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Objectives and competences

The objective of this course is to introduce the student to basic concepts of prosody relevant to the study of literature, particularly literatures in English; also to develop the student’s sense of rhythm and poetry or drama reading and reciting; to train the students to recognize basic tropes and rhetorical figures in various literary and other texts.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Rhythm and meter. • Prosody and metrical schemes. • Iambic pentameter and other verse forms • Sonnet, ballad and other poetic forms. • Rhyme and other sound effects. • Metaphor and other tropes. • Rhetorical figures. • Reading poetry in dramatic scenes aloud.

Learning and teaching methods

• Lectures, • In-class discussions, • Short writing assignments.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

On completion of this course the student will be able to: • analyze rhythm and meter of a poem or a drama excerpt, • deal with standard forms of verse and poetic forms, • identify tropes and figures in poetry, drama and prose texts, • perform close reading of shorter texts.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes: • Developing the sense of aesthetic. • Distinguishing between literary and non-literary texts.

Readings

• Abrams, M. H and Greenblatt, S. (Eds.). 2012: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Ninth Edition, New York, W. W. Norton, Vols. 1 & 2. • Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, D. (Eds.). 2009: An Introduction to Poetry, Longman. • Connor, U. 2008. Contrastive rhetoric: reaching to intercultural rhetoric, John Benjamins.

Prerequisits

Attendance of 80% and regular completion of coursework are required for taking the exam.

  • izr. prof. dr. TOMAŽ ONIČ

  • Written examination: 60
  • Oral examination: 20
  • Coursework: 20

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  • ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - 1st