Undergraduate GRF-LCS23-2019

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.

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2019

Duration

13 weeks

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4.11

Study method

100% online

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Prior study

Required

Study terms

26 May 2019
24 Nov 2019

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What you'll learn

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.

Topics covered

- Working with case studies
- Writing about literature
Study resources
- Instructional methods
  - Discussion forum/Discussion Board
  - Online assignment submission
- Online materials
  - Resources and Links
  - Printable format materials

Entry requirements

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

GRF-LCS22-Understanding Narrative Fiction

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

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.

Assessments

Research Essay (40%)
Essay 1 (30%)
Essay 2 (30%)

Textbooks

Current study term (26 May 19 to 25 Aug 19)

Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:

Death in Venice and Other Stories (Vintage Classic)

Thomas Mann

Required

Atonement (Vintage Classic)

Ian McEwan

Required

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

Required

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Required

The Great Gatsby

F Scott Fitzgerald

Required

Next study term (24 Nov 19 to 23 Feb 20)

Textbook information is pending.

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