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Archived Version 2017 - 2018
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Description This module offers an examination of how literary value is generated and disseminated throughout the history of Western culture, and will show how the idea of a literary canon has become increasingly problematic. How do “Great” Books come to be called Great? Why do some books or writers come out of fashion? What role do critics and other interpreters (like teachers) play in the generation of canonicity? How has the idea of a classic evolved over time? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Discuss knowledgeably the phenomenon of the western canon 2. Show an analytical awareness of the various ways in which canonicity can be communicated 3. Express an aptly complicated sense of the perceived “greatness” of a writer of work 4. Perform readings of classic texts that open them up to a range of interpretative approaches 5. Form an understanding of the political implications of literary taste-making | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Learning Activities What is a Classic?Definitions of the classic in literary criticismOvid’s MetamorphosesHow Ovid remains alive through use. Allusion as canonical transfusion.Paradise LostWhy read Milton?Great Books we need, but Nobody Reads?Moby-Dick’s place in culturePopularityHuckleberry Finn in class and under trialMovie ClassicsIs Citizen Kane still no.1?Canonicity and Sexual PoliticsThe Madwoman in the AtticCanonizing PoetryWhy is Elizabeth Bishop on the Leaving Cert?The Writer as SaintSeamus HeaneyThe Value QuestionDylan v KeatsInstant Classics?The Booker Prize and Gong CultureInstant Classics? TV Box Sets and the Class factorBreaking Bad, The Wire, the Simpsons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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