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ENH1012

Reading literature

I Breuer

6 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Peninsula

Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have developed a recognition of the specific qualities of the three main genres of English literature, a grounding in the historical traditions and conventions within which it is produced, and an ability to use appropriate theoretical concepts and critical language in discussing it.

Synopsis The subject is designed firstly to introduce students to the three major literary forms: prose fiction, poetry and drama; and secondly to foster that 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 conscious of the various theoretical and critical frameworks used in talking and writing about literature.

Assessment One exercise (700 words) and two essays (1500 words each): 60%
* Test (1 hour): 25%
* Tutorial participation, including class paper: 15%

Prescribed texts

Bronte C Jane Eyre OUP

Goldsworthy K (ed.) Australian short stories Dent

Leonard J Seven centuries of poetry in English 3rd edn, OUP, 1994

Rhys J Wide Sargasso Sea Penguin

Shakespeare W Hamlet Norton

Course booklet Department of English

Recommended texts

Abrams M H A glossary of literary terms 6th edn, Holt Rinehart, 1993


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