ENG10060 Literature in Context 2

Academic Year 2019/2020

Building on ENG10050 Literature in Context 1, a core co-requisite module in the first trimester, this module continues to facilitate students’ understanding of the historical breadth of literature in English. In particular, the module aims to develop the key skills required for the study of modern literature, the rich variety of literature written from the eighteenth century to the present which has shaped and been shaped by industrial modernity. The module will do so through a series of lectures and workshops which equip students with both a broad knowledge of literary-historical context, and a deeper engagement with the interpretation of literary texts. Students will read three key exemplary novels from the modern period, and examine how each text engages formally and materially with its social and political contexts.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will have:
1. Awareness of some of the principal formal devices and techniques of modern literature;
2. Knowledge of the material and historical contexts that shape the making of literature and the circulation of literature;
3. Ability to identify key trends and styles in literary culture from 1750-1950
4. Ability to analyse passages of literary text for its aesthetic representation of social, cultural and political contexts
5. Ability to track changes in literary technique and style across multiple texts and periods
6. An understanding of how literature changes in relation to historical changes in the modern period

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12

Small Group

12

Specified Learning Activities

40

Autonomous Student Learning

50

Total

114

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is taught through lectures, workshops, and specified learning activities. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Literature in Context 2 (ENG1004E)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Textual Analysis Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30

Examination: End of term exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60

Attendance: Attendance and Contribution Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

10


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided on the assessment individually to students by workshop tutors.

Name Role
Dr Ailise Bulfin Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Lucy Cogan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Jenny Collery Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Fionnuala Dillane Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Suchismita Dattagupta Tutor
Ms Ciara Forristal Tutor
Mr Martin Gilroy Tutor
Dr Tim Groenland Tutor
Neha Kamrani Tutor
Dr Katie Mishler Tutor
Ms Katie Moten Tutor
Ms Leanne Waters Tutor
Mr Loic Wright Tutor