Literature, Science & Revolution: Electricity from Franklin to Frankenstein - CES00012M
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- To explore the relation between scientific discourse and the languages of literary expression and political debate in the long eighteenth century
- To investigate the functions of figurative language in scientific and literary texts of the eighteenth century
- To introduce students to the skills and techniques of interdisciplinary research
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
- Knowledge of a wide range of eighteenth-century debates about electricity across a range of discourses
- Awareness of the political significance of scientific controversy at the period
- Extensive knowledge of recent critical and historical work relating to this topic
Academic and graduate skills
- The research skills necessary to make good use of research resources available, including historical material such as newspapers and caricatures as well as literary texts
- The research skills necessary to interdisciplinary study
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Written feedback, given in Week 5 for original assessment, and within two weeks of submission for re-assessed work
Indicative reading
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound
Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation
Helen Maria Williams A Tour in Switzerland.