2. Welcome
Message
Are you willing to
get in contact with
English authors
and get to know
their astonishing
world?
3. Introduction
What is English
Literature?
Is the literature written in English
language. It includes literature
composed in English by writers
who are not necessarily from
England.
In order to know the culture that
encloses a language, it is very
important for the students to get
close to the literature in such
language. Through novels, short
stories and poems the reader will
be able to understand the context
of the language he is studying.
4. Process
Reading process:
• Every Student will be free to choose an author
of his preference.
• The student will work on that specific author
throughout the semester; reading poems,
stories, essays or even novels according to his
interests.
5. Process
Writing process:
• The student will try to imitate the chosen
author writing; he will choose a short text and
will produce a similar one based on the
structure and the communicative purpose of
the author.
• The student will write a free text as a final
production.
6. Task
Writing skills will be
developed by means of
having the students write
short stories and poems
based on what they have
learnt in the reading
process. The final product
will be a piece of writing
developed by the student
7. General Objective
To acquire, develop and improve reading and
writing skills through small texts of English
Literature such as poems and short stories.
8. Reading
Objectives
• To learn the vocabulary that is commonly used
in literature.
• To learn how to understand a complex text by
means of analyzing its context.
9. Writing
Objectives
• To use the new vocabulary acquired during
the reading session in order to write a short
story.
• To learn how to link ideas with specific linking
words which are commonly used in literature.
10. Why is it important to
develop reading and
writing skills?
In order to know the culture that encloses a
language, it is very important for the student
to get close to the literature witten in such
language. Through novels, short stories and
poems the reader will be able to understant
the context of the language he is studying.
11. Resources
• The main resource we will focus on will be
English Literature and its most representative
authors and writings. This resources could be
divided chronologically, by genres or by
countries.
12. Resources
Different Authors and stories. (Sort by
chronological order)
Renaissance:
*Chivalric/ medieval Romance.
*Sir Thomas More.
*Henry VIII.
*William Shakespeare.
XVII/XVIII C. Literature.
15. Resources
XX C Literature: Modernism
• T.S. Eliot
• Scott Fitzgerald
• Ernest Hemingway
• D.H. Lawrence
• Virginia Wool
• William Faulkner
16. Resources
English Literature sort by genre:
• Chivalric Romance
• Elizabethan Literature
• Shakespearean Tragedy
• Shakespearean Comedy
• Shakespearean Poetry
• XIX c. Poetry
• XIX c. Novel
• XX Existentialism
• Realism
17. Activities
• Getting to know the site.
• Creating a Profile.
• Choosing an author.
• Biographical Researching.
• Reading Texts.
• Imitating authors.
• Producing texts.
