H10 - Retòrica i Poètica Angleses I
Última actualización: 01/06/2010*
Descripción (Temporalment en valencia)
GENERAL DESCRIPTIONThis course intends to be an introduction to the study of narrative fiction, drama and poetry. In order to select the contents of this course, the following aspects have been taken into consideration:
1. the relationship between a text (form) and its content
2. the relationship between text and author
3. the relationship between author and reading public
4. the relationship between the three aspects mentioned above and the creation of a certain world view: writing as a reflection of a certain way of perceiving and organizing the world
English Rhetoric and Poetics II is conceived as a follow-up to this course, which is meant to complement to. Whereas the emphasis in this first-year course is laid on the study of narrative, dramatic and poetic texts, the second-year course exclusively concentrates on fictional prose, i.e. on the devices that serve to establish the rhetoric of fiction.
Although the texts studied in these courses are exclusively literary, the rhetorical strategies studied in this subject can be applied to any text. It is obvious then that this course is extremely helpful not just in the field of literary studies but also in any field where the analysis of a text is needed.
Objetivos (Temporalment en valencia)
By the end of this course, students should have a clear command of effective strategies for reading and understanding literature and should be familiar with basic theoretical concepts for the critical analysis of narrative, dramatic and poetic texts.Metodología (Temporalment en valencia)
The theoretical sessions will conform to the traditional lecture pattern, with theoretical explanations and text commentaries provided by the teacher but especially in the latter aspect the students’ contribution is expected for literary texts usually allow for more than one possible interpretation. Students will be provided with texts - fragments of novels, short stories, theatre plays and poems - which will serve as illustrations of the categories of analysis introduced in the classroom and they will be welcome to ask, comment and make suggestions on any aspect of the subject dealt with.Students will be divided into groups and asked to attend seminars and tutorials in order to undertake a deeper analysis of the subjects dealt with in the theoretical classes. They will be provided with a series of questions which are intended to help them prepare these sessions. Students are expected to come to them with written notes and comments and to hand in a copy of their written responses to the teacher.
The reading weeks are for autonomous study. Students should devote these weeks to prepare the activities which will be worked upon during the seminars and which will conform their portfolio, to read bibliography, to study for examinations... Private or group tutorials will also be scheduled for these periods.
Evaluación (Temporalment en valencia)
Assessment through final examinationStudents are expected to sit an examination by the end of the semester. The examination will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the subjects dealt with in class.
100% of the final grade
Temario de teoría (Temporalment en valencia)
Unit 0. Writing about LiteratureUnit 1. Introduction to the poetics of fiction
1.1. Story and text
1.2. Point of view
1.2.1. Narration
1.2.1.1. The author, the implied author and the narrator
1.2.1.2. Towards a typology of the narrator, according to:
1.2.1.2.1. The narrative level:
1.2.1.2.1.1. Extradiegetic narrator
1.2.1.2.1.2. Intradiegetic narrator
1.2.1.2.1.3. Hypodiegetic narrator
1.2.1.2.2. Participation in the story
1.2.1.2.2.1. Heterodiegetic narrator
1.2.1.2.2.2. Homodiegetic narrator
1.2.1.2.3. Degree of perceptibility
1.2.1.2.4. Reliability/unreliability
1.2.2. Narration and Focalization
1.2.3. The representation of the characters’ speech
1.2.3.1. Free Direct Speech
1.2.3.2. Direct Speech
1.2.3.3. Free Indirect Speech
1.2.3.4. Indirect Speech
1.2.3.5. Narrative Report of Speech Acts
1.2.4. The representation of the character’s thoughts
1.2.4.1. Free Direct Thought
1.2.4.2. Direct Thought
1.2.4.3. Free Indirect Thought
1.2.4.4. Indirect Thought
1.2.4.5. Narrative report of Thought
1.3. Characters
1.3.1. Direct definition
1.3.2. Indirect presentation
1.3.1.2.1. Through action
1.3.1.2.2. Through speech
1.3.1.2.3. Through external appearance
1.3.1.2.4. Through environment
1.4. Setting
Unit 2. Introduction to the poetics of drama
2.1. Text and representation: towards a definition of a dramatic text
2.2. Textual levels
2.2.1. Text
2.2.1.1. Segmentation in scenes
2.2.1.2. Segmentation in acts
2.2.2. Cotext
2.2.2.1. Preliminary elements: title, prologue and dramatis personae
2.2.2.2. Interliminary elements: stage directions
2.2.2.3. Postliminary elements: epilogue
2.3. Dramatic plot
2.4. Dramatic character
2.5. Textual space
2.6. Textual time
2.7. The language of drama
2.7.1. Dialogue
2.7.2. Monologue and soliloquy
2.7.3. Asides
2.7.4. Pauses and silences
Unit 3. Introduction to the poetics of poetry
3.1. Prosody in English language
3.1.1. Metrics and rhythm
3.1.1.1. Stressed syllables vs. unstressed syllables
3.1.1.1.1. Primary stresses (“stress of the word” and “stress of emphasis”)
3.1.1.1.2. Secondary stresses
3.1.1.2. Rising rhythm vs. falling rhythm
3.1.1.3. Verse classification according to the type of feet
3.1.1.4. Verse classification according to the number of feet
3.1.2. Rhymes
3.1.2.1. Final rhyme vs. internal rhyme
3.1.2.2. Types of rhymes
3.1.2.2.1. Perfect rhymes
3.1.2.2.1.1. Masculine or single rhyme
3.1.2.2.1.2. Feminine or double rhyme
3.1.2.2.1.3. Triple rhyme
3.1.2.2.2. Imperfect rhymes
3.1.2.2.2.1. Assonance
3.1.2.2.2.2. Consonance
3.1.2.2.2.3. Unaccented
3.1.3. Verse forms
3.2. Rhetorical figures
3.2.1. Schemes
3.2.2. Tropes
Bibliografía (Temporalment en valencia)
NarrativeAbbott, H. P. 2006 (2002). The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative. Cambridge: CUP.
