This module aims at getting first year students (licence level) introduced to preliminary concepts related to English Literature. It serves as an introduction to  different classic texts, writers, literature, and literary genres. Besides, this module represents the first contact students will have with poetry, drama and prose fiction mainly the novel as a prominent literary genre, its characterisctics, and literary devices. By the end of the course, students will be able to distinguish the different literary genres, and analyze different literary texts