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The Writer In The Text

Key information

  • Module code:

    4ABA0002

  • Level:

    4

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module examines a variety of representations of authorship in literature from antiquity to the modern period. Concentrating on key texts in which the author- or artist-figure is central and a reflection on the writer's mission is sustained, the module explores works ranging from ancient accounts of inspiration to modern ones such as James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Students will encounter texts from a range of literatures covered elsewhere in the programme, assisting them with the selection of options in the future. They will also be in a position to reflect more fully on the ways in which literary representations of the artist's position – central or marginal, assertive or defensive, social or unsocial – relate to the historical context of different periods and places. 

Assessment details

1000 word essay (30%); 1000 word essay (70%) 

Teaching pattern

Two hours per week

Subject areas

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