Module Details
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Title BRITISH WRITING SINCE 1945: FICTION AND DRAMA
Code ENGL314
Coordinator Dr MD Bradley
English
Matthew.Bradley@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 6 FHEQ First Semester 30

Aims

  • The aims of this module are to:

    introduce students to a range of post-war British writing, and to promote the study of literary experimentation in contemporary British literature.     

  •  consider the literature of this period in a broad cultural and political context.

  • ask how forms of modern and contemporary identity are represented and contested within the literature and culture of the period.

  • explore the relations between literary genres, particularly fiction, drama and the short story.


    • Learning Outcomes

    By the end of this module, students will be able to:

    demonstrate an informed appreciation of a broad range of post-war and recent British writing

      

    think fruitfully about different literary genres, their uses, interactions and transformations

    discuss texts in relation to their political, social, psychic and cultural contexts

    Syllabus
    1  1

    Topics covered will typically include:

    • Englishness, Britishness and changing notions of national identity
    • Legacies of empire and immigration
    • The impact of the Cold War and Thatcherism
    • Capitalism, decadence, and excess
    • Imaginative responses to WWII
    • Drama of the 1950s-60s
    • Experimental writing/drama
    • Sexuality,gender and the body
    • Regional writing

    Teaching and Learning Strategies

    Lecture -

    Lectures are attended by around 120 students

    Seminar -

    2 hour weekly seminars of about 20 students

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

    		 24

    		         36
    Timetable (if known) Lectures are attended by around 120 students
          		2 hour weekly seminars of about 20 students
          		         
    Private Study 264
    TOTAL HOURS 300

    Assessment
    EXAM Duration Timing
    (Semester)    		 % of
    final
    mark    		 Resit/resubmission
    opportunity    		 Penalty for late
    submission    		 Notes
    Written Exam  3 hours  First  67  Yes    Assessment 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) Assessed Essay One two-question exam  
    CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
    (Semester)    		 % of
    final
    mark    		 Resit/resubmission
    opportunity    		 Penalty for late
    submission    		 Notes
    Coursework  4000 words  First Semester  33  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 

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