Introduction to English Literature

Module code: IFP3007

Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM1

Contact: Dr Peter Latham

The module provides students with opportunities to develop textual analysis skills within different literary forms and styles. It provides an introduction to some of the most important British writers, novels, short stories and poetry from mid nineteenth to mid twentieth century, including works by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, T.S. Eliot, Ford Maddox Ford, Jean Rhys, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, L.P. Hartley and J.G. Ballard.
Each week, there will be a lecture together with a seminar. Students will be encouraged to contribute to seminars through pair work, group work and whole class discussion. Before each session, students will be asked to read a handout and an academic critique on the primary text(s) to prepare for the lecture and the seminar.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 65.0% Coursework, 25.0% Examination, 10.0% Practical
Level: 3