Module Details |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | The Modernist World | ||
Code | ENGL728 | ||
Coordinator |
Prof SK Parmar English Sandeep.Parmar@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2018-19 | Level 7 FHEQ | First Semester | 15 |
Aims |
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Learning Outcomes |
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Students will be able to critically evaluate the historical contextual shifts within modernist literary crititicism. | |
Students will demonstrate an informed and systematic understanding of the shaping of international modernism via the study of the links between visual art and literature, travel writing, modernist dystopia, literary responses to space, literary avant-gardes and forms of dissemination such as the modernist salon and little magazines. | |
Students will demonstrate advanced skills in textual analysis of the formal and generic complexity of a range of modernist texts. |
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Students will be able to research and think critically and independently in order to produce sophisticated and original arguments about modernist literature and its contexts.
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Syllabus |
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Authors are likely to include: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Green, Jean Rhys, H.D., Mina Loy, Hope Mirrlees and Nancy Cunard. |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Seminar - 6 x 2 hour seminars |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
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Timetable (if known) |
6 x 2 hour seminars
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Private Study | 138 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
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CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
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Coursework | 2500 word essay | Semester 2 (Weekes 8 -12) | 50 | Yes | Standard UoL penalty applies | Assessment 1 |
Coursework | 2500 word essay | Semester 2 (Weeks 8-12) | 50 | Yes | Standard UoL penalty applies | Assessment 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) Two essay-length analyses of the modernist period, the titles of which will be decided by students in consulation with the tutor. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. Explanation of Reading List: |