Universidad de Jaén

1. INTRODUCTION

What is literature?

Strategies for interpreting literature

2. READING LITERARY TEXTS

The reading process and the critical reader

Reading and response

Specialised approaches to interpreting literature

3. POETRY

Approaches to poetry

The sound of poetry

Structure, diction, syntax

Poetry and ideology

4. NARRATIVE

Narrative as discourse

Narrative as fiction

Semantic and syntactic analysis

Narrative and ideology

Narrative and intertextuality

5. DRAMA

The nature of drama

Drama and theatre

Analysis of conversation

Drama and ideology

The will be divided in theory classes (attendance of the whole group) and practice classes (2 different groups). During the theory classes the theoretical aspects of the subject will be explained and commented, which will be then studies in a practical way through the reading of the selected texts. At the beginning of the course the lecturer will provide the students a list of compulsory readings for the development of the syllabus content. Besides these readings, the lecturer can include other texts which s/he considers relevant for the study of the subject.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

Final grading will be obtained taking into account the aspects of assessment described in the previous section. In order to get a pass students must get at least 50 % after the total sum of the different parts assessed. 

The assessment method will be ruled by what is established in the Royal Decree 1125/2003 of September 5th, by which the European Credit System is adopted in the official university degree system.