LITERATURE
Reading Literature 2: Beyond the Basics
SPRING LN245
Wednesdays
This course enables students to get more out of their reading. No prior knowledge will be required only an enthusiasm for the written word. This course can be taken on its own or as a follow up to Reading Literature I: the Basics. Students will encounter writing from a broad range of periods, genres and styles. The material is purposefully chosen to expose students to material they may not have come across before. Through discussion students will gain an introduction to the technical aspects that characterize certain types of literature, acquire a basic knowledge of literary analysis and explore how literature may reflect the conditions in which it was written and how it relates to a literary tradition.
On completion students will be aware of the sorts of conversations it is possible to have about literature and will be able to confidently participate in these discussions. This course will enrich and deepen your own reading and provide a platform for future literary study.
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| 8 Wednesdays |
Jan 30, Feb 6, 13,20,27, Mar 6, 13, 20 |
7.30pm - 9.30pm |
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FEE €155 |
Print Open Learning Application Form 2012.13 or ring (01) 716 7123 for Laser/ credit card payment |
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Tutor Details
Garrett Fagan has taught at universities in Dublin including UCD and at Warwick University in the UK. He has interests in Renaissance literature, legal - literary relations and Anglo Irish writing.
Who is the course for?
While no prior knowledge will be required only an enthusiasm for the written word, this course can be taken on its own or as a follow up to Reading Literature 1: the Basics. Students who wish to deepen their experience of reading and welcome he opportunity to engage with more challenging texts.
Reading List: Indicative only
Following is the proposed reading list for this course. We recommend that you only acquire the book for the first class but do not purchase all the books listed in advance, as your tutor will discuss this list and how the course will be organised.
Copies of set books are available in local libraries, and in inexpensive editions: Wordsworth, Everyman, Penguin etc.. Some materials will be provided in photocopy or Email.
Prose:
John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath
McEwan, I., Atonement .
Drama:
Marlowe, Dr Faustus OR Heaney, S., Burial at Thebes; Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape OR Waiting for Godot
Poetry:
Sonnets and Lyrics: Shakespeare to Keats; World War One Poets selection of recent and contemporary poets: Auden Heaney, Longley Muldoon, Carol Anne Duffy, Simon Armitag etc.
