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The Canon of English Literature - ENGL1007
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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

  • 1250 word essay 25%
  • 2000 word essay 35%
  • Final Test 20%
  • Tutorial participation 20%

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