HS305-Reading literature (2019-20)

Course Name: Reading literature (2019-20)

Course Code: HS305

Credits: 6

Course Instructor: Sudha Shastri/Paulomi Chakraborty

Course Type: HSS Elective

Prerequisites: None

Course Content:  The aim of the first half of the course was to introduce students to as many genres and writing styles as possible. There were plenty of short stories to read as well as a couple of poems and a graphic novel. The emphasis was on understanding ,interpretation and literary devices.

In the second half of the course, the prof explored (in reasonable depth) the key features of a few genres (detective fiction, fairytales etc). The prof spent a lot of time discussing the characteristics of particular genres without concrete examples. More short stories and poems followed with the emphasis being on understanding, interpretation and recognizing the genre related elements of a story .

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Useful Books: There are no textbooks for this kind of course and the internet doesn't help at all either. So it's crucial to attend (and pay attention in) every class and take good, extensive notes each time.

Online Study Material:We were strongly discouraged from using the internet!

Lectures: Blackboard and Slides were used. No attendance policy, but scoring is just not possible in this course if you don't attend the lectures.

Assignments/Tutorials:
No tutorials or assignments.

Exams:

2 quizzes(15% each), a midsem(30%) and an endsem (40%).

Both objective and subjective questions were asked.
The exams were moderately difficult and the correction was quite strict. 

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Respondent: Vijay V