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ENGL4113: Approaches to Critical Reading
2023 unit information
This core unit introduces students to a variety of critical approaches to literature from the eighteenth century to the present. It asks a number of questions basic to the study and understanding of literature. What does it mean to read a text critically? What roles do critical and theoretical perspectives play in our understanding of literary texts? In addition to developing critical and theoretical literacy, the unit will examine how such strategies may be brought to bear on reading literary texts and whether they are effective and/or appropriate in specific cases.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | English and Writing |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the major concepts and practices in critical reading
- LO2. examine the variety of situations in which critical reading practices are deployed and analyse their structure, motivation, and effects
- LO3. develop an active, engaged approach to thinking about critical reading by comparing different modes of critical engagement in a self-aware way
- LO4. successfully apply this knowledge when conducting your own analyses of works of literature and literary theory.
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