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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2020 - 2021
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Description An introduction to to the study and discrimination of fictions and fictionalities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Show how they have accumulated an appropriately problematic understanding of fiction and fictionality through the study of exemplary texts 2. Be aware of the defining characteristics of fictional forms and the conventional expectations they arouse 3. Trace the development of the novel in relation to history, realism and fantasy 4. Describe the relationship between individual characters and wider issues of community and society 5. Identify various characteristics of fiction including the following: unity of impression, narrative voice; tributary forms such as the fairytale; the relationship between the short story and submerged population groups | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Introduction to the NovelCharacteristics of the novel and its historyThe Early NovelDaniel Defoe's Robinson CrusoeThe 19th Century NovelJane Austen's Emma and Charles Dicken's Hard TimesThe American NovelAlice Walker's The Colour PurpleThe Irish NovelEilis Ni Dhuibhne's The Dancers DancingShort Story: Single EffectEdgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel HawthorneShort Story: MysteryFlannery O'ConnorShort Story: EpiphanyJames JoyceShort Story: Suggestion and ImplicationKatherine Mansfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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