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Close Reading: An Introduction
Literary Criticism by CHARLES E. BRESSLER
Literary Foundations: Theory and Methods LI 310 - Syllabus
Week One - Shklovsky’s Defamiliarization
Victor Shklovsky
Katherine Mansfield "Bliss"
Virginia Woolf "Kew Gardens"
Week Two - The Language of Paradox
Recorded Online Class 5th of March 2026 - Cleanth Brooks, “The Language of Paradox” (1947)
Paradox via Close Reading
Paradox via Close Reading
James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Week Three – Women’s Voices and Views
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Recorded Online Class - Women’s Voices and Views (Focus on ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’)
Carol Ann Duffy – « Eurydice » The World’s Wife (1999)
Orpheus and Eurydice
Week Four – Historical Context via Close Reading
A COMPANION TO CHARLES DICKENS
‘Historical Context’ - Student Home Reading: Definition of ‘Historical Context’
Recorded Online Class - Historical Context - 2nd of April 2026
Week Five - Freud’s ‘the Uncanny’
Sigmund Freud’s ‘The Uncanny’
Student Home Reading: Freud’s Concept of ‘The Uncanny’
Recorded Online Class - 9th of April on Freud's "The Uncanny"
Week Six – New Historicism and Postcolonial Perspectives
Conrad, Heart of Darkness Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism
‘Historical Context’ - Student Home Reading: Definition of ‘Historical Context’
Today's Recorded Online Class on Heart of Darkness
Week Seven – Feminist and Gender Criticism in Heart of Darkness
Week Eight - Deconstruction in Heart of Darkness
Recorded Online Class on Deconstruction in Heart of Darkness
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B. Dental Surgery
B. Pharmacy
B.A. English - Journalism
B.A. English - Literature
B.A. International Studies
B.A. Law
B.A. Translation
B.S. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Engineering
B.S. Business Administration
B.S. Civil Engineering
B.S. Construction Engineering
B.S. Digital Marketing and Social Media
B.S. Energy Engineering
B.S. Human Resource Management
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B.S. Computing and Informatics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Medical Laboratory Science
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Undergraduate Core Course
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Finance
Human Resource Management
Leadership
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Literary Foundations: Theory and Methods
Teacher:
Alan Ali Saeed
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Beginner
