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1. Introduction: – What is literature? – Literary and non-literary writing. – Genre, text type and discourse – Primary and secondary sources 2. Major genres in textual studies: – Fiction – Poetry – Drama 3. Figurative language: – Metaphor, Metonymy and synecdoche, personification. 4. Literary devices: Ambiguity, Ellipsis, Hyperbole and understatement. 5. Periods of English Literatures: – From Anglo-Saxon period to modern time.
– Mario Klarer. An Introduction to Literary Studies. Rutledge, 1999 – Hand-outs (Elements of Literature) – Booth, A. Hunter, P. & Mays, K. The Norton Introduction to Literature. W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
