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Topic outline
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By the end of this short course, students will be able to
- Read a literary text critically and more independently.
- Interpret a literary text and support their argument with evidence from the text.
- Identify and analyze key literary elements such as plot, character, setting, theme and symbolism within a text.
- Utilize appropriate literary terminology to articulate their interpretation effectively.
- Reflect on personal responses to literature and recognize the role of interpretation in shaping meaning.
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In this introductory lecture you will be introduced to the short story ‘The Necklace’ by De Maupasant:
By the end of this lecture, you will be able to
- Understand the background of this short story.
- Guess the meaning and topic of the text.
- Write a guided summary of the short story.
- Understand some of the elements of fiction.
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ForumDue: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 12:06 PM
In this forum, students will develop their guessing strategies as far as the short story is concerned.
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 12:08 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 12:08 PM
Here students read the whole story and rearrange the sentences below to have a summary of the story.
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 12:39 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 12:39 PM
This quiz aims at checking students' understanding of the story.
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This is a practical lecture to help students analyze a character in a literary text.
By the end of this lecture, you will be able to
- Understand the literary term character
- Analyze and write about a literary character
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AssignmentOpened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, 25 June 2035, 12:00 AM
This activity seeks to apply STEAL method in literary character's analysis.
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 1:51 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 1:51 PM
Here students will practice writing about a literary character following STEAL method.
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This is a practical lecture to help students practice close reading and understand the meaning and the function of the literary device irony.
By the end of this lecture, you will be able to
- Practice reading a text closely
- Analyze and write about a literary character
- Understand how writers use irony to convey meaning
- Reflect on their learning
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Background
Reading a literary text involves more than just skimming through words on a page; it requires engagement, analysis, and interpretation. Close reading is one of the ways that would allow you to engage with the text and to pay more attention to the details rather than the general idea. Close reading involves examining the details and nuances of the language, structure, and meaning. The goal of close reading is to uncover deeper layers of meaning, understand the author's choices, and appreciate the complexity of the text.
Practice
Two students were given a text to read closely. As the attached file shows each student practiced close reading differently. Both students one and two attempted to annotate the text given to involve actively and engage with the text by making notes, markings, and comments directly on the page. These annotations mainly help both students to analyze the text and fully understand and appreciate the nuances and complexities of the text.
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 2:36 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 2:36 PM
Write a paragraph about close reading guided by the following questions.
Are the annotations on the margins in both samples a good way to start a close reading? Why?
Some people may see these students as being very messy! What do you think?
Would you do the same if you were asked to do a close reading?
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 1:59 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 1:59 PM
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Friday, 1 June 2035, 12:00 AM
This is an activity in which students apply close reading through annotation on 'The Necklace'
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This is also a practical lecture in which students will learn about the use of irony in literature.
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Video Time
Definitions of irony and its types.
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Opened: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 4:56 PMCloses: Friday, 25 May 2035, 4:56 PM
This quiz aims at understanding, categorizing irony and its relationship with character analysis.
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Due: Saturday, 25 May 2024, 5:03 PM
This forum aims at assessing the course objectives and enabling students to reflect on their learning.
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