Reason, Imagination, Revolution: Literature and Culture from Pope to Austen

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of key texts drawn from eighteenth-century Britain and the British Romantic movement as well as of the contexts in which they were produced.
  2. Select and apply appropriate theoretical and critical models in the practice of analysing literary texts and contexts.
  3. Deploy analytical and research skills that can be applied to both past and present cultural and literary debates.
  4. Communicate historical and theoretical concepts in both oral and written form.
  5. Design and execute coherent critical and analytical arguments.
  6. Engage in creative critical discussion of the unit content with peers and tutors, and to respond to others’ points of view.

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Prior study

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

• MAQ-ENGX120-Approaches to English Literature

Others

and two subjects from ENGX or ENGL at 200 level or above

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

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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