MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENH1012

Introduction to English literature

G Barnett

Synopsis The subject is designed to (a) introduce students to the three major literary forms: prose fiction, poetry and drama and (b) foster the 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 familiar with the terms and the various theoretical and critical frameworks used in talking and writing about literature.

Assessment Essays (1250 words each): 50% + In-class tests 50%

Prescribed texts

• Bronte C Jane Eyre OUP
• Goldsworthy K (ed.) Australian short stories Dent
• Leonard J Seven centuries of poetry in English 2nd edn, OUP, 1991
• Miller A Death of a Salesman Penguin
• Shakespeare W Hamlet Norton

Recommended text

• Selden R Practising theory and reading literature Harvester, 1989