ENGM5233 - Victorian Ethics (Extended)

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

1 demonstrate advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the relation of ethical debates to a range of cultural and literary artefacts;
2 apply an appropriate range of advanced critical and theoretical approaches to analyse these ethical debates;
3 demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the texts chosen for study, including an awareness of the extent to which these texts were shaped by the social and intellectual conditions of the Victorian world, and the extent to which these texts aimed to effect a reorganisation of that world;
4 demonstrate detailed knowledge and critical understanding of the relation of ethical debates to a range of cultural and literary artefacts;
5 demonstrate self-direction and critical independence in a sophisticated extended argument that uses a suitably wide range of evidence/illustrations for a 6,000-word essay, and also engages extensively and with a high level of independence with contextual and critical literature.

Content:

Taught sessions as for ENGM 5135, followed by an individual research project.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Students taking this module will take seminars for ENGM 5135. In addition, they will undertake an individual research project, supervised in two individual tutorials of 30 minutes. This time may be used in a combination of different ways (e.g. face-to-face discussion, e-mail consultations) as appropriate to the individual student. As part of this supervision, students will be encouraged to submit a proposal and drafts for feedback before final submission.

Contact hours: 6 x 2 hours
Intended Group size: 12

Individual tutorials
Contact hours: 2 x 30 mins per student
Intended group size: 1

Assessment:

001 Essay 1 x 6000 words 100%


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Fact File

Module Coordinator - Dr Nathan Uglow
Level - 7
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - YL