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Victorian poetry

 

Course Description

 

This core course introduces the student to some of the prevailing themes, trends and genres in Victorian poetry.  The student is expected to be acquainted with the social, political, historical and literary background of the period prior to starting the textual study of some representative poems of the era.  The first three lectures of the term form the introductory form of the course, while the rest is assigned to the actual study of the prescribed texts.

Discourse and spoken discourse

 

Course Description

 

The course introduces students to the analysis of naturally connected discourse, spoken and written by providing them with some theoretical basis (i.e. exposing students to the different approaches to the analysis of the communicative functions of language), and more importantly providing students with tools to analyze a wide variety of discourse types.

Course Aims

Students should be able to: