| Unit name | Reading Short Stories short course |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HUMS10002 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Tom Sperlinger |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Humanities |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
What makes a good short story? By focusing on this genre, we will aim to consider larger issues about how literature makes use of forms of language (including everyday speech) and how it can represent life events, or changes in society.
Students will have been introduced to a range of literary texts and a variety of approaches to them, and will have had an opportunity to develop their skills in reading, analyzing and comparing literary works in light of a range of appropriate contexts.
This unit will normally be taught in ten weekly one-and-a-half hour seminars or eight weekly two-hour seminars; such a unit may occasionally be taught in other formats where the number of hours is comparable, e.g. five bi-weekly three hour seminars. Each seminar will combine a variety of teaching methods, including short informal lectures, seminar discussion and critical exercises.
Assessment for this unit is normally undertaken through either a formal seminar presentation or a short essay of between 1,500 and 2,000 words, in which students will be required to relate their knowledge of one or more of the literary texts considered to one of the approaches to literature introduced in the unit.
Short Stories to be confirmed.
