- •Г.Ф.Крівчикова
- •Педагогічних внз денних та заочних форм навчання
- •Видано за рахунок автора
- •© Харківський націоальний університет імені г.С.Сковороди
- •© Г.Ф.Крівчикова
- •Contents
- •Module 1
- •Module 2
- •Requirements to the course of english literature
- •Завдання вивчення дисципліни
- •Завданнями навчальної дисципліни є формування наступних умінь:
- •Glossary of literary terms
- •How to prepare a book review
- •Critical Comments
- •Critical Reading includes:
- •Module 1 lecture #1. Anglo-Saxon (Old) Literature (450-1066)
- •Lecture # 3 The writers of the Medieval English Literature
- •Lecture # 4 The Literature of the 15th Century
- •Lecture # 5 The Literature of the Renaissance (1509-1660)
- •Lecture # 6 William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- •Lecture # 7 The Puritan Period – the third period of English Renaissance (1616 – 1660)
- •Excerpt I [the hall heorot is attacked by grendel]
- •Excerpt II [the feast at heorot]
- •Excerpt III
- •In due season
- •Excerpt IV [beowulf's fight with the dragon]
- •Excerpt IV [beowulf’s funeral]
- •2. Anglo-Saxon Riddles
- •Riddle 1
- •Riddle 2
- •Is strangely born. Savage and fierce,
- •Is harder than ground, smarter than men.
- •In beautiful tones, teems with children,
- •Riddle 3
- •I must eagerly obey my servant,
- •Riddle 4
- •Riddle 5.
- •Riddle 6.
- •Riddle 7
- •The battle of maldon
- •Seminar #2 Geoffrey Chaucer “Canterbury Tales”
- •Summing up study questions.
- •2. "General Prologue" to Canterbury Tales
- •4. The Knight's Tale
- •5. The Miller’s Tale.
- •3. "The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale."
- •7. The Wife of Bath's Tale. (Батской ткачихи)
- •Seminar #3 English Folk Ballads
- •The banks of allan water
- •The two magicians
- •The tree ravens
- •The cruel brother
- •With a hey ho and a lillie gay
- •The cruel sister
- •The wife of usher’s well
- •Bonny barbara allan
- •8.The farmer’s curst wife
- •10. Robin hood and little john
- •Seminar #4. William Shakespeare "othello". Questions on the structure of "othello".
- •Questions to discuss
- •Analysing literary devices
- •Analyzing Style
- •5. Fill in the style chart.
- •Edmund spencer sonnet 75
- •William shakespeare
- •Sonnet 18
- •William shakespeare Sonnet 130
- •William shakespeare Sonnet 116
- •William shakespeare Sonnet 60
- •William shakespeare Sonnet 147
- •Ben johnson poem
- •John donne holy sonnet X
- •Individual work
- •Lecture # 10 The Romantic Period (1780 – 1830)
- •Lecture # 11 High Victorian Literature (1830 - 1880)
- •Lecture # 12 Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature (1880 - 1910)
- •Lecture # 13 English Literature of the 20th century (the period between 1910 – 1938)
- •Modernism and its Alternatives
- •The Theatre of Absurd.
- •Lecture # 14 English Literature of the 20th century
- •Lecture # 15 English Literature of the 20th century
- •Jonathan swift "gulliver's travels" Study Questions
- •William blake "the tiger" (from “Songs of Experience)
- •(From Songs of Innocence) The Chimney-Sweeper
- •(From “Songs of Experience”) The Chimney-Sweeper
- •Songs of Innocence Nurse's Song
- •Songs of Experience Nurse's Song
- •John keats "on first looking into chapman's homer".
- •John keats
- •William wordsworth "london, 1802".
- •William blake london
- •William wordsworth " composed upon westminster bridge ".
- •S.T.Coleridge From the rime of the ancient mariner
- •George Gordon Byron From don juan
- •Percy Bysshe Shelly Ode to the West Wind
- •Seminar #9 charles dickens "great expectations" summary questions
- •(Chapters 20-31)
- •Techniques and language
- •Characters’ struggle to cut off or separate part of their lives:
- •Read and analyse a play by one of the writers of the period.
- •Read a play by Harold Pinter
- •2. Write an analysis of one of the short stories of an English writer of the 20th century analyzing a short story.
- •Point of view
- •1. First-Person Central.
- •2. First Person Minor
- •3. Third - Person Limited.
- •4. Third - Person Central:
- •5. Third - Person Omniscient.
- •One can analyse the point of view by answering the following questions about a given story:
- •General questions for story analysis and interpretation.
- •Individual work
- •Оценивание работы студентов
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How to prepare a book review
A book report presents the content and structure of a book as objectively as possible, without comparison. It provides not only a summary of content but also an analysis of structure. The purpose of the report is to give enough information about a book to help decide whether it will be of use or interest to the reader. A book report merely summarizes the contents of a book
A book review is a descriptive and critical or evaluative account of a book. It provides summary of content and an analysis of structure, but the purpose is to assess the value of a book and to recommend (or not) the book to other readers. A review provides critical analysis.
Critical Comments
1.. Background Information (information about the author which shows qualifications for writing in this field or which reveals any influences which may have affected the author’s point of view, any interesting circumstances which led to the writing of the book)
2.. Classification on the Basis of the Kind of Book (classify a non-fiction book further as history, philosophy, travel, biography, autobiography, psychology, anthropology, etc).
3. Classification on the Basis of the Author’s Intention (This classification is based on the way the author treats the subject. Is the material meant for specialists, students, or the general public? Is it limited to a narrow area or is it a survey of the subject?)
4. Analysis of Structure ( the organization of subsidiary ideas, and how they relate to the thesis and to one another).
5. Critical Comments (Has the purpose of the book been achieved? What contribution does the book make to the field? Is the treatment of the subject matter objective? Are there facts and evidence that have been omitted? What kinds of data are used to support the author’s thesis? Can the same data be interpreted to alternate ends? Is the writing style clear and effective? Does the book raise issues or topics for discussion? State whether you liked or disliked the book.)
Critical Reading includes:
Determining the question(s) the author is trying to answer. Why did the author write this book? What purpose(s) does the author want to accomplish? .
Finding the author's thesis. The thesis should be stated in one or two sentences in the introduction or first chapter of the book and is the answer to the question/purpose. Judge the book by the author's intentions, not by what you wish the author had written or how you would have written a book on the same topic.
Examining the author's method. How does the author make his/her case? What sorts of evidence does s/he use (read the footnotes, endnotes, or bibliography)? Are the sources primary or secondary, taken from other researchers' work, or original? Does s/he use statistical data or literary sources? How does he/she evaluate these sources or data? Are they used conscientiously? Are there flaws in the claims or conclusions about the content or nature of these sources? What assumptions does the author make? Are they reasonable, or too general? Does the author employ a specific theory? Is it used responsibly? Does it fit his/her argument?
Looking at the organization and logic of the argument. How does the author prove his/her thesis? How are the sections or chapters organized? Does the argument follow logically? What necessary or useful evidence or ideas has the author omitted? Do the author's conclusions follow from the argument? In other words, do you find the book persuasive? Why/why not? How does the book contribute to the field?
Evaluating the author's style. Tone, audience, and voice are also important elements of critical reading. For which audience is the book intended-popular, specialists, or general academic? Who would be interested in this book? Is the prose graceful or dense? Does the author use 'jargon' specific to his/her discipline? How did these elements affect your reception/evaluation of the book?