1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Humanities
3. winter term 2024/2025
4. WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Introduction to Literary Studies

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Introduction to Literary Studies - course description

Aim of the course

The student will have a broader understanding of literature, its features and functions, particularly of the distinctiveness of literary language. The student will know basic concepts and terms used in literary studies and have skills needed to analyze and interpret literary texts, including the ability to reflect on the implications of the meaning-making elements of the structure and composition of texts. 

Prerequisites

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Scope

The concept of literature as a product of culture, distinctive aspects of literary texts, definition(s) and functions of literature. Basic concepts and terms  (literary genres, terms related to versification and stylistics). Structure and composition of literary texts and meaning-making elements of texts, such as types of narration, methods of characterization, construction of time and space, characters' discourse, style and tone. The concepts and terms discussed in class are illustrated with examples from texts  sourced from the canon of English-language literature analyzed and interpreted in class. 

Teaching methods

Analysis of literary texts, informative lecture, discussion.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Positive evaluation of the student's participation in class discussions, positive evaluation of quizzes and the end-of-term test (at least 60% of the total point value of the test).

Recommended reading

 

1. Baldick, C. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. Culler, J. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
3. Pickering, H.J. Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction. New York: Macmillan, 1988 (supplement and anthology).
4. Selected literary works (the list is presented by the instructor at the beginning of the course).

Further reading

 

1. Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. UTB Basics. Tuebingen: Ebner and Spiegel, 2011.
2. Nunning, A. and V. An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature. Stuttgart: Klett Lerntraining, 2009.
3. Peck, J. and M. Coyle. Literary Terms and Criticism. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1984.
4. additional texts assigned by the instructor

Notes

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Modified by dr Urszula Gołębiowska (last modification: 27-05-2024 11:25)