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1. Understand the concept and implications of literary genre
2. Acquire strategies for identifying literary genre(s) and thinking critically with them
3. Demonstrate awareness of the evolution of key genres of poetry, prose and drama in pre-modern as well as modern periods
4. Develop knowledge of literary terms, and an ability to apply them to the analysis of a range of texts.
5. Deploy new knowledge about literary genre and critical skills in close readings and essays.
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Selected poems from The Making of a Poem, ed. Eavan Boland and Mark Strand (Norton, 2000)
Thomas Malory, Morte d'Arthur (excerpt)
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko
Herman Melville, Benito Cereno
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
'Noah' from the Chester cycle
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Lectures | 12 |
Small Group | 12 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment(Including Essay): A short close reading assignment based on the Poetry section of the module. | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
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Assignment(Including Essay): A final 2000-word essay, based on the Prose AND Drama sections of the module. Students must write on BOTH a prose and a drama texts from the module. | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Students will receive grade for mid-semester essay prior to final exam
Name | Role |
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Professor Jane Grogan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Naomi McAreavey | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Niamh Pattwell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Emilie Pine | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Rebecca Stephenson | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Nerys Williams | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |