ENG6575 - Fantasy and Gender

Objectives:

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.

Content:

This interdisciplinary module uses texts, films and graphic novels to explore the genres of medieval fantasy and utopian/dystopian literature. Analysing fantasy texts alongside psychoanalytic and cultural theories will enable you to engage with questions in relation to ideological, cultural, and historical contexts (e.g. Romanticism, realism, war) and to socio-cultural and political debates (e.g. education, disability, race, gender). To enhance your interdisciplinary skills, we will draw on theories of the gaze, the uncanny, abjection and identification. NOTE: this module includes study of some modern horror films. Students may find some of the images from these films upsetting, and should be aware of the course content in advance.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 30

Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 120

Further details relating to assessment
Students will learn through stages in their assessment, e.g. by negotiating their assignment, by presenting research informally and formally, and by scrutinising drafts in class, and through peer and tutor formative and final feedback.

Coursework 1: This will take the form of a report, testing research skills, relevant subject knowledge of the topic, and the critical application of theoretical perspectives.

Coursework 2: This may take the form either of an essay or of a piece of creative writing. The marking will reflect the level of research skills, relevant subject knowledge and the critical application of theoretical perspectives.

Early Assessment: there will be a formative assessment within the first 4 weeks and this will help unpack the assignment details for the 1st assignment as well as guide and inform student preparation and help introduce the University grading system.

Assessment:

001 Report; 1,250 words; mid-semester 2 40%
002 Essay or creative writing; 2,500 words; end of semester 2 60%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Kate Lister
Level - 6
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6S2

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