This course introductes students to the basic concepts of literary analysis and critical appreciation/  Students taking this course should learn the appropriate terminology for literary discussions, practice close reading techniques, and master some of the techniques necessary to analyze texts from the three main genres. The Objectives may be summarised as below:

Learn the approaches and techniques used in literary studies at university level

- Students should become familiar with the concepts of literary analysis and critical appreciation that are used in university level courses, internationally.

Acquire the skills necessary for analyzing literary works along various parameters

- Students should learn and use the terminology of the discipline, for all three main literary genres

- students should start to develop the rigorous attention to linguistic and textual detail necessary for literary and textual analysis

Start to develop a familiarity with the field of literature in English

- the course aims to allow the students to become deeply familiar with texts that are of fundamental importance to the study of literature in English, through first hand experience of complete and authentic materials.

Engage in the linguistic and literary analysis of selected texts

- Students should demonstrate their ability to put into practice their knowledge of individual texts and of the technical terminology and their familiarity with the techniques of close reading and literary analysis.