Undergraduate | LTU-ENG1DPL | 2024
After Dark - An Introduction To Literary Studies
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- No prior study
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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After Dark - An Introduction To Literary Studies
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Identify and reflect on the different intellectual and emotional dimensions of reading for a range of fictional and critical texts.
- To apply basic critical and theoretical concepts and terminology in the analysis of literary texts.
- To identify and contextualise theoretical concepts in secondary readings and incorporate secondary readings meaningfully into a research essay.
- To analyse passages of literary texts through close reading.
- Terms and Concepts in Literary Studies
- Literary Periods and Genres
- Critical Frameworks in Literary Studies
- Close Reading and Critical Thinking
- Death and Pleasure in Literature
What do light and dark, pleasure and pain, life and death have to do with literature? This subject introduces key terms and concepts in literary studies through the lens of our desires and fears as they have shaped literature and culture for centuries. Since Scheherazade, stories have mediated between death and pleasure. This subject explores the ways humans have transformed questions of life and death into literature in different times & places, genres & literary styles. The readings will be accompanied and elucidated by a range of seminars, lecture materials and online forums.
This is a level 1 subject. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.
- One 1600-word essay. (40%)
- 9 x online modules (multiple choice tests) (1000 words equivalent). (25%)
- Passage analysis in 2 parts with a total of 1200 words. (35%)
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