|
Type A
|
Code |
Competences Specific | | | A5 |
Dominar la llengua anglesa des d’un punt de vista teòric i pràctic i expressar-s’hi oralment i per escrit de manera fluida i precisa. |
| | A6 |
Analitzar les obres més rellevants de la literatura en llengua anglesa en els seus diversos entorns culturals. |
|
Type B
|
Code |
Competences Transversal | | | B1 |
Learning to learn |
|
Type C
|
Code |
Competences Nuclear |
|
Type A
|
Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | A5 |
Elabora un discurs oral i/o escrit concís i coherent a fi de comunicar els resultats del treball realitzat a un nivell intermedi-alt.
| | | A6 |
Coneix les principals tècniques literàries de diverses expressions de la literatura en llengua anglesa.
Analitza i comenta textos literaris de forma oral i/o escrita.
|
|
Type B
|
Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | B1 |
Put into practice the approaches, methods and experiments put forward by the teaching staff in a disciplined fashion.
Be familiar with the features of their discipline.
Ask intelligent questions that challenge what they have learned and show initiative in their search for information.
|
|
Type C
|
Code |
Learning outcomes |
| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| Poetic form |
Rhyme and sound patterning
Verse, metre and rhythm
Parallelism
Deviation
Texts: selection de poems |
| Narrative |
Narrative
Narrative point of view
Speech and Narration
Narrative Realism
Text: "Daisy Miller" by Henry James |
| The Nature of Theatre & the Script |
The play
Seeing a play
Reading a play
Plot
Character
Characterization
Thought
Diction
Music
Spectacle
Text: "Educating Rita" by Willie Russell |
| Film |
Film and Narration
Film amd Drama
Visual Image, Verbal Signs, Sounds and Music.
Text: "Citizen Kane", directed by Orson Welles |
| Methodologies :: Tests |
| |
Competences |
(*) Class hours
|
Hours outside the classroom
|
(**) Total hours |
| Introductory activities |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Lecture |
|
20 |
20 |
40 |
| Seminars |
|
30 |
40 |
70 |
| Assignments |
|
1 |
8 |
9 |
| Personal tuition |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
| |
| Mixed tests |
|
3 |
9 |
12 |
| Practical tests |
|
3 |
9 |
12 |
| |
(*) 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
| |
Description |
| Introductory activities |
Preliminary discussion will outline the contents and methodology of the class, and will ascertain the students' level of previous knowledge of the subject, through discussion and exercises. |
| Lecture |
Lectures will cover the topics in each subsection of the prescribed text, "Ways of Reading", and will form the theoretical input of the course. A final section will cover basic film theory, which is not covered in the set text. |
| Seminars |
Seminars (practical classes) will encourage group discussion of the specified text, and will allow students to practice the analysis of example texts, along the theoretical lines proposed in the theory classes. In order to participate fully, students must come to the seminars already familiar with the text under consideration. Texts to be discussed will be announced in the Course Timetable (available on Moodle) |
| Assignments |
Students will be asked to present written assignments, which may be required to be written in class, on a specific day, or at home. Each assignment will be about a specific texts, or part thereof, and will allow the student to show their ability to apply the theory presented in the lecture to the practical analysis of texts. |
| Personal tuition |
Students will be required to come to the tutor's office at specified times in order to receive personalized feedback on their assignments and course work in general. |
|
Description |
|
You are welcome to contact the tutors via email at any moment during the course, about any issue arising from the course. Tutors will also be available during their office hours for consultation without appointment. As part of the course, students will be ascribed individual times for interviews, at which they will receive feedback on their work and progress in general. |
|
Methodologies |
Competences
|
Description |
Weight |
|
|
|
|
| Assignments |
|
An assignment will consist of a 600-word analysis of a short text, specified by the tutors. The analysis, which, at least in the early stages of the course, will follow clear guidelines, will allow students to apply the relevant theory to a text. In later stages of the course, the structure will be more guided, rather than specific. An acceptable level of language accuracy is a prerequisite for an assignment to be evaluated. By "acceptable level" is meant the complete absence of simple errors belonging to the categories listed on a document that will be made available on the first day of class. Students will have only one opportunity to rectify language errors in an assignment in the course. Students will write these assignments, at home. |
40 |
| Mixed tests |
|
Mixed tests will require answers ranging from a single word to sentences to short paragraphs. They will test students' understanding of the theory explained in lectures, and their application to textual examples, most of which will have been studied already in class. |
