Undergraduate - UnitAZA1295 - World literature

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	South Africa School of Social Sciences
Offered	South Africa First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Joseph Minga

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to a selection of modern literary works from various parts of the world. It aims to equip students with the interpretive and analytical skills to approach literature and other kinds of texts critically.

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

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joseph Minga

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

Literary and cultural studies

Prohibitions

ATS1295