EL3022:06
The Subversive Genre: The Novel to Jane Austen
Townsville
Prerequisites: At least 7 units of level 2 EL subjects
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EL3000 EL3002
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. First semester.
Staff: Professor A Hassall.
A range of poetry, fiction and non-fiction written by British authors in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries which are relevant to an exploration of how gender and national identities are constructed.
Learning Objectives:
- to broaden and intensify the literary-critical skills and understanding attained by students at earlier levels, particularly where essay writing and extra-literary issues are concerned;
- to develop an ability to read 18th century English novels;
- to attain a thorough knowledge of the set texts;
- to acquire a familiarity with the relevant secondary literature;
- to achieve an awareness of the literary, social and political contexts in which the texts were produced.
Assessment by two 2,000 word essays (40%); tutorial participation (20%); one three-hour examination (20%).
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