| Competències |
| Codi | |
| A1 | Conèixer la llengua anglesa i la literatura en anglès en profunditat |
| A2 | Conèixer la història de la llengua anglesa i la seves cultures |
| A3 | Conèixer la tradició de la crítica literària i l'estat actual |
| A6 | Conèixer els temes de debat filològic, d'interès històric i contemporani |
| A10 | Conèixer les bases de la teoria de la literatura |
| A14 | Saber analitzar textos orals i escrits des del punt de vista lingüístic, sociològic i literari |
| A15 | Poder formar-se una opinió crítica sobre un text |
| A16 | Saber expressar una opinió amb claredat i concisió sobre un text oral o escrit |
| A18 | Saber cercar la informació de fonts filològiques, terminològiques, lexicogràfiques en paper o a la xarxa. |
| B1 | Aprendre a aprendre |
| B3 | Aplicar pensament crític, lògic i creatiu |
| B4 | Treballar de forma autònoma amb iniciativa |
| B5 | Treballar de forma col·laborativa |
| B6 | Comprometre-se amb l’ètica i la responsabilitat social com a ciutadà i com a professional |
| B9 | Planificació i organització |
| B13 | Capacitat innovadora, emprenedora i d'adaptació a les noves situacions |
| C1 | Dominar l’expressió i la comprensió d'un idioma estranger |
| Objectius d'aprenentatge |
| Objectius | Competències | ||
| This course will focus on the various ideological issues related to imperialism, class consciousness, gender, "race" and science in the literature of the 19th century. The aim is to learn how a text is constructed through these various ideologies and to what (possible)purposes. | A1 A2 A3 A6 A10 A14 A15 A16 A18 |
B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B9 B13 |
C1 |
| Continguts |
| Tema | Subtema |
| General overview of the rise of imperialism in the 19th Century. | * The shaping of the Empire. * Transportation and industrialisation. * The newspapers, museums, exhibitions, advertising. * Science and Religion. * Movements promising social reform * Love, sex, marriage in the Victorian period. |
| Nation and nationalism: a social consciousness. Nationalism & gender politics. Nationalism, race & ethnicity. | Burke, Carlyle, Dickens, Tennyson, Macaulay, Mary Shelley, Max Nordau. |
| The Victorian Self: the construction of "normal" through emerging psychological and scientific categories. | * Mary Shelley: on first and last men. * Robert Louis Stevenson: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde". * Charlotte Brontë: The Real Mrs Rochester. * John Ruskin: "On Queen's Gardens". * Oscar Wilde: on the double in Dorian Gray. * Bram Stoker: on the threat from the East, "Dracula". |
| Colonizers and the Colonized. | * Rudyard Kipling * Thomas Macaulay * Rider Haggard * Houston Chamberlain * Joseph Conrad |
| Planificació |
| Metodologies :: Proves | |||||||||
| Competències | (*) Hores a classe | Hores fora de classe | (**) Hores totals | ||||||
| Activitats Introductòries |
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2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Sessió Magistral |
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15 | 30 | 45 | |||||
| Presentacions / exposicions |
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3 | 36 | 39 | |||||
| Seminaris |
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15 | 30 | 45 | |||||
| Treballs |
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1 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Atenció personalitzada |
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| (*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor. (**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat | |||||||||
| Metodologies |
| Descripció | |
| Activitats Introductòries | The first few classes will be based on an overview of the 19th Century through a power-point presentation of visual documents. |
| Sessió Magistral | The lecture-based classes will introduce some of the major theoretical frameworks - important for the reading and understanding of the literature during the Victorian Age. The lectures will be accompanied by power-point presentations. |
| Presentacions / exposicions | Part of the course assessment depends on group presentations of texts & contexts. The class will be divided into small groups and each group will work together on a subject of their choice. The presentations will take place on Wednesdays. Details will be given during the course. |
| Seminaris | The seminars will be based on the reading and analysis of texts and films. |
| Treballs | There will be two written assignments during the course. The first will be a personal summary of the class presentation (deadline: one week after the presentation) and the second will be a final class essay - based on the whole module. The essay must follow the established guidelines (in your dossier). Please DO NOT PLAGIARISE! If you do, your assignment will not be valid for grading. |
| Atenció personalitzada |
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| Avaluació |
| Descripció | Pes | ||
| Activitats Introductòries | Feedback exercise based on the first few classes. | 10 | |
| Sessió Magistral | Second feedback exercise mid semester. | 10 | |
| Presentacions / exposicions | Class presentations will be graded according to the following points: * A clear and focused argument relevant to the topic. * An awareness of audience and purpose. * The use of appropriate quotations and specific details. * Appropriate evidence of reading and research. *Evidence of theoretical framework |
20 | |
| Seminaris | Third feedback exercise towards the end of the semester. | 10 | |
| Treballs | Your first written assignments will be based on your class presentation and must follow the essay guidelines which are included in your dossier. The more you read and the more evidence in your writing of independent research...the better your grade will be! (20 marks) Your final essay, to be written in class, will be based on feedback of the whole module (30 marks) |
50 | |
| Altres | Final confirmation of your grade will depend on the following: evidence that you have read and understood all the material in the dossier. |
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Students who fail the continuous assessment: If you do not have a pass in all the 5 necessary grades added together (three tests, one class presentation and one written assignment), you will have to take a final exam based on the material of the whole course (contents on Moodle + texts from the Dossier). This exam will consist of 5 short essay questions. The date of the exam will be the official date (the "segona convocatòria" or resit) established on Moodle. Students who do not attend classes on a regular basis: your final grade will not be based on continuous assessment but on the following: a twenty-question test based on the material studied throughout the module (20 marks) two written assignments on subjects specified in the dossier (20 marks) a final exam based on a feedback essay (40 marks) an oral exam based on a text from your dossier. (20 marks) Please note that plagiarism from books or the internet will make your work invalid. |
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| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, , 1886
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, , 1847
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, , 1902
, http://www.victorianweb.org/, ,
, http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp, ,
, http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page, , |
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Any edition of these novels, including the electronic versions which can be downloaded (free) at www.gutenberg.org, will be accepted. Students are expected to bring to class a printed version of the text. Apart from the close reading of the above novels, the following "popular" novels will also be read: Rider Haggard "She" (1886-1887) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3155/3155-h/3155-h.htm Bram Stoker "Dracula" (1897) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/345/345-h/345-h.htm |
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| Recomanacions |
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| Regular class attendance is a requirement as a high percentage of the final grade will be based on exercises and activitites done in class. Please do not register for this subject unless you can come to class on a regular basis. Students will be asked to sign an attendance paper. Absence of 5 classes will mean you will have to take the final exam. |
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