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EN1101E Introduction to Literary Studies Semester 1, 2011/12 Lecturers: Dr. Susan Ang and Prof. Rajeev S Patke
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Course Description |
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This introductory module aims to teach students how to read texts with intelligence and imagination. It will also introduce students to a range of texts from different genres—poetry, fiction, drama, ways of approaching texts and evaluating critical approaches to them. The course will offer students a foundation in literary criticism even as it reminds them of the pleasure that avails in reading critically and imaginatively.
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Course Aims and Objectives |
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To teach students how to read literary texts closely and critically.
To introduce students to literary texts from the various genres of
poetry, fiction and drama. |
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READING LIST Poetry: Andrew Motion, Here to Eternity: An Anthology of Poetry (Faber, 2001) ISBN-0-571-21565-3 Novels: Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall (1928, rpt. Penguin Books, 2003) ISBN-13: 978-0141187488 Muriel Spark, Loitering With Intent (1981, rpt. Virago, 2007) ISBN-13: 978-1844082483 Plays: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1955, rpt. Faber, 2006) ISBN-13: 978-0571229116 Athol Fugard, The Island (1973) (rpt. In The Township Plays, OUP, 1993) ISBN-13: 978-0192829252
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EN 1101E Timetable Lectures: Tuesdays 12 noon - 1.50 pm
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LECTURE NOTES (uploaded on IVLE before lecture)
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LAST UPDATED September 06, 2011