ENG5533 - Medieval and Victorian Literature

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:

Students will read texts within context through study of two periods. Students will examine literary works in relation to socio-cultural and political debates, and to understand the continuity and appropriation of specific narratives. Students will be introduced to Beowulf, Chaucer and the Gawain Poet, and other Middle English prose and poetry. Drawing on the themes in the medieval texts, students are encouraged to look at contemporary literature, media, film, etc. Students will then be introduced to a range of texts from the Victorian period, e.g. by Dickens, Collins, Gaskill and Conan Doyle, representing genres invented or refreshed in the Victorian period.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 30

Workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

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. This provides opportunities for early assessment unpacking.

For Semester 1 the negotiated assessment will be on the topic of Medieval literature, and will be 3,000 words or equivalent.

For Semester 2 the topic will be Victorian literature, and the presentation will present an initial hypothesis, which will then be developed into a report.

Assessment:

001 Negotiated Assessment; 3,000 words; end of sem 1 50%
002 Presentation; 7 mins; mid sem 2 20%
003 Report; 2,000 words; end of sem 2 30%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Amina Alyal
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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