Unit name | Critical Issues in Contemporary Literature |
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Unit code | ENGLM0071 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Mimi Thebo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
In this unit, you’ll read, discuss and analyse key texts (both literary and critical) related to some of the current major issues in contemporary letters in two week ‘topics’. This work will help you to contextualise your own writing practice in the wider world of contemporary literature. You will also better understand the critical and theoretical concepts on which those concerns and issues are based and be able to articulate your own responses to those issues and concerns. This unit will help you to understand your own place in contemporary letters; to understand more about how your identity relates to your writing, to be better able to articulate your own literary aesthetic, and to have a firmer grasp of how these issues have evolved..
By the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Teaching will be in large 2 hour seminar/workshop style, with the tutor providing an introduction to the various topics in the first week of the topic and going on to lead discussion, which may include students reading their own creative or critical reactions to the material.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
A portfolio of writing to include:
Original creative writing assessment, 2500 words (or equivalent, in the case of poetry/script)
AND
Summary, 2500 words, relating a key critical issue to the student’s own writing and/or similar texts. (100%) [ILOs 1-6]
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ENGLM0071).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.