In this Introduction to English Literature course, we will guide you through the long history of English literature, from William Shakespeare to Sam Shepard, compressed into 56 sessions. Our literary map covers a wide spectrum of 35 stunning writers from different decades, countries, and ethnicities.
Overview
Syllabus
- 01 Fiction
- 1.1 What is Literature?
- 1.2.1 General Introduction to Plot
- 1.2.2 Plot Analysis of “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- 1.3.1 General Introduction to Theme and Theme Analysis of “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- 1.3.2 Theme Analysis of D.H. Lawrence's "Ticket, Please"
- 1.3.3 Conflict in Bharati Mukherjee’s “A Father”
- 1.3.4 Plot and Theme Analysis of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”
- 1.3.5 An Analysis of Phoenix Jackson and the Symbolism of “A Worn Path”
- 1.3.6 Themes in Sherwood Anderson’s “The Egg”
- 1.4 Setting, Style and Technique Analysis in Hemingway’s “In Another Country”
- 1.5.1 General Introduction to Narrators and Narrative Structure
- 1.5.2 Narrator and images in Hemingway’s “In Another Country”
- 1.6.1 General Introduction to Character and Characterization
- 1.6.2 Characters and Theme in Amy Tan’s “Half and Half”
- 1.6.3 Analysis of Estelle in Margaret Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies”
- 1.7.1 Symbolic Analysis of the Setting in James Joyce's “The Dead”
- 1.7.2 Characterization and Style in James Joyce’s “The Dead”
- 1.7.3 Themes in James Joyce’s “The Dead”
- 02 Drama
- 2.1 Understanding Drama
- 2.2.1 The Merchant of Venice I
- 2.2.2 The Merchant of Venice II
- 2.3.1 Midsummer Night's Dream I
- 2.3.2 Midsummer Night's Dream II
- 2.4.1 The Father-daughter Relationship in King Lear I
- 2.4.2 The Father-daughter Relationship in King Lear II
- 2.5.1 A Doll's House I
- 2.5.2 A Doll's House II
- 2.6.1 The Theater of the Absurd
- 2.6.2 Waiting for Godot & S. Beckett
- 2.6.3 Waiting for Godot
- 2.7.1 Mrs. Warren's Profession & Shaw
- 2.7.2 Mrs. Warren's Profession
- 2.8.1 Lala's Self-conflict in Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo I
- 2.8.2 Lala's Self-conflict in Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo II
- 2.9.1 Metaphors in Sam Shepard and The God of Hell I
- 2.9.2 Metaphors in Sam Shepard and The God of Hell II
- 2.10.1 Blues in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom I
- 2.10.2 Blues in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom II
- 03 Poetry
- 3.1 Understanding Poetry
- 3.2.1 Voice in PoetryⅠ
- 3.2.2 Voice in Poetry Ⅱ
- 3.3 Diction
- 3.4.1 ImageryⅠ
- 3.4.2 Imagery Ⅱ
- 3.5 Symbol
- 3.6 Syntax
- 3.7.1 ThemeⅠ
- 3.7.2 Theme Ⅱ
- 3.8.1 Sound and Rhythm in Poetry I
- 3.8.2 Sound and Rhythm in Poetry Ⅱ
- 3.9.1 Metaphor in Poetry Ⅰ
- 3.9.2 Metaphor in Poetry Ⅱ
- 3.9.3 Metonymy and Synecdoche in Poetry
- 3.9.4 Irony in Poetry
- 3.10.1 Key Points of Reading poems aloud Ⅰ
- 3.10.2 Key Points of Reading poems aloud Ⅱ
Taught by
ZENG Yanyu, CAO Bo, LONG Juan, LIU Bai, REN Haiyan, and TAN Yanwei
