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AwardMap–BA(Hons)English
LEVEL4
Semester1 Semester2OriginsCore(20credits)
LiteratureNowCore(20credits)
WritingToolkitCore(20credits)
ReadingandWritingasaCriticCore(20credits)
PrintCultureinTimeCore(20credits)
IntroductiontoPublishingCore(20credits)
LEVEL5
Semester1 Semester2Monarchy&DissentCore(20credits)
ReinventingtheVictoriansCore(20credits)
Revolution&RomanticismCore(20credits)
ModernismsCore(20credits)
Select1ofthefollowingLiteratureintheWorldoptions Select1ofthefollowingLiteratureintheWorldoptions
PopularFiction&Non-FictionOption(20credits)
GoWild:Literature&theEnvironmentOption(20credits)
Scandal&CensorshipOption(20credits)
LiteraryTourismOption(20credits)
LEVEL6
Semester1 Semester2
CollaborativeProjectCore(40credits)
DissertationCore(40credits)
Select1ofthefollowingLiteratureintheWorldoptions ContemporaryWriting:WhatHappensNext?Core(20credits)GlobalVoices
Option(20credits)
ReadingtheDigitalOption(20credits)
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AWARDINFORMATIONFORM(AIF) TheAIFprovidesessentialinformationtostudents,staffteamsandothersonaparticularawardoragroupofawardsinaprogrammeandisdesignedtomeettheUniversity’sexpectationsandthoseofexternalbodiessuchastheQualityAssuranceAgency(QAA)inrespectofprogrammespecifications.
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SECTION1-GeneralAwardInformationQualification(awardtype) BA(Hons)AwardTitle EnglishIntermediateQualification(s) CertHE,DipHEAwardingInstitution FalmouthUniversityLocationofDelivery PenrynDurationofAward 3years,full-timeProfessional,StatutoryandRegulatoryBodyaccreditation n/a
AccreditationRenewalDate(MonthandYear) n/a
RouteCode(SITS) BAENGLFFUCASCourseCode Q300RelevantExternalBenchmarking
QAASubjectBenchmarkStatement:English2015
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SECTION2–EntryRequirements,StudentSupportandFurtherOpportunitiesEntryrequirementsEntryRequirementsFalmouthUniversityrecognisesawidevarietyofqualificationsand/orrelevantexperience,andencouragesapplicationsfrompeopleofallages,backgroundsandcultures,withademonstrableinterestintheirsubject.Pleasefollowthelinksbelowforadditionalinformationonourentryrequirementsalongwiththespecificrequirementsofthecourseaswellasinformationonfeesandfunding.
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StudentSupportAtFalmouthUniversityweareheretosupportyouthroughyourstudiesineverywaywecan.Servicesareavailableonbothcampuses.Theyareconfidential,student-centred,andwillgrowandadapttomeetstudentneeds.Evenifwecan'thelpwe'llknowsomeonewhocan.
StudentSupportServicesprovidefree,confidentialhelpandadvicewithanyproblem,largeorsmall.Servicesincludeaccessibility,counselling,academicskills,livingsupport,accesstohealthservices,amulti-faithchaplaincy,anddaynurseryprovision.Wecanalsosignpostyoutootherpeoplewhocanhelp.PleasefollowthelinksbelowtofindoutmoreabouttheservicesFalmouthUniversityprovides.
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StudentswithdisabilitiesWewelcomeapplicationsfromdisabledstudents(e.g.physical,sensory,mentalhealth)andthosewithlearningdifficulties(e.g.dyslexia).Weencourageanyonewithadisabilityorlearningdifficultytodescribeyourneedsonyourapplicationform.Thiswillnotaffectyourapplicationbutwillhelpustoplanyoursupport.Furtherdetailsofoursupportservicesforstudentswithdisabilitiescanbefoundviathelinkbelow.
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http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/accessibility-serviceDistinctiveFeaturesBA(Hons)EnglishatFalmouthexploreshowliteratureshapes,reflectsandchallengeshumanexperiencenow,andthroughtime.WeofferauniqueapproachtoEnglish,combiningthetraditionalstudyofliteraturewithanunderstandingofitsroleintoday’screativeeconomy.OurdynamicandinnovativecurriculumreflectstheevolvingnatureofEnglish,ensuringthatyougainacomprehensiveunderstandingofhowthewrittenwordfunctionsthroughhistory,acrosscontinents,andinthedigitalage.You'llalsolearnaboutliterature'sinvolvementindissent,socialchange,censorship,contemporaryenvironmentalconcerns,anditsvalueinthecommercialworld,frompublishingtoliteraryfestivals.Weknowthatyourjourneydoesn'tendwhenyougraduate,soweensurethatopportunitiestoworkonlivebriefs,andreal-worldchallengeswithcreativeindustrypartnersareembeddedinthecurriculum.Wordsandtheabilitytowieldthem,playavitalroleinmanyoftoday’screativeindustries:frompublishing,toliteraryfestivals,writingdigitalcontent,advertising,orcreativefreelancework.AtFalmouthweensurethatyougainpracticalknowledgeofthe‘business’ofwriting,preparingyouforthedemandsofthepublishingandcontentindustries,aswellasothergraduatedestinationssuchaseducation,politics,ortheheritagesector.You'llstudyintheSchoolofWriting&Journalism,athrivinganddiversewritingcommunitywithdedicated,expertstaffwhowillhelpyouconsidertheever-changingrelationshipbetweenliteratureandthecontemporaryreader.You'llexploreessentialargumentsandideas–whathasliteraturemeantinthepast,whatisitnow,andwhatisitsroleinthecreativeeconomy,fromliteraryfestivalstoheritageandtourism.You'llbetaughtbyresearch-activeacademicsandindustrypractitioners,withexpertiseinareassuchasVictorianliterature,BlackBritishwriting,Ecocriticism,Modernistandtwenty-firstcenturyliterature,Gothicwriting,publishing,printculture,editorialandcopywriting.Stage1Thefirstyearprovidesfoundationalknowledgeandskills,enablingyoutoexploretheever-changingrelationshipbetweenliteratureandthecontemporaryreader.You'llbeimmersedinliteraryculture–reading,writing,reviewing,andlearningmoreabouttheprofessionalcontextsofwritingfromsmallpressestotheimpactofdigitaltechnologies.You’llalsoexplorekeytextsthathaveshapedtheworldovertime,contemporaryliterature,andwaysinwhichcriticsandtastemakershaveinfluencedwhatandhowweread.Stage2Inthesecondyearyou'lltakefour'LiteratureinTime'modulesthataredistinctiveinallowingyoutoexploreconnectionsbetweendifferenthistoricalperiods,suchasthereinventionoftheVictorianLiteratureinNeo-Victoriannovelstoday,ortheoriginofenvironmentaldebatesinRomanticpoetry.Optionmoduleslookoutwards,attherolethatliteratureplaysinshapingtheworldaroundus,coveringtopicssuchascensorship,literarytourism,andenvironmentalconcerns.Stage3Thisyearisaspringboardtoyourfuture,beyonduniversity.Workingonyourdissertationandaliveproject,alongsideunderstandingmoreabouttheimpactofdigitaltechnologies,andtrends
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inthegloballiterarymarketplacemeansthatyougraduatewiththeconfidence,knowledge,andexperiencerequiredforasuccessfulcareerinthecreativeindustriesorpostgraduatestudy.The‘CollaborativeProject’allowsyoutounderstandthewriter’sroleaspartofacreativeeco-system,andtheroleofliteratureinthecreativeeconomy,throughcollaborationwithothercreativeartsstudents,orwithindustry,undertakingworkplacements,livebriefsoracasestudy.Youtakeanadvanced‘LiteratureintheWorld’optionfocusingonhistoriesandtrendsingloballiterature,ortextinadigitalcontext.Thedissertationenablesyoutodevelopanextendedpieceofworkonasubjectofyourchoosing.Alongsidethis,the‘WhatHappensNext’moduledeepensyourunderstandingofbestsellingwriting,publishingtrendsandtastes,preparingyouforthecontemporary,professionalrealitiesandopportunitiesofalifeinthewriting-relatedcreativeindustries.EnhancingYourLearningWearecommittedtoprovidingadditionalopportunitiesforyoutoengagewithhigh-profileacademicsandcreativeprofessionals,inordertoenrichyourlearning.
o OurWritersinResidenceprogrammeoffersyouthechancetoworkwithrenownedwritersinworkshops,talksandone-to-onetutorials.RecentresidencieshavefeaturedEmilyBarr,MattHaig,PhilipMarsden,andLionelShriver.
o Attendpubliclectureswithworld-classVisitingProfessors,suchasSimonArmitage.o EnjoyregularlecturesthroughourGuestLectureSeries,whichhasincludedacademics
andwriterssuchasDonPaterson,ProfessorWilliamHughes,AliceOswald,IainSinclair,PaulKingsnorth.
o OurnewlyestablishedIndustryForumhelpsustoensurethatourcurriculumpreparesyouforthedemandsofthepublishingandwritingindustries.TheForumcompriseshigh-calibreprofessionalsfromacrosstheindustry:ourChancellor,DawnFrench,LouiseMoore(MDofMichaelJoseph,PenguinRandomHouse),SheilaCrawley(LiteraryAgent,CurtisBrown),JonPlowman(ExecutiveProducerofW1A,FrenchandSaunders,AbsolutelyFabulous,andformerheadofBBCcomedy),FrancisMatthews(TheatreDirectorandWriter).
FutureCareer/Education
• WebContentProducer/WebEditor• Publishing/LiteraryAgent• Senior/group/deputyeditor• Advertising/Copywriting• Journalists• Marketing• PublicRelations• ArtsAdministration• Researchassistants• Librarianship• Museums/Archives• LecturersinFEandHE• Freelancewriters
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Furtherstudy:• StudyingforMA(e.g.EnglishorProfessionalWriting)• StudyingforPhD• StudyingforPGCE(FE/HE)
AlumniChelseyFloodgraduatedin2004.Shesoldherdebutnovel,InfiniteSky,toSimonandSchusterinatwo-bookdealin2011.Publishedtoexcellentreviewsinthenationalpress,InfiniteSkywaslonglistedfortheCarnegieMedalandwontheprestigiousBranfordBoaseAwardin2014.StephanieKempsongraduatedin2010,andisnowadirector,dramaturge,andwriterinBristolworkingwithyouththeatre.In2013-14shewastherecipientofJMKRegionalYoungDirector'sBursarywheresheassistedSallyCooksononthetwo-partproductionofJaneEyreatBristolOldVic.RichardCartergraduatedin2010,beforegoingontostudyforanMAinEnglish.In2012,hewasawardedanAHRCfundedPhDstudentshipinScience,Technology,andCulturetoundertakeresearchon‘digital’or‘electronic’worksofliterature.Heisalsopracticingdigitalartistanddesigner.SerenAdamspublishedherfirstpoetrycollectionwithShearsmanshortlyaftergraduatingin2011.Thecollectionwasbasedonworkfromhercreativedissertation.Shecontinuestowritealongsidehercareerintheworldofpublishing,wheresheworkedfirstasin-housereaderatGranta,andcurrentlyforliteraryandtalentagency,UnitedAgency.SECTION3–Teaching,LearningandAssessmentEducationalAims
• Encourageunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
• Encouragecriticalreflection,andimaginativeinterpretationofcomplextextsandideas.
• Developscholars,thinkersandculturalcurators/producerswiththeskills,knowledge
andattributesneededintheliteraryorwriting-relatedcreativeindustries.
• Provideanintellectuallystimulatingandhands-onlearningenvironmentthatsupportstheacquisitionofhigh-orderimaginativeandcriticalthinkingskills,andresearchskills.
• Facilitatethedevelopmentofcollaboration,self-reliance,andhigh-levelcompetencein
oralandwrittencommunication.
• ProvidepreparationforfurtherstudyinEnglishorrelatedsubjectsandcontinueddevelopmentinprofessionalindustrypractice.
