Literature Examination in the English Department at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou:A survey
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2018-05
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present dissertation deals with literature examination. It attempts to identify how English
literature is examined in the English Department at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-
Ouzou .it aims at identifying if the three literary genres; prose fiction, drama, and poetry and
all their aspects are included in the exam questions and whether teachers favor one genre over
the others. Our research has relied on the theoretical frameworks of Edgar V. Roberts and
Roberts Zweig ‘Literature an Introduction to Reading and Writing’. As concerns data
collection, we have collected thirty-three (33) literature exam papers from the English
Department at MMUTO which we delivered for students of licence degree during three
successive years (2014-2015,02015-2016, and 2016-2017) and we have analyzed them. In
addition, we have conducted five (05) structured interviews with teachers of the same
Department. The study has adopted a mixed method research combining quantitative and
qualitative data. The quantitative data are analyzed using the Descriptive Statistical Method
and they are presented using the rule of three. The qualitative ones are analyzed using
Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA). On the basis of the results of the study, we conclude that
teachers favor prose fiction over the other literary genres. Concerning the aspects of each
genre, an emphasis is placed on some of them. For prose fiction character and setting, point of
view, and idea/theme. For drama: character, plot, and thought/idea. Concerning poetry, tone
and prosody.
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79p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
Keywords
literature examination, department of English Mouloud Mammeri University, literary genres.
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linguistique appliquée et sémiotique sociale