Realism 3301-LB210
Course for BA level students.
The aim of this course will be an analysis of the philosophy and the narrative conventions of realism and the different ways novelists across centuries achieved the reality effect. The main areas of discussion will include: the rise of the novel in the 18th century; realism, individualism and naturalism in the 19th century novel; modernist realism, the postmodernist subversion of realist strategies, the non-fiction novel, magic realism. The reading list will include the following authors: Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Muriel Spark, Truman Capote, Ben Okri.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the graduate will be able to
K_W01 Identify and characterize on an advanced level the place and status of literary and culture studies within the humanities
K_W02 Describe on an advanced level the current trends in literary and cultural studies research within English studies
K_W04 Characterize on an advanced level the principles of research design in literary and culture studies with special focus on the application of methods and tools in formulating research problems
K_W05 identify the notions and principles pertinent to intellectual property and copyright
Abilities: the graduate is able to
K_U01 Apply advanced terminology and notions pertinent to the discipline (linguistics, literary studies, culture and religion studies)
K_U02 Apply advanced research methodology within literary and culture studies and English studies, respecting ethical norms and copyright law
K_U03 Apply knowledge obtained during the course of studies to account for and solve a problem, thereby completing a research task related to the discipline literary studies and/or culture and religion studies
K_U04 Analyze linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena and draw generalizations on their basis in the context of societal, historical and economic factors on an advanced level
K_U05 Discern alternative methodological paradigms within a discipline
K_U06 Find information in various sources and critically assess its usefulness for research related to the topic of the MA project
Social competences: the graduate is ready to
K_K02 Apply knowledge and skills obtained during the course of studies to undertake lifelong learning, as well as personal and professional development
K_K03 Take responsibility for performing one’s professional duties, with due respect for the work of others, obey and develop the ethical norms in professional and academic settings related to the disciplines included on the curriculum of English studies
K_K04 Assess critically one’s own knowledge and skills related to the studies
K_K06 Value cultural heritage and cultural diversity as well as individual opinions
Education at language level B2+.
Assessment criteria
20% of absences is allowed.
Final grade on the basis of a written analysis of realistic conventions in selected texts.
Retake on the basis of a revised version of the written analysis of realistic conventions in selected texts.
Bibliography
Daniel Defoe A Journal of the Plague Year.
Henry Fielding Tom Jones.
Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz.
George Eliot Middlemarch.
Virginia Woolf - selected short stories
Muriel Spark The Comforters
Truman Capote In Cold Blood
optional:
Julian Barnes Flaubert's Parrot.
Ben Okri - selected short stories
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