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EN2007/EN3015 Literature and Theory 7.5 ECTS (distance)

Teachers:

Billy Gray,bgr@du.se, 023-77 83 92

IntroductionJan 27 Course overview

13.00-15.00 Read (in advance) Introduction and Chapter 1 in Peter Barry,Beginning Theory

Samtal 1

Seminar 1

Feb 3 Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Deconstruction, and Postmodernism

13.00-15.00 Don DeLillo, White Noise

Samtal 1

Seminar 2

Feb 10 Feminist and Lesbian/Gay Criticism

13.00-15.00 Virginia Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway

Samtal 1

Seminar 3

Feb 24 Psychoanalytical Criticism

13.00-15.00 John Fowles, The French Lieutenants Woman

Samtal 1

Seminar 4

March 3 Postcolonial Criticism13.00-15.00 J. M. Coetzee,Disgrace

Samtal 1

Seminar 5

March 10 Marxist Criticism, New Historicism and Cultural Materialism

13.00-15.00 Roddy Doyle, The Commitments

Samtal 1

Seminar 6

March 17 Ecocriticism

13.00-15.00 Louise Erdrich, TracksSamtal 1 New developments in theory

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Course requirements

Reading You are required to read the six novels (any edition acceptable for each) listed in

the schedule, the relevant chapters in Peter BarrysBeginning Theory (3rd

edition, 2009) and any additional assigned reading material. See the discussion

questions for each seminar in the Fronter room for detailed reading assignments.

Participation Attendanceis obligatory at all six seminars. Missed seminars, or seminars for

which you are not sufficiently prepared, must be made up by submitting written

answers to all of the discussion questions. You must attend at least four of the

seminars in order to pass the course (this means that it is not possible to make up

more than two missed seminars).

There will also be some guest lectures during the course which you are required

to attend and be prepared to discuss at the following seminar.

Writing assignments You are required to submit six writing assignments. Theseassignments should be 500-700 words long and are due one week after each

seminar. They are intended to give you practice writing short analyses of literary

and cultural texts from the specific theoretical perspectives dealt with in the

seminars. Through constructive feedback from your teachers, you are expected

to develop your critical writing in preparation for your degree thesis. The

assignments will be available on Fronter and you hand them in by uploading

them to the appropriate hand-in folder on Fronter.

Assessment Assessment of the course is based on 1) seminar participation and 2) yoursix

writing assignments. Different grading criteria are applied depending on

whether you are registered for the course at the G2 level (EN2007 or EN2013)

or the Advanced level (EN3015). See the grading criteria in the Fronter room

for more detailed information on assessment.

Please note the following:

- Assignments which are turned in after the stated deadline cannot receive the

grade Pass with Distinction (Vl Godknd) unless there are extenuating

circumstances.

- If a student has not fulfilled the criteria for the grade Pass (Godknd) by the

end of the course, the grade Fail (Underknd) will be reported in Ladok.Exceptions are made only if there are extenuating circumstances.