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Part Onc Fiction
1 Definition and Types of Fiction
2 Elements of Fiction
3 Greek Mythology
(1)The Creation of Man by Prometheus
(2)The Wanderings of Dionysus
(3)Apollo and Hyacinthus
(4) Heracles' Eleventh Labor: The Apples of the Hesperides
Fables
(1)The Tortoise and the Eagle
(2)The Father and His Sons
(3)The Miser
(4)A Fable
Fairy Tales
(1)The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
(2)The Naughty Boy
(3)Puss in Boots
(4)The Twelve Brothers
(5)The Three Little Men in the Wood
(6)The Queen Bee
Short Stories
(1) The Storm
(2)A Dill Pickle
(3)The Black Cat
(4) Young Goodman Brown
Part Two the Essay
1 Definition of the Essay
2 Types of Essays
3 Elements of Essays
4 The Symposium
5 Of Revenge
6 The Battle of the Ants
7 Living like Weasels
8 A Modest Proposal
Part Three Poetry
1 Definition of Poetry
2 Types of Poetry
3 Elements of Poetry
4 The Iliad
5 Metamorphoses
6 When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
7 On His Blindness
8 A Hymn to God the Father
9 Ode to a Nightingale
10 A Poison Tree
11 Ulysses
12 Journey of the Magi
13 Birches
14 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Part Four Drama
1 Definition of Drama
2 Types of Drama
3 Elements of Drama
4 Oedipus the King
5 Othello
6 A Doll's House
7 Krapp's Last Tape