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Students taking this course will be exposed to a variety of texts written in English. The discussion of poetry and drama will progressively introduce basic literary concepts such as the narrator/narrative voice, character, setting, plot, theme, irony and so forth.
Students must expect to participate actively in class providing interpretations and opinions which may enrich the discussion of the texts. Theoretical input will be based on the first half of the textbook "Ways of Reading" (see bibliography), which students
should buy; practical commentaries will be based on the photocopied course anthology.
Practicals:
Students' active participation in the discussion of texts is in effect the practical component of the course, and will be a feature of all classes. On occasion, students will be asked to express their opinions in writing about a specified text. A text prepared in advance will be the focus of each class: these texts may be the focus of short tests.
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