Course syllabus
Welcome to "Introduction to Theories and Methodologies of Literary Criticism" at Dalarna University
Welcome to the course Literature and Theory (GEN3DH/GEN28Q/EN2049). It is intended primarily for students taking English III: Focus on Literature, English III for Teacher Students for Upper Secondary School, and students taking this as a free-standing course.
Along with reading tasks and written assignments, the course is primarily taught through real-time, online seminars. Seminars for this course take place between weeks 4 and 23, but only in odd weeks, on Thursdays (there may be exceptions), 10.00-12.00, beginning with an online Course Introduction in Week 4, Thursday 22nd, January 10.00-12.00 (https://du-se.zoom.us/j/61346331615). A detailed schedule and general course information will be made available under Modules in Course Information, in due course.
When you take this course, you will be studying the following:
- a selection of representative theoretical schools, their key concepts, premises and associated methodological approaches
- a selection of literary texts in English, which will be analysed using key theoretical concepts and adequate methodological procedures
Course Literature (the literary texts are in the order in which they are taught):
- Barry, P. (2009). Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (3rd ed.). Manchester: Manchester UP.
- DeLillo, D. (1988). White Noise. New York: Vikings.
- Woolf, V. (2000). Mrs Dalloway. London: Penguin Books.
- Fowles, J. (1996). The French Lieutenant´s Woman. London: Cape.
- Doyle, R. (1989). The Commitments. London: Vintage.
- Coetzee, J. M. (2000). Disgrace. New York: Vikings.
- Greengrass, J. (2021). The High House. London: Swift Press..
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David Gray Course Coordinator dgy@du.se |
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Billy Gray Lecturer bgr@du.se |
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Carmen Zamorano Llena Role in the Course cza@du.se |
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