Reading Literature Critically
offered by Oxford University

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1096

Reading Literature Critically
at
Oxford University
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the literature principles and concepts

Duration	2 months
Total fee	₹19,400
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Reading Literature Critically
at
Oxford University
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university

Reading Literature Critically
at
Oxford University
Course details

Skills you will learn

English

What are the course deliverables?

To enable participants to gain knowledge of characteristic techniques employed in English literary texts
To enable participants to understand the use of contextual information
To enhance participants' skills of close critical analysis
Have confidence in using the critical idiom
Be able to produce effective close critical analyses of literary texts
Have encountered a range of writing in different genres and styles

More about this course

This course will introduce you to the key skills of English Studies, in particular close critical analysis and the use of contextual information
In this course we shall hone our skills of close critical analysis of prose, poetry, and drama
Learn how to develop your opinions about literary texts into informed and convincing arguments
Introduced to key concepts and movements in literary criticism, and to key terms of the critical idiom
To enable students to become more attentive, analytical, and critical readers

Reading Literature Critically
at
Oxford University
Curriculum

Week 1

What is literature?

Week 2

Analysing fiction 1: narrative voice and characterisation

Week 3

Analysing fiction 2: dialogue and monologue

Week 4

Poetic form 1

Week 5

Poetic form 2 and presentations

Week 6

Poetic form 3 and presentations

Week 7

Free Verse

Week 8

Drama

Week 9

Using the critical idiom and contextual material

Week 10

A sense of an ending

Reading Literature Critically
at
Oxford University
Faculty details

Dr Edward Clarke

Edward Clarke's latest collection of poems is called A Book of Psalms (Paraclete Press, 2020). He is also the author of two works of criticism: The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry (Iff Books, 2014) and The Later Affluence of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).