دليل الطالب المستجد - خاص بشعبة أدب إنجليزي خالص الشكر للزميل العزيز / مجدي جمعة - المعيد بالقسم - وفريق العمل Introduction: Generally speaking, the department of English is the oldest and largest one at the faculty of languages and translation. It comprises two main sections: 1) English literature, and 2) Simultaneous interpretation. This pamphlet is intended to introduce the courses to fresh students at the department. First of all, three important questions should be taken into consideration when we talk about English literature as a field of study. These three questions are as follows: What is English literature? Why do we study English literature? What are the major genres of English literature? An attempt at answering these considerable questions will be made in this pamphlet. What is English literature? English literature is the study of literature written in the English language, not necessarily written by British writers. It includes some of non-British writers like James Joyce (Ireland), Mark Twain (United States), Arthur Conan Doyle (Scotland), Dylan Thomas (Wales) and Vladimir Nabokov (Russia) to name only a few. English literature readable by modern people dates back more than five centuries. English literature appeared in the major genres poetry, drama and novel. Why do we study English literature? This is a good and important question. English literature is important in many different ways. Let me list a few of them: First, English literature throws light on the history of the English speaking world. In other words, through this literature, you are able to learn about the people and their culture. Second, English literature also teaches us many lessons that have universal themes, such as love, war, desire, justice and many more. When we read these topics, we become much more sophisticated in our thinking and our view of the world expands. This makes us better citizens. Thirdly, we might not agree with some ideas mentioned in those literary works, but at least we know about the writers’ ideas and their ways of thinking. What are the major genres of English literature? There are four major genres of English literature: 1. Fiction Fiction is a genre which applies ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure (as in traditional poetry). It is commonly used, for example: - NOVEL This is a long narrative divided into chapters. The events are taken from life stories. - SHORT STORY It is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression. - LEGENDS These are fictitious narratives, usually about great events and people in ancient times. - FABLES These are also fictitious, they deal with animals and imitate things that speak and act like people, and their purpose is to enlighten the minds of children to events that can mold their ways and attitudes. - ANECDOTES: A merely product of the writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the readers and attitudes. 2. POETRY It refers to those expressions in verse, with meter and rhyme, line and stanza. Poetry has a melodious tone. Two types of poetry: - NARRATIVE POETRY – describes important events in life whether real or imaginary. - LYRIC POETRY – applies to any type of poetry that expresses emotions and feelings of the poet, or of the narrator. Types of Narrative Poetry: - EPIC A long poem telling the story of the deeds of gods and great men and women, or the early history of a nation. - METRICAL TALE A Narrative, which is written in verse and can be classified either as a ballad or as a metrical romance. - BALADS Of the narrative poems, this is the shortest and simplest. It has a simple structure and tells of a single incident. Types of Lyrical Poetry: - FOLKSONGS These are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy, hope and sorrow. - SONNETS A lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling or an idea. - ELEGY This is a lyrical poem, which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy and whose theme is death. - ODE A poem of noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite syllables or definite number of lines in a stanza. 3. DRAMA Drama is the theatrical dialogue performed on stage. Types of Drama: A. COMEDY It comes from the Greek “komos” meaning festivity. This is usually light and written with the purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy ending. B. MELODRAMA It is usually used in musical plays with opera. It arouses immediate and intense emotions and is usually sad but there is a happy ending for the principal character. C. TRAGEDY Involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces; he meets death or ruin without success and satisfaction experienced by the protagonist in a comedy. D. FARCE Exaggerated comedy, or situations which are too ridiculous to be true; and the characters seem to be caricatures and the motives undignified and absurd. 