A thorough knowledge of 19th century and 20th century texts and contexts, and specific units in Reading Ulysses, Literary Pilgrimages, and Children’s and Young Adult Literature allow you to reflect on significant historical, intellectual and philosophical debates.
Research Methods develops further skills necessary at postgraduate level.
Building on your interests, a final dissertation project allows you to conduct independent research in a topic of your choosing.
Unit Information - What will I learn?
Units
- Children'S And Young Adult Literature (ENG006-6) Compulsory
- Dissertation, English Literature (ENG000-6) Compulsory
- Feeling Victorian: Affect, Ethos And Ideology (ENG002-6) Compulsory
- Literature And Modernity In The Long Twentieth Century (ENG001-6) Compulsory
- Reading Ulysses (ENG007-6) Compulsory
- Research Methods (ENG004-6) Compulsory
- The Weird Tale (ENG008-6) Compulsory
How will I be assessed?
Formative assessment tasks include: - Research Proposal - Peer Review activities - Self-assessment forms Summative assessment tasks include: - Essays - Seminar presentations - A Portfolio of Research Skills - Industry focused Critical Commentary Dissertation Project The setting of assessed seminar papers within the taught units enables you and your peers to take control of an aspect of the topic under discussion, extended essays enable you to undertake more in-depth research, while the review of an article is designed to help you engage effectively with critical debates in the field. The Dissertation enables you to manage your own learning and acts as a step towards managing and realising individual projects in future employment or towards tackling a more substantial research project at higher degree level. As you proceed from taught units to the Dissertation project it is expected that your problem solving skills and critical response will become more sophisticated as your intellectual expertise and subject knowledge develops. You will also be required to attend scheduled tutorial sessions in which you discuss and present essay plans and annotated bibliographies to help you manage the task in a structured and timely fashion.
