SSS1 Literature-in-English

Literature-in-English Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Literature-in-English

• Definition and importance of literature
• Quiz: Basics of literature

Lesson 2: Literary Genres

1. Prose
   • Characteristics & elements
   • Quiz: Prose analysis
2. Drama
   • Importance, elements (Parts 1 & 2)
   • Quiz: Drama structure
3. Poetry
   • Forms and features
   • Quiz: Poetry techniques

Lesson 3: Figures of Speech

• Metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
• Quiz: Identifying figures of speech

Lesson 4: Literary Terminologies

• Key terms (e.g., irony, foreshadowing, symbolism)
• Quiz: Terminology application

Lesson 5: Literary Appreciation

• Analyzing themes, styles, and contexts
• Quiz: Critical reading

Lesson 6: African Prose – So the Path Does Not Die by Pede Hollist

• Plot, setting, themes, characterization, literary devices
• Quizzes: Author biography, setting, themes, characters

Lesson 7: African Drama – The Marriage of Anansewa by Efua Sutherland

• Background, setting, plot analysis
• Quiz: Plot and setting

Lesson 8: Non-African Prose – Wuthering Heights

• Background and themes

Lesson 9: Drama – The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

• Plot and themes
• Quiz: Content analysis

Lesson 10: Drama – Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

• Themes and context
• Quiz: Play analysis

Lessons 11–18: Poetry Studies

• Poems:
  • A Government Driver on His Retirement (Onu)
  • The Grieved Lands of Africa
  • Caged Bird (Maya Angelou)
  • Bat (D.H. Lawrence)
  • Black Woman (Léopold Senghor)
  • Journey of the Magi (T.S. Eliot)
  • The Leader and the Led (Niyi Osundare)
  • Raiders of the Treasure Trove (Lade Wosornu)
  • The Good Morrow (John Donne)
  • The Song of the Women of My Land (Oumar Farouk Sesay)
• Quizzes: Selected poems

Lesson 19: African Prose – Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri

Plot analysis