CLS2050

Narrative Practices

(ART)

Chris Worth

6 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in English, CLS or permission from Head of School + Prohibition: CLS3050

Synopsis: The subject will investigate contemporary approaches to the analysis and interpretation of narrative texts. What constitutes narrative? What are its basic features? How does story-telling communicate meaning? How do we construct effective narrative texts? What do we do with narrative? The texts studied will include lots of short stories, Homer0s Odyssey, Kafka0s The Trial and some visual texts. Metafictional, postmodernist narrative will be the concluding topic. There will be some opportunity for the creation of narrative texts as part of the assessed work.

Assessment: Essay (1800 words): 40% + Exercises (1800 words): 40% + Test (900 words): 20%