IDENTIFYING DATA 2021_22
Subject (*) ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS I Code 12274119
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Second 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department English and German Studies
Coordinator
KOBA , RENATA ELZBIETA
 E-mail renataelzbieta.koba@urv.cat
Lecturers
KOBA , RENATA ELZBIETA
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General description and relevant information <p> Textual analysis looks at different ways of reading and interpreting "texts". This involves recognising different genres, learning about critical terminology and discovering how meaning is constructed. </p><div> This subject will be taught face-to-face as far as is possible within the instructions of the health authorities. At the start of the academic year, the calendar containing all teaching activities (with timetables and classrooms) will be available in the subject's Moodle area. </div><div></div>

Competences
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
 CT4 Work autonomously and as part of a team with responsibility and initiative.
 CT7 Apply ethical principles and social responsibility as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
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 Adquireix la capacitat d’establir la relació entre forma i contingut a les obres d’autors en llengua anglesa.
Analitza i comenta textos literaris de forma oral i/o escrita.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT4 Identify the role they play in the group and understand the group’s objectives and tasks.
Communicate and act within the group in such a way that they facilitate cohesion and performance.
Commit to the group’s tasks and agenda.
Participate in the group in a good working environment and help to solve problems.
 CT7 Students are aware of the inequalities and the discrimination caused by gender and other factors, and understand the reasons that account for them.
Recognise and reflect on social needs and problems, and get involved in improving the community.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Ways of Reading, Ways of Looking & Ways of Obtaining Knowledge.



 (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.
FICTION: The Short Story & Novel (extracts) Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Woolf, Alasdair Gray, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Irvine Welsh, James Kelman, George Orwell, among others.
The Reading Process: how to negotiate meaning. Author / Text / Reader

Male/Female author.
The Text.
Male/Female reader.
PROSE & FICTION. Sigmund Freud: "The Uncanny", Martin Luther King: "I Have a Dream", Ossie Davis, among others.
POETRY Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, John Keats, Robert Frost, John Updike, Dylan Thomas among others.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 2 4
Seminars
A5
A6
 25 59 84
Presentations / oral communications
A5
A6
CT4
 15 25 40
Personal attention
2 0 2
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
A5
A6
 10 2 12
Extended-answer tests
A5
A6
 6 2 8
 
(*) 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
Methodologies
  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.
Seminars The seminars will consist of active in-class analyses of texts.
Presentations / oral communications 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 attention 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

Personalized attention
Description

During the 2021-22 academic year, students will be given individual and/or group tutorials during which they can resolve any questions that may have about the subject. Tutorials may be face-to-face or online. At the start of the academic year, students will be informed about how these personalised tutorials will take place (timetables, whether they will be face-to-face, by email, Moodle, etc.)


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Seminars
A5
A6
 TWO CLASS ESSAYS: During the course you will be asked to write 2 essays in class. 50%
Presentations / oral communications
A5
A6
CT4
 ORAL PRESENTATION: This consists of a group presentation. Assessment will be based on Content, Structure, Delivery and Fluency. Please look at Moodle for full instructions on how to do your Oral Presentation.
20%
Multiple-choice objective tests
A5
A6
 TESTS: There will be three theoretical tests throughout the semester. The tests will assess how much you have understood and learned from the topics discussed and analysed in class. 30%
Others  

PLEASE NOTE THAT EVIDENCE OF PLAGIARISM WILL MEAN THAT YOUR WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 
Other comments and second exam session

The exams will be held in person.In case of lockdown or mobility restrictions caused by the Covid-19 healthemergency, the assessment activities, including exams, would be done online onthe scheduled dates. Updated information can be found on Moodle (virtualteaching space).

If the public health situation requires a reduction in physical attendance, examination will be adapted to comply with the directives issued by the relevant organisations. Any changes will be notified via the news forum on Moodle.


Sources of information

Basic , Course contents on Moodle, ,
Martin Montgomery et al, Ways of Reading, Fourth edition, 2007

  It is very important that you have a copy of the textbook Ways of Reading (4th Edition!).

*Ways of Reading

(Fourth Edition). You will need it, not only for Anàlisi de Textos I but also for Anàlisi de Textos II, both of which are compulsory subjects in Semesters One and Two. In the first semester, we shall be studying the main points in Sections 1-3, although we shall also be looking at other theories which are important for this module.

*Moodle

Many of the classes will be given as seminars, some as lectures. Power Point presentations on various topics will be uploaded on Moodle, also website addresses where you can access interesting and relevant information.
Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS II/12274120

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: READING AND WRITING I/12274109

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
LITERATURE AND SOCIETY/12274009
ENGLISH I/12274002
LITERATURE/12274001
ENGLISH II/12274003
 
Other comments
It is very important that you read in English and listen to films in English. The URV stock many books in English, not only in the English Studies section but also in other disciplines, such as Anthropology, Media Studies, History and so on.
(*)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.