ENH1010

Reading literature I

A Dilnot

6 points - 3 hours per week - First semester - Caulfield, Clayton, and by flexible delivery

Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have developed a recognition of the specific qualities of the three main genres of English literature, a grounding in the historical traditions and conventions within which it is produced, and an ability to use appropriate theoretical concepts and critical language in discussing it.

Synopsis The subject is designed to introduce students to the three major literary forms: prose fiction, poetry and drama; and to foster that 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 conscious of the various theoretical and critical frameworks used in talking and writing about literature.

Assessment One exercise (750 words) and one essay (1250 words): 40% - Examination (2.5 hours): 50 % - Seminar participation, including class paper: 10% - For flexible delivery students 100% of assessment will be conducted by written work comprising exercises, essays, short written tasks and an examination.

Prescribed texts

Brontë C Jane Eyre Penguin
Goldsworthy K (ed.) Australian short stories Dent
Leonard J Seven centuries of poetry in English 3rd edn, OUP, 1994
Rhys J Wide Sargasso Sea Penguin
Shakespeare W Hamlet Norton
Course booklet (English department)

Recommended texts

Abrams M H A glossary of literary terms 6th edn, Holt Rinehart, 1993

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