WELCOMING
STUDENTS
INTO
THE WORLD
OF
LITERATURE
Introducing literature to students can be a joy. But finding the right curricula can be difficult. Here, you’ll find readings by genre, anthologies worthy of the course, sample syllabi, and shared assignments and units of study created by your colleagues to help you design your Introduction to Literature class.
WEBSITES BY GENRE
Looking for a reading in a particular genre? Peruse these great websites.
POETRY
Poetry foundation
Academy of American Poetry
DRAMA
Project Gutenberg Plays
Middlesex Community College Collection
SHORT FICTION
CommonLit collection
INTRO TO LIT ANTHOLOGIES
These anthologies give you a huge selection of readings, any of which would work well in an Intro to Literature course.
Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature, 1865-Present
Writing and Literature:Composition and Inquiry, Learning,Thinking, and Communication
The Anthology of World Literature, 1650-Present
SAMPLE COURSE SYLLABI
Want to take a look at someone else’s syllabus? Or even try out someone else’s course schedule? Feel free to use any and all of these syllabi, designed by your colleagues.
English 30, Introduction to Literature: Traditions & Counter-traditions
This version of the Introduction to Literature course is based on exploring both traditional and nontraditional kinds of literature. It moves from poetry and short fiction to visual and blackout poetry, microfiction and Twitterfiction, and then ends with a unit on the fairy tale told both traditionally and radically.
Course Syllabus
Schedule of Assignments
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