Elham AlBassam       170/  Introduction to Literature

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                         Texts Studied in Classes

              

      170  Exams

      

        Elements of Fiction         Elements of Fiction /Drama (Microsoft word) 

         Critical Approaches to Literature        

         Cultural Approaches to Short Stories 


       "The Night Has  a Thousand Eyes" Personification is a figure of     Speech

  Handouts:      1 A Red, Red Rose  by Robert Burns (1759-1796)   and   The Story of an Hour

   by Kate Chopin  (1850–1904)  

        ,           2    Maya Angelou's Poems 1 and 2
    
                          "Trifles"  a one act play by Susan Glaspell    
                      
                          Take Online Quiz on "Trifles"
                    
                       Norton Questions on "Trifles"

                                                 Two Types of Sonnets and its Rhyme Schemes

   3.'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' by Shakespeare : The English Sonnet  ( Presentation p.p)

                  
               Six Sonnets by Elizabeth Browning and William Shakespeare

   'Girl' by Jamica Kincaid , 'Marks' by Linda Pastan and 'Sonnet: The Ladies' Home Journal' by Sandra Gilbert

                              Six Poems

    'What's That Smell in the Kitchen' by Marge Piercy  ( p.830)          

   Micro Fiction: The Short Short Story: '20/20' by Linda Brewer and

                   'The Shroud' by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

  

     "The Night Wind" by Emily Bronte

         


             "Ode to the West Wind" by Shelley

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                                              Terza Rima

   


  

     YouTube Videos 

 a.a. Elements of Literature or Literary Elements 1


      

a.b. Elements of Literature or Literary Elements  2




  b. Figures of Speech and Other literary Devices 









            Glossaries :             Macmillan Dictionary 

                                      

                                                                                Dictionary of English Pronunciation 


                                                                              Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of  Writers    

                 Online Rhyming Dictionary

                      The Norton Glossary 

                      The Bedford Glossary                      

                     Glossary of Literary Terms

                       Glossary Terms

 

                Diction, Syntax and Tone in Literature

 

                                           Paradox in Literature

                 Figures Of Speech , Poetic Devices and Poetic Forms

                 Literary Terms and Definition

 

Literary Terms :Including Figures of Speech


 
Glossary of Poetry Terms
                                          

                              

                                             Presentation

            The Thesis Sentence  


How to cite texts from Literature Online

        Sentence Outlines

        Example 1  :Hamlet ( an Example Of Presentation Outline)

       Example 2 :  'The Shroud' ( an Example of SEntence Outline)

       Example 3 :  'Girl'    ( Another Example of Sentence Outline )

 

              
               
                                     

                            

                                                               The Problem Play: A Doll's House
                        

            ' Ode to the West Wind' by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1820) Terza Rima

 

 

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Textbook:

 Booth, Allison, Paul Hunter and KellyJ.Mays. The Norton Introduction to Literature.

New York: ;W.W.  Norton  and Co Ltd, 2006.(Shorter Ninth Edition)

    Textbook Online

 or

  Meyer, Michael.  The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature.  New York: ; Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000

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