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Archived Version 2020 - 2021

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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
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



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture22Covering the range of texts, contexts and concepts associated with the module
Tutorial10Guided discussion in a workshop environment
Independent Study68Reading, analysis, revision
Assessment Feedback1No Description
Assignment Completion24No Description
Total Workload: 125

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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to the Novel
Characteristics of the novel and its history

The Early Novel
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

The 19th Century Novel
Jane Austen's Emma and Charles Dicken's Hard Times

The American Novel
Alice Walker's The Colour Purple

The Irish Novel
Eilis Ni Dhuibhne's The Dancers Dancing

Short Story: Single Effect
Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Short Story: Mystery
Flannery O'Connor

Short Story: Epiphany
James Joyce

Short Story: Suggestion and Implication
Katherine Mansfield

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable
Indicative Reading List

  • Eagleton, Terry: 2005, The English Novel: An Introduction, Blackwell, Oxford,
  • Bulson, Eric: 2006, The Cambridge Introduction to James Joyce, Cambridge UP, Cambridge,
  • Leslie A. Fiedler: 0, Love and Death in the American Novel, Penguin, Harmondsworth,
  • Malcolm Bradbury: 0, From Puritanism to Postmodernism, Penguin, Harmondsworth,
  • Hughes, George: 2005, Reading Novels, Vanderbilt, Nashville, US,
  • Watt, Ian: 1981, The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richards and Fielding, London,
  • May, Charles: 2002, The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice, London,
Other Resources

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