Syllabus, valid from 2016-08-29

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

2016-06-10

Syllabus valid from

2016-08-29

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

Please note that the literature may be changed up to eight weeks before the course starts.

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.

Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.

Milton, John, Paradise Lost. Available at http:www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_1/text.shtml

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

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

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

Please note that these editions have been chosen because they contain scholarly material that we will use in the course. The first text on the course is Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and you should have read it by the time the course starts.

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.