1.Improve reading skills 2.Improve writing skills 3.Develop and practice ability to communicate in class 4.Become familiar with the most prominent English writers of the 19th C. 5.Learn the difference between literary analysis and personal opinion 6.Understand the socio-political background from which the works discussed in class stemmed 7.Learn to synthesize, extrapolate and compare works and authors 8.Establish comparative relations between various film versions and the 3 novels discussed in class