1. Luhansk taras shevchenko national university

2. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Recommendations for the course

1. “ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE”

1. for the 4^th course students

“English / Hebrew”

“English / Turkish”

“English / Chinese”

1. Teacher:

Assistant lecturer

Daria Pohorielova

Погорелова Дарья Алексеевна

[e-mail]

Department of World Literature: room 1-300

1-307

2. Course Requirements and Evaluation

Module Tests: 40 percent

The first module test includes mostly theoretical questions; your comprehension of theoretical material is checked.

For the second module test you will have several essay questions that test how well you understand what you’ve read and your ability to make comparisons, contrasts and analysis.

Practical classes: 40 percent

8 practical classes

Discussions are as important as your own reading. So attend your classes and participate actively in the discussions.

Article: 20 percent

Article. This will consist of six to eight pages. Writing on some scientific subject. The paper must include at least three outside sources. Topic is chosen and discussed individually with each student. Best articles will be published.

Language: English (for essay) and English / Russian / Ukrainian (for article)

Form: Electronic (sent by e-mail) and Printed

Deadline for articles: November 1^st

Extra points

Quizzes

Unannounced quizzes will be given from time to time to make sure you read the theoretical materials and keep up with the readings of texts. These are brief-answer questions conducted during lectures and practical classes. If you read the works carefully, you will get the answers correct.

Presentations

You are responsible for giving one presentation at the last practical class. Group of 3 to 5 students should work together. You can cover different aspects of the work. Be prepared with notes and insights, multimedia and visual aids. All details are in plan for practical class 8.

Extra tasks

For the beginning of each practical class (except 8^th) you will prepare written works. It may be your authorized translation (English – Russian) for an extract from the book we are going to discuss at class or a piece of creative writing. All details are in plans for practical classes. Tasks are marked with asterisks (*).

4. Course Structure

6. Lectures

Lecture	Period	Major Authors	Genres
1	Anglo-Saxon (550 – 1066)	“Beowulf”	Poetry: alliterative
2	Middle English (1066 – 1500)	“Sir Gawain” G. Chaucer	Poetry: alliterative Poetry: rhymed
3	Renaissance and Classical Literature (1500 – 1700)	W. Shakespeare J. Milton	Drama: blank verse Poetry: blank verse
4	Enlightenment (1700 – 1800)	D. Defoe J. Swift H. Fielding	Prose: didactic novel
5	Romanticism (1770 – 1850)	Lake poets P. B. Shelley, J. Keats G. Byron	Poetry: various styles
6	Victorian literature (1850 – early 1900)	Ch. Dickens W. M. Thackeray O. Wilde	Prose: novel (fully developed)
7	Modernism and postmodernism (20^th – 21^st cc.)	J. Joyce V. Woolf T. S. Eliot S. Beckett	Prose: innovative Poetry: innovative Drama: innovative
8	American literature of pre-democratic period (16^th – 18^th cc.)	J. Smith B. Franklin
9	American literature of the 19^th c.	W. Irving N. Hawthorne E. Poe H. Melville H. W. Longfellow
10	American literature of the 20^th c.	J. London E. Hemingway J. Salinger K. Kesey T. Williams