Introduction to English: Ideas of the Real (ENGL 1101)
School of Humanities - University of Adelaide
2009

Texts

Lyrical Ballads (1800) And Other Selected Poems (wordsworth Poetry Library)!$!Wordsworth, W.; Coleridge, S. T.!$!!$!Wordsworth Editions Ltd!$!2002
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Lyrical Ballads And Related Writings!$!Wordsworth, William; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor!$!!$!Houghton Mifflin Company!$!2001
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Mrs Dalloway!$!Woolf, Virginia!$!UK!$!Penguin!$!2000
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y separately published work icon An Imaginary Life : A Novel David Malouf , New York (City) : George Braziller , 1978 Z828578 1978 single work novel (taught in 8 units)

'In prose that is both elegant and lyrical, David Malouf departs from the little-known facts of Ovid's exile beyond the pale of civilization to create a deeply moving novel of extraordinary beauty. An outcast in a vast wasteland at the edge of the Black Sea, Ovid discovers a feral child. As he teaches the boy to speak the language of the civilized world, the child tutors him in his own tongue, the language of nature, and the once barren landscape begins to resonate with meaning.' (Publisher's blurb)
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The Turn of the Screw!$!James, Henry!$!UK!$!Penguin!$!2003
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Great Expectations!$!Dickens, Charles !$!UK!$!Penguin!$!2003
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The Hours!$!Cunningham, Michael!$!UK!$!HarperCollins!$!1999
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Description

This course will introduce students to a range of texts written in the English language and selected from the previous two centuries. Each text illustrates different understandings of what constitutes 'the real' and what literary techniques best represent it. The course examines a variety of genres including fiction, short fiction and poetry. Students are introduced to a range of interpretive practices, and the course is designed to increase their skills in critical reading, analysis, writing and research.

Assessment

participation, essays, exam

Other Details

Levels: Undergraduate
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