.: 3 per week
Level: 5th Level
INDUCTION
8-9: 20 AM
Instructor: Dr. Noora Al-Malki
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2. Session Content
- Welcome !
- Instructor’s Card and Contact Info
- Students’ Introductions
- LANE 341 (What is it?)
- Syllabus
- Textbook & Required Readings
- Assessments & Grading
- Class policies
- How to study for the Course?
- NEXT lecture
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3. Name: Noora Al-Malki (0503697332)
Current Positions:
- Assistant professor, Department of European Languages, King Abdulaziz University
-Head of the Department of E-learning Programs, Deanship of E-learning & Distance Education, King
Abdulaziz University
Email: eaglenoora@yahoo.com, naalamlki1@kau.edu.sa
University Website: http://naalmalki1.kau.edu.sa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noora.almalki
Office Hours: 10- 1 Monday & Wednesday (Building A Room 105, or Building D Room ***)
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4. Introduce Yourself
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Choose one of your classmates, and ask
her a question.
Everyone is expected to, at least, ask
one question and answer another one.
Eg. What is your favorite color?
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5. LANE 341: Introduction to Literature
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6. Course Description & Learning
Outcomes
This is a three hour credit course that
provides an introduction to studying
literature through the genres of fiction,
drama and poetry. The course aims to
enable students to respond to literature
both critically and imaginatively.
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Upon completion of this course,
students will be able to:
•Describe the significance of fiction,
drama, and poetry.
•Identify the elements of literature.
•Explain/Evaluate themes and ideas of
the literary works which they study for
the course.
•Produce critical, analytical and
argumentative writing about literary
topics.
•Explore
literary
ideas
through
engagement in various course projects.
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7. Syllabus
1- What is literature? (2 weeks, 12 hrs)
a- Nature of literature
b- Genres and elements of literature
c- Literary Periods and Movements
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8. Syllabus
2- Poetry
a- Romantic Poetry (9 hrs)
(Emily Bronte, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson)
Click on links for short Biographies
R. Burns, late 18th C E. Bronte, early 19th C
E. Dickinson, late 19th C
b- Feminist Poetry (9 hrs)
(Adrienne Rich, Dorothy Parker, Sharon Olds)
Click on links for short Biographies
D. Parker, 20th C
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A. Rich, late 20th
& early 21st C
S. Olds, 20th C
21st C
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9. Syllabus
3- Fiction
a- Dark Romanticism (2 weeks, 12 hrs)
(Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe)
N. Hawthorne, early 19th C
E. Dickinson, early 19th C
Guy De Maupassant, late 19th C
Gabriel Marquez, 20th C
Click on links for short Biographies
b- Realism and Magic Realism (2 weeks, 12 hrs)
(Guy De Maupassant, Gabriel Marquez)
Click on links for short Biographies
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10. Syllabus
4- Drama (4 weeks, 24 hrs)
Influential World Drama
(Anton Chekhov)
Anton Chekhov, late 19th C & early 20th C
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11. TEXTBOOK
Booth, Alison, and Kelly J. Mays, eds. The Norton Introduction to
Literature. 10th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010
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12. Required Readings
Fiction
Poetry
Adrienne Rich’s
Guy De Maupassant’s
Dorothy Parker’s
Edgar Allan Poe’s
“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”
“A Certain Lady”
Emily Bronte’s
“The Night-Wind”
Robert Burns’
“A Red, Red Rose”
Emily Dickinson’s
“The Jewelry”
Drama
Anton Chekov’s
The Cherry Orchard
Вишнëвый сад
“The Cask of Amontillado”
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
“The Birth-Mark”
Gabriel Marquez’s
“A Very Old Man with Enormous
Wings”
“A narrow Fellow in the Grass”
Sharon Olds’
“The Victims”
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13. Assessments & Grading
Activities
TESTS
Midterm 1 (20 marks)
Midterm 2 (20 marks)
Final Exam (40 marks)
1- Twitter Class Journal Project via Twitter Hashtag (10 Marks)
•once a week (5 postings for each submission)
•sum up the ideas discussed in class. Or contribute your ideas about the literary works we read
•interact with your friends in the course. You can teach us something new about the literary
works we read for class.
•posts should be free of grammar & spelling mistakes.
2- Compulsory Group Project (Graded out of 5)
AR Book Club Project (Book Trailers Creation)
•The class will be divided into 5 groups (4 student each)
•Each group will create a book trailer for a book of their choice.
•The instructor will program the AR content
3- Final Activity Report (Graded out of 5)
Fill in the form on my website
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14. Class Policies
PROJECT FILE CONTENT
Examination:
Attendance for the mid-term exams is obligatory and no excuse (except one
stating a serious medical condition) is allowed.
Cheating is not tolerated AT ALL.
The instructor allows one retake exam, but you have to attend the first exam
and fail it or be absent with a valid excuse to be allowed to set for this
Retake.
Correction:
If you believe that your work has been incorrectly graded (e.g. points were
added/ subtracted incorrectly), you must contact the instructor in writing and
clearly state the error you believe has occurred.
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15. Class Policies
PROJECT FILE CONTENT
Recording lectures:
Recording audio lectures is allowed.
Uploading or distributing the recorded material without permission is not
accepted.
Mobiles in class:
All cellular phones must be switched off or put on silent at all times during
classes and exams.
Plagiarism:
Class work which show signs of plagiarism will not be marked.
A student who submits a plagiarized work will be given another chance to
resubmit an original work.
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16. How to study for the Course?
Q&A
- Where to get required texts?
This presentation includes direct links to all texts which you are supposed to
study for this semester. Download them on your pc or laptop, or print
them out.
- Where to get the instructor’s lecture notes?
After each lecture, you will find a power point presentation + some related
files to the lecture on my website under the LANE 341 navigation menu.
You can use these files to study for tests, but I encourage you to search for
your own voice (express your ideas freely).
- Grading?
Check out the slide on Assessments and Grading. You have to follow the style
of Academic Writing you studied during the 3rd-4th Levels because the
proper expression of ideas necessitates that you use sound language and
structure.
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17. NEXT Lecture
Q&A
- The Nature of Literature
We will look into some definitions and discuss them together, so I encourage
you to download and read this file (pgs. 1-6). You can as well surf the net
looking for the definition of literature that means the most to YOU.
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18. Have a super day….
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