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Introduction
1. Defining "Literature"
2. Exclusion and Inclusion: The "Canon" and Its Discontents
3. Why Read Literature?
4. The Literary Landscape
5. Annotation and Close Reading
6. Literary Criticism
7. Kate Chopin - "The Story of an Hour"
8. Key Components to Fiction
9. Fiction Terminology Knowledge Check
10. Sonny's Blues - A Deeper Look
11. How to Approach Poetry
12. Poetic Language
13. The Technical Language of Poetry
14. Poetic Forms
15. Approaching Drama
16. Dramatic Genres
17. James Joyce - "Araby"
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