Subject description
This subject explores the development of key literary forms - the poetic, the dramatic and the narrative - surveying the shifts in structure from the Classical period to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The specific focus is on the ways in which social structures and historical events change the form … For more content click the Read More button below.
Equivalence
WRIT129 - Theory for Practising Writers: Realism to Modernism
WRIT229 - Writing Theory: Modernist Avant-Gardes
WRIT109 - Writing Strategies for Theme and Structure
WRIT119 - Writing Theory: Classicism to the Gothic
WRIT219 - Writing Theory: Modernism
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Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
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Contact Hours:2 hour lecture, 1 hour tutorial
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
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Identify the key features of literary forms and the development of these features over time
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Assess the relations between a literary text and its cultural and historical context
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Apply your analysis of literary works to your own creative practice
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Formulate critical responses to literary works, using scholarly research and academic language
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Collaborate with your peers in a range of forums, spoken, written, online to develop creative and scholarly responses to literary texts
Assessment details
Analytical Skills Development
Close Reading Essay
Creative Exercises
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