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At the end of this module, students will
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of language(s) and belonging as social constructs.
• Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts such as ‘nation’, ‘state’ ‘nation-state’ ‘culture’ and ‘cultural nationalism’.
• Be able to identify and describe simple examples of cultural nationalism in a variety of contemporary media and to critically evaluate them.
• Demonstrate an ability to independently research cultural and linguistic examples relevant to the course material, in English and/or other languages in which they are proficient.
Demonstrate the ability to co-operate on tasks in small groups, showing an efficient management of time and equitable distribution of effort.
In this module students will reflect on the relationship between language and identity. They will discuss key ideas relating to the concepts of nation, state and culture in selected writings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A variety of media sources will be critically evaluated in relation to concepts of nation and nationalism. Examples of cultural practice, such as museums, monuments, material culture or commemorations, will be discussed with regard to questions of belonging.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 30 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Short report based on a reading assignment. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Assignment: End of module assignment. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Group Project: A short report based on an assigned reading task. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Group Project: Short report based on an assigned reading task. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
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
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Peer feedback is an integral part of the group assessments. Group feedback will be given on group projects over the course of the module. Individual/ group feedback will be given on plans prior to submission of the final assessment.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Paolo Acquaviva | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Siobhan Donovan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Tara Plunkett | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Gillian Pye | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |