Subject description

Literature and film open up new worlds and new experiences, engaging our imagination and challenging our preconceptions. In this subject, you will read texts n a wide range of different forms and genres, and from diverse historical and cultural contexts. You will be equipped with an essential set of tools … For more content click the Read More button below.

Tutorial enrolment

Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS

Delivery

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Teaching staff

Subject coordinators
Lecturers
Tutors

Engagement hours

Contact hours:2 x 1 hour video conference lecture, 1 hour tutorial per week

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Have developed skills in the critical close reading of texts
2.
Understand the basic conventions of specific textual forms such as fiction and film
3.
Be able to consider different ways in which the production and reception of texts relate to social contexts
4.
Have knowledge of a range of critical concepts such as genre and narrative forms
5.
Have developed skills in the presentation of arguments in written and oral forms

Assessment details

Essay (1200 words)
An Introduction to Literature and Film
An Introduction to Literature and Film

Textbook information

No prescribed textbooks for this subject. Students will be advised of recommended texts at the commencement of session

Contact details

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