Course Title: Introduction to English Literature (URCE-5104)

Hafiz Muhammad Nasir Mahmood

This course offers the students

To enhance reading and understanding of English Literature.
To enhance the productive (speaking and writing) and receptive skills (listening and reading) of the students
To encourage students to conduct original research on detailed analysis of the implications of English as an international language

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students should be able

To demonstrate the critical understanding of the concepts of the all texts studied in the class
To analyse and critically discuss some of the main characteristics of the given texts
To demonstrate the ability to carry out investigative study on English Language and Literature

Text Books.

English IV By M. Athar Ansari & Muhammad Saleem

Old Man and The Sea

Reading Books:

Burton ,S.H.(1984)Mastering English Language.Mcmillan

Herta A. Murphy & Herbert W.Hildebrandt(1991) IEffective Business Communication McGRAW-HILL,INC

Time Table

BS IV ( Regular & Self Support)

Monday & Tuesday 8:00-9:00 AM

12:00-1:00 PM

Description System of Evaluation. (Exam, Assignments etc)

Mid Term: 30 marks

Sessional: 20 marks

Final Exam: 50 marks

Weeks	Contents
Week 1	Poems: 1) Departure And Arrival (T.S.Eliot) 2) The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost) 3) Because I could not …… (Emily Dickinson)
Week 2	Short Story The Fly
Week 3	Interviews& memorandum writing
Week 4	Essay The Last Sermon by Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Week 5	Essay The Last Sermon by Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Week 6	Old Man and The Sea
Week 7	Old Man and the Sea
Week 8 Mid Term exam
Week 9	Poems: 1) Say This City Has Ten Million Souls (W.H.Auden) 2) Woman Work (Maya Angelou) 3) The Daisy (Francis Thopmson)
Week 10	Essay "Work" by Russell
Week 11	Short Story Tell Tale Heart
Week 12	Comprehension and Precis Writing
Week 13	Job Letter and CV Writing & repirt writing
Week 14	Short Stort "Araby"
Week 15	Essay "Three Days to See"
Week 16	Final term Exams