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Introduction to Literature
• What is Literature?
• Why translators study literature (Style, tone, culture)
• Literary Genres: Poetry, Drama, Fiction
• Syllabus Review |
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Reading: O. Henry – The Gift of the Magi |
Elements of Fiction I: Plot & Narrative Structure
• Exposition, conflict, climax, resolution
• Narrative pacing and tension in fiction
• Situational Irony |
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Reading: Edgar Allan Poe – The Tell-Tale Heart |
Elements of Fiction II: Character, Setting & Perspective
• Characterization techniques
• Setting & Atmosphere
• Point of view & narrative voice |
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Reading: William Blake – The Lamb
Emily Dickinson – Hope is the Thing with Feathers |
Figurative Language & Literary Devices
• Simile, Metaphor, Personification
• Symbolism and Imagery
• Identifying figurative language in literary texts |
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Reading: William Wordsworth – I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Robert Frost – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
Poetic Forms & Mechanics
• Line, Stanza, Meter, Rhythm & Rhyme
• Poetic speaker vs. Authorial voice
• Musicality and tone in verse |
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Reading: William Shakespeare – Hamlet |
Drama & Performance Texts
• Monologue and soliloquy
• Dramatic language
• Inner conflict and characterization
• Metaphor and imagery
• Tone and subtext |
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Reading: William Shakespeare – Sonnet 18 |
British Literature I: Renaissance & Humanism
• The English Renaissance context
• Humanism & Early Modern English
• Shakespearean Sonnet form |
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Reading: Percy Bysshe Shelley – Ozymandias |
British Literature II: Romanticism
• Historical background of Romanticism
• Imagination and the sublime
• Nature versus human power
• Irony, symbolism and visual imagery |
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Reading: Oscar Wilde – The Happy Prince |
British Literature III: Victorian Literature
• Victorian society and class inequality
• Poverty and social responsibility
• Morality and sacrifice
• Symbolism and personification
• Irony and social criticism |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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Reading: Edgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of Usher |
American Literature I: Romanticism & Gothic Tradition
• Dark Romanticism & Gothic elements
• Psychological depth and atmosphere |
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Reading: Kate Chopin – The Story of an Hour |
American Literature II: Realism & Social Context
• The shift from Romanticism to Realism
• Everyday life and social expectations
• Gender roles and personal freedom
• Point of view, irony and symbolism |
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Selected review passages |
Final Review & Q&A
• Review of literary terminology and stylistic analysis |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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