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Popular Fiction

Undergraduate | MAQ-ENGX3031 | 2024

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Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks
Start dates
19 Feb 2024

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Popular Fiction

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical development of concepts of popular fiction.
    2. Articulate links between literary texts and their cultural contexts.
    3. Exhibit skills in close textual analysis.
    4. Communicate arguments about literature, culture and aesthetic ideas in oral and written forms whilst engaging with other points of view.
    5. Deploy research skills in order to support arguments about literary texts.

Entry requirements

Prior study

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

one of

Others

Pre-requisite: 130cp at 1000 level or above
NCCW (2020 and onwards): ENGX3030 Popular Fiction

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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UndergraduateMAQ-ART-DEG

Bachelor of Arts

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