LearningOutcomes
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Uponsuccessfulcompletionofthisaward,youwillbeexpectedto:-LO1.ContextualUnderstanding:evaluatethewaysinwhichculture,language,technology,andcommercehaveaffectedtheproductionandreceptionoftextsthroughtime.LO2.IdeasGeneration:generateandarticulateideasandconceptsinarangeofacademicformats.LO3.Research:conductresearchusingarangeofsources,includingwhereappropriatescholarshiportheoreticalmaterial,applyingandpresentingtheresearchinarangeofacademicformats.LO4.TextualAnalysis:analysetherhetorical,formalandstylisticdevicesdeployedinavarietyoftexts.LO5.CriticalThought:criticallyreflectoncomplexissuesandconcepts,andformulateappropriatearguments.LO6.TechnicalSkills&Presentation:developthetechnicalwritingskillstoedit,draftandpresentwrittenworktoanappropriatestandard,andcommunicateinoralorwrittenform.LO7.ProfessionalContexts:planprojects,setgoals,andworkcollaboratively,developinganunderstandingofthevarioushistorical,legal,professionalandcommercialcontextsofwriting.TeachingStrategyBA(Hons)Englishaimstofosterthecombinationofacademicknowledge,technicalwritingskills,criticalthought,andunderstandingofprofessionalcontexts,neededtoprepareyouforentryintoarangeofcreativeindustriesorothersectorssuchaseducation.Wedeliverthisthroughaprogrammeofresearch-ledandindustry-engagedteachingandlearningthattakesastudent-centredapproach,focusingonyourdevelopmentasacriticalthinkerandcreativeproblem-solver.Teachingisacombinationoflectures,seminars,livebriefs,fieldtrips,andone-to-onetutorials.Youwillalsohavetheopportunitytoworkextensivelywithnewtechnologiesanddigitalresourcesaspartofyourlearningexperience.Lectures:MostoftheEnglishmodulesaredeliveredvialectureswithfollow-upseminars.Lecturesoutlinethekeycriticaldebates,historicalcontextsandtheoreticalapproachestothestudyofawiderangeoftexts.Theyaimtoofferarich,in-depthintroductiontoabroadrangeoftextsandcontexts,providingsufficientmaterialfordiscussioninthefollow-upseminar.Althoughlecturescoverasignificantamountofinformationinashortspaceoftime,youarenotexpectedtobethepassiverecipientofinformation.Lecturescanbeinteractiveandseektoengageyoudirectlythroughavarietyoftechniquesincludingbite-sizequestionandanswers,andtechnologyenhancedlearning,suchaspresentationsoftwareortwitterwalls.Seminars:Seminarsarethemosteffectivewayofencouragingactivedebateandprovideaflexibleforuminwhichideasandconceptsintroducedinthelecturescanbeexplored.Youareencouragedtolearnindependentlybyundertakingreadingandpreparingideasandquestionsfordiscussionwithyourpeersandseminartutor,andsometimesyouwillbeaskedtotakingaleadingrolethroughthedeliveryofindividualandgrouppresentations.Optionmodulesare
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deliveredinextendedseminar/workshopsessions.PracticalWorkshops:Somemodulesaredeliveredviapracticalworkshops.Theworkshopmodelaimstoestablishacultureofcollaborationinwhichenquirybasedlearningandindividualcreativethoughtcantakeplace.Workshopsarebasedaroundcollaborativeprojectwork,orintroduceyoutoadditionallearningtechnologies,enablingyoulearnanddevelopnewskills,suchasblogging,webdesignorediting.FieldTrips:Somemodulesofferfieldtrips,suchasvisitstovariousheritagesitesinCornwall,orresearchingprimarysourcesintheCountyarchive.Wetakeasituatedapproachtolearning,whichmightmeanthatthebestplaceforunderstandingtheroleofliteratureinthecreativeeconomyisataheritagesiteorliteraryfestivalratherthanonthecampus.WorkPlacements/LiveBriefs:Somemodulesinvolveaperiodofworkplacementinthecreativeindustries,educationsettings,orotherwriting-relatedprofessionalsectors.Studentsalsoworkonlivebriefs,producingindustryreportsorwebcontentforparticularclientsoraudiences.OurstudentshaveworkedwithorganisationssuchastheNationalMaritimeMuseum,webcontentmarketingagencies,schoolsandcolleges,archivesandmuseums,creativeagencies,radiostations,andglobalpublishinghouses.Tutorials:Individualtutorialsareanimportanton-goingpointofcontactbetweenyouandyourtutors,thepurposeofwhichistoprovideasupportiveone-to-oneenvironmentforprovidingconstructivefeedbackonyourwork.WritersInResidence&GuestLecturerSeries:WewelcomeinternationallyrenownedwritersandthinkersaspartofourWritersinResidenceprogramme,asVisitingProfessors,andviaourGuestLectureseries.Yourlearningisenhancedbythetalks,workshopsandmasterclassesdeliveredbytheseinspiringpractitionersandacademics.WritersinResidenceandVisitingProfessorsincludeEmilyBarr,MattHaig,andLionelShriver,andSimonArmitage.OtherguestspeakersincludejournalistPaulKingsnorth,writerandfilmmakerIainSinclair,poetsZoeSkoulding,PenelopeShuttle,andAliceOswald,andplaywrightStephenWakelam.TechnologyEnhancedLearning:TheLearningSpaceisavirtuallearningenvironmentthatsupportsthedeliveryofteachingandlearningatFalmouthUniversity.TheEnglish&WritingVLEsitecontainscourseandmoduleinformation,tutorialbookingandelectronicsubmissionfacilities.ThroughtheLearningSpaceyouwillalsohaveaccesstoresourcestosupportyourlearning;thismightincludelecturenotes,seminarworksheets,linkstousefularticles,audiovisualmaterials,moduleforums.Wealsouseotherexternallyavailabletechnologieswhereappropriatetoenhanceyourlearningincludingbloggingsoftware,Twitter,Prezi,onlinedatabasesanddigitizedarchives.Somewritingworkshopmodules,suchasScreenwritingorScript:RadioandTheatre,useMediaCentreresources,whichincludearecordingstudio,threeradiocontrolroomsandatalkstudio.AssessmentStrategyArangeofformativeandsummativeassessmentmethodsareemployedtoprovidefeedbackonyourprogress,andtoenableyoutodemonstrateyourachievementagainstthelearningoutcomesofthecourse.Formativeassessmentisanon-goingprocess,whichtakesplaceinavarietyoflearningcontextsfromseminarstoindividualtutorials.Thiskindofassessmentisused
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inadevelopmentalwaytoassistyourlearningbutitdoesnotcounttowardsthefinalmarkofthemodule.Summativeassessmentisusedtomeasureyourachievementagainstthelearningoutcomesofaparticularmodule.Thiskindofassessmentdoescounttowardsthefinalmarkofthemodule.Assessmentmethodsincludeessays,reviews,presentationsandafinaldissertation.Thecoursealsoincludesassignmentsthatechoreal-worldchallengesthatyouwillfaceworkinginthecreativeindustries;forexample,industryreports,workplacements,livebriefs,andcollaborativeprojectwork,suchasbloggingataliteraryfestival.Therearenoexams,althoughin-classtestsmaybeusedforformativeassessment,ortoassesssomeareasoflearningsuchaseditingskills.Therangeofassessmentmethodsusedinclude
• Essays• ProjectorWorkPlacementdocumentation• IndustryReports• OralPresentations• Reviews• In-classtests• Computer-basedassessment(includingblogs,web-sitedesign,online/electronic
creativework
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CurriculumStructure,AssessmentMethodsandLearningOutcomes
Module
Level
ModuleName
Credit
Semester
Compulsory Assessment ContributingtowardstheLearningOutcomes
Code (C) methods* (Taught(T),Practised(P)and/orAssessed(A))
Option 1or2 (O) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ENG 4 Origins 20 1 C ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA PA ECW 4 WritingToolkit 20 1 C PO TPA TPA TPA TPA TENG 4 PrintCultureinTime 20 1 C ES,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA PA TPENG 4 LiteratureNow 20 2 C ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA PA ECW 4 IntroductiontoPublishing 20 2 C CS,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 4 Reading&WritingasaCritic 20 2 C PO,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 5 Monarchy&Dissent 20 1 C ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA ENG 5 Revolution&Romanticism 20 1 O ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 5 PopularFiction&Non-Fiction 20 1 O RE,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 5 GoWild:Literature&theEnvironment 20 1 O RE,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 5 ReinventingtheVictorians 20 1 C ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA ENG 5 Modernisms 20 1 C ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA ENG 5 Scandal&Censorship 20 1 O CS,OR TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPAENG 5 LiteraryTourism 20 1 O CS,PR TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPAENG 6 CollaborativeProject 40 1 C PO TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPAENG 6 GlobalVoices 20 1 O LR,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPAENG 6 ReadingtheDigital 20 1 O CB TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
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CW 6 Dissertation 40 2 C DI TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
ENG 6 ContemporaryWriting:WhatHappensNext? 20 2 C RE,ES TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR Artefact OR OralCB Computer-based PC PracticalCE Criticalevaluation PF PerformanceCS Casestudy PL PlacementDI Dissertationorproject PO PortfolioES Essay PR PresentationEX Exam RE Individualreport
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SECTION4–LearningandEmployabilitySkillsDevelopmentStrategiesKnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawonexistingtheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,synthesisingthiswithanunderstandingofprofessionalcontexts,inordertoprepareyouforentryintothewritingindustriesorothersector.PracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,pitchandpresentationskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandardanddeliveringpresentationsandpitches.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork,andengagewithindustryprofessionalsinavarietyofcontexts.TeamWorkingInordertodevelopanunderstandingoftheroleofliteratureinthecommercialworld,youwillworkoncollaborativeprojectswithyourpeersandindustry,sharingknowledgeanddevelopingyourexperienceofco-operativeteamwork.ImprovingLearningandPerformanceYourlearningexperienceandperformanceisimprovedbyopportunitiestoengagewithreal-worldlearninginthecontextofthewritingindustries.Inemphasisingthislearningbydoingapproach,thecourseseekstoreflectandapplytheeducationalphilosophyofFalmouthUniversity.Thewritersandacademicsonthecoursearecommittedtoensuringthatyouworkonliveprojectsandreal-worldchallengeswithcreativeindustrypartners,becausetheseexperiencesnotonlygiveyouskillsyouneedtosucceed,butalsoallowyouconfidentlyarticulatethoseskillsintheprofessionalmarketplace.CareerManagementSkillsThecourseworkscloselywiththecareersteamtointegratecareermanagementskillswithyourlearning.Thisincludestalksandeventsaboutgraduatedestinations,focussedonthewritingindustries,andalumninetworkingevents.Thecurriculumoffersopportunitiesforindustry-basedlearningandworkplacements,supportedbyformalteachingthatcoversskillsanalysis,actionplanning,andcareerdevelopmenttoolssuchaspersonalityandlearningstyletests.Youwillbeencouragedtopracticecontinualself-reflectiontoidentifyyourstrengths,interestsandskillsdevelopmentneedsinorderthatyouarepreparedtotakeadvantageoftheopportunitiesavailableintheUKandglobalcreativeindustries.HEAR/ProgressFiles
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Allstudentsareentitledtoatranscriptdetailingthemodulestheyhavestudiedandtheresultsgivenforthosemodules.ThetranscriptisnormallyissuedoncompletionofstudiesattheUniversity.AmoredetailedHigherEducationAchievementRecord(HEAR)isunderdevelopmentinthesector.ProfessionalStandardsProfessionalstandardsandattributesareimportanttoenableengagementintheworldbeyondUniversity.Weexpectstudentstoadoptprofessionalstandards.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto:
1. Arrivingontimeandattendingallscheduledsessions,properlyequippedandprepared2. Organisingyourtimeinordertomeetalldeadlines,formativeandsummative3. Correctattributionofmaterialsorideasthatarenotyourown,anddevelopingan
understandingofcopyrightissues4. Communicatingprofessionallywithacademicstaff,yourpeersandindustrycontacts,for
exampleintermsofemailetiquette5. RegularlycheckingyourUniversityemailandtheLearningSpacetoensurethatyouare
awareofanyupdatesthataffectyou6. Respecttheworkingenvironment,whetherthatbeseminarrooms,ortheWriters’Room7. Respectforyourfellowstudents,staff,membersofthepublic,orprofessional
organisationswithwhomyoucomeintocontactduringyourtimeatFalmouthUniversity8. Upholdingthegoodreputationofthecourseamongourglobalindustrycontactsand
wheneverinterfacingwiththepublic,includingprofessionalismintheuseofsocialmedia
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ASSESSMENTCRITERIA–BA(Hons)English
LearningOutcome (1st)70+ (2:1)60-69% (2:2)50-59% (3rd)40-49% FailBelow39%01CONTEXTUALUNDERSTANDING
Sophisticatedunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.Over80%showsanoutstandinglevelofanalyticalinsight.
Highlydevelopedunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
Competentunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.Minorerrorsintheinformationpresented.
Satisfactoryunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.Someerrorsintheinformationpresented.
Noevidenceofcontextualunderstanding,andsignificanterrorsintheinformationpresented.
02IDEASGENERATION
Accomplishedgenerationandarticulationofideasorconceptsrealisedwithconfidenceandcontrolthroughoutthebrief.Mayincludeexcellentuseofexperimentalideasandrewritingsofotherideas.Over80%showsanoutstandinglevelofconceptualinsightand/ororiginalcreativethought.
Successfulgenerationandarticulationofideasorconceptsthatareconsistentlydevelopedthroughoutthebrief.Mayincludegooduseofexperimentalideasandrewritingsofotherideas.
Successfulgenerationandarticulationofideasandconcepts,whicharemostlywelldevelopedthroughoutthebrief.Mayshowsomeevidenceofexperimentalideasandrewritingsofotherideas.
