LIT108 English Literature 2 (8)
AbstractThis subject examines central texts of English literature from the Augustan era (exemplified by Pope, Swift, Gay and Johnson) to the Romantic era (exemplified by Blake, Wordsworth, Mary Shelley and Keats).
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Session 2 | Internal | Albury-Wodonga Campus | Internal | Bathurst Campus | Internal | Port Macquarie | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus | Distance | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LIT108
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an accurate, critical and literary-historical understanding of eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century English literature - be able to demonstrate developed practical critical skills and literary-critical essay-writing skills |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics: - Defoe, Moll Flanders
- Gay, The Beggar's Opera
- Swift, Gulliver's Travels (extracts)
- Pope, shorter poems
- Eighteenth-century women poets
- Johnson, The Life of Savage
- Sterne, The Sentimental Journey
- Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience (extracts)
- Wordsworth, shorter poems; The Prelude, Books 1 & 2
- Shelley, Frankenstein
- Keats, odes |
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.