Course Catalogue

LJMU Partner Taught

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.

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.