ENGL3017

Single Author Study

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 1
Ourimbah Semester 1

This course provides advanced study of a single author, with different authors being offered by the department in different years. Students will focus on a selection of works by a significant writer, examining a range of issues associated with that writer's literary canon and critical reception. Issues that may be covered include engagements with form, style, and genre; social, cultural, and political contexts; dominant themes, motifs, and structures; textual production, transmission and reception; and critical or theoretical debates. Information about the author selected will be made available at the time the course is offered.

Objectives Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate:
1) Ability to recognize and discuss aspects of a single author;
2) Understanding of critical and theoretical debates surrounding that author;
3) Awareness of cultural and intercultural concerns relating to that author;
4) Skills in interpretation and analysis of literary works by the author at advanced undergraduate level;
5) Communication skills appropriate to advanced undergraduate level;
6) Skills in information literacy and use of technology to perform research.
Content Content of this course will vary from year to year, but will focus on the in-depth study of selected works by a single author in English. Topics may include: analysis of the author's literary language, recurring themes, and critical concerns; evolution of the author's style or creative practice, including innovation and revision of existing literary genres and traditions; important social, cultural and political contexts for the works in question, issues of textual production and transmission, adaptation, and critical reception. Students will be asked to engage with relevant historical and contemporary debates in the scholarship devoted to the author.
Replacing Course(s) N/A
Transition N/A
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge 40 units of English
Modes of Delivery Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Seminar
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments Two to four written assignments (individual maximum equiv. 2000 words), which might include minor or major essays, tutorial papers, book reviews, peer reviews, in-class or online tests and/or quizzes, wikis, or journal entries, totalling approximately 4000 words. (100%)
Other: (please specify) Student participation in class discussion may be assessed. Students will be notified in assessment documents at the beginning of the term whether and how participation will be assessed.

Students must submit all assessment items in order to complete the course.
Contact Hours Seminar: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Timetables 2014 Course Timetables for ENGL3017