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Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Lecture
Off Site
Seminar
Workshop

Module Offerings

3109FNDENG-SEP-MTP

Aims

To investigate the representation of water in different textual forms, including short stories, memoir, films, poetry and cultural history. To introduce ecological approaches to the arts and humanities. To evaluate the significance of water in defining /interrogating what it means to be human.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Listed below are some possible themes to be explored on the module. 1. The sea and the sublime 2. Encountering water: the beach as a liminal landscape. 3. Being in the water: narratives of swimming and drowning 4. Containing water: swimming pools 4. The ‘otherness’ of water: desire and sexuality in watery environments. 5. Catastrophic water: representations of environmental crisis.
Module Overview:
Beginning with the premise that water is essential to human existence, this module explores a diverse range of materials which represent the different forms that water takes (e.g. seas, rivers, ice and rain). You are encouraged to consider the significance of water as a metaphor (e.g. in narratives of desire, despair, spiritual epiphany), but also to attend to our everyday familiarity with it, both in terms of the environments we inhabit, and in our everyday patterns of consumption.
Additional Information:Beginning with the premise that water is essential to human existence, this module explores a diverse range of materials which represent the different forms that water takes (e.g. seas, rivers, ice and rain). Students are encouraged to consider the significance of water as a metaphor (e.g. in narratives of desire, despair, spiritual epiphany), but also to attend to our everyday familiarity with it, both in terms of the environments we inhabit, and in our everyday patterns of consumption.

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