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ENG10220

Academic Year 2024/2025

Literature and Crisis (ENG10220)

Subject:
English
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Fionnuala Dillane
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Why do we read literature? Why do we write? Literature and Crisis will discuss the value, purpose, usefulness and joy of reading and writing by looking at some of the ways in which literature has engaged with urgent social, political and cultural crises throughout history. We will think about literature as an intervention, as consolation, as a space of imagination and projection. Through lectures and tutorials we will examine why writers have turned to literary forms such as drama, fiction, and poetry to intervene in the most pressing issues of their times. Reading across genres, histories, and cultures, the module aims to develop key skills in close analysis, transhistorical and cross-cultural comparison, and persuasive writing. Literature and Crisis also seeks to enable students to analyse and understand the value and power of literature.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students will have developed:
- The ability to analyse passages of literary text for its aesthetic engagement with social, cultural and political contexts
- An understanding of how literature changes in relation to historical change
- An awareness of how literary texts can be interpreted through a variety of critical lenses
- Enhanced skills in academic writing, argumentation, and presentation
- Awareness of the value of literary study and its relevance to society

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Tutorial

10
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

52
Total

110

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module enables students to develop their ability to analyse literary texts through close reading, and to connect those analyses of the aesthetics of literary texts to key social, political and cultural changes. Lectures will model close readings, and build student knowledge of the relationship between text and context. Tutorials will help students build competence and confidence in close reading, contextual analysis, transhistorical comparison, and argumentation. Specified learning activities will direct students to develop their own analyses through close reading and short writing exercises

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): 1500 word analytical essay based on close reading of a a course text Week 7 Graded No
40
 No
Exam (In-person): Two-hour in person exam; two questions based on course texts End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided through Brightspace on online submitted components, with opportunities for one-to-one feedback

Name Role
Professor Porscha Fermanis Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Harriet Hulme Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Margaret Kelleher Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Cormac O'Brien Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Niamh Pattwell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Emilie Pine Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Rebecca Stephenson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 15:00 - 15:50
Spring Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 Mon 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Seminar Offering 2 Week(s) - 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 Mon 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Seminar Offering 3 Week(s) - 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 4 Week(s) - 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 5 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 6 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 7 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 8 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Seminar Offering 9 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Seminar Offering 10 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 11 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 12 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 13 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 11:00 - 11:50
Spring Seminar Offering 14 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 15 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Seminar Offering 16 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Seminar Offering 17 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Seminar Offering 18 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 20 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 21 Week(s) - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
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