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Western Theories of Literature

ОК.05

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

1 Semester

3

PLO 8, PLO 10, PLO 11, PLO 15. The complete list of the learning outcomes for the educational and scientific programme is given in the «Programme Profile»

1. Knowledge of the main stages of the literary process, understanding of the identity of individual periods of the development of English-language literature. 2. The ability to operate with the basic terminology and conceptual apparatus of literary studies. 3. Possession of literary analysis skills.

The aim of the discipline is to acquaint students with the leading theories of Western literary theorists. The course aims to present a number of key, currently relevant literary and interdisciplinary methodologies for the analysis of a work of art. Taught in English, the course includes reading of original texts or fragments of texts.

Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt. Practicing New Historicism, 2020. Greg Garrard. Ecocriticism (The New Critical Idiom), 2011. Bill Ashcroft et al. Post-Colonial Studies Reader: The Key Concepts, 2000. Rivkin J., Ryan M. Literary Theory: An Anthology. – Wiley-Blackwell; 3rd edition, 2017. – 1648 p. Klages M. Literary Theory: The Complete Guide. – Bloomsbury Academic; 2nd edition, 2017. – 296 p. Upstone S. Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction. – Teach Yourself, 2017. – 400 p. Астрахан Н. Теорія літератури: основи, традиції, актуальні проблеми. – Видавництво: Видавничий дім Дмитрія Бураго, 2021. – 296 с.

Types of learning activities during the term: • lectures, discussions; • oral answers at seminars; • final test.

Oral answers LO 1.1; LO 1.2; LO 2.2; LO 3.1; LO 3.2; LO 4.1; LO 4.2 - 40 points Final test LO 1.1; LO 1.2; LO 2.1; LO 2.2 - 20 points The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam. The exam has 40 points maximum.

English