EIU3110

English: language and culture

(ART)

Lorraine Bullock

8 points + 4 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: EIU2110, EIU2120 or permission

Synopsis: In our different culture we learn to interpret the world differently, to adopt different patterns of thinking and to reflect all of these in our language in a variety of ways. The subject explores how the English language embodies the attitudes and behaviours which reflect its culture, in speech and in writing.

Assessment: Written (3000 words): 30% + Examinations (3 hours): 30% + Seminar participation: 5% + Research paper (1000 words): 15% + Seminar paper: 20%