ENGL102-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Great Works

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 25 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 October 2014

Description

This course introduces students to university-level English by exploring in depth a sequence of works that have earned the label 'great' for some or all of the following reasons: because of their enduring, wide and deep cultural influence; because of the originality of their creative conception; because of the power of their language; because of the power and appeal of the stories they tell or the characters or images they contain.

This course introduces students to university-level English by exploring in depth a sequence of works that have earned the label ‘great’ for some or all of the following reasons: because of their enduring, wide and deep cultural influence; because of the originality of their creative conception; because of the power of their language; because of the power and appeal of the stories they tell or the characters or images they contain.

Theme for 2014: Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis occurs throughout literature: gods become human or vice versa; beggars become princes and princesses or vice versa; people turn into trees, rocks, monsters, birds, beetles…. Language itself is based on metamorphosis: the transformation of ideas and things into words and figures of speech. By paying attention to the many kinds of metamorphosis at work in a diverse range of ‘great works’, this course will aim to develop students’ understanding of how various kinds of change — cultural, social, psychological — shape and are shaped by their representation in literature.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning Outcomes
  •  Acquisition of skills in advanced critical reading
  •  Improvement of skills in essay writing
  •  Increased knowledge of specific texts and their historical and cultural contexts
  •  Familiarity with concepts integral to the study of English at university level.

Course Coordinator

Philip Armstrong

Lecturer

Paul Millar

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Two short writing exercises 20%
Formal essay 30%
Final take-home test 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Bronte, Emily; Wuthering Heights ;

Shakespeare, William; A Midsummer Night's Dream ;

Stevenson, Robert Louis; Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde ;

Course readings will also be provided online, including poems and short fiction by John Donne, Edgar Allen Poe, Franz Kafka, Angela Carter and others.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $670.00

International fee $2,850.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All ENGL102 Occurrences

  • ENGL102-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014