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    Faculty of Letters and Languages  

    Department of Letters and  English Language 

    Academic Year:2022-2023

    Module: Literary Texts

    Contact: mohammed.gouffi@univ-msila.dz

    Text: Definition, Examples, Types - All About English Literature




  • Course Description

    Literature, it goes without saying, is one of the overarching fields in the world of academia. Despite the fact that First year students do have a general background in literature, but their entry to the world of literature in a department, whose language of instruction is English, may pose difficulties of understanding for students who are familiarized with literature in Arabic. 
    This course is namely an introductory gate that endeavors to pave the ground for students to establish a link with literature and to make them aware of the ambiguity and difficulties regarding the term’s conceptualization. A set of definitions are suggested and students are required to read, compare and deconstruct each one with the aim of forging a definition of their own. More precisely, the course provides a site of discussion on the nature of text. 
    The course furthermore focuses on the on the pertinent question: Why authors tend to express themselves through literary oeuvres? Finally, yet importantly, the objectives behind teaching and studying literary texts should be highlighted in that students recognize that the content is meant for providing an important conceptual apparatus that enables them to study British and American literatures with a relative ease.

  • Objectives

    Course Goals and Objectives:

    By the end of the course, students will be able to:

    Ø  Identify the vagueness, elusiveness and opaqueness related to literature definition.

    Ø  Conceptualize crucial terms such as literature and text.

    Ø  Discuss the reasons for which writers express their feelings and thought in literary forms.

    Ø  Use the knowledge they learn to forge a definition of their own.

    Ø  Tell some oral stories famous in their region.


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  • lesson .01 An Introduction to the “Literary Texts Module”: What is literature, what is a text?

  • Réferences

    -          Mario Klarar. An Introduction to Literary Studies. New York: Routledge, 2004.

    -          Sartre, Jean-Paul. 'What is literature?'' and other essays. Harvard University Press, 1988.

    -          Charles Swann and Raymond Williams – Theory of Literature

    -          Oxford Dictionary seventh edition

    -          Gail McDonald. American Literature and Culture 1900–1960.

    -          Britannica Encyclopedia

    -          Encarta Encyclopedia

    -          Oxford Living dictionaries

    -          The free dictionary