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Course Description
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Course Name
Debates in Literature
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Host University
Kingston University
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Location
London, England
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Area of Study
English, Literature
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Previous academic study of English literature.
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
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Credits
4 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units0
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Course Content:
This module considers the critical and theoretical debates that inform the study of
literature. Engaging with a range of texts in literary theory, philosophy, and the history of
ideas, students are encouraged to engage critically with secondary sources to enhanceclose readings of literary texts. The module will develop students? ability to write
persuasive, argumentative essays, informed by the work of different critical thinkers and
to articulate clear, critical and theoretical ideas. Furthermore, the module will encourage
students' to negotiate different approaches to literary texts and engage in active critical
debates.AUTUMN SEMESTER:
Students will be introduced to a selection of critical texts through the interactive
lectures; these texts will be applied to a single literary text, such as Stevenson?s The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Othello. This work will be supported by smallgroup
teaching which will help to explore concepts and critics in more detail.
? Literature, Theory, Critical Practice
? Class and Ideology
? Psychoanalysis and the Uncanny
? Form and Structure
? Intertextuality and Genre
? Texts in Time
? Patriarchy and Gender
? Sexuality and Queer Theory
? Race
? Material CulturesSPRING SEMESTER:
There will be a series of four interactive lectures which will be shared with ?Writing and
Rhetoric? in which students will be introduced to key literary texts to which they will then
apply relevant theoretical concepts.Teaching:
Lectures, seminars and lecture workshopsAssessment:
STUDY OPTION 1: a Portfolio which is comprised of several different elements including a
series of formative exercises, such as:
? Short weekly seminar response sheets (10%)
? Group presentation at the end of semester 1 which will be written up for
submission (30%)
? Assessment of each other?s work in the group work (10%)
? Essay (50%)
STUDY OPTION 2: portfolio (some elements as those for Study Option 1).
STUDY OPTION 3: portfolio (some elements as those for Study Option 1).Study Option 1 = Whole Year
Study Option 2 = Autumn
Study Option 3 = Spring/summer
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