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On completion of all requirements for this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of a wide range of writing on this course.
2. Identify and engage in key critical and theoretical debates.
3. Examine ways in which writing on this course is in dialogue with contemporary historical events.
4. Engage in class discussion and debate
5. Be able to write critically about literature's engagement with modernity.
6. Produce a critical essay informed by the one or more of the themes addressed in this module.
7. Understand the importance of engaging with the research of others
Authors will include such figures as: Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, W.T. Moncrieff, Charlotte Riddell, Baroness Orczy, Arthur Conan Doyle, E.W. Hornung, Olive Christian Malvery, and Hulda Friederichs.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 18 |
Specified Learning Activities | 91 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 111 |
Total | 220 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Class contribution; short exercise | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Essay: Final research essay (3,500 words). A wide variety of essay topics will be available and students will also have the option to design their own topic in consultation with the lecturers. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 85 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Students will have the option to receive informal feedback on essay proposals prior to their final essays. Students will have the opportunity to receive individual post-assessment feedback on their final essay. Students will engage in informal peer-review feedback exercises.
Name | Role |
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Professor Nicholas Daly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Fionnuala Dillane | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |