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106-039 Literary Classics | |
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Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Simon During |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first-year English, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject provides opportunities not only to study various texts commonly regarded as classics of English literature but also to enquire into how they came to achieve this status. Students who complete this subject successfully will understand why literary classics attract competing interpretations; understand why 'literature' and 'literary merit' are contested categories in the history of writing; and develop a critical understanding of both right-wing defences of literary canons and left-wing critiques of them. |
Assessment | An essay of 1500 words 40% (due mid-semester) and an essay of 2500 words 60% (due at the end of the semester). |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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