Engaging with Literature

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Candidature in the Diploma in Arts or the bachelor of Special and Inclusive Education Primary.

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  Textbook requirements:

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  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.

  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

To engage with literature is to explore different ways of seeing the world – to appreciate and better understand human ideas, society, history and the future, and so expand your knowledge of the ideas central to human culture as these are expressed through the literary imagination. In this subject you will study a range of literary texts in English. You will be introduced to works from different historical periods in different genres - short stories, poetry, novels, and plays. You will also explore the key critical concepts in literary studies. You will explore these works through close reading and critical analysis, focusing on the relationship between form and content, and considering how the different literary techniques available to writers shape the way their texts make meaning.

Long Essay: 1800 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4 Online Quiz: 200 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 3 Writing Exercise: 1000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4 Take Home Examination: 1800 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4

• Long Essay (35%)
• Online Quiz (5%)
• Writing Exercise (15%)
• Take Home Examination (45%)

Current study term: 24 Oct 21 to 04 Feb 22

Next study term: 27 Feb 22 to 27 May 22