Contemporary English literature
A Dilnot
8 points
* 2.5 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have developed a recognition of what distinguishes contemporary literature in English from the literature of preceding periods; a grounding in the nature of the social circumstances and cultural conditions in which contemporary literature is produced and an understanding of some of the critical problems involved in treating texts as both reflectors and shapers of current thinking.
Synopsis The subject will examine representative examples of drama, poetry and fiction from the present generation.
Assessment second year Seminar report (20 minutes; 1500 words): 20%
* Essay (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Seminar
participation: 10%
* Students whose written work and participation in
tutorials are unsatisfactory will be required to take an examination worth
50%
Assessment third year Seminar paper (20 minutes; 1500 words): 20%
*
Essay (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Seminar
participation: 10%
* Students whose written work and participation in
tutorials are unsatisfactory will be required to take an examination worth 50%
* Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate a greater analytical
and critical grasp of the topic.
Prescribed texts
Adcock The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry Faber
Churchill Plays: one Methuen
De Lillo Libra Penguin
Garner Cosmo cosmolino McPhee Gribble
Gems Three plays Penguin
Harrison Permanently bard Bloodaxe
Heaney New selected poems, 1966-1987 Faber
Hughes New selected poems Faber
Lee (ed.)The secret self Everyman
McEwan The child in time Picador
Pinter Plays: Two Methuen
Williamson Brilliant Lies Currency
Winton Cloudstreet Penguin
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