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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 works

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 Familiarity with 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

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

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  • red. prof. dr. MICHELLE GADPAILLE

  • Exam: 40
  • Oral presentation: 30
  • Written paper: 30

  • : 15
  • : 15
  • : 60

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