Literature in English
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS1 WEEK 3 THE GOOD MORROW by John Donne. AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND: John Donne was born in 22nd January, 1572 and died in March, 1631. He attended University of Cambridge, Oxford University and Hertford College without getting any degree. He was an English metaphysical poet, preacher, satirist, lawyer and a 50
SECOND CLASS CITIZEN: BY BUCHI EMECHETA. Author’s background: BUCHI EMECHETA was born in Lagos in 1944.Her voice as a female writer has been felt because of her emphasis on what the African woman goes through in marriage. Ada’s and Buchi Emecheta’s marital experiences share some similarities . Her other novels 50
LET ME DIE ALONE BY JOHN KOLOSA KARGBO AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND: John Kolosa Kargbo is one of the vibrant and prolific Sierra Leone dramatists. Most of his plays are written in vernacular. His plays totally address and condemn the fundamental ills that seem to be endemic in Sierra Leone’s society. He 50
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH 2021 – 2025 ANALYSIS OF FENCES BY AUGUST WILSON AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY: August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He wrote his first play, Jitney, in 1979. Wilson’s play, Fences, premiered on Broadway in 1987, earning the playwright his first Pulitzer Prize as well as a 50
SCHEME OF WORK LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH SS 1 FIRST TERM 1. Introduction to the study of literature-in-English English literature VS literature-in-English Functions of literature 2. Genres of literature 3. Prose: types of prose – fiction and non-fiction 4. Elements of prose 5. Drama: types, elements/features 6. Poetry: definition, 50