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Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.
From its beginnings American literature has explored the cultural divisions and ethical complexities within its own society. This module offers the opportunity to explore diversity in American writing in 3 key aspects: the treatment of big social themes (race, gender, sexuality, politics, and class), literature as a means of countercultural, social protest, and the use of diverse literary forms to address social themes (plays, poems, novels, manifestos, autobiographies, graphic novels). Texts will be offered for study from across the range of American literary history with the expectation that individual texts be set within the broader national context of topics and debates, but the main focus of the module is on the work of the beatniks, hippies, and the influence of the civil rights movement.
Lectures
Hours: 30
Independent Group Size: 20
Guided independent study
Hours: 120
Further details relating to assessment
Coursework 1: This will take the form of a report responding to pre-given questions. The marking reflects subject knowledge and appropriate use of critical and theoretical analysis.
Coursework 2: This will take the form of an essay. Again, the marking reflects subject knowledge and appropriate use of critical and theoretical analysis.
Formative assessment: early in the semester students undertake formative exercises which are the basis for assessment unpacking.
001 Report; 1,200 words; Mid Sem 2 40%
002 Essay; 1,800 words; End of Sem 2 60%
Module Coordinator - Kate Lister
Level - 5
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S2