Adequategenerationandarticulationideasandconcepts.Ideasaredevelopedtoanobviousconclusion.
Verylimitedandundevelopedideas.
03RESEARCH Excellentresearchskillsandtheabilitytosynthesiseandfullyexploitarangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)inrelationtothewritingbrief.Over80%showsanoutstandinglevelofsophisticationininterpretinganddeployingfindings.
Highlyeffectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectandusearangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)consistentlyrelevanttothewritingbrief.
Competentresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectandusearangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)mostlyrelevanttothewritingbrief.
Adequateresearchskillsdrawingonalimitedrangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial).Someevidenceofrelevancetothewritingbrief.
Insufficientresearchfortherequirementsofthebrief.Maycontaingrosserrorsinaccuracyoftheinformation.
04TEXTUALANALYSIS
Sophisticatedanalysisandinterpretationofarangeofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices,inawaythatextendstheargumentandideas.Over80%showsoutstandinglevelsofinterpretiveinsightandanuancedresponsetothetext.
Highlydevelopedlevelofanalysisofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices,withgoodcriticalinterpretation,inrelationtotheargumentandideaspresented.
Goodlevelofanalysisofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices,butlittlecriticalinterpretation,inrelationtotheargumentandideaspresented.
Adequateattentionpaidtorhetorical,formalandtextualdevices,buttheanalysisofferedismainlydescriptive.
Littleattemptmadeatanalysis.
05CRITICALTHOUGHT
Excellentlevelofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Well-structuredanddevelopedargumentdemonstratingasophisticatedgraspofcomplexissuesandconcepts.Over80%showsoutstandinglevelofinsightandcriticalrigour.
Highlydevelopedlevelofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Well-structuredanddevelopedargumentdemonstratingagoodgraspofcomplexissuesandconcepts.
Goodlevelofreflectivecritiqueand/orcriticalthought.Reasonablywelldevelopedargument,andaclearattempttounderstandcomplexissuesandconcepts.
Adequatelevelofreflectivecritiqueand/orcriticalthought.Evidenceofabasicargumentthatdemonstratessatisfactorybutlimitedunderstandingofcomplexissuesandconcepts.
Noevidenceofreflectivecritiqueand/orcriticalthought.Absenceofaformulatingargument.
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06TECHNICALSKILLS&PRESENTATION
Impeccablypresented,technicallyaccuratewriting,demonstratingadvancedskillsinediting,compositionandaconfidentstyle.Excellentlevelofcommunicationinoralorwrittenform.Over80%showsanoutstandingleveloftechnicalproficiency,closetopublishablestandard.
Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewritingthathasminimalspellingortypographicalerrors.Goodlevelofcommunicationinoralorwrittenform.
Properlypresentedwritingwithclearevidenceofthedraftingandeditingprocess.Someerrorsinstyleandpresentation.Competentlevelofcommunicationinoralorwrittenform.
Adequateattentiontoeditinganddraftingwithanattemptatproperpresentation.Severaltypographical,spellingorstylisticerrors.Satisfactorylevelofcommunicationinoralorwrittenform.
Verylittleattemptatediting,correctionoferrors,orappropriatepresentation.
07PROFESSIONALCONTEXTS
Outstandingplanningandorganisationalskillsinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork,andworkingcollaborativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Stronggraspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.Over80%showsanexemplaryunderstandingoftheglobalwritingmarketplaceandcommercialcontext.
Highly-developedplanningandorganisationalskillsinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork,andworkingcollaborativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Goodgraspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Competentplanningandorganisationalskillsinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork,andworkingcollaborativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Someunderstandingoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Adequateplanningandorganisationalskillsinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork,andworkingcollaborativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Limitedunderstandingoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Verylittleevidenceofplanningororganisationinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork.Littleornoattempttoworkcooperativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Completelackofunderstandingoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName Origins
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismoduleintroduceskeyworksofliteraturethathaveshaped,reflectedandchallengedhumanexperiencethroughtime.Itfurtherexploresthepresenceandinfluencesofsuchworkinwritingpastandpresent:forexample,howisBeowulf(8th-11thcentury)relevanttoLordoftheRings(1937-1949)andnationalidentity;whathasDante’sInfernotodowithJohnDonne(17thcentury),TSEliot(20thcentury),NeilGaiman’sSandmancomicseries(1989-1996)oranime/manga–andwhatdotheyalltellusaboutwhatwecall‘good’and‘evil’?HowdoWordsworth’sdaffodilsinfluencewritingandresponsestoclimatechangetoday?Overall,themoduleisconcernedwithliteraryroots,andconsidershowthoserootshaveblossomedandbranchedtoproducetheextraordinaryrangeofimaginativeworkwereadtoday.
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AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeyliterarytextsandtheireffect,significanceandinfluencenowandinthepast.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthe
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developmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy Essay(2500words)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts(indicativechoicefrom,forexample):Pre-EarlyModern
Homer,IliadBeowulfDanteAlighieri,InfernoGeoffreyChaucer,CanterburyTalesGeorgeMalory,Morted’Arthur
EarlyModernWilliamShakespeare,TheTempestChristopherMarlowe,DrFaustusJohnDonne,various
Restoration/18thcenturyWilliamCongreve,TheWayoftheWorldDanielDefoe,MollFlandersTheLyricalBallads
Regency/19thcenturyJaneAusten,PrideandPrejudiceEmilyBrontë,WutheringHeights
Findesiècle/20thcentury
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OscarWilde,TheImportanceofBeingEarnestAntonChekhov,LadywithLapdogandotherstoriesTSEliot,various
Secondarytexts:Anderson,JudithH.,Readingtheallegoricalintertext:Chaucer,Spenser,Shakespeare,Milton(NewYork:FordhamUniversityPress,2008)Bloom,Harold,Theanatomyofinfluence:Literatureasawayoflife(NewHaven,CN:YaleUniversityPress,2011)Caselli,Daniela,Beckett’sDantes:intertextualityinthefictionandcriticism(Manchester:ManchesterUniversityPress,2005)Cowart,David,LiterarySymbiosis:thereconfiguredtextintwentieth-centurywriting(Athens,GA:UniversityofGeorgiaPress,2012)Dillon,Sarah,Palimpsest:Literature,criticism,theory(London:Continuum,2007)Gray,ErikIrving,MiltonandtheVictorians(NewYork:CornellUniversityPress,2009)Joughin,JohnJ.,Shakespeareandnationalculture(Manchester:ManchesterUniversityPress,1997)Kramnick,JonathanBrody,MakingtheEnglishCanon:print-capitalismandtheculturalpast1700-1770(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1998)Forsyth,Neil,TheSatanicEpic(Princeton,NJ:PrincetonUniversityPress,2003)Gifford,Terry,Pastoral(London:Routledge,2001)Hardin,RichardF.,LoveinaGreenShade:IdyllicRomancesAncienttoModern(Lincoln:UniversityofNebraskaPress,2000)Hopkins,David,ConversingwithAntiquity:Englishpoetsandtheclassics,fromShakespearetoPope(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2014)Knoppers,LauraLungeretal,MiltoninPopularCulture(London:PalgraveMacmillan,2006)Maisonnat,Claude,etal,eds.,Rewriting/reprisinginliterature(Newcastle-upon-Tyne:CambridgeScholars,2009)Straub,Julia.AVictorianMuse:theafterlifeofDante’sBeatriceinnineteenth-centuryliterature.(London:Continuum2009)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName WritingToolkit
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ECWXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
1x3hrweeklyseminarsfor12weeks.164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Asbothwritersandreadersthe‘material’weworkwithislanguage.Butwhatexactlyislanguage?Thisisaquestionthathasintriguedthinkersandpractitionersacrossthecenturies.Inthismoduleyouwillbeintroducedtosomeofthekeyquestionsrelatedtothematerialwereadandwrite.Wheredoeslanguagecomefrom?Howdoesitrelatetotheoutsideworld?Doeslanguagehaverulesorjustconventions,andwhatarethese?Howislanguageorganisedthroughgrammarandsyntax?Inthecourseofinvestigatingsomeofthesequestions,youwillbeintroducedtoUniversity-levelresearch,studyandacademicwritingskills.You’llalsobeencouragedtoexplorereadingasapractice,anddevelop‘readingresilience’,thatis,yourabilitytoreadandinterpretcomplextexts.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofhowlanguageworksinavarietyofwrittencontexts
2. Anunderstandingreadingasapractice3. Theabilitytorespondtodiversewritingbriefs,
commissionsanddeadlines.
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LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbecompetentinthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawonexistingtheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofwritingpractice,synthesisingthiswithanunderstandingofprofessionalcontexts,inordertoprepareyouforentryintothewritingindustries.PracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskillsandemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandardanddeliveringpresentationsandpitches.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork,discussyourownandothers’practice.
AssessmentStrategy
Portfolioofpracticalwritingassignments(2500)
No
AssessmentMethod
DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessedCompulsory
OrCompensatable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 PO 2500 x x x x x Compulsory
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*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Aichison,Jean,TheArticulateMammal(London:Routledge,1998)Crystal,David,ALittleBookofLanguage(Harvard,MT:YaleUniversityPress,2011)Burchfield,R.W.,ed.,Fowler’sModernEnglishUsage,Rev.3rdEdition(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2004)Harris,Roy,IntroductiontoIntegrationalLinguistics(Oxford:PergamonPress,1998)Leiris,M.Scratches:TheRulesoftheGame(Liverpool:JohnHopkinsPress,1997)Manguel,Alberto,AHistoryofReading(London:Flamingo,1997)Ong,WalterJ.,OralityandLiteracy(London:Methuen&Co.,1982)Orwell,George,PoliticsandtheEnglishLanguage[1946](London:PenguinClassics,2013)Plato,TheCratylus[c.360BCE](anyedition)Spufford,Francis,TheChildthatBooksBuilt(Faber&Faber,3003)Strunk,WilliamandEBWhite,TheElementsofStyle[1918](London:CreateSpaceIndependentPublishingPlatform,2012)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)CreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName PrintCultureinTime
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarorpracticalworkshopweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
FromGutenbergtopoliticalcartooning,thebirthofcopyrightandopensource,thismoduleexaminestheimpactoftechnologyonthepoliticsofwritingandcommunication.Fromancienttomoderntimes,readingandwritinghasbeendependentontechnology–whetherthatisassimpleasthequill,asdifferentasthescrollorthebook,asmechanicalastheprintingpressorthetypewriter,orinourowntime,aspervasiveasdigitaltechnology.YouwilltravelfromChinaandGreece,acrossmedievalEuropetotoday,exploringdevelopmentsinmovabletypeawayfromblockprinting,andpresses,tochangingideologiesofauthorship,copyright,politicsofpatronage,censorship,anddemocracyandautonomyofauthors.Youwillalsostudyrelationshipsbetween,say,journalismandthenovel,balladsheetsandcomicstrips,modernismandthesmallpress;importantlywealsoaskhow,whyandwhichtextsarepreserved,conserveandaccessed:archives,librariesandtaxonomiesofknowledgeareexaminedasideologicalpractices,butalsoinpracticalterms.Themodulewillincludesomepracticalworkshopsessionscoveringarchivalresearch,anddigitalmultimodaltoolsforwriting.
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AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
4. Knowledgeofarangeofkeyprintanddigitaltextsandtheireffect,significanceandinfluencenowandinthepast.
5. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
6. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritinganddigitalskillsandemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.
