Ammary, Silvia
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Institutional profile
Silvia Ammary is an assistant professor of American literature and advanced writing. She is also the director of Enlus (English Language for University Studies).
Among the various courses that Ammary teaches at JCU are Introduction to literature, American literature, world literature, Modern American Fiction, and Advanced writing courses. In the course “Introduction to literature”, students learn the fundamental elements and major literary terms of each genre in literature: fiction, poetry, and drama so that they can read literary texts critically by using the right approaches. In the course “American literature”, students study the major historical, cultural, intellectual, and political events which occasioned American writing from the early explorers till the contemporary time. Students utilize various critical approaches and reading strategies as they examine important authors and themes of each period.
In all of these courses, Ammary encourage students to become critical readers, thinkers, and writers; Ammary’s goals is not only to promote their intellectual engagement with cultural texts of all kinds, but also to help them become more perceptive readers and forceful writers about the world around them.