30 |
| Practical tests |
|
Practical tests will require students to write an analysis of a text in class, in order to show their familiarity with the text (prepared by the students' before the class) and their ability to analyze a text on their own, applying the skills they have acquired during the course. |
30 |
| Others |
|
|
|
| |
|
Other comments and second exam session |
|
In order to pass the course by Continuous Assessment, students must achieve a minimum of a 3 on all CA elements. Any element graded under a 3 will make the student susceptible to automatic failure of the CA, and oblige them to present themselves in the Second Call. For students who cannot fulfill the elements of the CA, due to attendance difficulties for example, or who fail them, there will be a Second Call. This will consist of one two-hour examination, in which there will be questions on the theory of the course, in short and long-form answers (similar to the Mixed Tests in the CAs). This will be the first part. The second part will be Practical, and will consist of extracts from the Set Texts in the course, with specific questions which will guide the students to realize an analysis of specific issues in the text, and general questions about a text/texts, which will allow students to structure their own analysis. A Pass grade requires a minimum of '4' in each part. Familiarity with the course theory and the set texts must be shown for the student to pass the course. |
| Basic |
Martin Montgomery et alia, Ways of Reading 4th edition, 2013, London: Routledge
Willy Russell (Steve Lewis ed.), Educating Rita , 2007, Methuen Drama Student Editions
Henry James, Daisy Miller, 2007, Penguin Classics Edition
Dir. Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, ,
|
Students are highly recommended to buy the course text "Ways of Reading" (see list above for details) in the specified edition, as it will form the backbone of the two 'Anàlisi de Texts' courses in the second year. Be careful to buy the 4th edition, if you are buying it new. If you buy it second-hand, any addition will do, but the later edition the better. There are copies in the library, but every theory class will make reference to the book, and you will be expected to have read the relevant chapters/sections before each theory class. Students are required to buy Educating Rita in the edition specified.If students wish to buy a paperback edition of Daisy Miller, they are recommend the specific edition (Penguin Classics, NOT World Classics) as it has excellent notes, and introduction. However, the text is available through Project Gutenburg on-line, so can be easily downloaded for free.The Film text we shall study is Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles. The film script is downloadable; however, our focus will be on the film itself, as a text. There are various copies available from the CRAIs of the URV.There will be an anthology of additional texts made available through the Campus Catalunya photocopy service, which is a compulsory purchase for students following the course. It will be available from the first day of the course. |
| Complementary |
|
|
| Subjects that continue the syllabus |
| ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS I/12274119 |
|
| Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
| COMMUNICATION SKILLS: READING AND WRITING II/12274110 |
|
| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
| ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS I/12274119 |
|
| |
| Other comments |
|
Based on their secondary-school experience, where often students are not taught to analyze texts for themselves, but rather memorize an analysis made by the teacher, many people approach this course with some trepidation. Especially if they are students who have decided they "don't like literature". The course aims to build the students' confidence so that they can see that their initial reactions to a text are very often an excellent starting point into the text, and by learning to trust these reactions and express them coherently in words, they can proceed to make assertions about a literary text which are well-grounded. Through regular practice and constancy, and an understanding of the skills involved, students will see how the application of certain procedures will put them in a position where they can confidently talk about the principle characteristics of a literary text.
In order to acquire the skills and knowledge that this course attempts to impart, regular attendance and an attentive attitude/participation in class is essential. There are no marks in the CA for attendance and participation as students who attend and participate will get better marks.
For students who are unable to attend regularly, it is unlikely that they will be able to pass the course, as essential in-class practice is hard to replace with any other form of study. However, for students with a validated excuse, successful completion of all the CA elements, and attendance wherever possible, will be deemed sufficient to pass the course. |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation. |
|