This course includes four modules which introduces different genres of literature. This course is intended to help students to gain some insights into the art of creative thinking and writing and also to assist them in approaching literature in an analytical way.
COURSE DETAILS:
MODULE 1: Literature- Initiation
1.To Posterity (poem)- Louis MacNeice
2.The Rocking Horse Winner (Short Story) -D H Lawrence
3.”Memoirs of A Mad Man (Prose excerpts from Autobiography)-Gustave Flaubert
MODULE 2: Creative Thinking and Writing
1. The Thought Fox (poem)-Ted Hughes
2. Poetry (poem)-Marianne Moore
3. Excerpt from An Autobiography(Prose)-Agatha Christie
4. Half a Day (Short story)-Naguib Mahfouz
MODULE 3: Critical Thinking
1. To a Reason (Poem)- Arthur Rimbaud
2. The Adventures of the Retired Colourman (Short Story)--Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Trifles (One-Act Play)-Susan Glaspe
MODULE 4: Perspectives
1.Body Without the “d” (Poem)-Justice Ameer
2. Sleeping Fool (Poem)-Suniti Namjoshi
3.The Cockroach (Short Story)-Luis Fernando Verissimo; translated by Anna Vilner
4.About Dalit Literature” (Prose)-Sharankumar Limbale
5. Purl (Short Film)-Kristen Lester
FURTHER READING:
- Koshy, A V- A Treatise On Poetry for Beginners. CreateSpace Independent Publishing
- Platform, 2012
- Rilke, Rainer Maria -Letters to a Young Poet. Yogi Impressions, 2003.
- Esplugas, Celia & Landwehr, Margarete. “The Use of Critical Thinking Skills In Literary
- Analysis”. Foreign Language Annals, 2008. 29. 449 - 461.
- 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1996.tb01256.x.
- LaPlante, Alice - The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing. WW
- Norton, 2009.
- Michael Michalko- Cracking Creativity. Ten Speed Press, 2001.
- Teacher: NASRI N STAFF
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- To identify the key concepts of English grammar.
- To describe the use of appropriate language through the understanding of the sentence patterns in English
COURSE OUTCOME
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to use the syntactic structures within English texts.
- Distinguish logical and analytical skills in the use of language for communication.
- Develop writing skills in various professional and career related situations.
- Formulate the basic skills in spoken communication in formal contexts.