The aim of this course is to furnish students with the knowledge and the ability to critically appreciate the texts included in the KBSM Literature Component. It is hoped that a thorough understanding of the principles of literary appreciation and criticism will enable them successfully translate the National Education Philosophy into classroom practice. The texts used in the course are chosen from the literary texts nominated by the Ministry of Education Malaysia.

 

By the end of the course students should:

1.      have a general understanding of the content and issues in all the texts offered in the Literature in English component syllabus

2.      Be able to use language based strategies, stylistics, reader response strategies and cultural strategies in interpreting the content of the literary texts  

3.      Know and identify the different literature syllabi in the Malaysian secondary school curriculum

4.      Present an as aspect of an assigned literary text creatively to demonstrate creative and critical thinking abilities

TEXT

WRITER

Short  Stories

 

The Pencil*

How Dalat Got its Name*

Of Bunga Telur and Bally Shoes

The Drovers Wife*

Looking for Rain God

The Lotus Eater

The Necklace

The Sound Machine



Ali majod

Heidi Munan

Che Husna Azhari

Henry Lawson

Bessie Head

Somerset Maugham

Guy de Maupassant

Roald Dahl

Novels

 

Potato People (abridged)

Robinson Crusoe (abridged)

Phantom of the Opera (abridged)

The Prisoner of  Zenda (abridged)

Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (abridged)

Jungle of Hope

The Return

The Pearl

 

 

 

Angela Wright

Daniel Defoe

Gasion Leroux

Anthony Hope Hawkins

R.L.Stevenson

Keris Mas

K.S.Maniam

John Steinbeck

 

Poetry

 

If *

The Road not Taken*

Monsoon History*

Sonnet 18*

Si Tenggang’s Homecoming*

There’s been a death in the house opposite*

Life’s Brief Candle*

The Dead Crow*

The lake Isle of Innisfree*

 

 

 

Rudyard Kipling

Robert Frost

Shirly Lim

William Shakespeare

Muhammed  Haji Salleh

Emily Dickinson

 

William Shakespeare

A.Samad Said

W.B.yeats

 

 

 

Reference Materials:

  1. Literature in the Language Classroom: A Resource Book of Ideas and Activities (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)

           Joanne Collie, Stephen Slater (2000)

  1. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia Literature Series) by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia 2006
  2. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing Compact (4th Edition) by Edgar V. Roberts (Paperback - Nov 12, 2007)
  3. Carter,R and M.Long 1991. Teaching Literature : Hong Kong : Longman
  4. Carter, R et.al. 1998 Working with texts. London: Routledge
  5. Carter, R and McRae. (eds) 1996. Language. literature and the learner: Creative classroom practice. London: Longman
  6. McRae, J. 1991 Literature with a small ‘l’. Hong Kong: Macmillan
  7. Singleton, M and Luckhurst, M. 1999. The creative writing handbook. London: Macmillan.
  1. Assignment One  (Personal, Reader Response) Individual Essay             -    15%
  2. Web Forum (3 forum discussions)                                                           -       5%
  3. Web Based Literature Activities                                                                     20%                                                                                                        
  4. Creative Project- Creative Interpretation of text/Micro Teaching                    20%

       5. Final Examination                                                                                        40%                          

 

Week

Topic

Remarks

1

National Policy on English Literature Ministry of Education Malaysia

Distribution of course schedule and other materials.

Lecture: Why the policy change? The implications of the policy change.

Tutorial: Examining the various literature syllabi. 10 minutes group presentation of the aims, objectives and the texts.

2

National Policy on English Literature Ministry of Education Malaysia

·         Rational for the study of lit

·         Value of studying lit

·         Aims & Objectives of the Lit syllabi in the Malaysian curriculum

·         Contemporary Lit for Primary School

·         Lower Secondary

·         SPM STPM Elective 

·         Identifying the texts

Identifying the aims and objectives of the literature component in the syllabus

3

Working with the literature :

Different models of teaching literature in class               

Assigned literary texts and reading of specific theories 

4

Key areas in the study of literature

Analyse: Issues, Conflicts

S.Story- Of Bunga Telur and Bally Shoes

           The Drovers Wife

Novel-Jungle of Hope

Poem: 

Si Tenggang’s Homecoming*

There’s been a death in the house

Lake Isle of Innisfree

5

Working with the literature component and ways of reading

Language based approaches to literature

S.Story The Pencil

              How Dalat Got its Name

Poetry – The Dead Crow

               Lake Isle of Innisfree

Novel      Potato People

                Robinson Crusoe

 

6

Working with the literature component and ways of reading

Language based approaches to literature

S.Story: Looking for Rain God

              The Necklace

Poetry: Life’s Brief candle

             There’s been a death in the opposite 

              house

              Si tenggang’s homecoming

Novel:

              The Pearl

               The Prisoner of Zenda

 

7

Working with the literature component and ways of reading

Post Colonial Approaches to literature

S.Story  The Sound Machine

               The Necklace

 

Poetry   If

              The Road Not taken

               Monsoon History

 

Novel  Robinson Crusoe

          The Pearl

8

Working with the literature component and ways of reading

Cultural/Ethnocentric reading perspectives

S.Story

 

Poetry Sonnet 18

           The Dead Crow

 

Novel  The Return

           Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

 

9

Working with the literature component and ways of reading

Gender Perspectives

S.Story  The Drover’s Wife

               Looking For Rain God

 

Poetry  The Road Not taken

             There’s been a death in the house

              opposite

 

Novel  The Return

          Jungle of Hope

10

Theories in teaching literature

Reader Response Schema Theory

 

S.Story  The Sound Machine

              How Dalat Got its Name

 

Poetry Monsoon History

           The Dead Crow

 

Novel: Potato People

          Phantom of the Opera

11

Creativity in the Literature Classroom

Working with “Hot Potato”

12

Creativity in the Literature Classroom

Working with “Hot Potato”

13

Micro teaching

 

14

Creative Presentation

 

 

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