Texts

Lyrical Ballads!$!William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge!$! !$!Penguin!$!
Romeo and Juliet!$!William Shakespeare!$! !$!Penguin!$!
Short Stories!$!Katherine Mansfield!$! !$!Oxford!$!
Aspern Papers!$!Henry James!$! !$!Oxford!$!
White Noise!$!Don DeLillo!$! !$!Viking!$!
Persuasion!$!Jane Austen!$! !$!Penguin!$!
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.!$!!$! !$!Norton!$!
The Ham Funeral Patrick White , 1947 single work drama (taught in 7 units)
— Appears in: Four Plays 1965; (p. 11-74) Collected Plays : Volume I 1985; (p. 11-74)

Description

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.

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)

Supplementary Texts

M. H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 9th ed. (Wadsworth)

Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual, 5th ed. (Bedford/St. Martins)

Other Details

Current Campus: Kensington Campus
Levels: Undergraduate
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