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By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Identify the key theoretical debates and issues as addressed in readings, lectures and workshops.
- Analyse the potential uses and applications of particular theoretical approaches to language, culture, representation and literature.
- Begin to formulate a sense of their own theoretical assumptions and predilections with regard to issues in the humanities, in culture and in society more broadly.
- Engage in informed class discussion about the theoretical concepts and issues introduced in the module.
- Analyze and compare theoretical texts and approaches, identify particular theoretical approaches and concepts in literary and cultural criticism and commentary, and use this theoretical toolbox to enlarge and enrich their understanding and analysis of literary and cultural texts.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Small Group | 9 |
Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 44 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Worksheet 1 - short writing exercises. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Continuous Assessment: Worksheet 2 - short writing exercises. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Assignment: Take-home Essay-Exam with choice of set questions | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: A creative response to one of the theorists or texts on the module. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Small group tutors mark the two worksheets, moderated by the module convenor, and offer individual written feedback to students. Small group tutors offer individual written feedback to students on creative reflection task. Small group leaders offer either individual or group advisory sessions to students prior to the final assignment. The module coordinator is available for individual feedback post-assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Hannah Boast | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor John Brannigan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sarah Comyn | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Sharae Deckard | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Katherine Fama | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Anne Fogarty | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Anne Mulhall | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Cormac O'Brien | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Maria Stuart | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Luke Lamont | Tutor |
Mr John Matthews | Tutor |
Mr JACOB Miller | Tutor |
Francis Schurmann | Tutor |