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Introduction to English Literature Basics

This document is an introduction to a book about English literature written by Yahya Saleh Dahami. The book provides an overview of basic literary forms and terms to prepare readers for further courses on specific genres. It helps readers identify the characteristics of drama, novels, and poetry. The book also discusses the general historical background of different literary periods from Old English to Modern English literature. The goal is to help develop an appreciation of literature and understand the social contexts of various periods.

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Introduction to English Literature Basics

This document is an introduction to a book about English literature written by Yahya Saleh Dahami. The book provides an overview of basic literary forms and terms to prepare readers for further courses on specific genres. It helps readers identify the characteristics of drama, novels, and poetry. The book also discusses the general historical background of different literary periods from Old English to Modern English literature. The goal is to help develop an appreciation of literature and understand the social contexts of various periods.

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Introduction to English Literature

Literature is life
As an introduction to basic literary forms, Introduction to English
literature is a preparation for The Rise of the Novel, Appreciating
Drama and Appreciating Poetry. Its primary purpose is to provide
learners with a foundation of elementary skills necessary for the
reading of literature, those skills that will be more fully developed
in the following introductory courses. It helps to identify the
explanations of drama, novel, poetry and Introduces learners to
the basic literary terms that are required for understanding a
piece of literature. The book also develops the taste for
appreciating literature and differentiates between the general
background of diverse literary movements beginning with Old
English, moving through other literary phases and ending with
Modern English Literature as well as to categorize the social,
historical and cultural background of the different periods or ages
in literature.

Yahya Saleh Dahami Ph. D English Literature,


(Revival of Poetic Drama: T. S. Eliot’s Contribution
to the Genre) M. Phil. English Literature, (1. Literary
Theory and Literary Criticism, & 2. Renaissance
Studies) M. A. English Literature B. A. English
Language: Head of English Department, Faculty of
Science and Arts Al Baha University 2010-2013 Yahya Dahami

Introduction to English Literature


Dahami

978-3-330-84786-6

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