EKIP403 Introduction to Literary Studies (3 cr)

Content

Text-based, topic-based and task-based work. The course will be posted in Optima where the topics, texts and tasks will be available. The texts will comprise a varied selection of prose and verse.

Completion methods

Take-home exam in Moodle

Open University: contact teaching, web-based tasks, learning assignments, an exam or a combination of these (methods of study will be specified in the annual teaching programme before the start of each academic year).

Assessment details

Assessment by written examination.

Open University: Active participation (100% attendance usually required). Learning assignments or an exam.

This course is for students who will complete their basic studies in English according to the 2017-2020 syllabus. 

Students usually come to the Department having had little experience of thinking critically about literature. Add to that the fact that the literature here is in a foreign language, and it is understandable if some students may approach the idea and process of learning about literary study with some uncertainty. Yet as University students of English, including many future teachers of English, the rich resource of literature in English should be one that students are able to benefit from both in their own reading and in the case of teachers of English in their professional lives. So the critical tools provided on this course provide a foundation for reading and writing about literature.