HNDE British & American Literature Syllabus

Higher National Diploma in English

HNDE British & American Literature First Year Second Semester Syllabus

Poetry(40/20 hrs)

Sylvia Plath -Mirror, Morning Song
T.S EliotMorning at the Window
Robert Frost – Mending Wall / Stopping by Woods in a snowy Evening
H.W. LongfellowSlave’s Dream
Shakespeare – My Mistress’ Eyes
William Blake – Chimney Sweepers 1 / 2
John KeatsOde to Grecian Urn
Wilfred Owen – DulceEt Decorum Est
Rupert Brooke – Soldier

Short story(25/13hrs)

‘The old man at the Bridge’ by Ernest Hemmingway
‘The Dead’ by James Joyce

Drama(25/12 hrs)

‘King Lear’ or ‘Tempest’ by Shakespeare