Topics in Modern Literary Fiction (LITC0010)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: School of European Languages, Culture and Society
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Available to Affiliates, subject to space.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module looks in detail at how a selection of novels engage in very different ways with the topic of violence, particularly in relation to nature. The module explores the problems of interpretation, how narrative technique may confound reader expectations and the ways in which perspective and affect is harnessed to manipulate response. Primary texts will be chosen from a variety of historical periods and cultures in order to consider how the novels respond to changing historical and cultural circumstances.

Novels for discussion vary, but have included Han Kang, The Vegetarian (2007), Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (1987), Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body (2018), and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).

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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 4)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In Person
Methods of assessment: 100% Exam
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 18
Module leader: Dr Stephanie Bird
Who to contact for more information: stephanie.bird@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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