Undergraduate GRF-LCS23-2022
Analysing Narrative Fiction
Enhance your ability to study and reflect on narrative fiction. Discover new tools to aid with literary analysis. Unpack key literary subjects. Probe into some of the developments that shook prose fiction during the reign of 20th century modernism.
$498 $748
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 07 Nov 2022
QS RANKING 2022
17
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
13
Subject details
At the completion of this subject you will:
- have confidence and skill in using a range of technical tools and concepts to analyse novels and short stories
- construct effective arguments about literary texts
- write clearly, perceptively and fluently about literary texts
- undertake research on literary topics
- undertake advanced work in literary studies with confidence in their disciplinary grounding
- appreciate reading fiction as an imaginative, life-enhancing experience.
Together with Narrative Fiction A, this subject makes a significant contribution to lifelong learning.
-
- Working with case studies
- Writing about literature
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject continues the works of LCS22 Understanding Narrative Fiction in developing your ability to study fiction (in the form of novels and short stories) through practising some of the key tools, concepts and approaches of narrative analysis. The two content modules, 'Modernism' and 'Beyond Modernism', provide an overview of key developments in prose fiction since the early twentieth century. The final assessment item, a research essay, requires you to undertake an extended piece of writing about literature.
- Research Essay (40%)
- Essay 1 (30%)
- Essay 2 (30%)
Current study term: 06 Nov 22 to 15 Jan 23
Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.
Related degrees
Undergraduate GRF-ART-DEG-2022
Bachelor of Arts
- Major in Art History
- Major in Creative Writing
- Major in Criminal Justice
- Major in History
- Major in Journalism
- Major in Literature
- Major in Media Studies
- Major in Public Relations
- Major in Screen Culture
- Major in Sociology