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IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
1.CloseTextualAnalysis(1000words)2.MultimodalEssay(1500words)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES CloseTextualAnalysis 50 x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES MultimodalEssay 50 x x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:Arangeofworkandmaterialthatreflectstheshiftsintherelationshipbetweenliteratureandthetechnologyofitsproduction:KingJamesBible(extracts)WilliamShakespeare:Hamlet(Quartos/Folios)TheEmblemPoem:FrancisQuarlesandGeorgeHerbertSamuelRichardson:Clarissa–18thcenturynovelWilliamMorris/EdgarAllenPoeandothers–19thcenturyEngland/AmericaNellaLarsen,Passing–1929and1986editionsModernism:Blast(Issues1&2)RachelBlauDuPlessis:Interstices–WritingPastEnding(2014)Secondarytexts:Aarseth,EspenJ.,Cybertext:PerspectivesonErgodicLiterature/(Baltimore,Md.;London:Johns
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HopkinsUniversityPress,1997)Beal,Peter,InPraiseofScribes:ManuscriptsandtheirMakersinSeventeenth-CenturyEngland/(OxfordNewYork:ClarendonPress;OxfordUniversityPress,1998)Block,FriedrichW.,KarinWenzandChristianeHeibach,P0es1s.TheAestheticsofDigitalPoetry.(Exhibitioncatalogue:2004)BookoftheBook:SomeWorks&ProjectionsabouttheBook&Writing(NewYork:GranaryBooks,2000)CambridgeCompaniontotheEighteenth-CenturyNovel(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1996)CompaniontoEarlyModernWomen'sWriting(Oxford:Blackwell,2002)Curthoys,AnnandJulianneSchultz,Journalism:Print,PoliticsandPopularCulture(UniversityofQueenslandPress,1999)Curtis,Gerard,VisualWords:ArtandtheMaterialBookinVictorianEngland(Aldershot:Ashgate,2002)Ellinghausen,Laurie,LaborandWritinginEarlyModernEngland,1557-1667(Aldershot:Ashgate,2007)Finkelstein,D.,&McCleery,A.,Thebookhistoryreader.(London;NewYork:Routledge,2002)Johnston,Dillon,PoeticEconomiesofEnglandandIreland,1912-2000(NewYork:Palgrave,2001)HolocaustandtheBook:DestructionandPreservation(UniversityofMassachusettsPress,2001)IlluminatingLetters:TypographyandLiteraryInterpretation(GreatBritain:UniversityofMassachusettsPress,2001)Marotti,ArthurF.,Manuscript,Print,andtheEnglishRenaissanceLyric(London:CornellUniversityPress,1995)McGann,JeromeJ.,TheScholar'sArt:LiteraryStudiesinaManagedWorld(Chicago:Univ.ofChicagoPress,2006)McGann,JeromeJ.,TextualCondition(Princeton,N.J.:PrincetonUniversityPress,1991)McGann,Jerome,RadiantTextuality:LiteratureAftertheWorldWideWeb(NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2004)Patten,Eve,andJasonMcElligott,ThePerilsofPrintCulture:Book,PrintandPublishingHistoryinTheoryandPractice(London:Palgrave,2014)Robertson,Francis,PrintCulture,FromSteamPresstoEbook.(London:Routledge,2013)Ryan,Marie-Laure,NarrativeasVirtualReality:ImmersionandInteractivityinLiteratureand-–ElectronicMedia(London:JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2001)–ReconceivingtheRenaissanceaCriticalReader(NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2005)–ReimaginingTextuality:TextualStudiesintheLateAgeofPrint(Madison,Wis.:UniversityofWisconsin)–TransatlanticPrintCulture,1880-1940:EmergingMedia,EmergingModernisms(Basingstoke:PalgraveMacmillan,2008)Shevelow,Kathryn,WomenandPrintCulture:TheConstructionofFemininityintheEarlyPeriodical(London:Routledge,1989)Siemens,RaymondG.andSusanSchreibman,CompaniontoDigitalLiteraryStudies.(Malden,MA,USA:BlackwellPub.,2007)Watt,Tessa,CheapPrintandPopularPiety,1550-1640(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1999-1991)Women'sWritingandtheCirculationofIdeas:ManuscriptPublicationinEngland,1550-1800(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2010-2002)WritingMachines.(London:MITPress,2002)Online:TheCentrefortheHistoryoftheBook
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http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/CentrefortheStudyoftheBookhttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/ModernistJournalsProjecthttp://modjourn.org/render.php?id=1158591480633184&view=mjp_objectTextualCultureUniversityofStirlinghttp://www.textual-culture.stir.ac.uk/index.htmlInstituteforTextualScholarshipandElectronicEditingUniversityofBirminghamhttp://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/index.aspxSHARPTheSocietyfortheHistoryofAuthorship,ReadingandPublishinghttp://www.sharpweb.org/RED:ReadingExperienceDatabase1450-1945http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/BeyondtheBookUniversityofBirminghamhttp://www.beyondthebook.bham.ac.uk/DigitalDefoehttp://english.illinoisstate.edu/digitaldefoe/Journals:TextualCultures:Texts,Contexts,Interpretationshttp://textualsociety.org/sts-journal-textual-cultures/RomanticTextualities:LiteratureandPrintCulture1780-1840http://www.romtext.cf.ac.ukSection4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName LiteratureNow
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Nothinghappensinavacuum.Thismoduleestablishestheprinciplethatallliteratureworkslikeavastechochamber.Drawingon‘Origins’itexploreswritingfromthelast40years,toexaminehowliteraturenowisinfluencedby,indebtedto,andin‘conversationwith’poets,playwrights,novelistsandphilosophersfromHomertoHardy,DantetoDickens,andbeyond.In‘Origins’,weconsideredtherootsofcontemporaryliterature,byreadingthe‘originals’;in‘LiteratureNow’,weask,forexample,howareChaucerandHomerpresentintoday’swriting,howcrucialisModernism,thepastoralorthegothicnoveltocurrentliterarytrends?Theliteraryimaginationcontinuestoextendandexpandontherichcatalogueofformandgenreofcenturies.
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AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeyliterarytextsandtheireffect,significanceandinfluencenowandinthepast,withparticularreferencetotheinterconnectednessoftextsoldandnew.
2. Anunderstandingofhowsuchrelationshipsfunctioninrelationtocanonformations,nation,education,readingmarketsandculturalidentities.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkills
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Youwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
Essay(2500words)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:AliceOswald,Dart(London:Faber&Faber,2002)MarlonJames,ABriefHistoryofSevenKillings(London:OneworldPublications,2015)LydiaDavis,TheCollectedShortStories(London:Penguin,2009)YannMartel,LifeofPi(Edinburgh:Canongate,2002)DerekWalcott,
- Omeros(London:Faber&Faber,1990)or- ThePoetryofDerekWalcott1948–2013(London:Faber&Faber,2014)
LaviniaGreenlaw,ADoubleSorrow:TroilusandCrisyde(London:Faber&Faber,2014)MarkRavenhill,MotherClap’sMollyHouse(London:Bloomsbury,2001)(orother‘in-yer-face’playwrights)PeterCarey,
- JackMaggs(London:Faber&Faber,1997)or- TheTrueHistoryoftheKellyGang(Brisbane:UniversityofQueensland,2000)
HilaryMantel,WolfHall(London:FourthEstate,2009)orBenjaminMarkovits,Imposture(London:Faber&Faber,2006)
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PhilipPullman,NorthernLights(London:ScholasticPoint,1995)Secondarytexts:Armand,Louis,ContemporaryPoetics(Evanston,IL:NorthwesternUniversityPress,2007)Benson,Stephen,ed.,ContemporaryFictionAndTheFairyTale(Detroit:WayneStateUniversityPress,2008)Cooke,Jennifer,ed.,ScenesOfIntimacy:Reading,WritingAndTheorizingContemporaryLiterature(London:BloomsburyAcademic,2013)Cowart,David.LiterarySymbiosis:thereconfiguredtextintwentieth-centurywriting(Athens,GA:UniversityofGeorgiaPress,2012)Dworkin,Craig,TheConsequenceOfInnovation:21stCenturyPoetics(NewYork:RoofBooks,2008)Gaiele,Andreas,ed.,FabulatingBeauty:PerspectivesOnTheFictionOfPeterCarey(Amsterdam:Rodopi,2005)Glendenin,John,ScienceAndReligionInNeo-VictorianNovels(London:Routledge,2013)Gupta,Suman,ContemporaryLiterature(London:Routledge,2012)Hamner,RobertD.,EpicoftheDispossessed:DerekWalcott’sOmeros(Columbia,MO:UniversityofMissouriPress,1997)Hayles,N.Katherine,ElectronicLiterature:NewHorizonsForTheLiterary(NotreDame,IN:UniversityofNotreDamePress,2008)Ho,Elizabeth,Neo-VictorianismAndTheMemoryOfEmpire(London:Continuum,2012)Longenbach,James,ResistancetoPoetry(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2004)Perloff,Marjorie,21stCenturyModernism:The“New”Poetics(Oxford:Blackwell,2002)Reed,BryanM.,PhenomenalReading:EssaysOnModernAndContemporaryPoetics(Tuscaloosa,AL:UniversityofAlabamaPress,2012)Rozett,MarthaTuck,ConstructingAWorld:Shakespeare’sEnglandAndTheNewHistoricalFiction(NewYork:SUNYPress,2002)Snodgrass,MaryEllen,PeterCarey:ALiteraryCompanion(Jefferson,NC:McFarland,2010)Tynan,Maeve,PostcolonialOdysseys:DerekWalcott’sVoyagesofHomecoming(Newcastle-Upon-Tyne:CambridgeScholarsPress,2013)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName ReadingandWritingasaCritic
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
XXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarorworkshopsweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismoduleexploreshowcriticsandtastemakershaveshapedourresponsestoimaginativewriting,fromearlytheoriesofliteraryaestheticsfoundinAristotle’sPoetics,orPhilipSidney’sDefenseofPoesytoliterarymagazineslikeTheParisReview,orsocialmediawhereeveryone’sacriticnow.You’lllearnabouttheroleofthecriticfromtheclassicaltothepresentday,exploringquestionsofaesthetics,taste,identity,andculturalandsocialcapital.You’llalsoconsiderthecraftofthecritic,throughpracticalreviewingassignments,interviewtechniques,keepingareadingjournal,andsharingyourpassionforliteratureviadigitalplatforms.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeycriticaltextsandtheireffect,significanceandinfluenceincontemporaryandcurrentculturalhistory.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginatively
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interpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofcriticism,andanunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
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AssessmentStrategy
Portfolioofreviewassignments,onlineorinprint(1250)CloseTextualAnalysisofapieceofliterarycriticism(1500)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 PO PortfolioofReviewAssignments
40 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES CloseTextualAnalysis 60 x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
PrimaryTexts:Arangeofpossibleauthor/criticsmightincludeanyofthefollowing:AlexanderPope,JohnDryden,MaryWollstonecraft,EdmundBurke,WalterPater,OscarWilde,J.HillisMiller,StanleyFish,EdwardThomas,C.S.Lewis,HaroldBloom,FrankKermode,DavidLodge,TerryEagleton,ElaineShowalter,RitaFelski,MarinaWarner,SusanStewart,HelenVendler,ZadieSmith.Secondarytexts/resources:http://www.theparisreview.orghttp://www.granta.comhttp://www.newyorker.comhttps://www.pshares.orgBookBloggersandVloggershttp://this-space.blogspot.co.ukhttp://davidwinters.ukhttp://www.readysteadybook.comhttp://www.abookutopia.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/TheBookTuberhttp://projectukya.blogspot.co.ukhttp://www.thebookette.co.ukhttp://www.wondrousreads.comhttp://www.serendipityreviews.co.uk
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Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName IntroductiontoPublishing
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ECWXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level4/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
None
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
1x3hourworkshop,weeklyfor12weeks.164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Publishingconstitutesthecommercial,artisticandaestheticexpressionofliterarycreationand,assuch,representsthevitalityofthebookworldinallitsforms.Inthismodule,youwillencounterpublishingasaliteraryandculturaltraditionthatisdynamicandinaconstantstateofflux.Youwillconsidertheroleoftechnologyontheproductionanddisseminationofwrittentextsinthecontemporaryworld.Themoduleexploresshiftingpowerstructuresandculturalcapital,fromtheelevatedroleofthereaderwithinthepublishingcycletothehierarchyofpublishingandauthorbrands.Tradepublishingwillbeconsideredalongsideindependentandalternativeformsofpublishingthatcelebrateandexploremateriality,individuality,andcommunity.Publishinghashistoricallybeenregardedasasocialandculturalendeavour,and,assuch,creativerelationshipsbetweenkeyplayers,fromauthorstoagents,editorstobooksellers,criticstocelebrities,willbecriticallyanalysedinthismodule.Throughthisprocess,wewillassesstheroleofculturalintermediariesontheperceivedsuccess(orfailure)ofthetextinthewiderliterarymarketplace.
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AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Anunderstandingofthestructureandprocessesthatcharacterisecontemporarypublishing.
2. Anunderstandingofbrandidentityasasignifierofsuccessinpublishingtoday.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyevaluatehistoricalcontextsandemergentdebatesasameansofbetterunderstandingwhatthefutureofpublishingholds.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbecompetentinthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawonexistingtheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofwritingpractice,synthesisingthiswithanunderstandingofprofessionalcontexts,inordertoprepareyouforentryintothewritingindustries.PracticalSkills
Youwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskillsandpresentationskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,inordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.Theseskillswillbeinformedbyanunderstandingofmarket,audienceandgenreasdynamiccontextsforliteraryproduction.
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Studentswillalsolearnhowtoapplysocialmediaskillsinprofessionalcontextsandforums.
IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandardanddeliveringpresentations.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork,discussyourownandothers’practice,andengagewithindustryprofessionalsinavarietyofcontexts.
AssessmentStrategy
Theassessmentforthismodulewillbemadeupoftwoparts:1.Casestudy(1000words),toincludeaformativein-classpresentationintheearlystagesofresearch(5minutes).Thepresentationdoesnotcontributetothemodulemark.2.Essay(1500words)
No
AssessmentMethod
DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessedCompulsory
OrCompensatable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 CS Forthiscasestudy,studentswill
selectacontemporarypublisheroragency,andwillanalysethepurpose,operationsandoutputsofthatorganisationindepth.
