W1-Intro to American Lit
Transcript of W1-Intro to American Lit
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INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
Instructor: Nguyen Duy Mong Ha, M.A. & M.Sc.USSH-VNU-HCMC
Email: [email protected]
Mobile phone: 0919694811
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday afternoon (4-6 p.m)
Office of Educational Testing & Quality Assurance, Block C, DTH Campus
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What is Literature ? - Brainstorming
Literature
FABLES
FOLK TALES,
LEGENDS,
MYTHS
FICTION & NON-FICTION
POEMS
NOVELS
PLAYS
SHORT STORIES
DRAMA
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COMPARE
FICTION
IMAGINATIVE WORK OF
PROSE
Short stories
Poetry
Historical fiction
Fables, tales, legends,myths
Drama
NON-FICTION
Biography
Diaries, memoirs
Journals, letters
Essays (personal,)
Critiques
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The attitudes we should have
Be open to accept differences
Avoid cultural stereotypes (positive ornegative), avoid all, no, always, never
Be slow in making judgements
Be ready to learn from miscommunication
(opportunity for culture learning)
Be sensitive, adaptive, ready to learn(education & observation)
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Course requirements
Punctuality/ attendance, group presentation
(20%)
Mid-term test (30%)
Final test (50%)
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Reference
1. Ng Trung Tanh, An Introductionto literary study
2. Le Huy Loc, A Course in American Literature, part II
3. Sybil Marcus,A World of fiction
4. British literature
5. Ng Trung Tanh, Readings in American Literature6. Great American stories
7. Websites (see in British literature
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Syllabus
Introduction, Elements of a story
1. The story of an hour
2. The Garden Party3. A Rose for Emily
4. Flight
5. The white Heron6. The killers
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Group presentation
Group 1: W2, Fri 14/12/2012 (The story of anhour)
Group 2: W4, Fri 28/12/2012 (The Garden
Party) Group 3: W6, Fri 11/1/2013 (A Rose for Emily)
Group 4: W8, Fri 25/1/2013 (Flight)
Group 5: W10, Fri 8/3/2013 (The white
Heron)
Group 6: W12, Fri 22/3/2013 (The killers)
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What do you pay attention to when
you read a story?
The topic
Characters
Plot Time
Place
Authors point of view, attitude,... Lesson from the story
Message the author wants to convey
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Concepts
1. PLOT: events that happen in a story
(beginning, middle, end)
2. CHARACTER: People or animals in the story
3. SETTING: place where the story happens &
time when the story takes place
4. THEME: authors message in a story, a lesson
learned by reading the story
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Other elements of a fiction
Point of view
Image, symbols
Style, tone & language
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Compare
Theme
What the author means to
address and reveal (directly
or indirectly) throughoutthe story
Authors attitude, viewpoint
The question he brought up
to the readers attention
Topic
Subject of a writers
discourse
Certain aspect of life
Specific area of human
experience
Eg: historical epoch,
educational projects, social
injustice,question of
humanity such as love,
death, truth, beauty,
compassion, courage,
dignity, hope,.
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The plot
Structure of action Arrangement of incidents in an effective order
Narrative of motivated action
Involves conflict or question which is finallyresolved
Meaningful situation in which all the events
contain a significant meaning
Engage readers in what happens, dramatize a
truth about human nature (induce readers to
speculate on it)
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Analysis of a plot
Stages:
Exposition (characters, events)
Complication/development (inciting moment:problem first appears and complication:
conflict develops )
Climax (a point of high interest, the intensity
reaches its peak) turning point/ crisis - climax
Conclusion/resolution (conflict is resolved,
question is answered) open plot or closed plot
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Conflict
Opposition between 2 or more beliefs, ideas
or interests
Arouse curiosity, interest in what & who
External (between 2 or more men or man &
external forces of nature, environment) or
internal (struggle with themselves)
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Exposition
Complication(rising)
CLIMAX
Resolution
4 phases/stages of a plot
falling
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Plot devices
Flashback: earlier event/time/situation
/context
Flashforward: depict what is going to occur
years after the current situation
Interpolated narrative
Foreshadowing
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Characters
Round: real, leading, hero, central, protagonist
Flat: supporting
Antagonist
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The story of an hour
Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
Author: born in Missouri (French & Irish
immigrants)
Grew up in a household dominated by many
generations of women
Deal with women searching for freedom from
male domination
Early feminist writer
Controversial themes: divorce, adultery,.
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Questions Setting, Characters: Mrs Marllard,
Josephine, Richard, Mr Mallard
Plot: 4 stages
- Exposition (beginning): news about the
husbands death- Complication (conflict begins & develops):
her feeling (sad-suddenly change her feeling
& thinking of freedom)
- Climax: feeling of triumph, victory-joy
- Ending: the joy kills her (or
sorrow/disappoinment?
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Topic
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Analysis of the plot
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Characters
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Setting
PLACE TIME
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Theme
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions ?