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Credit value: 10 credits
Credit level: C
Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
See module specification for other years:
2020-212021-22
Module will run
Occurrence
Teaching cycle
A
Summer Term 2022-23
Module aims
to introduce students to a range of critical methods and approaches to literary genres and periods
to introduce students to key debates about the rise of urbanisation and the idea of modernity
to enable students to develop skills in close reading and argumentation in relation to a clearly defined thematic focus
to consider the historical, cultural, social and political specificity of artistic contexts shaping literary representations of the city
to enable students to develop skills in group work and presentation in relation to a clearly defined thematic focus
Module learning outcomes
Awareness of a range of critical tools and approaches to literature
An understanding of the significance of historical perspectives in the interpretation of literary texts
Knowledge and understanding of precise critical terminology and concepts appropriate for discussing urbanisation and the idea of modernity
An appreciation of the relationship between urban living and literary imagination.
Assessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Oral presentation/seminar/exam Team Presentation
N/A
100
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Essay/coursework Reassessment: 1500 word Essay
N/A
100
Module feedback
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Indicative reading
The reading list will vary from year to year; selections may be drawn from classical Greek and Roman texts; Renaissance drama; early 18th-century poetry; 19th-century poetry and fiction; 20th-century poetry, drama and fiction.