| Unit name | The Short Story |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL10061 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Gournet |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
none |
| Co-requisites |
none |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit offers an opportunity to study the short story in detail. Students will consider how and why the short story is associated with particular genres (such as the Gothic and Science Fiction) and will examine authors who have specialised in this form. Other relevant prose works will also be considered, especially those that influenced imaginative writers specialising in the short story. The focus will primarily be on English language fiction, but there will normally be an opportunity to study at least one novel or play in translation.
Aims:
This unit aims to provide students with opportunities to focus on the short story as a form. Students will be asked to consider in depth the development and importance of the short story in comparison to the novel and poetry.
This is a new unit also aims to support students to study short literary forms which they may then use in their community engaged practice
Successful students will be able to:
The unit will be taught through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous teaching, each of which will utilise a range of teaching methods including lectures by the tutor(s), formal and informal presentations by students, small group discussion supported by practical activities and self-directed exercises.
One x 3000-word essay (100%) [ILO 1-4]
(Assessment will be through one summative essay of up to 3000 words; the mark for this essay will be the unit mark)
Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
R. K. Narayan, Malgudi Days
Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and other stories
Ma Jian, The Noodle M'aker
