EL4221: Narrative Structures |
(in the process of being revised for the 2011-12 academic year)
| Seminars to be held every week on | ||
| Day | Time | Venue |
| Thursday | 2–5 pm | AS7 01–06 |
| Course Lecturer: | Assoc Prof Ismail S. Talib | e-mail: ellibst@leonis.nus.edu.sg. |
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| Week | Date | Topic (students are to at least read the main readings indicated by the links below prior to the lectures) |
| 1 | 11/8 | Definitions of narrative
1 Main readings: Narrative Theory (henceforth NT): Chapter 1: Definitions of Narrative; further readings. |
| 2 | 18/8 | Definitions of narrative
2 Main readings: Narrative Theory (henceforth NT): Chapter 1: Definitions of Narrative; further readings. |
| 3 | 25/8 | Beginnings & ends of narrative Main readings: NT: Chapter 2: Beginnings and Ends; further readings. |
| 4 | 1/9 | Setting Main readings: NT: Chapter 3: Settings; further readings |
| 5 | 8/9 | Characters and characterisation 1 Main reading: NT: Chapter 4: Characters; further readings |
| 6 | 15/9 | Characters and characterisation 2 Main reading: NT: Chapter 4: Characters; further readings |
| — | — | Mid-semester break |
| 7 | 29/9 |
Events Main reading: NT: Chapter 5: Events; further readings |
| 8 | 6/10 |
Events; Plot Main readings: NT: Chapter 5: Events; Chapter 6: Plot; Further readings Events; Plot |
| 9 | 13/10 |
Plot Main reading: NT: Chapter 6: Plot; further readings |
| 10 | 20/10 |
The narrator Main reading: NT: Chapter 7: The Narrator; further readings |
| 11 | 27/10 | Project presentations |
| 12 | 3/11 |
Project presentations
(provisional: depend on class size); the
narrator; Main reading: NT: Chapter 7: The Narrator; further readings |
| 13 | 10/11 |
Genres Main readings: Chapter 9: Genres; Further readings: Schema; Genres. |
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