4- Non-fiction -ESSAY This expresses the viewpoint of the writer about a particular problem or event. -BIOGRAPHY It deals with the life of a person written by someone else. - AUTOBIOGRAPHY It deals with the life of a person written by himself. - ORATION A formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public. It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the emotions of the audience. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH COURSES FOR ACADEMIC YEARS -PRElIMINARY YEAR (Suggested for general reading) I- LITERARY TEXTS: - Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (Cambridge Edition) - Shaw, Bernard. Arms and the Man - Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere’s Fan or An Ideal Husband - Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey - Selected Short Stories - An Introductory Selection of Poetry 2- ESSAY: - Tapestry Writing 1 - Introduction to Academic Writing - A Comprehensive English Grammar 3- GRAMMAR: - Azar, Betty. Understanding and Using English Grammar 4- CONVERSATION: - Reading 1 (with tape) - Listening 1 (with tape) 5- READING COMPREHENSION: - Didier, Samuela Eckstut. Reading 1 - Radman, Stuart. English Vocabulary in Use FIRST YEAR 1- DRAMA - Shakespeare, William. Othello (Cambridge Edition) - Jonson, Ben. The Alchemist (1610) - Miller, Arthur. A View from the Bridge (1955) 2- NOVEL - Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations (1861) - Gaskell, Elizabeth. Wives and Daughters (1865) 3-POETRY - Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Verse 4- GRAMMAR - Azar, Betty. Understanding English Grammar 5- PHONETICS - O’Connor, J. D. Better English Pronunciation 6- CONVERSATION - Doff, Adrian ed. Cambridge Skills for Fluency - Listening 2 (with tape) - Speaking 2 (with tape) -English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate 7- ESSAY - Kenan, Lucette Rollet. A Changing Scene SECOND YEAR 1- DRAMA - Shakespeare, William. Macbeth - Congreve, William. The Way of the World (1700) - Dryden, John. All for Love (1678) 2-NOVEL - Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders (1722) - Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews (1742) - Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) 3-POETRY - Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Poetry - CIVILIZATION: (Suggested references) - Trevelyan, G. M. A Shortened History of England - Plumb, J. H. England in the Eighteenth Century 4- SYNTAX - Stageberg, Norman C. An Introductory English Grammar 5-LINGUISTICS - Yule, George. The Study of Language. 2nd ed. 6- ESSAY WRITING & SKILLS - Weidauer, Marie. Tapestry Writing 3 - Ackert, Patricia. Cause & Effect THIRD YEAR 1- DRAMA - Shakespeare, William. Hamlet - Shaw, Bernard. Heartbreak House (1919) - Galsworthy, John. Justice (1910) 2-NOVEL - Hardy, Thomas. The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) - Eliot, George. Adam Bede (1859) - Bowen, Elizabeth. A World of Love (1955) 3- CIVILIZATION (Suggested references) - Trevelyan, G. M. A Shortened History of England - Plumb, J. H. England in the Nineteenth Century 4- POETRY - Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Verse 5- SYNTAX - Radford, R. An Introduction to Transformational Grammar - Transformational Generative Grammar (Application of Chomsky’s Theory) 4- ESSAY - Oshima, Alice, & Anne Hogue. Writing Academic English 3rd ed. (Longman Academic Series) 6- LITERARY CRITICISM - Romantic criticism FOURTH YEAR 1- DRAMA - Ionesco, Eugene. The Chairs ( 1952) - O’Casey, John. Juno and the Paycock (1925) - O’Neill, Eugene. All God’s Chillun Got Wings (1923) - Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral (1935) 2- NOVEL - Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse (1927) - Fowles, John. The Collector (1963) - Golding, William. Lord of the Flies (1954) 3- POETRY (Suggested reference) - O’Clair & Ellmann eds. The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. 4- CRITICISM - English Critical Essays from Matthew Arnold to the Present ( Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop) 5- CIVILIZATION (Suggested references) - Savelle, Max ed. A History of World Civilization, vol. 2 - Brinton, Crane, John Christopher & Robert Lee Wolff eds. Modern Civilization: A History of the Last Five Centuries 5- LINGUISTICS - Palmer, F. R. Semantics 7- ESSAY - Dean, Michael. Write It - Lannon, John M. The Writing Process: A Concise Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook
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