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Literature Class 1

This document provides an overview of a literary theory course. It introduces the instructor, Yasnaya Arjona, and states the objectives of the course are to increase reading comprehension and awaken interest in literature through analyzing genres like short stories, poems, and plays. It outlines topics that will be covered, including analyzing elements specific to each genre and examining authors' works within their cultural contexts. Assessment will include participation, exams, assignments, and a final exam.

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Literature Class 1

This document provides an overview of a literary theory course. It introduces the instructor, Yasnaya Arjona, and states the objectives of the course are to increase reading comprehension and awaken interest in literature through analyzing genres like short stories, poems, and plays. It outlines topics that will be covered, including analyzing elements specific to each genre and examining authors' works within their cultural contexts. Assessment will include participation, exams, assignments, and a final exam.

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LITERARY THEORY

Hi! My name is Yasnaya Arjona. I’m 36 years old


I live in La Arena.

I am glad to be here today in the literay theory


class.

I’m a graduate of this university and have over


five years of teaching experience with primary
and high school students.

Picture me as your trusty facilitator here to make


learning enjoyable and accessible to all.

I hope that throughout this course you can learn


a lot from me and I from you as well.
Subject’s description

• This course aims to increase the student's knowledge


of reading comprehension through the analysis and
commentary of literary texts written in English. It also
tries to awaken students' interest in literature by
providing them with the elements that will help them
to examine a story, a poem, a play, and to see it as a
manifestation of the culture and customs of English-
speaking peoples.
General objective

• Analyze literary works representative of the different literary genres and that are a
manifestation of the thought and culture of the English-speaking peoples.
Specific objectives

• Analytically read short stories, poems, plays.


• Identify characters, places, events, facts, or other important elements of the work
read.
• Compare authors, works, themes, characters, plots, etc.
• List important details in the life of the authors and the era of their creative period.
1. The elements of works that do not belong
to the genre of fiction vs. fiction.
2. The structural organization of the short
story: theme, plot, setting, characters,
point of view, narrator.
3. The elements of a poem: rhyme, meter,
stanza.
4. The structural organization of the play:
playwright's instructions, narrator,
dialogue, conflict, acts, scenes.
5. Literary language.
6. Framing of authors and their works within
the cultural framework of the time.
7. Reading and commenting on different
literary works.
Assessment

Detail Percentage
Active participation and Attendance 10%
Mid – term exams (15% each one) 30 %
Individual Assignments 20%
Group Assignments 10%
Final Exam 30%
Total 100%
interview time!
• Introduce yourself
• Name
• Age
• Where do you live?
• Where do you work?

• Your passions
• Hobbies

• Schooling

• Why are you studying this career?

• What do you expect from this course?


Literary theories allow you the chance
to bring your own understanding to
the texts you read, giving you a way
to talk about what you read and how
you interpret what you read.
Types of Literary Theory

There are many literary theories and different lenses through which literature can be
examined, but there are a few general statements that can summarize the elements of literary
theory.
• Philosophy is a component in literary criticism as we analyze life and how it is lived in
comparison to a text. Life has reverberating effects, and just like philosophers have studied
those reactions, literature evaluates those attitudes.
• According to Abrams (2009:61) literary
criticism, is the overall term for studies
concerned with defining, classifying
analyzing, interpreting and evaluating
works of literature.
On the other hand, literary theory is the
theory that guide those that criticize
people's work(s).
COMPONENTS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS

The elements to be analyzed are


• Plot
• Setting
• Characters
• Point of view
• Figurative language
• Style.
This will serve as the evidence/support throughout your paper.
PLOT

• The story's series of events.


Think of plot as the story's
skeleton: it defines the
What, When, and Where of
the story, which allows for
everything else (like
characters and themes) to
develop. What happens (and
what is the cause-and-
effect), when does it happen,
and where is it happening?
SETTING

• Refers to the time, place, and


environment in which a story
occurs. Through its use, authors
can establish mood, develop their
characters, and enhance the
conflict.
CHARACTERS

• A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.


• Writers use characters to perform the actions and speak dialogue, moving the story along
a plot line.
• A story can have only one character (protagonist) and still be a complete story. This
character’s conflict may be an inner one (within him/herself), or a conflict with something
natural, such as climbing a mountain.
• Most stories have multiple characters interacting, with one of them as the antagonist,
causing a conflict for the protagonist.
POINT
OF
VIEW
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

It’s tempting to think that direct language is the


easiest for us to understand, but sometimes we
respond better to more creative wording. Writers and
poets use figurative language to build imagery and
give words more power.
Simile, metaphor and a host of other non-literal
methods of expression help make foreign concepts
familiar and graspable.
STYLE

STYLE is defined as the way something is


done. In literature, it applies to how
something is written. It distinguishes one
author from another based on the tone and
voice of their writing.
I WILL UPLOAD THE ASSIGNMENT TO MOODLE

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