British and American Literature(1)

Aims

This course responding tocultivate the students’ comprehensive abilities of reading and analyzing English literary texts. The other important purpose is to cultivate the cross-culture communicative abilities through mastering British and American cultures embodied in English literature. Besides, through studying British and American Literature(BAL), the students are required to know about the history of English literature, the main famous writers and their representative works in it.

Learning Outcomes

1.Understanding English texts

a)Basic knowledge of literature

b)Basic knowledge of narratology

c)Basic setting knowledge of the writers and their works.

2.Working in groups

a)discussing in a team

b)Effective analyzing skills

3.Preparing presentations

a)Knowing about famous writers and their works.

b)Organizing your ideas into a presentation

c)Developing the presentation and present it to the audience

4.Understanding and analyzing text skills

a)Understanding the English texts

b)Expressing skills in oral English

c)Writing paper skills

Teaching and Learning

Lecture and presentations by the lecturer will be integrated with students centered in-class activities including tasks and exercises, independent, group and pair work. A number of seminars will be held on the topics introduced in class.

Assessment

Basic Reading List

1.Patrick Lee-Browne, 2003, The Renaissance, Evans Brothers Limited.

2.M. H. Abrams, 1999, A Glossary of Literary Terms, Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

3.Toming, 2005, A History of American Literature, Yiling Publishing House.

4.Margaret Drabble. 2005. The Oxford Companion to English Literature(6thEdition), OxfordUniversity Press.

5.James D. Hart. The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Oxford University Press.