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Type A
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Code |
Competences Specific | | | A12 |
Conèixer la varietat lingüística, literària i cultural anglòfona. |
| | A13 |
Conèixer i aplicar les bases de la teoria de la literatura i de les teories estètiques. |
| | A17 |
Saber formar-se una opinió clara i concisa sobre un text i expressar-la de forma oral i escrita. |
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Type B
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Code |
Competences Transversal | | | B1 |
Learning to learn |
| | B5 |
Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility |
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Type C
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Code |
Competences Nuclear |
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Type A
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | A12 |
Adquireix la capacitat d'establir la relació entre forma i contingut en les obres de nombrosos autors en llengua anglesa
| | | A13 |
Coneix les principals tècniques literàries de la ficció, el teatre, la poesia i el cinema
| | | A17 |
Millora les capacitats de lectura i escriptura
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Type B
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | B1 |
Learn by asking questions and take an interest in clearing up doubts.
Be familiar with the features of their discipline.
Understand the importance of mental schemas other than their own.
Ask intelligent questions that challenge what they have learned and show initiative in their search for information.
Contrast their own mental schemas with those of others and exploit the differences as an opportunity to learn.
| | | B5 |
Participate actively and share information, knowledge and experience.
Bear in mind the opinions of others and give constructive feedback.
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Type C
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| Topic |
Sub-topic |
Ways of Reading, Ways of Looking & Ways of Obtaining Knowledge.
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(1) identify characteristics of literary genres (2) recognize and understand critical and literary terms
(3) develop methods and strategies for analysing and interpreting texts
(4) demonstrate a command of these methods and strategies in written work.
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| POETRY |
William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, Benjamin Zephaniah, Marlene Nourbese Philip, Ishmael Reed, Philip Larkin, John Updike.
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| FICTION |
Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Woolf, Alasdair Gray, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Irvine Welsh, James Kelman, Manjula Padmanabhan |
| PROSE |
Sigmund Freud, Ossie Davis, George Orwell, Martin Luther King Jr., Susan Sonntag, Virginia Woolf |
| Methodologies :: Tests |
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Competences |
(*) Class hours
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Hours outside the classroom
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(**) Total hours |
| Introductory activities |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
| Lecture |
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5 |
0 |
5 |
| Seminars |
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39 |
78 |
117 |
| Seminars |
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2 |
10 |
12 |
| Presentations / expositions |
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8 |
6 |
14 |
| Personal tuition |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
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(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies
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Description |
| Introductory activities |
What does TEXT mean and how does it mean? Learning how to read and analyse a text. The author / the Text / the reader.
Form & Function. |
| Lecture |
Lectures will be based on introducing tools and strategies which will help you to analyse texts with confidence. |
| Seminars |
The seminars will consist of active in-class analyses of texts. |
| Seminars |
Basic tools on how to analyse texts according to psychoanalytical theories, marxist theories, feminist theories, postcolonial theories and post-structural theories. |
| Presentations / expositions |
Students will be asked to form a group (3 or 4 students per group). Each group will then choose a subject for their Oral Presentation. The topic will then be discussed in a tutorial with me. After the Oral Presentation, each group member has to write an essay and hand it in on the following week. Precise instructions will be set out in Moodle. |
| Personal tuition |
My office hours will be posted on Moodle but I would prefer you to contact me at least the day before to arrange for a meeting. You can do this by e-mail or office phone: 977.559527
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Description |
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I am usually in my office every morning and many afternoons. Please contact me by e-mail before you come and see me, if possible. |
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Methodologies |
Competences
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Description |
Weight |
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| Seminars |
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In-Class Essay at the end of the semester.
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30% |
| Seminars |
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Three tests on factual questions to see how much you have understood of the reading. The tests may be multiple choice or open-ended questions. |
30%
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| Presentations / expositions |
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Group Oral Presentation. You will be assessed individually, not as a group. Assessment will be based on Content, Structure, Delivery and Fluency. (20%)
WrittenSummary of the Group Presentation. This will also be assessed at an individual level. (20%) |
40% |
| Others |
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Other comments and second exam session |
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Students who attend classes regularly but fail the continuous assessment: If the sum of all your grades does not add up to 50%, you will have to take the resit exam which will consist of a 20 question test (20 marks) + 4 short essay questions (80 marks). The date of the exam will be registered on Moodle. Regular attendance means not missing more than 5 classes. Students who do not attend classes regularly will be asked to do the following: A 20-question test based on the texts discussed in class, that is all the texts in your dossier and those on Moodle. (20 marks)
You will have to take part in one of the regular class presentations on Wednesdays and write the first assignment. The class presentation will take place on the date agreed by your group. (40 marks)
You will be required to write a final essay in the exam. The subject of the essay will be based on the material studied throughout the course. (40 marks) |
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, Anthology of texts available from the Photocopying Room, ,