ENGL 458 — Life Story
English · University of Ghana
The course will begin with an examination of some of the most original and influential examples of memoir and life story writing such as Caesar‘s Gallic Wars (De Bello Gallico), Confessions of St. Augustine, and Boswell‘s Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The aim will be to discover the modes employed traditionally by this kind of writing, namely: (a) the chronicle; (b) the confession; (c) the secular model; (d) exemplary lives of the saints. Using examples from different times and places, the course will then explore how the tradition has transcended and evolved beyond these generic boundaries.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ENGL 315 — Phonetics and Phonology
- ENGL 354 — Criticism and the Arts
- ENGL 411 — Contemporary English Usage
- ENGL 412 — English in Ghana
- ENGL 413 — Ghanaian Literature
- ENGL 414 — The Romantic Movement in English Literature
- ENGL 415 — Modern Literary Theory
- ENGL 416 — Introduction to Stylistics
- ENGL 417 — History of the English Language
- ENGL 418 — Pragmatics
- ENGL 419 — Poetry
- ENGL 421 — Introduction to Film and TV
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).