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

WRIT229 - Writing Theory: Modernist Avant-Gardes
WRIT129 - Theory for Practising Writers: Realism to Modernism
WRIT109 - Writing Strategies for Theme and Structure
WRIT219 - Writing Theory: Modernism
WRIT119 - Writing Theory: Classicism to the Gothic

Tutorial enrolment

Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS

Delivery

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Teaching staff

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Engagement hours

Contact Hours:2 hour lecture, 1 hour tutorial

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Identify the key features of literary forms and the development of these features over time
2.
Assess the relations between a literary text and its cultural and historical context
3.
Apply your analysis of literary works to your own creative practice
4.
Formulate critical responses to literary works, using scholarly research and academic language
5.
Collaborate with your peers in a range of forums, spoken, written, online to develop creative and scholarly responses to literary texts

Assessment details

Skills Development
Creative Exercise and Reflection
Creative Portfolio and Analysis

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