Advanced Critical Practice 2

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School:

School of Arts and Humanities

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

H (FHEQ Level 6)

Graded or Non Graded:

Non Graded

Module Leader:

David Rudrum

Version Number

2025.01

Learning Methods

Practical Classes and Demonstrations

Lecture

Seminar

Guided Independent Study

Synopsis

This module will further hone and enhance your skills in critical and contextual analysis. You will engage in in-depth study of literary and other texts chosen from a specific period or genre, considering these texts in historical, political and other cultural contexts. In doing so, you will engage with significant, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Learning Strategy

Students will attend lectures and seminars for one option which they may choose from the selection offered. In addition, students will participate in workshops in which the learning outcomes for the module will be developed and supported.

Outline Syllabus

Students will attend lectures and seminars for one option which they may choose from the selection offered. A typical selection of options might include: The Victorian Novel, Twentieth Century Fiction, 1837, Extraordinary Gentlemen, South Asian Writing in English, Twentieth Century Drama, Shakespeare Now and Then. Students will therefore choose to … For more content click the Read More button below. A programme of workshops might include help with presentation skills and with writing a review.

Students will attend lectures and seminars for one option which they may choose from the selection offered. A typical selection of options might include: The Victorian Novel, Twentieth Century Fiction, 1837, Extraordinary Gentlemen, South Asian Writing in English, Twentieth Century Drama, Shakespeare Now and Then. Students will therefore choose to concentrate upon a particular period and/or genre to develop an in-depth knowledge of this area of the discipline. In their study of this field, students will examine literary texts in their historical, political, cultural and other contexts. This will involve utilising a range of approaches to these texts, as appropriate to the period and/or genre.

A programme of workshops might include help with presentation skills and with writing a review.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

be able to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of literary genres and techniques.

be able to demonstrate an integrated and in-depth knowledge of the relationship between literary texts and cultural, historical and political contexts (as appropriate).

be able to critically reflect upon and evaluate arguments at the forefront of current critical debates.

be able to apply a range of critical and theoretical ideas to literary texts.

be able to present independent and informed analysis of complex material in written formats, adhering to the relevant conventions.

Be able to discuss independent and informed analysis of complex material in a presentation format.

Formative Assessment

Assessment 1: Written draft

Assessment 2: Written plan

Summative Assessment

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Description:Review of literary/cultural event or text. This could take a number of forms such as: academic book review; review of a performance; review of a place of literary or other cultural importance.

Assessment Weight:35

Assessment Length:2000 Words (Word Count)

Module Learning Outcomes:MLO1, MLO2, MLO3, MLO4, MLO5

Individual or Group:Individual

Final Assessment Component:No

Marked Anonymously:No

Eligible for Tutor Reassessment:Yes

Assessment 2: Oral Assessment

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge of primary texts and relevant key conceptsScope and use of critical and contextual researchScope and clarity of argumentQuality of analysis and evaluationQuality of written / verbal communicationUse of appropriate academic conventions.

My Reading

Reading List

Adiseshiah, S. H., & Hildyard, Rupert. (2013). Twenty-first century fiction : what happens now (S. H. Adiseshiah & R. Hildyard, Eds.). Palgrave Macmillan.

Keymer, T., & Mee, J. (2004). The Cambridge companion to English literature 1740-1830 (Tom. Keymer & Jon. Mee, Eds.). Cambridge University Press.

Scanlon, L. (2009). The Cambridge companion to medieval English literature 1100-1500 (Larry. Scanlon, Ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Shattock, J. (2010). The Cambridge companion to English literature 1830-1914 (J. Shattock, Ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Toth, Josh. (2010). The passing of postmodernism : a spectroanalysis of the contemporary . SUNY Press.

Vermeulen, P. (2015). Contemporary literature and the end of the novel : creature, affect, form . Palgrave Macmillan.

Zwicker, S. N. (1998). The Cambridge companion to English literature, 1650-1740 (S. N. Zwicker, Ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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