Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
4103ENGL-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. Provide students with an understanding of the basic strands of literary and cultural theories, such as feminism, Marxism, postcolonial theory, and psychoanalysis.
2. Equip students with an appropriate critical vocabulary to enable them to apply these theoretical perspectives to their study of texts, in particular literature, but also film, media, news, and popular culture.
3. Allow students to explore and evaluate these theoretical perspectives through practical application to literary texts as well as to other primary sources.
4. Give students the familiarity and confidence to use basic theoretical and critical concepts and perspectives in all areas of their degree.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse and evaluate the concepts, theories, and critical practices studied on the module;
2.
Exercise judgment about how scholars have used literary and cultural theories in their criticism;
3.
Apply a variety of theoretical perspectives to your reading and interpretation of texts, including literature, film, and media.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1 What is Literature?
2 Creating Meaning: Author, Reader, Text, & World
3 Psychoanalysis
4 Psychoanalysis in Practice
5 Marxist Theory
6 Marxist Theory in Practice
7 *** Independent Study Week ***
8 Postcolonial Theory
9 Postcolonial Theory in Practice
10 Feminist Theory
11 Feminist Theory in Practice
12 Summary & Essay Preparation
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of the basic strands of literary and cultural theories, such as feminism, Marxism, postcolonial theory, and psychoanalysis. It will allow you to explore and evaluate these theoretical perspectives through practical application to literary texts as well as to other primary sources.
The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of the basic strands of literary and cultural theories, such as feminism, Marxism, postcolonial theory, and psychoanalysis. It will allow you to explore and evaluate these theoretical perspectives through practical application to literary texts as well as to other primary sources.
Additional Information:Literary & Cultural Theory is a core module for all single and joint-honours English students. The aims of the module are to introduce you to the main areas of current literary and cultural theory and to make you aware of how these approaches and methodologies underpin your study of texts, literary and otherwise. It will help you to extend your critical vocabulary and enable you to apply theoretical perspectives in your academic work across modules. By focusing on a selected number of extracts from fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as on selected films, the module allows you to test out and practice different theoretical approaches to reading and interpretation. Through seminar discussion and presentations, the module aims to give you the confidence to understand and participate in theoretical debates. This module contains two weeks on postcolonial theory and theorists as a central aspect of contemporary literary theory.