Course Contents

Introduction to Romantic Prose (1789 – 1830) Characteristics of Romantic Prose Introduction to Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Text reading, discussion and analysis to “The South Sea House” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “Christ Hospital Five and Thirty years Ago” by Charles Lamb Discussion on Lamb’s style Text reading, discussion and analysis to “Mockery end in Hertfordshire” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “The Old bencher of the inner Temple” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “Dream Children: a reverie” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “A Bachelor’s complaint” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “Valentine’s Day” by Charles Lamb Critical analysis of all Essays Text reading, discussion and analysis to “Old China” by Charles Lamb Text reading, discussion and analysis to “The Supernatural Man” by Charles Lamb Introduction to Victorian Prose (1830 - 1901) Characteristics of Victorian prose ,Introduction to John Stuart Mill( 1806- 1873) Text reading, discussion and analysis of essay “On Liberty” by Mill Text reading, discussion and analysis of essay “On Liberty” by Mill Text reading, discussion and analysis of essay “On Liberty” by Mill Introduction to Modern Prose ( 20th century) Introduction to Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), Huxley’s prose style, Commentary on Contemporary age , Reading text, discussions and analysis of “ The Desert” Reading text, discussions and analysis of “ Liberty” Reading text, discussions and analysis of “ Equality” Reading text, discussions and analysis of “ Knowledge and understanding”, Reading text , discussion and analysis of “Machinery” Reading text , discussion and analysis of “Adonis and The Alphabet” Introduction Bertrand Russell, Reading extracts from text, discussion and analysis of “The Conquest of Happiness”(excluding Chapter 7) Reading extracts from text, discussion and analysis of “The Conquest of Happiness”

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will be able To Read, understand and appreciate literary texts o Charles Huxley and Russell • To Develop skills in literary analysis, including comprehension of the narrative fundamentals , point of view and theme. • To Gain an appreciation of different prose styles and approaches. • To develop an appreciation modern style prose. • To develop sensitivity to language. • To develop the ability to effectively critique your own writing. • To Write one fiction pieces and produce finished, polished text