Undergraduate - UnitAZA1295 - World literature and culture studies: An introduction

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Social Science, South Africa
Offered	South Africa First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Pier Paolo Frassinelli

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the study of a range literary and cultural texts drawn from different historical periods and parts of the world. The unit's aim is to enrich and enhance students' understanding of their own as well as of other cultures, and to equip them to analyse both individual literary and cultural texts and the genres, periods and movements to which they belong.

Outcomes

On successfully completing this unit students should be able to:

have some sense of the variety of what is possible in literary and cultural studies, and a general understanding of the diversity of modern global literature and culture
handle the critical concepts and language appropriate to the discussion of different narrative genres, devices and techniques
recognise some of the theoretical perspectives that inform contemporary literary and cultural studies
demonstrate the basic skill of analytic and critical discussion, including the technical conventions proper to English
appreciate the historical perspectives and conventions within which literature and other cultural texts are produced.

Assessment

Short assignment (750 Words): 20%
Long assignment (1500 words): 30%
class presentation: 10%
2 hour exam: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Pier Paolo Frassinelli

Contact hours

One x 2 hour lecture per week and one x 1 hour tutorial per week.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Literary and cultural studies

Prohibitions

ATS1295