8 points
* Second semester
* 3 hours per week (1-hour lecture, 2
hours discussion)
* Gippsland/Distance
* Prerequisites: English major
GSC1401 and GSC1402; writing major, two of GSC1401, GSC1402, GSC1901
Objectives On successful completion of this subject students will have developed, during their previous work on literature, an understanding of the nature of literary study and criticism. This subject will build on this knowledge by introducing examples of contemporary fiction and using them to illustrate issues important to an understanding of recent writing. Students will develop an understanding of a range of formal developments in the novel; a sense of the significant traditions which may be used to describe and contextualise recent fiction; a knowledge of the issues particularly important in recent novels; an awareness of writing beyond the `main' areas of British and American literature; and the ability to articulate critical interpretations of texts in systematic written argument and oral presentation.
Synopsis This subject will cover a selection of significant examples of recent fiction drawn from a range of traditions (eg West Indian, British, American) and exemplifying different kinds of formal developments. Issues to be considered will include experiments in the novel form, the feminist novel, the novel of social comment and historical settings.
Assessment Essay (2000 words): 30%
* Essay (2000 words): 30%
*
Examination (2 hours, 2000 words): 40%
* The total length of assessment
will not exceed 6000 words
Prescribed texts
Chatwin B On the black hill Picador, 1983
Ishiguro K The remains of the day Faber, 1990
Lessing D The memoirs of a survivor Picador, 1976
Lodge D Nice work Penguin, 1989
Morrison T Beloved Picador, 1988
Naipaul V S Guerrillas Penguin, 1976
Narayan R K The man-eater of Malgudi Penguin, 1983
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