Unit name | Death and Dying in Late Medieval Literature |
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Unit code | ENGL20126 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Ash-Irisarri |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
What is death? Who am I when I am dead? Death is an experience of central importance both to individuals and the cultures in which they live. Aside from being vocalised in theological terms, death in the Middle Ages was an intensely human experience of pain, loss and consolation, which raised questions about being remembered, forgotten, or misremembered as much as it probed the relationship between the earthly and the divine. In negotiating this relationship, medieval literature and culture appropriated death and dying as a means to affirm artistic, social, and political identities. The course aims to engage students with a variety of ways in which medieval writers and readers thought about death, dying and the place of the dead in the culture of the living. It asks them to examine a range of texts from the late-medieval period, covering a range of key areas: the personification of death; visual representations of dying; grief; consolation; the afterlife; the performance of death and the art of dying.
This unit therefore aims to:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Teaching will involve asynchronous and synchronous elements, including group discussion, research and writing activities, and peer dialogue. Students are expected to engage with the reading and participate fully with the weekly tasks and topics. Learning will be further supported through the opportunity for individual consultation.
Students will be given the opportunity to submit a draft or outline of their final, summative essay of up to 1,500 words and to receive feedback on this.
Summative Assessments:
1 x 3000 word essay (100%) [ILOs 1-4]
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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 Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
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The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.