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CURSO:SURVEY OF LITERARY STUDIES
TRADUCCION:PANORAMA DE LOS ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS
SIGLA:LET0311
CREDITOS:08
MODULOS:02
TIPO:CATEDRA
CALIFICACION:ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA:LITERATURA
PALABRAS CLAVE:LITERARY STUDIES, LITERARY THEORY, NARRATIVE, DRAMA, POETRY
NIVEL FORMATIVO:PREGRADO


I.DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

During this course students will develop an understanding of the basic language, ideas and methods of literary studies. Focusing on literary theory, narrative, drama and poetry, students will be introduced to ideas that form the building blocks of the discipline of literary studies and practice applying those ideas to a series of stimulating set texts.

Assessment will take the form of a series of response papers addressing the four sub-sections of the course alongside a mid-term exam, a final test and a group presentation on a literary movement


II.RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE

1.Apply literary theoretical ideas to creative texts, distinguishing between colloquial and basic academic language to refer to literary texts and expressing opinions and reactions to a literary text using academic language.

2.Produce opinions and reactions to a literary text using academic language.

3.Identify the form, functions and strategies of narrative fiction texts.

4.Analyze dramatic writing and dramatic productions, focusing on the difference and tensions between these elements.

5.Scan poetry and differentiate between different poetic styles and effects analyzing according to poems? language, imagery, meter, form and style.


III.CONTENIDOS

1.Unit I ? Introduction
1.1.What is literature?
1.2.Theoretical approaches to literature
1.3.Genres and literary language

2.Unit II ? Narrative
2.1.The short story
2.2.Narrative fiction: plot, structure and techniques
2.3.Point of view, narrator and focalization
2.4.Characters, objects and setting

3.Unit III ? Drama
3.1.Text and Performance
3.2.Comedy and Tragedy

4.Unit IV ? Poetry
4.1.Defining poetry
4.2.Metre, rhythm, rhyme and form
4.3.Language, imagery and theme


IV.ESTRATEGIAS METODOLOGICAS

-Lectures.

-Group discussion.

-Application of theoretical ideas through creative writing.


V.ESTRATEGIAS EVALUATIVAS

-Group presentation: 10%

-Response papers: 15%

-Creative portfolio: 10%

-Mid-term test: 25%

-Final written exam: 40%


VI.BIBLIOGRAFIA

Minima

?Comedy? by Jonathan Wild in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature.

?Everyday Use? by Alice Walker.

?Portrait of a Madonna? by Tennessee Williams.

?The Found Boat? by Alice Munro.

?The Horse Dealer?s Daughter? by D.H. Lawrence.

?The Lottery? by Shirley Jackson.

?The way we live now? by Susan Sontag.

?Tragedy? by Simon Malpas in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature.

?Trifles? by Susan Glaspell.


Complementaria

?Adaptations Across Media? by H. Porter Abbott?s in The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative.

?Constructing character? by Rajorshi Chakraborti in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English ?Text and performance? by Olga Taxidou in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature.

?Genre and Form: the Short Story? by Kenneth Millard in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English
Literature.

?It?s just a movie? by Greg Smith in What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss.

?Narrative structure and techniques? by Randall Stevenson in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying
English Literature.

?Popular genres? by Brian McHale in Teaching Narrative Theory.

?Poetry: An introduction? by Allan Gillis in The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature.


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