CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE/ S1

INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE (Credit 2 )

SIK420SYLLABUS

A.Lecturer:

GM Adhyanggono, SS., MA.

B.Course Description:

This course is designed so that students can understand the basic concepts of literature and its three main genres: Prose, Lyric (Poetry), and Drama. Definitions, characteristics, and constitutive elements are the topics students need to master, so that they will comprehend the importance and nature of literary works they will deal in the future. This course is a compulsory for students before they take more advanced elective courses.C.Schedule:MEETINGSTARGET MATERIALS

1INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

2CHARACTERISTICS + FUNCTION OF LITERATURE

3PROSE FICTION - DEFINITION, NATURE AND ELEMENTS OF PROSE

4SHORT STORY ANALYSIS: James Joyces The Boarding House

5ASSIGNMENT 1 ON SHORT STORY

6GENRE OF NOVEL

7NOVEL ANALYSIS: Jeannette Wintersons The Passion

8MID TEST

9DRAMA: DEFINITION, NATURE, GENRE

10ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

11DRAMA ANALYSIS: Eugene Ionescos The Pupil

12ASSIGNMENT 2 ON DRAMA

13POETRY: DEFINITION, NATURE & GENRE OF POEM

14ELEMENTS OF POEM

15POEM IN ANALYSIS: Sylvia Platts Valentine

16FINAL TEST

D. References:

Perrine,Laurence., 1988., Story and Structure, 7th edition, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

____________________ Elements of Poetry, 7th edition, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Reaske, Christopher Russel. How to Analyze Drama, 1966, New York: Monarch Press.

Barnet, Sylvan. An Introduction to Literature. New York: Longman,

1997.

Abrams, M.H. 1997. Glossary of Literary Terms 6th ed., Harcourt

Brace Jovanovich Inc.Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: an introduction to literary and cultural criticisms . Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press, 2002.Hall, Donald. To Read Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama 2nd ed. USA: Holt,

Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1987.

Hicks, Malcolm, Literary Criticism: A Practical Guide for Students, London: Edward Arnold, 1989.

Meyer, Michael. Thinking and Writing about Literature. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martins Press, 1995.

Scott, Wilbur. Five approaches of Literary Criticism, London: Collier Macmillan Publisher, 1962.E. Evaluation:

Assignments:40%

Mid Test

:30%

Final Test

:30%

F. Academic Norms:

The class begins as scheduled. Tolerance of unpunctuality: 15 minutes only for both teacher and students without any prior notice. Make silent all cellular during the class. Punctuality for any papers/assignments is a must. Any attempts to conduct plagiarism will be seriously handled. Compliance with regulations about the attendance and dress code is a compulsory.