Conflict and Creativity in Literature in English

This course comprises the critical study of a representative selection of literary works in English that engage with the themes of conflict and creativity and the interrelation that exists between these two seemingly disparate yet essentially connected concepts. The specific selection of texts, taken from various historical periods, is drawn from various literary genres such as fiction, poetry and autobiography/memoirs. These are analysed through the prism of contemporary literary and cultural theories while the paradigms of conflict and creativity are reflected in these literary manifestations. Students are therefore expected to both familiarise themselves with and critically evaluate the numerous ways in which the selected literary texts manifest an engagement with the concepts of conflict and creativity in their political, cultural, environmental, familial and individual expressions.