RANCANGAN PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN MINGGUAN PROGRAM: PISMP (TESL) Kursus: Literature in English Tajuk dan Kandungan ISL

(2 jam) SEMESTER: 1 TAHUN: 2011 Kod: TSL3102 Kredit:3 (3+0)

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Introduction to theories of Literary Criticism 2/3 y Historical Jan.2010 y Cultural y Social 2 Introduction to theories of 9/10 Literary Criticism Jan.2010 y Political y Gender y Post-modernism 3 Critical analysis of short stories th st 16/17 y 20 and 21 century fiction Jan. 2010 y American writers 4 Critical analysis of short stories 23/24 y British writers Jan. 2010 y Australian writers 5 Critical analysis of short stories 30/31 Jan. y African writers y Asian writers 6 6/7 Feb. Critical analysis of short stories y Malaysian writers

Refer to http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm References: Prepare a mind map on literary theories using the information found. Bressler (2010) Chapter 1, 2 & 9 Compare your mind map with your course-mates. Discuss the similarities Bennet & Royle (2009) Chapter 14, 26 & 27 and differences. Refer to http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm Prepare a mind map on literary theories using the information found. Compare your mind map with your course-mates. Discuss the similarities and differences. References: Bressler (2010) Chapter 5, 7 &10 Bennet & Royle (2009) Chapter 20,22 & 24 *Other suitable writers/texts can be used References: Kirszner & Mandell (2007) -Introduction

Read (1) A Little Place off the Edgware Road (Greene) OR (2) The Mahogany Table (Townsend Warner) (3) His Country Afterall (Lawson) OR (4) Down at the Dump (White) Read (1) Civil Peace (Achebe) OR (2) Africa Emergent (Gordimer) (3) A Dream of China (Yu) OR (4) Pigeons At Daybreak (Desai) Read (1) Shame (Shirley Lim) OR (2) Most Improved (Muhammad Masri) OR (1) A New Years Day Lunch in Kia Peng (Karim Raslan)

*Other suitable writers/texts can be used

*Other suitable writers/ texts can be used

*Other suitable writers/texts can be used

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Analysing the various forms of poetry y Overview 7 Analysing the various forms of 13/14 Feb. poetry y Lyrical poems y Ballads 8 Analysing the various forms of 20/21 Feb. poetry y Sonnets y Epics 9 Analysing the various forms of 27/28 Feb. poetry y Haiku y Limericks

Collect examples of Lyrical poems and Ballads Identify their prominent features.

References: Kirszner & Mandell (2007) *Other suitable poems may be used.

Collect examples of Sonnets and Epics Identify their prominent features.

References: Kirszner & Mandell (2007) *Other suitable poems may be used.

Collect examples of Haiku and Limericks. Identify their prominent features.

References: Kirszner & Mandell (2007) *Other suitable poems may be used.

10 6/7 Mar.

Analysing themes in short plays y Post-colonial themes (1960s & 1970s)

(1) Select a scene from one of the plays discussed. Explain how this scene develops a prominent theme of the play. (2) Enact the scene.

References: Innes (2007) *Other suitable plays may be used.

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Analysing themes in short plays Asian short plays

References:

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Tajuk dan Kandungan

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Works of *Kuo Pao Kun *Al Santos

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13 Analysing themes in short plays 27/28 Mar. y Asian short plays

(1) Read up on the playwright. What themes does he focus on?

References: Works of *Kuo Pao Kun *Al Santos *Other suitable plays may be used.

14 3/4 Apr.

Analysing themes in short plays y Malaysian short plays

Read Scorpion Orchid (Lloyd Fernando) and identify the ways in which it is different from the play. References: Quayum, Mohammad A.,Wicks,Peter C. (2001) Malaysian literature in English: a critical reader. Pearson Education Sdn. Bhd.

15 Analysing themes in short plays 10/11 Apr. y Malaysian short plays

16 Analysing themes in novels 17/18 Apr. y Introduction

Read selected text.

References: Works of Lloyd Fernando K.S. Maniam Keris Mas Lee Kok Liang

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Malaysian novels

ISL (2 jam)

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17 Analysing themes in novels 24/25 Apr. y Malaysian novels

Read selected text.

References: Works of Catherine Lim Anita Desai R.K.Narayan References: Works of Catherine Lim Anita Desai R.K.Narayan

18 1/2 May

y Asian novels Analysing themes in novels y Asian novels

Read selected text.