Module Details

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Title Victorian Afterlives
Code ENGL736
Coordinator Dr SJ Marsden
English
S.J.Marsden@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

The module encourages students to reflect upon and examine the distance in time and in culture between the Victorians and their subsequent interpreters. To critically examine twentieth and twenty-first century critical analysis of the  Victorian period and its literature. To consider literary and filmic rewritings of texts. To evaluate the continuities and differences between the Victorians and their  later critics, commentators and interpreters through the legacy of questioning  produced by the Victorians themselves.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) On successful completion of the module students will have the ability to use and question key critical and theoretical approaches to Victorian literature and culture.

(LO2) A comprehensive understanding of influential readings, rewritings and interpretations, both critical and creative, of Victorian literature and culture

(LO3) A systematic understanding and critical appreciation of the continuing legacies of the Victorian period in the subsequent culture

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral

(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Listening skills

(S5) Information skills - Critical reading

(S6) Research skills - All Information skills

(S7) Skills in using technology - Using common applications (work processing, databases, spreadsheets etc.)

(S8) Research skills - Awareness of /commitment to academic integrity


Syllabus

 

The syllabus will typically cover:
Approaches to the Victorian period in post-Victorian criticism and critical theory;
Literary responses to and rewritings of the Victorian period and/or Victorian literatures;
Neo-Victorian fiction;
Creative responses to the Victorians in other media, eg graphic novels;
Cinematic adaptations of Victorian literature.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Seminar
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: 6 x 2 hour seminars


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   12

        12
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 138
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  5000 words    100       

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.