Course Concepts and Questions
Identity Culture
• How can the identity of an individual
or group be revealed through
literature?
• How significant is an author’s identity
in their creation - and our
interpretation - of a literary work?
• What role does the identity of a
reader play in the act of appreciation
and interpretation?
Creativity
• Why (use writing to) create?
• How do writers use reality,
imagination and craft to create
effective and compelling works?
• What role does creativity play in the
way readers respond to texts?
Perspective
• How do authors create and control
voice and perspective?
• How does perspective impact the
emotional and intellectual proximity of
readers?
• How are writers’ and readers’
perspectives influenced by their
cultural and historical context?
Representation
• Do literary texts represent or reshape
reality?
• How is the act of representation
problematic?
• How do representations reveal and
conceal underlying values or
attitudes?
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• How are authors influenced by the
beliefs, values and attitudes of the
time and place in which they write?
• How do literary texts reflect, develop
or challenge cultural traditions?
• How do we approach literary texts
from different times and cultures to
our own?
Communication
• How and why do certain writers and
readers connect?
• To what extent are authors the
owners of meaning?
• How and why do we disagree in our
responses to texts?
Transformation
• How and why do writers often borrow
or make reference to ideas and
techniques from other writers?
• How do literary texts adhere to and
deviate from conventions and
techniques associated with certain
genres and forms?
• How can literary works and readers
have a transformative effect on each
other?
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