This course trains students to develop the ability to construct autonomously reading responses that are both aesthetic and interpretive. In addition to analytical skills at reading the three major genres of literature, including short story, poetry and drama, the students will also learn how historical contexts are significant in appreciating a wide spectrum of meanings generated from a text. By the end of the course, each student is expected to demonstrate both intermediate skills of analyzing literary works in a process of reading and proficient capacity of relating a text to contexts and other texts.