Reading Modernity - ENG00030M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
To examine a range of key critical and theoretical writings regarding the modern tradition from roughly 1900 to the present; and to relate them to more contemporary literary, critical and theoretical ideas, as well as to major works from the modern era.
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
·Knowledge of a historical and intellectual range of critical and theoretical concepts, and understanding of the literary, critical, theoretical and cultural contexts with which these concepts engage
Academic and graduate skills
- Critical abilities in relation to the form and rhetoric of critical, theoretical, and primary texts; ability to contextualise such texts in literary, theoretical and cultural terms
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
- You are provided with feedback within the 6-week University deadline.
- You are always welcome to use staff Open Office Hours to discuss essay feedback (Full Time Staff Open Office Hours Autumn 2015 (PDF , 135kb))
For more information about the feedback you will receive for your work, see section 12 of the department's Guide to Assessment (PDF , 1,244kb).
Indicative reading
Texts by Baudelaire, Dickens, Foucault, Freud, Benjamin, Henry James, Adorno, Huxley, and Beckett, as well as Raymond Williams, Lynda Nead, D. A Miller, Andreas Huyssen, Rita Felski