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By the end of this module, students will:
1. Understand key concepts of adaptation.
2. Be able to track meaning across a diverse range of adaptations of the same text.
3. Be able to write critically about the specificities of adaptation across a range of forms.
4. Be able to conceptualise and critically frame their own creative adaptation project.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 16 |
Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 48 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Two written exercises in response to course topics (500 words each). | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Project: Final Project: develop your own adaptation of a text covered at Stage One. Includes a creative and a critical element. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: Contribution/participation. May take the form of, for example: individual consultation with teaching staff to discuss final project proposal; participation in project planning workshop. | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Professor Jane Grogan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Michelle O'Connell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Nicolas Pillai | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Chloe Power | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |