ENGL 4100 - Honours English Research Essay

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2022

This course provides an opportunity to undertake advanced level literary research in the discipline of English. The aim of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to explore a specialised literary topic of their own choice and to develop high-order research and writing skills appropriate to its study. Topics to be covered may include advance library research methods; key scholarly approaches to the students' area of literary research and the assumptions that inform them; current approaches to the scholarly essay form.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code ENGL 4100
    Course Honours English Research Essay
    Coordinating Unit English, Creative Writing, and Film
    Term Semester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 6
    Contact 2 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N
    Prerequisites Completed degree (72 units) including 24 units of English OR a minor sequence of 18 units in English for students with a Creative Writing major of 24 units
    Incompatible ENGL 4002
    Restrictions Available only to students admitted to relevant Honours program
    Course Description This course provides an opportunity to undertake advanced level literary research in the discipline of English. The aim of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to explore a specialised literary topic of their own choice and to develop high-order research and writing skills appropriate to its study. Topics to be covered may include advance library research methods; key scholarly approaches to the students' area of literary research and the assumptions that inform them; current approaches to the scholarly essay form.
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor Andrew van der Vlies

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.



    Mar
    2              Katherine Mansfield               selected stories (1920) (in reader)

    Mar
    9              Henry Handel Richardson      selected stories (1934) (in reader)

    Mar
    16            Ruth Park                               The Harp in the South (1948)

    March
    23            Randolph Stow                      Tourmaline (1965)

    Mar
    30 *         James K Baxter                      The Jerusalem Sonnets (1970) (in reader)

    Apr
    20            Patrick White                         The Twyborn Affair (1979)

    Apr
    27            Keri Hulme                             The Bone People (1983)

    May
    4              David Malouf                          Remembering Babylon (1993)

    May
    11            Shirley Hazzard                      The Great Fire (2003)

    May
    18            Dir. Daniel Nettheim                The Hunter (2011)

    May
    25            Kim Scott                                That Deadman Dance (2012)

    Jun
    1              Pasifika poets - selected poems (post 2000) (in reader)

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    1.Analyse a range of texts in relation to debates in literary studies,gaining deep knowledge in a specific special topic
    2. Develop and use high order research skills in literary studies
    3. Prepare coherently and logically argued written material based on effectiveuse of evidence 
    4. Plan, research, organise and complete a long essay (8,000 words),while sustaining an argument
    5. Prepare and deliver an appropriately pitched thesis paper and facilitategroup discussion
    6. Collaborate effectively with peers in group discussion of texts
    7. Use contemporary technologies relevant to the preparation and completion ofassessment tasks
    University Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)

    Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth

    Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.

    1,2,3,4,5,7

    Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving

    Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.

    2,3,4,5,7

    Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills

    Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.

    3,5,6,7

    Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness

    Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.

    1,2,3,6,7

    Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency

    Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.

    1,2,6

    Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence

    Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.

    5,6,7
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace. Kindle edition, Virago, 1996.
    Carey, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. Kindle edition, Penguin/Random House, 2015 [2000].
    Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep and Other Novels. Kindle edition, Penguin, 1993 [1948].
    Conan Doyle, Arthur. Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection. Kindle edition, Mapleleaf Books, 2013.
    Collins, Wilkie. The Woman in White. Kindle edition, Penguin, 2012 [1861].
    Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Kindle edition, HarperCollins, 2007 [1926].
    Dafoe, Daniel. Defoe on Sheppard and Wild. edited by Richard Holmes, Kindle edition, Harper Perennial, 2004 [1774;1775]
    Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. translated by Constance Garnett, Kindle edition, Dover 2001.
    Ondaatje, MIchael. Anil’s Ghost. Kindle edition, Vintage, 2000.
    Poe, Edgar Allan. Detective Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. edited by Russell Atwood, Kindle edition, Gideonfell Books, 2010.

    Recommended Resources
    Bradford, Richard. Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction. Kindle edition, Oxford University Press, 2015.
    James, P.D. Talking About Detective Fiction. Faber and Faber, 2010.
    Knight, Stephen. Crime Fiction since 1800: Detection, Death, Diversity. 2nd Kindle edition, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.
    Priestman, Martin, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, Kindle edition. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
    Rzepka, Charles J. and Lee Horsley, editor. A Companion to Crime Fiction, Kindle edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
    Scaggs, John. Crime Fiction. Kindle edition, Routledge, 2005.
    Symons, Julian. Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. 3rd revised edition, Little, Brown & Company, 1993.
    Todorov, Tzvetan. "The Typology of Detective Fiction." The Poetics of Prose, translated by Richard Howard, Blackwell, 1977, pp. 42-52.
    Watson, Colin. Snobbery with Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience. Kindle edition, Faber and Faber, 1971.
    Online Learning
    The course will make active use of MyUni to supply resources and to handle assessment submission.
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    Reading, writing, seminars
    Workload

    No information currently available.

    Learning Activities Summary

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  • Assessment

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    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    7,000-8,000 word essay
    Assessment Detail

    No information currently available.

    Submission
    Submission will be via MyUni. 
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M11 (Honours Mark Scheme)
    GradeGrade reflects following criteria for allocation of gradeReported on Official Transcript
    Fail A mark between 1-49 F
    Third Class A mark between 50-59 3
    Second Class Div B A mark between 60-69 2B
    Second Class Div A A mark between 70-79 2A
    First Class A mark between 80-100 1
    Result Pending An interim result RP
    Continuing Continuing CN

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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