Approaching prose fiction

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • recognise and discuss selected library texts from the Renaissance to the present
  • approach literary texts in terms of genre, gender and the canon
  • engage in close analysis of narrative and poetic language and apply technical analytical terms
  • engage in comparative work, draw general conclusions and use textual evidence to argue a case
  • understand and use academic conventions: referencing and bibliography.