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At the conclusion of this module students should be able to demonstrate:
• A familiarity with the field of literary and economic criticism
• A knowledge of the impact financial ‘booms and busts’ have had on literary writings from the eighteenth to the twenty-first
century
• An increased understanding of the way literature uses, adapts and critiques economic themes and theories and how economic
systems and theories also depend on literary devices
• An increased understanding of how literature can instruct readers to assess value and make judgments
• An ability to write critically about a range of texts from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century
Examples of potential authors include: Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kate Jennings, Don DeLillo, Deirdre Madden, Kate Tempest, Jesmyn Ward.
Topics may include: eighteenth-century speculative bubbles, nineteenth-century gold rushes, the 'Roaring Twenties', the virtual market, the Global Financial Crisis, post-crash austerity, currencies and literary representation.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Seminar (or Webinar) | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 78 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assignment: Currency assignment which includes a presentation and written response | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Essay: End of term essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Continuous Assessment: Essay Plan | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 10 |
Continuous Assessment: Includes in-class participation and discussion/worksheet exercises | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | 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
Not yet recorded.