BIS

Code: ELL 216
Name: English Literature II
Semester: 4
Lecture hours: 3.00
Seminar hours: 0.00
Laborator hours: 0.00
Credits: 3.00
ECTS: 5.00
Description: The aim of this course is introducing students to English literature. It covers the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. In this course you will study texts from different literary genres such as poetry and prose.
Objectives: To equip students with knowledge about the major works of English literature in chronological order. Students will be introduced to writers of various literary periods and to their works. At the end of the semester students will submit themselves to the written exam to test not only the gained knowledge, but mainly the ability to use this knowledge in literary critical analysis.

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1: Course description Review of the literary periods in English Literature The Romantic Period (1785-1832)
2: The Romantic Period (1785-1830) (continued) The Romantic Poetry: The work of William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The work of William Blake ,
3: The Romantic Poetry (continued) The work of John Keats The work of Gordon Lord Byron & Byronic hero
4: The Rise of Novel The Romantic Novel: Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice
5: The Romantic Novel: Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice analysis (continued)
6: The Gothic Novel Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
7: The Gothic Novel Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (continued)
8: Midterm Exam
9: Introduction to Victorian Age (1832-1891): Victorian Novel: Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
10: Victorian Novel: Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities analysis (continued)
11: Edwardian Age/ Towards Modernism the rise of modern theatre Oscar Wilde: The importance of being Ernest
12: Introduction to Modernism and Postmodernism
13: Modernist literature: Virginia Woolf’s A room on One’s Own non-fictional literature
14: Postmodern Literature The Theatre of Absurd Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
15: Revision of previous topics
16: Final Exam

1: Identify and trace the development of British literature from the beginning to the modern period by explaining key historical, philosophical, social, theological, and literary movements and exploring how these movements are reflected in the representative literature of the time.
2: Demonstrate understanding of literary terms, major themes, and critical principles by using them to analyses specific works of British literature from the time period covered.
3: Provide insight and understanding into the literature and culture of each time period studied through clear expository prose.
4: Value literature, language, and imagination; develop a passion for literature and language; appreciate literature’s ability to elicit feeling, cultivate the imagination, and call us to account as humans.
5: They will cultivate their capacity to judge the aesthetic and ethical value of literary texts–and be able to articulate the standards behind their judgments; appreciate the expressive use of language as a fundamental and sustaining human activity, preparing for a life of learning as readers and writers.

Letërsi Angleze II