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ENG-1110 Introduction to British Studies - 10 stp
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Type of course
Course contents
Objective of the course
- some knowledge of the history and society of the British Isles in different historical periods
- understanding of the interplay between culture and literature in British history and culture
- insight into the main formal and thematic characteristics of literary genres
- in-depth knowledge of individual texts of the period
Skills:
- familiarity with a diversity of texts and genres of British Literature
- proficiency in close reading, analysis, and interpretation of literature
- to be able to write persuasively and effectively in academic English
Language of instruction
Teaching methods
Assessment
Each student must successfully pass two written work requirements.
The course mark is solely determined by a six-hour school exam at the end of the course, but no student can sit the school exam until they have passed both work requirements.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-examination is offered in the event of an F-grade. The deadline to register for re-examination is January 15th for the autumn semester and August 15th for the spring semester.
Date for examination
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.
Recommended reading/syllabus
Marlowe, *The Jew of Malta*
Shakespeare, *Hamlet*
Milton, *Paradise Lost* (Books 1-3)
Bronte, *Wuthering Heights*
Dickens, *Great Expectations*
Rupert Brooke - "The Soldier"
Siegfried Sassoon - "They"
Wilfred Owen - "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
Ezra Pound - "In a Station of the Metro"
H.D. - "Oread"
W. B. Yeats - "Easter, 1916", "The Second Coming"
W. H. Auden - "Musée des Beaux Arts"
James Joyce - "The Sisters", "An Encounter", "Evelyn"
Virginia Woolf, *Mrs. Dalloway*
Graham Greene, *The Third Man* and Carol Reed, *The Third Man*