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Curricular information is subject to change
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding of the short story’s regional and global development from the mid-twentieth to the twenty-first century;
• analyse a range of short fictions and concepts, and relate their concerns and modes of expression to their cultural, political, social and theoretical contexts;
• demonstrate an advanced ability to perform close-reading of short stories leading to nuanced comparative analyses;
• enter into scholarly conversation with secondary work in the fields of ecofeminism, postcolonial-ecocriticism, and world literary studies;
• develop confidence in primary and secondary research skills – undertaking, applying, and transmitting research.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 76 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: 3 discussion posts (300-400 words each, 1000 words in total) | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Essay: End of semester essay (3000 words) | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Assignment: Essay plan & annotated bibliography (1000 words) | Unspecified | 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
Feedback will be provided on the essay plan and annotated bibliography before the final essay due date. Written feedback will be provided on continuous assessment components during the trimester, and on the final essay after term.
Name | Role |
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Dr Sarah Dunne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sarah Dunne | Tutor |