LIT315 The Author in Context : Special Literary Study (8)

CSU Discipline Area: English (ENGLI)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

A focused and independent study of one author from a substantial list in which students devise their own topic and course of reading in consultation with staff. The culmination of the semester's work is the production of a long essay.

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Session 2
Internal	Bathurst

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LIT315

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Not available to students who have completed LIT301 Modernism

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

- be able to conceptualise a literary topic for independent study
- demonstrate that they have understood and have experienced the processes involved in literary research activity
- demonstrate that they have developed professional responsibility for autonomous academic study
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the historical, social, theoretical and literary contexts of the author chosen for study.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

- students choose an author for detailed reading and study - students define and frame a topic for individual study and a programme of reading to support the topic, in consultation with staff - students work independently in carrying out the course of study - students produce a long essay of 3-4000 words which incorporates reading and research on the chosen author The list of authors to be studied will be determined by the needs of students and the expertise of staff but a representative sample might include Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T.S. Elliot and Ezra Pound.

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