. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol B (The 16th Century The Early 17th Century), 8th ed.,ed., and vol C (The Restoration and the 18th-Century), 8th ed.. Norton
Introduction to English: Early Modern to Modern
Institution:
University of New South Wales
Code:
ARTS1031
Year:
2009
Levels:
Undergraduate Taking as its starting point the notion that each period sees itself as modern, the course will concentrate on key historical shifts in English literary culture from 1500 to the present. Students understanding of literary movements will be extended through a focus on other kinds of contexts, such as national and transnational frameworks. By considering the extent to which modernity is about rewriting the past, we will
consider periodization in relation to canonicity. Canonicity will be approached mainly in terms of literary fashion and literary value: we will consider when and why some texts remain read and taught, and in what ways they are consumed.
Non-Austlit Texts:
Jane Austen. Persuasion. Penguin
Don DeLillo. White Noise. Viking
Henry James. Aspern Papers. Oxford
Katherine Mansfield. Short Stories. Oxford
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Penguin
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lyrical Ballads. Penguin
Organisational Body:
School of English, Media and Performing Arts Assessment:
Tutorial Participation 15% (continual assessment)
Short Essay (1000-1250 words) 20%
Major Essay (1750 words) 30%
Final Exam 35% (content announced in lecture during session)
Categories:
Unit Contexts: English/Literary Studies
