Reading for Literary Genre
Readings in Literary Genres
An advanced literature course exploring fiction, poetry, drama and literary criticism through critical reading and interpretation.
Course Overview
This course introduces students to major literary genres and critical theories. Students analyze novels, short stories, poetry, drama and essays while applying different literary criticisms and producing creative writing.
Course Units
Unit I – Long Fiction
Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder
The Sorrows of Young Werther – Goethe
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Sorrows of Young Werther – Goethe
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Unit II – Short Fiction
My First Goose – Isaac Babel
The Lottery in Babylon – Borges
The Enemy – V.S. Naipaul
The Garden Party – Mansfield
The Lottery in Babylon – Borges
The Enemy – V.S. Naipaul
The Garden Party – Mansfield
Unit III – Poetry
The Garden of Love – William Blake
Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Emily Dickinson
The Second Coming – W.B. Yeats
To Autumn – John Keats
Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Emily Dickinson
The Second Coming – W.B. Yeats
To Autumn – John Keats
Unit IV – Drama
The Rising of the Moon – Lady Gregory
The Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov
The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams
The Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov
The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams
Unit V – Writers at Work
Simone de Beauvoir
Boris Pasternak
Haruki Murakami
V.S. Naipaul
Boris Pasternak
Haruki Murakami
V.S. Naipaul
Unit VI – Essays
What I Believe – E.M. Forster
Why I Write – George Orwell
Of Marriage and Single Life – Francis Bacon
Why I Write – George Orwell
Of Marriage and Single Life – Francis Bacon
Unit VII – Literary Criticism
New Criticism
Structuralism
Marxist Theory
Feminist Theory
Postmodernism
Postcolonial Theory
Structuralism
Marxist Theory
Feminist Theory
Postmodernism
Postcolonial Theory
Evaluation
Internal Assessment
Attendance – 5Participation – 5
Assignments – 30
Final Examination
MCQ – 10 marksShort Answers – 30 marks
Long Answers – 20 marks
Sudhakar Kshetri
Literature educator, researcher and blogger sharing insights on literary studies, criticism and creative writing.
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