50 x x x x Compensatable
2 ES Throughthisessay,studentswillcriticallyanalyseakeytheme,trend,breakthroughorthreattocontemporarypublishing.
50 x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR Artefact PC PracticalCB computer-based PF PerformanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO PortfolioEX Exam PR PresentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR OralLR literaturereview OT Other
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:
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ClaireSquires,MarketingLiterature:TheMakingofContemporaryWritinginBritain(London:Palgrave,2009)DavidFinkelstein,TheBookHistoryReader(London:Routledge,2001)SimoneMurray,TheAdaptationIndustry:TheCulturalEconomyofContemporaryLiteraryAdaptation(London:Routledge,2013)Secondarytexts:Baverstock,Alison,HowtoMarketBooks(London:KoganPage,2008)Blake,Carole,FromPitchtoPublication(London:Macmillan,1999)Bloom,Clive,Bestsellers:PopularFictionSince1900(London:PalgraveMacmillan,2002)ClarkGilesandAngusPhillips,InsideBookPublishing(London:Routledge,2008)CollinPH,DictionaryofPublishingandPrinting(London:A&CBlack,2006)Feather,John,CommunicatingKnowledge:Publishinginthe21stCentury(London:Bowker-Saur,2002)Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (London:Abacus,2000)GomezJeff,PrintisDead:BooksinourDigitalAge(London:Routledge,2008)Hartley,Jenny,TheReadingGroupsBook2002-3(Oxford:OUP,2003)Horn,Barbara,EditorialProjectManagement:WithExercisesandModelAnswers(London:HornEditorialBooks,2006)Lewis,Jeremy,PenguinSpecial:TheLifeandTimesofAllenLane(London:Penguin,2005)MacDonald,Ronan,TheDeathoftheCritic(London:Continuum,2008)Maschler,Tom,Publisher(London:Picador,2005)Owen,Alisoun(ed.),TheWriters’andArtists’Yearbook2016(London:Macmillan,2016)Rehberg,Denel(editor),FromSalonstoCyberspace:ReadingsofReadingCommunities(London:Palgrave,2011)Schiffrin,André,TheBusinessofBooks:HowInternationalConglomeratesTookOverPublishingandChangedtheWayWeRead(London:Verso,2001)Shillingsburgh,Peter,FromGutenbergtoGoogle:ElectronicRepresentationsofLiteraryTexts(CambridgeUniversityPress,2006)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWritingandJournalism
Subject CreativeWriting
Version 1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 10/01/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)CreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName MonarchyandDissent
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismoduleexplorestheprofoundshiftsinnotionsofself,kingshipandstate,andquestionsaroundthepublicvs.privateindividual,fromtheEarlyModernperiodthroughtotheRestoration,asthosechangesarearticulatedinliteraryproduction.Towardstheendofthemoduleyou’llexaminehowconcernsabouttherelationshipbetweenpowerandthestate,expressedthen,remainanxietiesthatcontinuetothepresentdayandareexploredthroughlaterpopulartextssuchasTolkein’sLordoftheRings,ortransmediafranchiseslikeASongofIceandFire/GameofThrones.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. KnowledgeofarangeofkeytextsoftheRenaissanceandRestorationperiodsandtheircontinuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
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3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy Essay(3000words)
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No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:WilliamShakespeare:RichardII(anyedition/onlineversion)TheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature9theditionVolume1,partsBandC:fromthiswewillread:
• ChristopherMarlowe,HeroandLeander(entirepoem)• EdmundSpenser,FaerieQueene(Books1and2)• Metaphysicalpoetry:JohnDonne,AndrewMarvell,GeorgeHerbert,HenryVaughan,
ThomasTraherne,RichardCrawshaw• JohnWebster,TheDuchessofMalfi• JohnMiltonParadiseLost(entirepoem)• WilliamCongreve,TheWayoftheWorld
PLUSGeorgeRRMartin:ASongofIceandFire1:AGameofThrones(NewYork:Bantam,1996)OrJ.R.Tolkein,TheLordoftheRings:TheFellowshipoftheRing[1955](London:HarperCollins,2012)Secondarytexts:Beard,A,TextsandContexts:introducingliteratureandlanguagestudy,London:Routledge,2001Bradford,Richard,CompleteCriticalGuidetoJohnMilton,London:Routledge,2001Braunmuller,ARandMHattaway,CambridgeCompaniontoEnglishRenaissanceDrama,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2003Bruster,D,ShakespeareandtheQuestionofCulture,NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2003Burns,E,RestorationComedy:crisesofdesireandidentity,Basingstoke:MacmillanPress,1987Bushnell,R(ed.),ACompaniontoTragedy,Malden,Mass.;Oxford:Blackwell,2005Danielson,Dennis,ed.,CambridgeCompaniontoMiltonCambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1999Davies,S,ImagesofKingshipinParadiseLost:Milton’sPoliticsandChristianLiberty,Colmbia:UniversityofMissouriPress,1983DiPasquale,Theresa,RefiguringtheSacredFeminine:Donne,LanyerandMilton,Pittsburgh:
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DuquesneUniversityPress,2008Greenblatt,Stephen,RenaissanceSelf-Fashioning,Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2005Groves,Beatrice,TextsandTraditions:ReligioninShakespeare1592-1604,Oxford:ClarendonPress,2006Hille,C,VisionsoftheCourtlyBody:thepatronageofGeorgeVilliers,Berlin:AkademieVerlag,2012Jacoby,H,GameofThronesandphilosophy:logiccutsdeeperthanswords,Hoboken:Wiley,2012Jardine,L,ReadingShakespeareHistorically,London:Routledge,1996Jenkins,K,ReconfiguringHistory:newthoughtsandanolddiscipline,London:Routledge,2003Miller,J,BourbonandStuart:kingsandkinshipinFranceandEnglandintheSeventeenthCentury,London:GeorgePhilip,1987Mitchell,LandCharlesMelville(eds.)EveryInchaKing:comparativestudiesonkingsandkingshipintheancientandmedievalworlds,Boston:Brill,2013LungerKnoppers,L,HistoricisingMilton;spectacle,powerandpoetryinRestorationEngland,Athens:UniversityofGeorgiaPress,1994Mottram,S,EmpireandNationinearlyRenaissanceliterature,Woodbridge:Boydell&Brewer,2008Sawday,J,TheBodyEmblazoned,London:Routledge,1995Sharpe,K,SellingtheTudorMonarchy:AuthorityandImageinSixteenth-CenturyEngland,NewHaven;YaleUniversityPress,2009Sharpe,K,RebrandingRule1660-1714:TheRestorationandRevolutionMonarchy,NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress,2013Targoff,R,JohnDonne,BodyandSoul,Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2008Todd,Janet,Gender,ArtandDeath,London:PolityPress,1993Zunder,WandSTrill,(eds.),WritingandtheEnglishRenaissance,London:Longman,1996Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName RevolutionandRomanticism
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
TheFrenchRevolution.TheAmericanRevolution.TheGloriousRevolution.ThePrintRevolution.TheRevolutionin‘Manners’orsexualpolitics.Thismoduleexaminesthewaysinwhichtheeighteenthcenturyinspiredcontemporaryconcernsanddiscoursesabouthumanrights,capitalism,genderandequality,legalframeworksandnationstates.Youwillexamineavarietyofliteratureandotherwritings,includingjournals,reviews,autobiographicalnarratives,poetry,playsandgothicfiction,andconsiderthechangingroleandfunctionofprintcultureandtheauthor/artist.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsoftheeighteenthcenturyandtheircontinuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
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3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
Essay(3000words)
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No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
PrimaryTexts:DanielDefoe,Roxana(Oxford:OxfordWorld’sClassics,2008)MariaEdgeworth,Belinda(Oxford:OxfordWorld’sClassics,2009)*TheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature,VolumeD:TheRomanticPeriod8thEdition(NewYork:Norton,2005)orsimilar.*Pleasenotemany‘Romantic’textsareavailableonline.OlaudahEquiano,TheInterestingNarrativeed.VincentCaretta(London:Penguin,2003)JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels(London:Penguin,2003)MaryWollstonecraft,Frankenstein:OrtheModernPrometheus:The1818Text(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2009)SecondaryTexts:Baldick,Chris,InFrankenstein'sShadow:Myth,Monstrosity,andNineteenth-CenturyWriting(Oxford:Clarendon,1997)Gardiner,Ellen,RegulatingReaders:GenderandLiteraryCriticismintheEighteenthCenturyNovel(London:AssociatedUniversityPresses,1999)Gidal,Eric,PoeticExhibitions:RomanticAestheticsandthePleasuresoftheBritishMuseum(Lewisberg,PA:BucknellUniversityPress,2001)Motion,Andrew,Keats(London:Faber,1997)Newlyn,Lucy,TheCambridgeCompaniontoColeridge(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress2003)Thompson,Peter,TheCambridgeIntroductiontoEnglishTheatre(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2006)Todd,Dennis,ImaginingMonsters:MiscreationsoftheSelfinEighteenthCenturyEngland(Chicago:ChicagoUniversityPress,1995)WuDuncan,ACompaniontoRomanticism(Oxford:Blackwell,1999)Young,B.W.,ReligionandEnlightenmentinEighteenth-centuryEngland(Oxford:Clarendon,1998)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
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Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName PopularFictionandNon-Fiction
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level/Semester
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminarweeklyx12weeks152hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Inthismoduleyou’llexploretrends,tastesandfashionsinfictionandnon-fictionovertime:whatsells,whenandwhy?Romance,crime,theGothic,biographies,cookerybooks–whattopsthebest-sellerlists?Howareaudiencescreatedandkeptfascinated(andbuying)?Howareourtastesformed?Andhowindividualareourchoices?Wewillexaminesomeofthemostpopulargenresandtextsovertimeuptothepresentday.Youwillbeintroducedtosometheoriesaboutthepopular–includingcritiquesofcapital,conceptsoftaste,massmarketsandpleasure.You’llalsolearntoquestionassumptionsandexaminesomeofyourownpreferencesandchoices.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeypopularbestsellingbooksandtheircontinuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
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3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
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AssessmentStrategy
1. Researchreport:analysisofbookshop/seller,including
percentageofbookandnon-bookproducts,displays,popularsections(1000)
2. CriticalEssay(2000)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 RE ResearchReport 30 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES Essay 70 x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primary Texts Flynn, Gillian, Gone Girl (New York: Crown Publishing, 2012) French, Dawn, Dear Fatty, (London: Century, 2008) King, Stephen, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, (New York: Scribner, 2014) Larsson, Stieg, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, (London, Quercus, 2015) Macdonald, Helen, H is for Hawk (London: Vintage, 2015) Martin, George R.R., A Song of Ice and Fire 2: A Clash of Kings (New York: Bantam, 1998) Mankell, Henning, The Return of the Dancing Master [2000] [trans. Laurie Thompson] (London: Harvill Secker, 2003) Moran, Caitlin, How to be a Woman (London: Ebury Press, 2011) Plus Book from current bestseller list. Secondary Texts/Sources Nestingen, Andrew and Paula Arvas, eds., Scandinavian Crime Fiction (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011) Bailey, F and Hale, D (eds.) Popular Culture, Crime, and Justice, (West/Wadsworth, 1998) Barthes, R Mythologies, (London: Vintage, 1993)
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Bocock, R Hegemony, London: Ellis Horwood and Tavistock, 1986 Bourdieu, Pierre, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, (Harvard University Press, 1984) Brottman, M High Theory/Low Culture, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) Ferris, Suzanne and Mallory Young, eds., Chick Lit: The New Woman’s Fiction (New York: Routledge, 2006) Fiske, J Introduction to Communication Studies, (London: Routledge, 2011) Knight, Stephen, Crime Fiction, 1800 – 2000, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) McCracken, Scott, Pulp: Reading Popular Fiction, (Manchester University Press, 1998) Moi, Toril Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory, (London: Routledge, 2002) Montoro, Roco, Chick Lit: Stylistics of Cappucino Fiction (London: Continuum, 2012) Rzepka, Charles, Detective Fiction, (London: Polity Press, 2005) BookCharts:www.amazon.co.ukhttp://www.thebookseller.com
Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName GoWild:LiteratureandEnvironment
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminarweeklyx12weeks152hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Whatcanliteraturetellusaboutoneofthemostpressingconcernsofourtime–environmentalchange?SinceatleasttheRomanticperiod,writershavebeenenthralledbytheunpredictablepowerofnature,frommountains,rivers,andglacierstoseeminglyunpopulatedspacesthatwedesignateaswild.Inthismoduleyou’llinvestigateconceptssuchasnature,wilderness,sustainability,environmentaljustice,theideaoftheAnthropocene,climatechange,andanimalethics,astheyhavebeenimaginedandcontestedinliteraturefromMontaignetothepresentday.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsandideasconcerningenvironmentandecology,andtheirsignificanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,ecology,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
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3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
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AssessmentStrategy
1.Fieldtripreportontherelationshipbetweentextandenvironment(1000words)2.Essay(2000words)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 RE FieldTripReport 30 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES Essay 70 x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
PrimaryTexts:Shakespeare,William,AsYouLikeIt(anyedition/onlineversion)Wordsworth,William,ThePrelude(extracts)White,Gilbert,TheNaturalHistoryandAntiquitiesofSelborne(extracts)(1789]McCarthy,Cormac,TheRoad(Picador,2006)Cather,Willa,DeathComesfortheArchbishop[1927],(Virago,2006)Itäranta,Emmi,MemoryofWater(HarperVoyager,2015)Snyder,Gary,variousBeatty,Laura,Pollard(Vintage,2009)Hadfield,Jen,Byssus(Picador,2014)Variousothers:EdwardThomas,THWhite,RobertMcFarlane,KathleenJamie,MarkCockerSecondaryTexts:Agamben,Giorgio.TheOpen:ManandAnimal.Trans.Attell,Kevin.PaloAlto,CA:StanfordUP,2004.Armbruster,Karla,andKathleenR.Wallace,eds,Beyondnaturewriting:expandingtheboundariesofecocriticism(Charlottesville:UniversityPressofVirginia,2001)Bate,Jonathan,
- Romanticecology:Wordsworthandtheenvironmentaltradition(London:Routledge,1991)
- TheSongoftheEarth(London:Picador,2000)Calicott,J.Baird,andMichaelP.Nelson,eds,Thegreatnewwildernessdebate(Athens:UniversityofGeorgiaPress,1998)Derrida,Jacques,TheAnimalthatThereforeIAm,trans.DavidWills(NY:FordhamUP,2008)
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Descola,Philippe,BeyondNatureandCulture,trans.JanetLloyd(Chicago:ChicagoUP,2013)Foster,JohnBellamy,Marx'secology:materialismandnature(NewYork:MonthlyReview,2000)Grove,RichardH.,Greenimperialism:colonialexpansion,tropicalislandEdens,andtheoriginsofenvironmentalism,1600-1860(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1995)Haraway,Donna,TheHarawayreader(London:Routledge,2004)—TheCompanionSpeciesManifesto:Dogs,PeopleandSignificantOtherness(Chicago:UofChicagoP,2003)Harrison,RobertPogue,Forests:Theshadowofcivilization(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1992)Heise,UrsulaK.,Senseofplaceandsenseofplanet:theenvironmentalimaginationoftheglobal(NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2008)Kroeber,Karl,Ecologicalliterarycriticism:romanticimaginingandthebiologyofmind(NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,1994)Latour,Bruno,Wehaveneverbeenmodern,trans.CatherinePorter(Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress,1993)McKusick,JamesC.,GreenWriting:RomanticismandEcology,rev.edn(NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2010)Monbiot,GeorgeFeral:RewildingtheLand,SeaandHumanLife(Penguin)Morton,Timothy,TheEcologicalThought(Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress,2010)—,EcologywithoutNature:rethinkingenvironmentalaesthetics(Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress,2007)Oelschlaeger,Max,Theideaofwilderness:fromprehistorytotheageofecology(NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress,1991)Phillips,Dana,TheTruthofEcology:Nature,Culture,andLiteratureinAmerica(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2003)Plumwood,Val,Feminismandthemasteryofnature(London:Routledge,1993)Soper,Kate,Whatisnature?:culture,politicsandthenon-human(Oxford:Blackwell,1995)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Option
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName ReinventingtheVictorians
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismoduleexploresscandal,sensationalism,Darwinism,nostalgiaandreinvention,challengingtheprevailingmythoftheVictoriansasdullorprudish.You’llconsidernineteenthcenturyideasofempire,industrialization,landscape,scienceandtechnology,theoccultandreligion,andgenderastheyemergeinarangeofliteratureoftheperiod,fromVictorianpoetryandtherealistnovel,tojournalism,theatreandpopularperformance.Towardstheendofthemodule,you’llalsoexaminetrendsinthegrowthofneo-Victoriantextstoday,exploringhowthenineteenthcenturyisreimaginedthroughthelensofnovels,steam-punk,andadaptations.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsofthenineteenthcenturyandtheircontinuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffectthe
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productionandreceptionofliterarytexts.3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginatively
interpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy Essay(3000words)
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No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
PrimaryTexts:CharlotteBrontëJaneEyre,(NewYork:SignetClassic,2014)ThomasHardyTheWoodlanders,(London:MacmillanPress,1975MaryElizabethBraddonLadyAudley’sSecret,(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2012)TheOxfordBookofVictorianGhostStories,(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1991)SarahWaters,Fingersmith(2002)/TippingtheVelvet(1998)PennyDreadfulSeason1(ShowtimeandSky)BleakHouse,(BBCTelevision)OnlineSources:BritishPeriodicalsOnlineTheVictorianWeb19:InterdisciplinaryStudiesintheLongNineteenthCenturyNineteenth-CenturyGenderStudiesJournalNeo-VictorianStudiesJournalInadditionthelibraryhasmanyrelevantjournalsinprintandalsoavailablethroughthelibrarycatalogue,includingJSTORandProjectMuse.Secondarytexts:Armstrong,Nancy,DesireandDomesticFiction:apoliticalhistoryofthenovel,(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1987)Boehm-Schnitker,NadineandGruss,Susanne,Neo-VictorianLiteratureandCulture,(London:Routledge,2014)Bristow,Joseph,ed.,TheCambridgeCompaniontoVictorianPoetry,(London:CroomHelm,1987)
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Eagleton,Terry,TheEnglishNovel,(Oxford:BlackwellPublishing,2005)Gendening,John,ScienceandReligioninNeo-VictorianNovels:EyeoftheIchthyosaur,(London:Routledge,2013)Gilbert&Gubar,TheMadwomanintheAttic::thewomanwriterandthenineteenth-centuryliteraryimagination,(NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress,2000)Hadley,Louisa,Neo-VictorianFictionandHistoricalNarrative:TheVictoriansandUs,(London:Palgrave,2010)Kohlke,Marie-LuiseandGutlegen,Christian,Neo-VictorianGothic:Horror,ViolenceandDegenerationintheRe-ImaginedNineteenthCentury,(London:Palgrave,2012)Pykett,Lyn,TheSensationNovel,(Plymouth:NorthcoteHouse,1994)Regan,Stephen,(ed),TheNineteenth-CenturyNovel:ACriticalReader,(London:Routledge,2001)Showalter,Elaine,TheFemaleMalady:WomenMadnessandEnglishCulture,(London:Virago,1987)Stonyk,Margaret,Nineteenth-centuryEnglishLiterature,(London:Macmillan,1983)Walder,Dennis,(ed),TheNineteenthCenturyNovel:Identities,(London:Routledge,2001)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName Modernisms
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
XXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
1x1hourlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismoduleexploresoneofthemostinfluentialandpluralofartisticmovements,whosereachisextraordinary:almostsimultaneously,music,architecture,literatureanddrama,paintingandsculpture,andthenew‘kidontheblock’–film–respondedtonewdevelopmentsinscience,technology,psychology,philosophy,thegrowthofthecity,andlatterly,WorldWarOne,inextraordinaryways.Whilethefocusofthemoduleisonliterature,weexaminehowthevisualandplasticartsinfluencedprose,dramaandpoetry.Therootsofmodernismandmodernityaretobefoundinthe19thcentury,especiallyinFrance.Fromthere,themoduleproceedstoexplore‘highmodernist’literatureupuntilthe1930sbutimportantlyyouwillalsoreadworkbylesserknownauthorswhoseworkhas,untilrecently,beenoverlooked,aswellasworkwhichdeliberatelyresistedbeing‘modernist’.Finally,youwillconsiderhowdifferentmodernismscontinuetoinfluencelate20th-21stcenturyliteraryreadersandwriters.
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AimsMaximumof3
1. Knowledgeofarangeofmodernistliteratureanditsrelationshiptoliteraryandculturalhistory.
2. Anunderstandingofhowsuchrelationshipsfunctioninrelationtocanonformations,nation,education,readingmarketsandculturalidentities.
3. Afamiliaritywiththerangeofcriticalandtheoreticalapproachestostudyofmodernistliteratureandotherarts,withparticularreferencetotherevisionsofthemodernistnarrativeandcanon,andscholarship.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01
CoreKnowledge Evidenceoftextual/literaryknowledgeandinformationprovidedinresponsetothebrief;abilitytomakeintertextualconnectionsthroughexistingknowledgeorresearch.
02 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
03
IdeasGeneration Evidentgenerationandarticulationofideasorconceptsthatareconsistentlydevelopedthroughoutthebrief;inclusionofexperimentalideasandrewritingsofotherideas.
04
Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectandusearangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)consistentlyrelevanttothewritingbrief.
05TextualAnalysis Analysisofrhetorical,formalandtextual
devices,withgoodcriticalinterpretation,inrelationtotheargumentandideaspresented.
06
CriticalThought Reflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Well-structuredanddevelopedargumentdemonstratingagoodgraspofcomplexissuesandconcepts.
07
TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewritingthathasminimalspellingortypographicalerrors.Goodlevelofcommunicationinoralorwrittenform.
08
ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskillsinrelationtolivebriefandprojectwork,andworkingcollaborativelywithpeersand/orindustrypartners.Goodgraspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
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SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingTohelpwiththedevelopmentofthese,youwilldemonstrateknowledgeofarangeofkeymodernistwritersandscholarship,andacriticalunderstandingofmodernism’shistoricalcontexts,andculturallegacies.IntellectualSkillsTohelpwithdevelopmentofthese,youwillengagewith,andrefertoarangeofinformationandscholarshipasyourespondtoandanalysevarioustexts,theircontextsandtheirunderstandingofliteraryandculturalhistory/ies.PracticalSkillsTohelpwiththisyouwilldevelopskillsinresearchingandwritingtodeadlines,producingworkthatisaccurate,andmeetssetcriteriaandconventions.TransferableSkillsTohelpwiththedevelopmentofthisyouwilldemonstrateaccurateandstructuredcommunicationskills,bothwrittenandoral.
AssessmentStrategy Essay3000words
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 ES Essay 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR Artefact PC PracticalCB Computer-Based PF PerformanceCS CaseStudy PL PlacementDI DissertationOrProject PO PortfolioEX Exam PR PresentationGR GroupReport RE IndividualReportIT In-ModuleTest OR OralLR LiteratureReview OT OtherES Essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:CharlesBaudelaire(selectedpoetry/essays)ImagistPoetry,ed.PeterJones(Penguin,2001)VirginiaWoolf,Jacob’sRoom(1922)/MrsDalloway(1925)JamesJoyce,PortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916)KatherineMansfield,BlissandOtherShortStories(1920)
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TSEliot,TheWasteLand(1922)LangstonHughes(selectedpoetry1920s)/NellaLarsen,Passing(1929)WBYeats,TheTower(1928)JoeOrton,EntertainingMrSloane(1964)GeoffreyHill,MercianHymns(1971)AliSmith,HowtoBeBoth(2015)
(NB:anyeditionoftheabovetextsisacceptableunlessotherwisestated.)
