Narrative in English Literature

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011582
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Some expository classes but more often class discussion of primary and secondary texts.

Learning Outcomes

The course provides an overview of the development of Narrative across several centuries. Students will acquire notions of genre, periodization and literary history, and develop analytical tools and reading skills.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This survey course will familiarize students with key movements and tendencies in English Narrative up to the end of the 19th century. The course will cover the following topics: 1. Early forms of narrative from Arthurian romance to moral allegory (extracts from Sir Thomas Malory, Morte Darthur  and John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress); 2. The emergence of the novel in the 18th century (Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders); 3. The19th century and the heyday of Realism (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey); 4. Victorian Gothic and the breakdown of Realism (R.L.Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Texts will be chosen in terms of their representative value, but will also be studied in their own right and read as closely as possible. (N.B.: The syllabus may change depending on teaching staff).

Head Lecturer(s)

Jacinta Maria Cunha da Rosa Matos

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Other: 25.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Davis, L. (1996). Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Matos, J. (2013).The Beginnings of English Realism: Daniel Defoe, ‘The Great Fabricator’ of Truths we no longer believe. In Lourenço, A. A., et al. (Eds.). O Século do Romance. Realismo e Naturalismo na Ficção Oitocentista (541-546). Coimbra: Centro de Literatura Portuguesa.

McKeon, M. (1998). The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740. London: Radius.

Morris, P. (2003). Realism. London: Routledge.

Stevens, D. (2003). The Gothic Tradition. Cambridge: CUP.

Watt, I. (1987). The Rise of the Novel. London. The Hogarth Press.