For secondary school students of English Literature, teachers, and adults, who want an introduction to the works of William Shakespeare and of the Romantic and the Modern periods — this course opens the door to these areas of focus.

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This course is, in part, designed to help students master exam skills: covering not only practical analytical skills, such as thematic, narrative, and prosodic traditions, but also skills to help students become ingenious readers, both for academic purposes or leisure. To make this course relevant to secondary school students of English Literature, texts are selected from HKDSE Literature in English, International GCSE English Literature, and IGCSE First Language English & English Literature curriculums.  Learning to read these texts under a systematic, critical framework is key.

In addition, this course teaches the skills to develop analytical and imaginative abilities to study unseen poetry, a challenging exam section for many.  

Course Outline

Session 1 - Introduction to Poetry: Poetic Technique, Meter, and Form

William Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 116’	IGCSE
William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’	IGCSE and HKDSE
Christina Rossetti’s ‘Remember’	IGCSE
Literary Analysis: Unseen Poetry

Session 2 - Introduction to the Romantic Period

William Blake’s ‘The Chimney Sweeper’	HKDSE
John Keats’s ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’	IGCSE
Literary Analysis: Unseen Poetry

Session 3 - Introduction to Contemporary Works

Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘War Photographer’	IGCSE
Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt	HKDSE
A Theoretical Approach to Modern Perceptions: William Carlos Williams’s ‘Flowers by the Sea’ e. e. cummings’s ‘Buffalo Bill’s’  Emily Dickinson’s ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’	HKDSE
Literary Analysis: Unseen Poetry

Session 4 - Literary Representations of Dying and Death

e. e. cummings’s ‘nobody loses all the time’	HKDSE
William Carlos Williams’s   ‘The Last Words of My English Grandmother’	HKDSE
Dylan Thomas’s ‘Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night’	IGCSE
Literary Analysis: Unseen Poetry

Session 5 - Different Types of Narrative Structures and Voices

Excerpt from Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried	HKDSE
Excerpt from Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider	IGCSE
Literary Analysis: Unseen Poetry

Session 6 - Symbolism & Imagery in Literature

Excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby	HKDSE
William Blake’s ‘A Poison Tree’	HKDSE
Excerpt from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird	IGCSE
Summary: Useful Tips for Studying Literature

You may also be interested in the following course taught by the same teacher:

• The Craft of English Writing: Structure, Style and Rhythm

For more comprehensive information about SPACE Literature English services, please visit: https://hkuspace.hku.hk/collection/english/literature-in-english

Introduction to English Literature		-
Application Code	2292-1101NW
Start Date	15 Jul 2024 (Mon)
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Admiralty Learning Centre

Days / Time

• Monday, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Duration

• 6 meeting(s)
• 3 hours per meeting

Venue

• Admiralty Learning Centre

Course Fee

• Course Fee : HK$2,400

• Junior secondary students requiring no prerequisite knowledge in English literature. 

•  Applicants should have a good reading knowledge of English, a willingness to participate in discussion and, above all, an interest in literature.

• Applicants should be aged 15 or above
  申請人需年滿15歲或以上

Enrolment Method

 

APPLY ONLINE 網上報名

a) complete the enrolment form and enroll in the course(s)

(i) at the Enrolment Centres of HKU SPACE (please refer to the ‘Learning / Enrolment Centres’ section) by cash, EPS, cheque/bank draft or credit cards (VISA / MasterCard);

OR

(ii) by mail with cheque/bank draft to ‘HKU SPACE Summer School Office, 11/F, 250 King’s Road, Hong Kong'.
Cheque/Bank draft should be made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’ with applicant’s name and course(s) applied written on the back.  A photo of the applicant (in plain colour background, 45mm(W) x 55mm(H)) is also required.

b) apply through the School’s online enrolment system and pay by credit card or PPS.

• All applicants who are below age 18 on 10 July 2024 MUST complete and submit the ‘Parent/Guardian Consent Form’ together with the Enrolment Form.
• If you are applying for more than one course, please check to ensure that there is no clash of class schedules before submitting your application.

Notes

1. Fees and places on courses cannot be transferred from one applicant to another. Once accepted to a course, the student may not change to another course without approval from HKU SPACE. A processing fee of HK$120 will be levied on approved transfers.
2. Receipts will be issued for fees paid but HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of receipt sent by mail.
3. Receipts will only be issued once. For additional copies of proof of payments, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with a completed form and a crossed cheque for HK$30 per copy made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’. Such copies will only normally be issued at the end of a course.

Payment Method