Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4100ENGL-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To introduce students to the interdisciplinary study of English at degree level through a variety of texts drawn from different historical periods;
2. To introduce students to the formal analysis of texts, including questions of literary form, narrative and genre;
3. To introduce students to the generic skills needed for the study of English at degree level, including close reading, reading quickly and efficiently, and writing essays.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply a knowledge base derived from interdisciplinary modes of literary analysis, including close reading and an awareness of the significance of moments of production in understanding texts.
2.
Understand key formal concepts in literary studies, particularly questions of narrative literary form and genre.
3.
Discuss and write about a range of texts from a variety forms and genres, making connections between them.
4.
Understand and apply a range of critical and theoretical approaches to primary texts;
5.
Research and write extended pieces of coursework drawing on a range of primary and relevant secondary material.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Apply a knowledge base derived from interdisciplinary modes of literary analysis, including close reading and an awareness of the significance of moments of production in understanding texts.
2. Understand key formal concepts in literary studies, particularly questions of narrative literary form and genre.
3. Discuss and write about a range of texts from a variety forms and genres, making connections between them.
4. Understand and apply a range of critical and theoretical approaches to primary texts;
5. Research and write extended pieces of coursework drawing on a range of primary and relevant secondary material.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the interdisciplinary study of English at degree level through a variety of texts drawn from different historical periods. It will also introduce you to the formal analysis of texts, including questions of literary form, narrative and genre. The module will also introduce you to the generic skills needed for the study of English at degree level, including close reading, reading quickly and efficiently, and writing essays.
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the interdisciplinary study of English at degree level through a variety of texts drawn from different historical periods. It will also introduce you to the formal analysis of texts, including questions of literary form, narrative and genre. The module will also introduce you to the generic skills needed for the study of English at degree level, including close reading, reading quickly and efficiently, and writing essays.
Additional Information:Reading English introduces a variety of works from different periods and exemplifies the three major genres: poetry, fiction and drama. Texts included on the module introduce a variety of poetic forms including the sonnet form and the elegy through the study of ‘Ozymandius’ by Shelley (1819) and Tony Harrison’s ‘v’(1985); dramatic genres including tragi-comedy and improvisation through sessions on Samuel Becket’s Endgame (1957) and Mike Leigh’s, Abigail’s Party (1977), and prose genres including non-fiction travel writing (Mary Wollstonecraft’s Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796)) and the novel (Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847)). The module also introduces different ways of reading at university level – such as reading books more quickly than on A-level or Access courses, but without sacrificing depth of analysis, as well as close-reading techniques.