ENGLISH 102

Great Books: Seduction and Betrayal

Description

Surveys a selection of literary masterpieces by major authors from different periods in the history of English literature. Selection of texts is organised around the theme of seduction and betrayal, understood more particularly as a story-arc exploring attitudes to love and sex, to politics and ambition, to ethical conduct, and to the activity of reading itself.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December

Availability 2025

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Alex Calder
Lecturer(s) Dr Paula Morris

Reading/Texts

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice                          

Lord Byron, Don Juan (Canto 1) (provided online)

Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Miller’s Tale” (from Canterbury Tales) (provided online)

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim   

William Shakespeare, Richard III

Selected poets, “Poems of seduction and betrayal” (provided online)

Copies of Austen, Dickens, Conrad and Shakespeare can be obtained through the University Bookstore. The works of Byron, Chaucer and the “Selected Poems” will be placed on Canvas, the University’s Learning Management System.

Points

ENGLISH 102: 15 points