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World Literature in English

Undergraduate | MAQ-ENGX207 | 2019

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
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World Literature in English

About this subject

    1. Analyse and compare literary texts across a range of genres, including poetry, the novel, the epic, drama, and the graphic novel, using a sound critical vocabulary and scholarly research.
    2. Explain the concept of “world literature,” showing a familiarity with current scholarly debates around this approach to the study of literature
    3. Analyse literary texts within their original context of production
    4. Analyse how literary texts can be read within our contemporary context, and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of “presentist” reading practice
    5. Analyse how scholars and writers have appropriated, re-read and rewritten earlier literary texts in new contexts
    6. Explain and analyse the effects of reading literature in translation
    7. Develop well-reasoned arguments about literary texts, and support these arguments orally and in writing

Entry requirements

Prior study

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

Others

NCCW: ENGL207

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.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.

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