Studying Literature
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL1007 | English | 1 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL1007
- School
- English
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module introduces you to some of the core skills for literary studies, including skills in reading, writing, researching and presentation. The module addresses topics including close reading, constructing an argument, and handling critical material, as well as introducing you to key critical questions about literary form, production and reception. These elements are linked to readings of specific literary texts, focused on poetry and prose selected from the full range of the modern literary period (1500 to the present).
Target Students
Only available to First Year Single and Joint Honours English students, Liberal Arts students and 2 +2 students. Not available to exchange students.
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 20 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 20 weeks
Plus directed research towards the essay.
Assessment
- 40% Coursework 1: 1,000-word essay - Autumn Semester
- 60% Coursework 2: 2,000-word essay - Spring Semester
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students with:an introduction to selected literary texts at a level of imaginative engagement and analytic response appropriate to university studya basis of knowledge, working methods and appropriate terminology for subsequent work at university levelLearning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of:
- critical and theoretical approaches appropriate to the study of a range of representative texts (A1)
- the literary, cultural and historical contexts for literature from the period 1500 to the present (A2)
- the relationships between period and genre (A6)
Intellectual skills:
- the ability to think independently while giving due weight to the arguments of others (B2)
Professional skills:
- the ability to write accurately and grammatically and present written work according to the conventions appropriate to literary study (C3)
- the ability to construct and communicate a sustained analysis of texts both verbally and in writing (C4)
- the ability to conduct research and evaluate the material acquired both individually and as part of a team (C5)
Transferable skills:
- the ability to work productively with others to formulate and articulate ideas (D1)
- the ability to retrieve information from databases and the Internet (D5)