INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
| Title | ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΚΕΣ ΣΠΟΥΔΕΣ / INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES |
| Code | Λογ5-130 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600008086 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2020 – 2021 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600179680
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600179680
- At the Website of the School: https://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=348
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11109
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
The course introduces the students to the study of literature. It poses questions such as: what is literature?Why and how we read a literary text? How do we tell a story? How is a narrative connected to our daily life and how it can affect it? What is the connection of a narrative with the arts and the media? How does literature relate to society, gender, race, ideology, identity, history, technology?
Through particular test cases we analyze text, intertext, hyper-text; this broader interdisciplinary approach to narrative practices and critical reading, his course will provide a basis which will reinforce the teaching of more specialized courses of literature in the freshman year.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Make decisions
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is structured by each individual instructor on the basis of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative (2nd edition, 2008) by Porter H. Abbott.
Keywords
Literature, narration, theory, society
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Students can use IT in a variety of ways: access to digital resources (ebooks and eJournals), in-class screenings, real-time feedback on student performance and communication with instructor via BigBlueButton.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 80 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams (Two separate exams for Part I and Part II of the Course or final written exams for both parts)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Abbot, H. Porter. The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative. 2nd edition. Cambridge UP, 2008.
Bennett, Andrew, and Nicholas Royle. This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing. Routledge, 2015.
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Attridge, Derek. The Work of Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Barnet, Sylvan, Burto William, and William E. Cain, eds. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama. 13th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004.
Klarer, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies. London: Routledge, 2011.
Kermode, Frank. The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction. London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Rabkin, Eric S. Narrative Suspense. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1973.
Scholes, Robert. Elements of Fiction: An Anthology. Oxford University Press, 1981.
Wingard, Joel. Literature: Reading and Responding to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and to the Essay. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996.
Last Update
03-01-2021
