Syllabus, valid from 2015-08-31

Title

Reading and Responding

Swedish title

Reading and Responding

Course code

EN218A

Credits

7.5 credits

Grading scale

UA / Excellent (A), Very Good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Pass (E) or Fail (U)

Language of instruction

English

Decision-making body

Faculty of Culture and Society

Syllabus approval date

2015-05-27

Syllabus valid from

2015-08-31

Level

Basic level

Entry requirements

English B.

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Progression level

G1N

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

Together with Academic Writing and Rhetoric I (EN208E), Introduction to English Grammar (EN221E) and Phonetics (EN220E), the course constitutes the level 1-30 within the main subject of English. The course overlaps with English I (EN101E).

Course contents

Reading and Responding is an introduction to the analysis of literature in English.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

After finishing the module, the student:

1. recognises and understands conventional terminology employed in the analysis of literature in English, and

2. has some understanding of literary genre and history.

Skills and ability

After finishing the module, the student:

3. can employ conventional terminology in the analysis of literature in English

4. demonstrates ability to work to agreed timetables, manage workloads, and meet deadline

Critical skills and approach

After finishing the module, the student:

5. is critically aware of his or her own cultural standpoint in literary analysis.

Learning activities

The course will contain a series of lectures, and seminars in which students will apply concepts to the reading of a substantial number of literary texts. Students will also respond to texts in writing.

Assessment

Reading and Responding is examined by a written exam (5 credits) and a portfolio (2.5 credits).

The portfolio assesses learning outcomes 3 and 4. The exam assesses learning outcomes 1-5.

Course literature and other study material

Achebe, Chinua, and Abiola. Irele. Things Fall Apart : Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2009.

Conrad, Joseph, and Paul B. Armstrong. Heart of Darkness : Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and

Contexts, Criticism. New York ; W.W. Norton, 2006.

Milton, John, and Scott Elledge. Paradise Lost : An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources,

Criticism. New York: Norton, 1993. Available at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/

pl/book_1/text.shtml

Palgrave, Francis Turner, and Christopher Ricks. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1991. Available at http://www.bartleby.com/106/

Peck, John, and Martin Coyle. A Brief History of English Literature. 2 Rev ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2013.

Shakespeare, William, and Roma. Gill. Macbeth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, and J. Paul Hunter. Frankenstein : The 1818 Text, Contexts, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.

Further material will be supplied online via It's Learning.

Course evaluation

All students are offered an opportunity to give oral and written feedback at the end of the course. A summary of the results will be made available in the school's web-pages.

Student participation takes place through the course council.