Introduction to English literature
G Barnett
6 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula
The subject is designed to (a) introduce students to the three major literary forms: prose fiction, poetry and drama and (b) foster the imaginative reading which underlies all theoretical and critical thought about literature. It aims to introduce ideas about the creative process, to consider the resources of form and style, and to make students familiar with the terms and the various theoretical and critical frameworks used in talking and writing about literature.
Assessment
Essays (1250 words each): 50% * Examination (2 hours): 40% * Seminar participation: 10%
Prescribed texts
Goldsworthy K (ed.) Australian short stories Dent
Joyce J Dubliners Penguin
Leonard J Seven centuries of poetry in English 2nd edn, OUP, 1991
Shakespeare W Hamlet Norton
Recommended text
Selden R Practising theory and reading literature Harvester, 1989