Secondarytexts:ManWithAMovieCamera(1929)Dir.DzigaVertovBradshaw,David,ed.,AConciseCompanionToModernism(Oxford:Blackwell,2003)Coppa,Francesca,JoeOrton:ACasebook(London:Routledge,2003)Doolittle,Hilda(HD),TributeToFreud(Variouseds.,1956)Drewery,Claire,ModernistShortFictionByWomen:TheLiminalInKatherineMansfield,DorothyRichardson,MaySinclairAndVirginiaWoolf(Farnham:Ashgate,2011)Fernald,AnneE.,VirginiaWoolf:FeminismAndTheReader(London:PalgraveMacmillan,2006)Galvin,MaryE.,QueerPoetics:FiveModernistWomenWriters(SantaBarbara,CA:GreenwoodPress,1999)German,MonicaandEmilyHorton,eds.,AliSmith:ContemporaryCriticalPerspectives(London:Bloomsbury,2013)Gibson,Andrew,BeckettAndBadiou:ThePathosOfIntermittency(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2006)Levenson,Michael,CambridgeCompanionToModernism(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2003)Leighton,Angela,OnForm:Poetry,Aestheticism,AndTheLegacyOfAWord(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2007)Marek,JayneE.,WomenEditingModernism:LittleMagazinesAndLiteraryHistory(Lexington,KY:UniversityofKentuckyPress,1995)Matz,Jesse,LiteraryImpressionismAndModernistAesthetics(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2001)McDonald,Peter,SeriousPoetry:FormAndAuthorityFromYeatsToHill(Oxford:ClarendonPress,2010)Miller,Meredith,FeminineSubjectsInMasculineFiction:Modernity,WillAndDesire,1870-1910(London:PalgraveMacmillan,2013)Nicholls,Peter,Modernisms:ALiteraryGuide(London:PalgraveMacmillan,1995)Rodriquez,LojoandLauraMa,MovingAcrossACentury:Women’sShortFictionFromVirginiaWoolfToAliSmith(Frankfurt:PeterLang,2011)Journals:Modernism/Modernity(OxfordJournals)ModernistCultures(EdinburghUniversityPress)JournalOfModernPeriodicalStudies(PennStateUniversityPress)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWritingandJournalism
Subject EnglishandWriting
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Version V1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 19/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName ScandalandCensorship
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminarweeklyx12weeks152hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Inthismoduleyou’llexaminewaysinwhichthepowerofthewrittenwordhaschallenged,andcontinuestochallengelaw,politicsandsociety.You’llexplorehowandwhytextshavebeenconsidered‘scandalous’and/orhaveattractedandfloutedcensorship,acrossarangeofliterarypracticesfromtheatreandperformancetopoetryandthenovel.Themodulewillexaminetheoftencomplexrelationshipsbetweenproductionandreception,theofficialandtheunofficial,suchasconsideringlegalrulingsandthepowersofsocialcondemnation.You’llconsidertextsfromtheUStoRussia,China,toIranandtheUK,coveringwriterssuchasMilton,Wilde,Lawrence,Joyce,Pasternak,Miller,Rushdie,Nabokov,Ginsberg,LiaoYiwu,orGurpreetKaurBhatti,whosecontroversialplayBehztiprovokedriotsandwaspulledfromaBirminghamtheatrein2004.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeoftextsthathavebeenassociatedwithscandal,censorshipandthelaw,andtheircontinuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffectthe
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productionandreceptionofliterarytexts.3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginatively
interpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
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AssessmentStrategy
1. Thecasestudywilltaketheformofawritteninvestigation
intoatextstudiesonthemoduleandthelegal,historical,andsocialcontextssurroundingitsstatus,nowandatthetimeofitspublication.Studentswillbeexpectedtodrawonarangeofliteraryscholarship,andothersourcessuchasnewspaperreports,orlegalfindings(2000)
2. Groupdebate.Youwillworkingroupstoinvestigateacontemporaryissueaboutculturalcensorship,andthenholdadebategivingbothsidesoftheargument.Eachgroupmemberwillberequiredtocontributetothedebate.
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 CS CaseStudy 70 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 OR Oralgroupdebate 30 x x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
PrimaryTextsmayinclude:Bhatti,GurpreetKaur,,Behzti(OberonModernPlays,2012)Lawrence,D.H.LadyChatterley’sLover,1928Miller,Arthur,TheCrucible,1956Nabokov,Vladimir,Lolita,1959Rushdie,Salman,TheSatanicVerses(London:Viking,1988)Nafisi,Azar,ReadingLolitainTehran(London:IBTaurus,2003)Ginsberg,Allen,HowlandOtherPoems1955Wilde,Oscar,ThePictureofDorianGray1890Pasternak,Boris,DoctorZhivago1957LiaoYiwu,variousSendak,Maurice,WheretheWildThingsAre(HarperandRow,1963)
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SecondaryTexts:Aldgate,Anthony,Censorshipandthepermissivesociety:Britishcinemaandtheatre1955-65(Oxford:OUP,1995)Birmingham,Kevin,TheMostDangerousBook:theBattleforJamesJoyce’sUlysses(HeadofZeus,2014)CurryJansen,SueCensorship:theknotthatbindspowerandknowledge(NewYork:OUP,1991)DeweMathews,TomCensored(Penguin,1994)Dollimore,JonathanSex,LiteratureandCensorship(Cambridge:Polity,2001)FinnPeter,andPetraCouvée,TheZhivagoAffair:theKremlin,theCIAandtheBattleOveraForbiddenBook(HarvillSecker,2014)Gilbert,NoraBetterleftunsaid:Victoriannovels,HaysCodefilms,andthebenefitsofcensorship(Stanford:StanfordUniversityPress,2013)Goldstein,RobertJustinThefrightfulstage:politicalcensorshipofthetheaterinnineteenth-centuryEurope(NewYork:Berghahn,2011)Heins,MarjorieNotinfrontofthechildren:"indecency,"censorship,andtheinnocenceofyouth(Rutgers,2008)Ladenson,ElizabethDirtforart'ssake:booksontrialfromMadameBovarytoLolita(CornellUniversityPress,2007)Moore,Nicole,CensorshipandtheLimitsoftheLiterary(London:Bloomsbury,2015)Parkes,AdamModernismandthetheaterofcensorship(NewYork:OUP,1996)Rodgerson,Gillian&ElizabethWilson(eds.)Pornographyandfeminism:thecaseagainstcensorship(LawrenceandWishart,1991)Sutherland,JohnOffensiveliterature:decensorshipinBritain,1960-1982(BarnesandNoble,1983)Svich,Caridad(ed.)Outofsilence:censorshipintheatre&performance(EyecornerPress,2012)Travis,AlanBoundandgagged:asecrethistoryofobscenityinBritain(ProfileBooks,2001)WinstonBrian,TheRushdieFatwaandAfter:aLessontotheCircumspect(PalgraveMacmillan,2014)Worrall,DavidTheatricrevolution:drama,censorshipandRomanticperiodsubcultures,1773-1832(NewYork:OUP,2008)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)BA(Hons)English OptionBA(Hons)JournalismwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName LiteraryTourism
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level5/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminarweeklyx12weeks152hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Shakespeare’sStratford,theBrontës’Haworth,DickensianLondon,DuMaurier’sCornwall,WalterScottandScott-land.Frombirthplacetograve,peoplehavebeendrawntoplacesconnectedwithparticularwriterssinceatleastthenineteenthcentury,whenliterarytouristsbegantogoinsearchofthelocationsofpopularnovels.Thismoduleexplorestheinterrelationshipbetweenauthor,text,andculturaltourism,askingwhetherweshouldconsiderliterarytouristsfromaperspectiveofpilgrimage,fanstudies,consumerculture,orheritage.Themoduleinvolvesafieldtripandcasestudiesonliterarytourismdestinations,enablingyoutoexploretheroleofliteratureintheculturaleconomy,fromliteraryfestivalsand‘booktowns’likeHayonWye,totheheritageattractionssuchastheSherlockHolmesmuseumatthefictional221BBakerStreet.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsandideasconcerningliterarytourism,andtheirsignificanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,tourism,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
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3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
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AssessmentStrategy
1.CaseStudyonadestination,event,orotheraspectofliterarytourism(1500words)2.Presentationonyourownexperienceasaliterarytourist(10mins)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 CS CaseStudy 70 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 PR Presentation 30 x x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Anderson,H.C.&Robinson,M.LiteratureandTourism:ReadingandWritingTourismTexts.EditedbyH.C.Anderson&M.Robinson.London&NewYork:Continuum,2002.Brooker,W.‘ASortofHomecoming:FanViewingandSymbolicPilgrimage’.inJ.Gray,C.Sandvoss,andC.L.Harrington(eds)Fandom:IdentitiesandCommunitiesinaMediatedWorld.NewYork&London:NewYorkUniversityPress,2002Goldhill,S.Freud’sCouch,Scott’sButtocks,BrontesGrave:CulturalTrails:AdventuresinTravel.Chicago&London:UniversityofChicagoPress,2011Herbert,D.‘LiteraryPlaces,TourismandtheHeritageExperience’.InAnnalsofTourismResearch,Vol.28(2),2001:312–333Jenkins,H.TextualPoachers:TelevisionFansandParticipatoryCulture(StudiesinCultureandCommunication).London&NewYork:Routledge,1992Macaskill,H.‘TheRoadtoManderley:ExploringtheCornwallThatInspiredDaphneduMaurier’.Availableathttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2315840/Exploring-Cornish-corners-inspired-Daphne-du-Mauriers-Rebecca.htmlPlate,L.‘WalkinginVirginiaWoolf’sfootsteps:PerformingCulturalMemory’.InEuropeanJournalofCulturalStudies,Vol.9(1),2006:101–120.Reijnders,S.‘StalkingtheCount:Dracula,FandomandTourism’.InAnnalsofTourismResearch,Vol.38(1),2011:231–248.Rojek,C.Celebrity.London:ReaktionBooks,2001Sandvoss,C.Fans:TheMirrorofConsumption.Malden,MA:PolityPress,2005Squire,S.J.TheCulturalValuesofLiteraryTourism’.InAnnalsofTourismResearch,Vol.21(1),1994:104.Urry,J.TheTouristGaze.London,UK:SagePublications,1990Watson,N.J.TheLiteraryTourist:ReadersandPlacesinRomanticandVictorianBritain.
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Basingstoke:PalgraveMacmillan,2006Woolf,V.(1980[1904])‘Haworth,November1904’.InBarrett,M.(ed.)V.Woolf,WomenandWriting.NewYork:HarcourtBraceJovanovich,pp.121–125.Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Option
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName CollaborativeProject
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ECWXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level6,semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:4x3hrworkshopsforweeks1-46hoursblendedlearning6hoursskillsexchange6hoursgrouptutorial70hoursplacement300hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Inthismoduleyou’llconsiderthewriter’sroleaspartofacreativeeco-system,and/orliterature’sroleinthecreativeeconomythroughworkingonacollaborativeproject.Theprojectcanbeaplacementinthewriting-relatedindustries,acasestudyorlivebriefwithbusiness(forexample,literaryfestivals,creativeagencies,publishinghouses,heritagesector),oracollaborativeprojectwithpeersculminatinginaneventperformanceorpieceofcreativepractice.Studentswillbesupportedindevelopingprojectwork,andobtaininglivebriefopportunitieswherepracticable.Supportwillalsobeprovidedthrough‘creativeskillsexchange’eventswheretheycanmeetstudentsworkinginotherkeyareasofthecreativeindustriesatFalmouth.Introductoryworkshopswillprovideknowledgeofcollaborativeworking,projectmanagementskills,andopportunitiestotakepartincreativeskillsexchangeevents.TherestofthemodulewillbedeliveredviablendedlearningactivitiesusingtheVLE,andone-to-oneorprojectgrouptutorials.Themoduleisassessedbydocumentationoftheproject,placementorbrief,althoughtherewillbe
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provisionmadeforsupportingstudentstodeliverperformances,eventsandpresentationsoftheworktowardstheendofthemodule.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Anabilitytogenerateideasinresponsetoabrief.2. Anunderstandingoftheprofessionalandindustry
contextsforwriting.3. Theabilitytoworkcollaboratively,respondtodiverse
writingbriefs,commissionsanddeadlines.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbecompetentinthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawonexistingtheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofwritingpractice,synthesisingthiswithanunderstandingofprofessionalcontexts,inordertoprepareyouforentryintothewritingindustries.PracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,pitchandpresentationskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkills
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Youwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandardanddeliveringpresentationsandpitches.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork,discussyourownandothers’practice,andengagewithindustryprofessionalsinavarietyofcontexts.
AssessmentStrategy
Portfoliodocumentingtheprojectandtheindividualstudent’srole.
No
AssessmentMethod
DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessedCompulsory
OrCompensatable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 PO Portfolioofproject
documentation x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-
AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Green,Charles,TheThirdHand:CollaborationinArtfromConceptualismtoPostmodernism,Minneapolis:UniversityofMinnesotaPress,2002Fanthome,Christine,WorkPlacements-ASurvivalGuideforStudents,London:PalgraveMacmillan,2004Rothwell,Andrew,andIanHerbert,ManagingYourPlacement:ASkillsBasedApproachLondon:PalgraveMacmillan,2005Stevens,Matt,andClaudiaJohnson,ScriptPartners:HowtoSucceedatCo-WritingforFilm&TV,NewYork:Routledge,2016Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
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Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)CreativeWriting Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName GlobalVoices
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level6/Semester1
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminar/workshopweeklyx12weeks152hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Thismodulewillconsidertherelationshipbetweenliteratureandglobalmarkets,literatureandnationalidentityandthepoliticsandpoeticsofliteratureintranslation.You’llexaminetheoriginsofLiteraryStudiesintheculturalconceptionofEuropeancolonialism,andlookforwardtotheroleofliteratureinnewconceptionsofglobalidentity.Acrosstheworld,literarytranslationmarketscontinuetogrowrapidlywhilededicatedinternationalorganisationsworktoredressimbalancesinliteraryrepresentationglobally.Thismodulewillconsiderthepoliticsoftranslationandthewayinwhichliteratureinformsinterculturalconceptionsandcommunications.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsandtheirnationalandinternationalcontexts,continuedeffect,significanceandinfluencetoday.