Calvo, C. y J. J. Weber. 1998. The Literature Workbook. London: Routledge.
Charters, Ann and S. Charters (eds) 2007. Literature and Its Writers. A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Chatman, S. 1989 (1978). Story and Discourse. Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
__________. 1990. Coming to Terms. The Rhetoric of Narrative and Film. New York: Cornell University Press.
Herman, D. (ed). 2007. The Cambridge Companion to Narrative. Cambridge: CUP.
Hoffman, M. J. & P. D. Murphy (eds.). 1999 (1996). Essentials of the Theory of Fiction. Durham: Duke University Press.
Meyer, M. 2008. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. Reading. Thinking. Writing. Boston: Bedford-St Martin’s.
Rimmon-Kenan, S. 2002 (1983). Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics. London: Routledge.
Sanger, K. 2000 (1998). The Language of Fiction. London: Routledge.
Schakel, P. & Jack Ridl (eds) 2005. Approaching Literature in the 21st Century. Fiction. Poetry. Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Simpson, P. 2004. Stylistics. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
Drama
Charters, Ann and S. Charters (eds) 2007. Literature and Its Writers. A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Culpeper, J. 2001. Language and Characterisation. People in Plays and Other Texts. Harlow: Longman.
__________, M. Short y P. Verdonk (eds.) 1998. Exploring the Language of Drama: from Text to Context. London: Routledge.
Kelsall, M. 1985. Studying Drama. An Introduction. London: E. Arnold.
Meyer, M. 2008. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. Reading. Thinking. Writing. Boston: Bedford-St Martin’s.
Pfister, M. 1993 (1991). The Theory and Analysis of Drama. Cambridge: CUP.
Sanger, K. 2001. The Language of Drama. London: Routledge.
Schakel, P. & Jack Ridl (eds) 2005. Approaching Literature in the 21st Century. Fiction. Poetry. Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Simpson, P. 2004. Stylistics. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
Spang, K. 1991. Teoría del drama. Lectura y análisis de la obra teatral. Pamplona: Universidad de Navarra.
Poetry
Abercrombie, L. 1976. Principles of English Prosody. New York : AMS Press.
Adams, S. 1997. Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms and Figures of Speech. Peterborough: Broadview.
Attridge, D. 1982. The Rhythms of English Poetry. Harlow: Longman.
Carper, T. & D. Attridge. 2003. Meter and Meaning. An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry. London: Routledge.
Charters, Ann and S. Charters (eds) 2007. Literature and Its Writers. A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Gwynn, R. S. 2005. Poetry. A Pocket Anthology. London: Penguin.
Kinzie, M. 1999. A Poet’s Guide to Poetry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Leech, G. N. 1993 (1969). A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. London: Longman.
Levin, P. (ed.) 2001. The Penguin Book of the Sonnet. London: Penguin.
Meyer, Michael. 2007. Poetry. An Introduction. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Meyer, M. 2008. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. Reading. Thinking. Writing. Boston: Bedford-St Martin’s.
Miller, L. 2001. Mastering Practical Criticism. New York: Palgrave.
Montgomery, M., et alii. 2000 (1992). “Verse and Metre”. Ways of Reading. Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature. London: Routledge.
Schakel, P. & Jack Ridl (eds) 2005. Approaching Literature in the 21st Century. Fiction. Poetry. Drama. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Simpson, P. 2004. Stylistics. A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
Strand, M. & E. Boland (eds.). 2001 (2000). The Making of a Poem. A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms. New York: Norton.