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LIT2056 – Victorian Visions
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: Phillippa Bennett
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Victorian Visions (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Victorian Visions, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to a diverse range of writers and texts from the Victorian period, situating them in the context of the major cultural and political changes of the era, whilst also considering how the period has been reimagined in neo-Victorian literature.
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LIT2065 – Literature & the Real World: Critical Concepts
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: Claire Allen
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 1 or 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDF2 - Literature & The Real World: Critical Concepts (4 Year Programme) (Semester 2), Coursework: 100% STDFF - Literature & The Real World: Critical Concepts (4 Year Programme) (Semester 1), Coursework: 100% STD - Literature & The Real World: Critical Concepts (Semester 1), Coursework: 100% STD2 - Literature & The Real World: Critical Concepts (Semester 2), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module provides students with a grounding in literary theory and criticism, considering this in light of how these areas relate to `the real world?. This will involve the study of major theorists, terms, concepts and perspectives underpinning key approaches in the field.
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LIT2066 – Literary Extremes and the American Mainstream
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: David Simmons
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Literary Extremes And The American Mainstream, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Literary Extremes And The American Mainstream, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to analyse ways in which American fiction responded to key events and issues of the post World War 2 period such as changing perceptions of mental health, race, gender and sexuality; the counter culture; consumerism; rebellion and conformity.
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LIT2068 – Centre & Margins: Postmodernity & After
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: Claire Allen
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Centre & Margins: Postmodernity & After, Coursework: 100% STD - Centre & Margins: Postmodernity & After, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module examines city literature via the framework of postmodernism. It considers the central place the city holds in the literary imagination and the relationship between center and periphery. It does so through the lense of contemporary critical and theoretical perspectives, questioning the continued relevance of postmodernism.
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LIT2069 – Writing in the World
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: Rod Rosenquist
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Writing In The World, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Writing In The World, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide opportunities to study nonfiction writing across a range of purposes, genres and registers, and to explore applications of these forms of writing to real-world and work-based environtments. Students will learn skills in assessing external briefs and effective writing for purposes that extend beyond scholarship or the classroom. An element of the module will be delivered in the context of live-client briefs and work-informed learning.
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LIT2070 – Representing Class: Stories & Conflicts
Field: ENGLISH
Co-ordinator: Claire Allen
Credit Value: 20
Level: 5
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Representing Class: Stories & Conflicts, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Representing Class: Stories & Conflicts, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA English; BA English (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to explore textual representations of class alongside critical and theoretical conceptualisations and responses. This module is designed to explore various forms of social class-identities, including constructions of class consciousness and the ?making? of the archetypes and class ideals within textual representation.