The reader in history
H Love
8 points
* 2.5 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have achieved enhanced interpretative skills; a widened historical understanding of the Western literary tradition; and improved levels of oral and written argument.
Synopsis The premise of this subject is that an education in `English' is about learning to understand a variety of reading practices and that these can be historically contextualised. The approach will be chronological, moving forwards from practices that still have a strong oral component to present-day models of interpretative reading.
Assessment second year Exercise (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (2500
words): 30%
* Examination (2 hours): 40%
* Attendance and
participation: 10%
Assessment third year Exercise (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (2500
words): 30%
* Examination (2 hours): 40%
* Attendance and
participation: 10%
* Third-year students will be expected to show a fuller
understanding of the theoretical and historical issues arising from the study
of reading.
Prescribed texts
King Solomon The song of songs (any edn)
Calvino I If on a winter's night a traveller
Cambridge A A woman's friendship UNSW Press
Leonard J (ed.) Seven centuries of poetry in English 2nd edn, OUP
James H The Aspern papers Penguin
Swift J `The battle of the books' in A tale of a tub and other works World's Classics
Coursebook containing additional texts, from department
Recommended texts
Appleyard J Becoming a reader CUP
Ong W Orality and literacy Routledge
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