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1 ASSIGNMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Assignment 01 (Questions 1 and 2) .............................................................................................. 3
1.2 Assignment 02 (Questions 1 and 2) .............................................................................................. 4
1.3 Submission of assignments .......................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Access to assignments ................................................................................................................. 4
2 SECONDARY SOURCES AND PLAGIARISM ............................................................................. 5
2.1 Using secondary sources .............................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 5
3 PRESCRIBED TEXTS .................................................................................................................. 5
3.1 Books to prepare for examination ................................................................................................. 5
3.2 Prescribed poems ......................................................................................................................... 6
4 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................... 6
4.1 ‘Stop All the Clocks’ by W.H. Auden ............................................................................................. 7
4.2 ‘In the shadow of Signal Hill’ by Essop Patel ................................................................................. 7
4.3 ‘The Loneliness Beyond’ by Sipho Sepamla ................................................................................. 8
4.4 ‘Nothing’ by Margaret Atwood ....................................................................................................... 9
4.5 From ‘Not Him’ by Wopko Jensma ................................................................................................ 9
4.6 ‘Men in Chains’ by Mbyiseni Oswald Mtshali ............................................................................... 10
4.7 ‘A Woman’s Hands’ by Eva Bezwoda ......................................................................................... 10
4.8 ‘The Brown-veined White’ by Rethabile Masilo ........................................................................... 11
4.9 ‘Stolen Rivers’ by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers .................................................................................. 11
4.10 ‘Quiet Place’ by Mxolisi Nyezwa.................................................................................................. 12
5 VERY IMPORTANT: EXAMINATIONS ....................................................................................... 12
6 CONTACT US ............................................................................................................................ 13
6.1 MyUnisa ...................................................................................................................................... 13
6.2 Lecturers..................................................................................................................................... 13
7 ADDENDUM ............................................................................................................................... 14
7.1 How to write an essay ................................................................................................................. 14
7.2 Respect academic writing conventions ....................................................................................... 17
7.3 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 18
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, ENG1501/102/3/2018
Dear students
We would like to welcome you to this course. This tutorial letter provides some course
guidelines that we hope will assist you in your navigation of this module.
To save time, you should start by reading Tutorial Letter 101 THOROUGHLY in order to
familiarise yourself with what we expect of you in this module. Once you have read Tutorial
Letter 101, you can proceed with a close reading of your prescribed texts.
Read Tutorial Letter 501 together with each text as this provides an overview of how to tackle
poetry and as well as detailed notes on The Catcher in the Rye, The Road to Mecca and When
Rain Clouds Gather. You should also read the appropriate chapters in the prescribed text,
Introduction to English Literary Studies.
Please take note of the following:
1 ASSIGNMENTS
1.1 Assignment 01 (Questions 1 and 2)
Answer the CORRECT ASSIGNMENT for the semester in which you are registered.
Please note that incorrect assignments will NOT be marked.
Semester 1 Assignment 01: Tutorial letter 101, pp. 17-19
Semester 2 Assignment 01: Tutorial letter 101, pp. 22-24
The first assignment consists of two questions. You must answer BOTH questions.
Question 1 is based on a poem, and the task has been broken down into short questions. We
expect you to write in paragraph format, that is, between 10 and 15 lines for each paragraph.
It is crucial that you use the e-reserve for this assignment as indicated. You can access this e-
reserve via myUnisa, or the library.
AND
Question 2 deals with The Road to Mecca. For this question, you need to write an essay of at
least five paragraphs. Use the guidelines provided as part of the question to structure your
essay. Remember to include an introduction as well as a conclusion in your essay.
You do not need to use any secondary sources for this question. If you do, remember to cite
them correctly. If you do not cite your sources correctly, you will be severely penalised.
You must include a signed plagiarism declaration with your assignment. You cannot submit this
document separately or after the assignment deadline has passed.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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