2. Anunderstandingofhowtheinterculturalcontexts,socialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionof
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literarytexts.3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginatively
interpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas,intermsoftheglobalculturallandscape.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkills
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Youwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
1. Directedliteraturereview(1000words)2. CriticalEssay(3000)
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 LR DirectedLiteratureReview 30 x x x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES CriticalEssay 70 x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentationGR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
SamplePrimaryTexts:Kay,Jackie,Trumpet(London:Picador,2016)Mukherjee,Neel,ALifeApart(London:Corsair,2014)NgugiwaThiong’o,PetalsofBlood(London:Penguin,2002)Ozeki,Ruth,ATalefortheTimeBeing(London:Canongate,2013)SampleSecondaryTexts:Appadurai, Arjun,Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions in Globalization. (Minneapolis: University ofMinnesotaPress,1996)Bhabha,Homi,NationandNarration(London:Routledge,1990)Boehmer,Eleke,ColonialandPostcolonialLiterature:MigrantMetaphors(OxfordUniversityPress,2005)Head,Dominic,TheStateoftheNovel:BritainandBeyond(Oxford:WileyBlackwell,2008)Kiberd,Declan,InventingIreland:TheLiteratureofaModernNation(London:Vintage,1996)Minh-Ha,TrinT.WomanNativeOther.(Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress,1989)NgugiwaThiong’o,MovingtheCentre:TheStruggleforCulturalFreedoms(London:Heinemann,1993)Puar, Jasbir, Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (Durham: Duke University Press,,2007)Punter,David,PostcolonialImaginings:FictionsofaNewWorldOrder(EdinburghUniversityPress,2000)
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Rao,Rahul,ThirdWorldProtest:BetweenHomeandtheWorld(OxfordUniversityPress,2012)Rushdie,Salman,ImaginaryHomelands:EssaysandCriticism(London:Vintage,2010)Said,Edward,Orientalism(London:Penguin,1995)Said,Edward.CultureandImperialism(London:ChattoandWindus,1993)Spivak,Gayatri,InOtherWorldsLondon:Routledge,2006)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName ReadingtheDigital
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2 Level/Semester
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x4hrseminarweeklyx12weeks152weeksindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Digitalliteratureisawritingpracticethathaspromptedalivelycriticaldebate.Whatexactlyisdigitalliterature,orindeed,whatisnotdigitalliterature?Howdoesitrelatetotraditionalprint-basedliterature?Isdigitalliteratureanelectronicversionofabook,oratypeofgame?Canitbebestunderstoodasperformanceorinrelationtofilmtheory?Inthismodule,wewillexaminesuchquestions,aswellasexploringhowbesttodiscussandevaluatetheproductsofdigitalliterature.Wewilllookatanumberofdifferentpracticessuchascodepoetry,multimediaworks,hypertext,textgenerators,interactivefiction,plusthevariouscontextsinwhichworksofdigitalliteratureare‘published’suchasgalleries,online,festivalsandconferences.
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AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytextsofthegenreandtheireffect,significanceandinfluence.
2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofdigitalliterarytexts.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofdigitalliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacy.PracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,inordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthe
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developmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
ComputerBasedsubmissioninvolvinganalysisandevaluationofdigitalliteraryartefact
NoAssessmentMethod
DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed
Compulsoryor
Compensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 CB Computer-based 100 x x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-
AR Artefact PC PracticalCB Computer-Based PF PerformanceCS CaseStudy PL PlacementDI DissertationOrProject PO PortfolioEX Exam PR PresentationGR GroupReport RE IndividualReportIT In-ModuleTest OR OralLR LiteratureReview OT OtherES Essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:ElectronicLiteratureCollectionVols1-3http://collection.eliterature.org/1etc.Critical/theoreticalresources:Bolter,J.D.&Grusin,R.Remediation(MITPress,2000)Eskelinen,M.CybertextPoetics:CriticalLandscapeofNewMediaLiteraryTheoryHayles,KatherineN.HowWeThink.DigitalMediaandContemporaryTechnogenesis(UniversityofChicagoPress.2012)Funkhouser,C.PrehistoricElectronicPoetryUniv.ofAlabamaPress.2011GlazierL.P.DigitalPoeticsUniv.ofAlabamaPress2001Morris,A.andSwiss,T.(eds)NewMediaPoetics:Contexts,Technotexts,andTheoriesMITPress2006Schreibman,S.Siemens,R.&Unsworth,J.(eds.)ACompaniontoDigitalHumanities,Oxford,
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Blackwell2004.Simianowski,R.CloseReadingsofDigitalLiteratureOnlineatDichtungDigitalOtherresources:Programmatology.JohnCayleywebsitehttp://programmatology.shadoof.netElectronicLiteratureOrganisationwebsitehttp://eliterature.org/cell/ELMCIPwebsitehttp://elmcip.netGrandTextAutoonlinebloghttps://grandtextauto.soe.ucsc.eduSection4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Option
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName Dissertation
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 40
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level6/Semester2
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:Studyskillslectures,and12x30minuteindividualsupervisiontutorials.390hoursindependentstudy.
SummaryModuleDescription
ForthismoduleyouwillcompleteanindependentextendedpieceofwrittenworkonanareaofEnglishstudies/EnglishLiteratureofyourchoosing.Youwillbesupportedthroughoutthisprojectbyyoursupervisor.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
1. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytexts.2. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,
language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliterarytexts.
3. Theabilitytocriticallyreflectandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextextsandideas.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
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02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeyworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirhistoricalcontext,andculturallegacyPracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy 1x10,000worddissertation
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 DI Dissertation 100 x x x x x x Compulsory
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR artefact PC practicalCB computer-based PF performanceCS casestudy PL placementDI dissertationorproject PO portfolioEX exam PR presentation
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GR groupreport RE individualreportIT in-Moduletest OR oralLR literaturereview OT otherES essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
MHRAStyleGuide(3rdEdition)BryanGretham,HowtoWriteyourUndergraduateDissertation(Palgrave2009)Walliman,Nicholas,YourUndergraduateDissertation:TheEssentialGuideforSuccess(SAGE,2013)Section4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
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MODULEINFORMATIONFORM(MIF)
THEMIFPROVIDESESSENTIALINFORMATIONTOSTUDENTS,COURSETEAMSANDOTHERSONAPARTICULARMODULE.
Section1–ChangesmadetoSection1oftheMIFwillrequireDepartmentalBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
ModuleName ContemporaryWriting:WhatHappensNext?
ModuleCodeSRITtoestablishcodingprotocol
ENGXXX
CreditValue 20
LevelandSemestere.g.Level4,Semester2
Level/Semester
PreandCo-requisitesInsertname,codeswillbeinsertedoncecreatedbySRIT
N/A
NamedModuleLeader TBC
LocationofDeliverye.g.PenrynorFalmouth
Penryn
Mode(s)ofDeliverye.g.1x2hrseminar,weeklyfor13weeks
Indicatively,thismodulewillcomprise:1x1hrlectureweeklyx12weeks1x2hrseminarweeklyx12weeks164hoursindependentstudy
SummaryModuleDescription
Whatwinsprizes?Whatwinsreaders?Whatmakesabest-seller?Whatisliteraturedoingnow,andwhereisitgoing?Thismoduletakesthefast-pacedworldofwritingandpublishing,andexaminesprize-winningworkthatiseithercriticallyacclaimedand/ortoppingthebest-sellerlists.Wewillaskhowjudgesdecideonwinners,howpanelsarechosen,andwhateffectsuchprizeshaveonshapingtasteandsales;whatgetsreviewed,andwhatinfluencedoreviewshave;doadaptationsforfilm/televisionmakeadifference,andwhataboute-publishing,orthepowerofsocialmediaand‘sharing’?Finally,isitpossibletopredicttrendsandtastes?Combiningacademicscholarshipwithpublishingexpertise,thismoduleteachesyouhowcriticalandcommercialanalysisareessentialtoacareerinwriting.
AimsMaximumof3
Oncompletionofthismodule,youwillbeexpectedtodemonstrate:
7. Knowledgeofarangeofkeytexts,marketsandpublishersandtheircurrentandpotentialsignificanceandinfluence.
8. Anunderstandingofhowthesocialandlegalspheres,language,technology,andeconomicsaffecttheproductionandreceptionofliteraturenow.
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9. Theabilitytocriticallyreflect,analyseandimaginativelyinterpretarangeofcomplextexts,ideas,andtheirfuturereaders.
LearningOutcomes
LO
LearningOutcomeOncompletionofthismoduleyoushouldbeabletoshowthefollowing:
AssessmentCriteriaYouwillbeassessedforthefollowing:
01 ContextualUnderstanding Demonstrableunderstandingofthecontextsofliteraryproductionandconsumption.
02 IdeasGeneration Generationandarticulationofideasthataredevelopedtoaconclusioninresponsetothebrief.
03 Research Effectiveresearchskillsandtheabilitytoselectanduserangeofsources(and/orscholarshiportheoreticalmaterial)asrelevanttothebrief.
04 TextualAnalysis Analysisandcriticalinterpretationofrhetorical,formalandtextualdevices.
05 CriticalThought Evidenceofreflectivecritique,and/orcriticalthought.Astructuredanddevelopedargument.
06 TechnicalSkillsandPresentation Properlypresentedandtechnicallyaccuratewriting.Effectiveoral/writtencommunication.
07 ProfessionalContexts Planningandorganisationalskills.Graspoftheprofessionalandindustrycontextsforwriting.
Section2-AnychangesmadetoSection2oftheMIFwillnormallyrequireDepartmentBoardapproval.BeforemakinganychangestoaMIFconsultwithQSTforadvice.
SkillsDevelopment
KnowledgeandUnderstandingYouwilldrawontheoreticalandappliedknowledgeinthefieldofEnglishstudies,demonstratingknowledgeofarangeofkeycontemporaryworksofliterature,andacriticalunderstandingoftheirculturalcontextsandmarkets.PracticalSkillsYouwilldeveloparangeoftechnicalwritingskills,andemployresearchmethodsappropriatetothefield,ininordertodevelopthecriticalthinkingandtransferableskillsthatemployersvalue.IntellectualSkillsYouwillengagewithavarietyofsourcesofinformationinthedevelopmentofyourownideasandwork,makingcriticallyinformedchoicesaboutvalidityandevidencingyourdecisions.
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TransferableSkillsYouwillcommunicateideasthroughaccuratewrittenworkofaprofessionalstandard.Youwillalsoengageingroupwork.
AssessmentStrategy
IndividualReport:CompetitionAnalysis–briefinwhichstudentsaregivenatopicandaskedtoanalysepossiblepublishingcompetitors/risksforpublicationofitem–1000wordsEssay-3000
No AssessmentMethod DescriptionofAssessmentMethod %
LearningOutcomesAssessed CompulsoryorCompensatable1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 RE IndividualReport:CompetitionAnalysis
40 x x x x x x Compensatable
2 ES Essay 60 x x x x x x x Compensatable
*Thefollowingcodesforassessmentmethodsapply
(additionalcodescanbeproposedthroughthisprocess,ifnecessary):-AR Artefact PC PracticalCB Computer-Based PF PerformanceCS CaseStudy PL PlacementDI DissertationOrProject PO PortfolioEX Exam PR PresentationGR GroupReport RE IndividualReportIT In-ModuleTest OR OralLR LiteratureReview OT OtherES Essay
Section3-OnceinitialapprovaloftheModulehasbeengiven,theSubjectLeadermaymakechangestothissection,followingappropriateconsultation.
IndicativelistofResources
Primarytexts:Prize-winningpublicationsfromlasttenyears,coveringachangingrangeof:
1. Genres:biography,fiction(novel/shortstory),poetry,andchildren’sliterature,sciencefiction,naturewriting,etc.
2. Criteria:gender,race,nation;newwriting;translationSecondarytexts/resources:Bookseller,The,ReadingTheFuture:TheDefinitiveAnnualGuideToHowConsumersAreBuyingBooks/E-BooksAndTheirDigitalPurchasingIntentions(Bookseller/BML,latested.)Bookseller,The,weeklyjournalonthebooktradeDrumDigitalCensus:http://www.thedrum.com/research/digital-analysisoftrendsacrossthedigitalmarketingagencysectorEnglish,JamesF.,TheEconomyOfPrestige:Prizes,Awards,AndTheCirculationOfCulturalValue(Harvard:HarvardUniversityPress,2005)
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Miller,LauraJ.,ReluctantCapitalists:BooksellingAndTheCultureOfConsumption(Chciago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2006)Murray,Simone,TheAdaptationIndustry:TheCulturalEconomyOfContemporaryLiteraryAdaptation(London:Routledge,2012)Todd,Richard,ConsumingFictions:TheBookerPrizeAndFictionInBritainToday(London:Bloomsbury,1996)WriterandArtists’Online:https://www.writersandartists.co.ukSection4–AdministrativeInformation
Department SchoolofWriting&Journalism
Subject English&Writing
Version 1.1
DateofproductionofMIF(dd/mm/yyyy) 23/02/2016
NamedAwards–IndicatebelowallCourseswherethisisaCompulsoryorOptionModule(*deleteasappropriate)
BA(Hons)English Compulsory
BA(Hons)EnglishwithCreativeWriting Compulsory