EL 1513 CONTROVERSIAL CLASSICS
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CREDIT POINTS: 15
Course Co-ordinator: Dr S Alcobia-Murphy
Pre-requisite(s): None
Literature can provoke, offend and disturb as well as entertain. This course considers some of the most powerful and controversial works of modern literature. It examines the circumstances of publication, the nature of the controversy, and the cultural and critical impact of each work. The course shows how poems, plays and novels can raise searching questions about national, racial and personal identity, and looks at the methods used by writers to challenge their readers, as well the responses of readers to such challenges. Included are texts such as: Vladimir Nabokov’s (i)Lolita, Art Spiegelman's Maus and Seamus Heaney's North.
2 one-hour lectures (Tue 11am-12pm and Fri at 1-2pm) and 1 one-hour tutorial (to be arranged) per week.
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (50%): 1000 word essay (15%); 1500 word essay (25%); Tutorial Assessment Mark (10%). 1 two-hour written examination (50%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).