Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. What is English and what is literature? -- Pt. II. Foundational skills -- 2. Reading English : from opening a book to critical analysis -- 3. Library research and scholarly method -- 4. Writing in English studies -- Pt. III. The major genres -- 5. Drama -- 6. Prose fiction -- 7. Poetry -- Pt. IV. Theory -- 8. Language and literary studies -- 9. Recent critical practice -- 10. The politics of reading : gender, class, and ethnicity.
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