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. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Resources
Different Authors and stories. (Sort by
chronological order)
Renaissance:
*Chivalric/ medieval Romance.
*Sir Thomas More.
*Henry VIII.
*William Shakespeare.
XVII/XVIII C. Literature.
11. Resources
XX C Literature: Modernism
• T.S. Eliot
• Scott Fitzgerald
• Ernest Hemingway
• D.H. Lawrence
• Virginia Wool
• William Faulkner
12. 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
13. Activities
• Getting to know the site.
• Creating a Profile.
• Choosing an author.
• Biographical
Researching.
• Reading Texts.
• Imitating authors.
• Producing texts.