Objectives and competences
To provide students with the opportunity for in-depth study of one major author from the English literature, for example: Dickens; Thackeray; Wordsworth; Dickinson; Wharton; Joyce; Woolf; Shaw; Nabokov; Walcott; Pinter; Atwood; Naipaul; Morrison, Le Guin.
To teach students to use social and cultural background, life writing and literary criticism to build a holistic picture of a major author
To expose students to concepts of canon formation and genre hierarchy
Content (Syllabus outline)
Social and cultural context: Background study through a selected work of the author
The context of life writing: Relevance autobiography / journals / autobiography to a selected work
Reviews and initial reception: focus on one work Genre: two or three works in contemporary generic context
Major critical approaches to the author's work Canon formation: emergence of major and minor
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
In-depth knowledge of the works of an author from the canon of English literature
Insight into a range of critical approaches and their deployment
Ability to study one topic intensively and from a range of perspectives
Preparation for the research focus needed for writing a thesis
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Ability to do research and to present before a group General knowledge of a foreign culture
Teamwork, negotiation and cooperation skills Ability to formulate a pedagogical approach to cultural themes and literature
Readings
Literatura se bo spreminjala glede na izbranega avtorja. Seznam bo zmeraj vključeval naslednje enote: /
Textbooks would vary, depending on the author selected. The list would always include the following:
• A collected works; individual publications of the author
• A life-writing text: journal/memoir/autobiography
• A selection of reviews and critical approaches
Prerequisits
Attendance of 80% and regular completion of coursework are required for taking the exam.
Additional information on implementation and assessment · Oral presentation - 20%
· Written assignments - 30%
· Written exam - 50%
