This course introduces students to the major literary genres of narrative fiction, poetry, and drama and examines the interrelationships between language and aesthetic experience. From the point of view of the practical and technical skills developed through the course, literary works will serve as the basis for the study of the ways in which writers consciously employ language to create aesthetic expressions which reflect experiences of the senses, emotions, intellect, and imagination, as well as ways in which human experience itself is shaped by language. In this course are analyzed the background, characters and style of the author including the literary background and the cultural background of the author's writings.

The purpose of this course is to make students conscious of the aesthetic qualities and potential of the English language and to introduce them to the various ways in which writers have employed and responded to the major literary genres and their traditions as they create literary works of art. At the completion of this course students will demonstrate ability • to understand the ways in which writers employ and respond to the conventions of the major literary genres through the study of significant representative texts; • to analyze and evaluate works of literature based on their understanding of literary language and genre forms; • to interpret and evaluate literary works, using textual evidence to support their ideas, in both oral class discussion and written critical essays.