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Course Summary:
This course aims to provide students with some practical advice on character analysis in short stories. It also aims to train students to analyze characters independently by introducing them to character types and how to identify them. By the end of this course, students will be able to get a better understanding of character analysis to prepare them for future literature courses.
Objectives:
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1- Define what a character is.
2- Differentiate between character types such as major, minor, flat, round, protagonists, antagonists, etc.
3- Differentiate between direct and indirect characterization.
4- Identify character types in a short story.
5- Identify the main points that are needed to discuss characters.
6- Analyze characters in a short story.
7- Discuss the themes based on their analysis of the characters.
Required level:
Intermediate
By the end of this session, students will be able to:
1- Define what a character is.
2- Differentiate between character types such as major, minor, flat, round, protagonists, antagonists, etc.
3- Differentiate between direct and indirect characterization.
4- Identify character types in a short story.
5- Identify the main points that are needed to discuss characters.
Character and character types - Definitions
By the end of the session, students will be able to:
1- discuss the short story
2- analyze the main characters
3- discuss the themes through the characters
4- read excerpts from the short story and analyze the characters
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