Lecture Notes

Course Outline 1.  A BRIEF ON THE APPROACHES OF LITERARY CRITICISM 2.  NOTES ON SELECTED AFRICAN WORKS ‘Salute to the elephant’ ‘Owusu’ P. Clark’s ‘Fulani Cattle’ Okot p’Bitek’s ‘From the Mouth of which River’ Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah...

Table of Content Introduction Historical Background Notes on Selected Works Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Weep, Not Child Bessie Head’s A Question of Power Revision/ Study Questions...

Table of Content Introduction Concept of Period Philosophy of a Particular Period Period Descriptors An Overview of Literary Periods A Summary of English Literary Periods Study Notes on Recommended Works Revision/Study Questions Introduction Study Notes on ENG 254: Introduction to...

Table of Content Introduction Different Types of Drama Tragedy       Classical Tragedy Heroic Tragedy Morality Play Farce History Play Romantic Comedy Comedy of Manners Social Criticism Marxist Drama Poetic drama Myth in Drama Theatre of the Absurd 3.   Notes on...

Course Outline Introduction to the Course Definition of the Novel Elements of the Novel Narrative Methods and Points of View Uses of the Novel Types of Novels Styles of the Novel Recommended Novels (Call Me By My Rightful Name, Anthills...

Table of Content 1.  GENERAL INTRODUCTION 2.  NOTES ON ·      Elegy ·      Dramatic monologue ·      Occasional poetry Narrative poetry Descriptive and Didactic Poetry ·      Commentary on Milton’s ‘On His Blindness’ ·      Commentary on Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 18’ ANALYSIS ON SELECTED POEMS...

Course Outline 1. Introduction 2. Rules for Some Alternations in English Pronunciation 3. The Sound System of English 4. Revision Questions Introduction Study Notes on ENG 208: The Pronunciation of English entails intense practice in the pronunciation of English sounds,...

Course Outline Introduction to the Course Overview of the Course Who is a Good Writer? What are his Skills? The Writing Process Free Writing Sketches Notes Short Essays Short Stories Formal Writing Descriptive Expository Creative Articles Reports Speeches Lectures Vocabulary...

Course Outline Introduction General Introduction Definition Of Key Terms English Inflectional Morphology English Derivational Morphology Word Formation Processes Revision Questions Introduction ENG 204: Introduction to English Morphology emphasizes a detailed study of word-formation processes and the internal structure of words...

Course Outline 1.  GENERAL INTRODUCTION MECHANICS OF SPEECH PRODUCTION Air stream mechanisms Phonation process Oro-nasal system TRANSCRIPTION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF SOUNDS SOUND SYSTEM OF ENGLISH Vowels sounds Consonants sounds 5. SUPRA-SEGMENTAL FEATURES Stress Rhythm Intonation Syllable...