| CODE | ENG1277 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Concepts of Literature | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | English | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is an introduction to writing at undergraduate level. It begins with an exploration of what it means to read, respond, and write about different literary texts. Students learn how to conduct an analysis of plot, narration, character, setting, symbol, and theme in an essay for which they submit multiple drafts. They practice summary, paraphrase, description, and critique. Through multiple drafts they learn how to build an academic argument and fine tune it through editing and proofreading. In addition, the unit offers workshops on how to use HYDI, TURNITIN, REFWORKS and MHRA. The unit is a foundation for Writing Seminars units held throughout the undergraduate programme. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to introduce students to the basic concepts of Literature and to enable them to apply these concepts to analysis of literary texts. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this study-unit, the student will be able to engage confidently with literary texts prescribed in their programme of studies. Reading List: - Andrew Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994) - Kelly J. Mays, The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter Thirteenth Edition (New York: Norton and Company, 2019) - Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008). A reading pack will be provided. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Giuliana Fenech |
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