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Contemporary Literature

Name: Contemporary Literature
Price: 1461 SGD

Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences

Course Reference: TGS-2018509265

S$1,461

About This Course

Demonstrate the use of close reading skills to examine literary style and thematic issues in contemporary writing by women.
Analyse the impact of literary innovations in contemporary writing by women.
Show the relevance of the social, political, and ideological context of contemporary writing, particularly in writing by women.
Formulate a critical overview of the key ideas and challenges that characterise contemporary writing by women.
Examine the validity of arguments in the secondary critical and theoretical material.
Compose academic essays that employ the appropriate skills in scholarly research, writing, and citation.

What You'll Learn

This course examines contemporary literature—literature written in the past fifty years—and focuses on literature by women. This course encompasses multiple genres such as dystopian literature, (semi)autobiography, science fiction, and even creative rewriting of fairy tales. The course explores the diversity of narrative styles that have flowered in contemporary literature, as well as issues involving culture, race, sexuality, and so forth.