Lecturer in charge: Dr Anthea Morrison [Room 41 – New Arts Block]

Focusing on representative novels and short fiction of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, the course provides an introduction to key issues in the study of Prose Fiction.

Instruction: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: Coursework assignments 40%
Final 2-hour examination (2 answers) 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations (Dover Thrift pb)
Emecheta, Buchi. Double Yoke (George Braziller pb)
Goodison, Lorna. Fool-fool Rose is Leaving Labour-in-Vain Savannah (Ian Randle hc)
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea (Scribner pb)
Phillips, Caryl. The Final Passage (Picador pb)

Highly Recommended Texts:

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms (Thomson Wadsworth pb)
Peck, John. How to Study a Novel (Palgrave pb)