Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
4501SRCHEL-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To introduce students to interdisciplinary perspectives on reading and interpreting
literary and other texts within the cultural/historical moment of their production, through working on primary materials, and on critical and contextual writing.
2. To assist students to develop in a self-reflective way a range of core skills essential to successful study at university level (including study, numerical, team-working and presentational skills).
3. To introduce them to standard academic practice in written presentation.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply a broad knowledge base derived from an understanding of some of the methods and concepts necessary to reading texts in the context of their production.
2.
Show evidence of achievement in, and reflection on, the development of core study, numerical, presentation, and team-working skills.
3.
Present written work which meets accepted academic standards of presentation and referencing.
4.
To identify and reflect upon the following aspects of personal development: strengths and weaknesses, motivations and values, ability to work with others.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Analysis and comparison of British literary and other texts c. 1948-60, exploring
themes such as the post-war fracturing of class boundaries, immigration and the
origins of multi-cultural society, and the rise of youth culture.
2. Participation in a Group Presentation, involving collective research and
presentation on a theme related to the subject of the module.
3. Completion of a series of tasks throughout the module to gain familiarity with basic
bibliographical and library skills; and the synthesising and referencing of secondary
debates.
4. Tutorial sessions with designated Personal Tutor in order to reflect upon personal development and feedback.
Additional Information:This module introduces students to methods of critical and contextual reading central to the LJMU English programme; to the range of core skills essential to successful study at University level; and to the Personal Tutoring system.
Assessments
Essay
Portfolio