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Understanding the Elements of Literature

Author: Richard Taylor

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG112

Topics: Literary Tradition, Narrative Fiction, genre, drama, theatre, poetry, comedy, ritual drama, classical tragedy, modern tragedy, tragi-comedy, comedy, narrative poetry, dramatic poetry, satirical poetry, lyric poetry

Decolonising the Mind

Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHI208

Topics: African Literature, mind, African Theatre, African Fiction

Expression and Meaning

Author: John Searle

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG304

Topics: illocutionary acts, Indirect speech acts, fictional discourse, metaphor, literal meaning, Referential, attributive, Speech acts, recent linguistics

Magazine & Feature Article Writing

Author: Aderibigbe Adebola

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: MAC223

Topics: Magazine, Feature Article Writing, Feature Writing, News Feature, Profile Feature, travelogue, Good Writing, Mechanics of Writing, Appropriate Word Usage, Fiction Writing, Review Writing, Study Skills, Information Sourcing, Note Taking Skills

The English Studies Book ,2nd edition

Author: Rob Pope

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: MAC313

Topics: English Studies, Slave narratives, science fiction, romance, News stories, novel histories, Drama, scripts, transcripts, monologue, dialogue, Intertextual clusters

An Introduction to Literature and Literary Criticism

Author: Olaofe Isaac Ade

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG111

Topics: Literature, Literary Criticism, prose works, Prose Fiction, Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy, Textual Analysis, drama textual analysis, poetic work textual analysis, poetry, Narrative Techniques, Falsehood, Dramatic Techniques, Classical Tragedy, Modern Tragedy, comedy, Symbolism, imagery, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Assonance, African Poetry, Non-African Poetry, Unseen Literature

Creative Writing 1

Author: Kalu Uka

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG212

Topics: Creative Writing, Fiction Writing techniques, Story Selection, story, Projection, Structure of Plots, Characterization, Thought, Idea, drama, Language, Dialogue, poetry, Creative Blocks, imagery, Allusion, Glossary of Terms, Poetic Language, Prosaic Language, Character building

Survey of English 1

Author: Bridget Anthonia Yakubu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG215

Topics: English survey, Morality Essays, Travel Literature, Growth of Humanism, rise of literature, Humanism to Science, England’s Cultural Rebirth, Religious Writings in Medieval England, Secular Writings in Medieval England, Medieval Religious Plays, Mystery Plays, miracle Plays, morality Plays, medieval secular plays, farces, masques, drama transformation, Fictional Travelogues, Pilgrimage Travels, Seven Types of Travellers, Imperialist Travelogues, Christian Humanism, Classical Humanism, Plato, Zero of Elea, Interpreting Poetry, Stylistics, Literary Style, diction, Imagery, Rhythm, Roger Bacon, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Christopher Columbus

Renaissance Literature

Author: Siobhan Keenan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG372

Topics: Renaissance Literature, drama, Professional Stage, Private Drama, Occasional Drama, comedy, tragedy, history, Romance, Tragicomedy, Court Masques, poetry, pastoral verse, Epyllion, Sonnet Sequence, lyric, Country-House Poem, prose, non-fiction, essay, sermons, devotions

The English Novel

Author: Afamefuna Ezeaku

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG381

Topics: English Novel, Rise of the English Novel, English Novel origin, Major English Novelists realism, First English Novels, 8th Century English Novels, Background and Influences, 20th Century Novels, prose, fiction, narrative, gothic, allegory, fables, romance, literacy, serial novel, Circulating Library, printing press, Literary Journals, Literary Criticism, Daniel Defoe, Frances Burney, Henry Fielding, Tobias George Smollett

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