Loosely based on Bennett’s and Royle’s Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, the module will introduce weekly themes that match core theoretical and literary that are mutually illustrative. Themes are likely to include: The Author, The Reader, The Uncanny, Performance, Feeling, The Body, Racial Difference, War, with others available flexibly according to staff availability and expertise. Literary texts are likely to include work by Milton, Beckett, Tennyson, Angela Carter, Perkins Gillman, among others. It is expected that core texts will change in minor ways depending on themes and staff availability.
Convenor
Dr Tim Morris
Assessment
2 x Essays 50% each
Module Aims
To develop on skills introduced in EN11001 by introducing a wide-range of literary texts, alongside key critical questions arising from them, and explanatory of them
To introduce students to the application of theoretical texts to literary work, based on key themes with wide application
To encourage students to think and write about the value and importance of theoretical thinking to literary interpretation
To develop skills of collaboration and essay-writing
Intended learning outcomes
show knowledge and understanding of the core texts and some ability to relate them to their period and cultural contexts
demonstrate a growing facility in analysing literary language and form
be able to accurately and clearly apply theoretical approaches to a variety of literary texts
show awareness of the critical debates surrounding these texts
develop a range of subject-specific and generic skills of value in graduate - employment, including high-order critical, analytic and research skills, and advanced competence in oral and written communication