LIT305: From Swift to Eliot: 18th-20th Century Literature
Key details
| Accredited towards | Bachelor of Arts in the Liberal Arts |
| Unit type | Elective unit |
| Credit points | 6 |
| Indicative contact hours | 3 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Offered in | Semester 2 |
| Tuition fee | Learn more |
*not offered in 2025
Overview
The unit of study presents a continuation of LIT204, covering the period from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. It examines the changing vision of human nature and destiny as reflected in representative literary masterpieces, amid the growing fragmentation of Christian culture, the rise of Romanticism, and the new challenges posed by Modernism. Emphasis will be given to the study and appreciation of primary works. More specifically topics and concepts are examined through a selection of works by various authors, who may include: Jonathan Swift, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Joseph Conrad and T.S. Eliot.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit of study, students will be able to:
- Examine the development of Western ideas from the eighteenth century through to Romanticism and Victorianism, concluding with twentieth-century Modernism, by reading a range of texts
- Read critically and develop a greater understanding of the central ideas and content/meanings of the literary texts studied
- Analyse and describe the rhetorical, generic, and linguistic strategies various texts use to produce meaning
- Identify and analyse the relationship between various texts and their social, historical, and literary context
- Show a practical understanding of the integral relationship between the practice of close, attentive reading and careful evidence-based argumentation in written work
- Work constructively and courteously in class discussions to illuminate the meaning of selected works
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