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 The Canon of English Literature - ENGL1007
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
  

Description

A historical survey of English literature aimed at improving students' knowledge of how it has been organised into a set of special texts (a 'canon'). Enhances their powers to describe, interpret and enjoy it. Presents particular works of literature in English from the earliest periods through to the twentieth century in chronological order, attending to the features of language that make them literary, the context of their production, and some of their major themes. Introduces students to some different kinds of criticism (Marxist, feminist, post-colonial, Bloomian) by way of critical engagement with their accounts of how the canon has been formed and how it should be revised.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course students should be able to:
  • Improve their abilities to understand and enjoy literature in English
  • Heighten their sensitivity to those features by virtue of which these texts are literary and the passions out of which many of them were produced
  • Improve their abilities to speak and write about literature in a way that is articulate
  • Enhance their abilities to judge the quality of works of literature and to justify those judgments
  • To remember and actually to present works of literature, and not just explanations of them, to other people.

Assessment

  • Essay 1 (1200 words) - 20%
  • Essay consultation - 5%
  • Essay 2 (2000 words) - 35%
  • Final test - 20%
  • Tutorials participation - 20%

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