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Type A
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Code |
Competences Specific | | | A2 |
Demostrar que coneix els corrents teòrics i metodològics de la literatura i la crítica literària. |
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Type B
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Code |
Competences Transversal | | | B1 |
Learning to learn |
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Type C
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Code |
Competences Nuclear | | | C1 |
Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English |
| | C4 |
Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
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Type A
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | A2 |
Adquireix coneixements sobre història, teoria i crítica literàries.
Comprèn tant la importància estètica de la literatura com el seu paper cultural, social i polític.
Comprèn la literatura com un espai de representació i de debat ideològic i de construcció de discursos socials.
Analitza els conceptes teòrics fonamentals de la literatura.
Comprèn la importància social i política de la literatura en relació amb les preocupacions i els ideals estètics.
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Type B
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | B1 |
Be familiar with the features of their discipline.
Té una visió de conjunt de les diferents teories o metodologies d'una assignatura
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Type C
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| | C1 |
Understand the general meaning of texts that have non-routine information in a familiar subject area.
| | | C4 |
Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts
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| Topic |
Sub-topic |
1) VICTORIAN LITERATURE |
a) Introduction
b) Industrialism: Progress or Decline
-Dickens' Hard Times (extract)
c) The Victorian Debate about Gender: The Woman Question and Concealed Sexualities
-Coventry Patmore's The Angel in the House (extract)
-Oscar Wilde's De Profundis (extract)
d) Evolution / Race:
-Darwin's The Origin of Sexual Differences (extract)
-The Descent of Man (extract)
e) The Imperial Experience
FULL COMPULSORY NOVELS:
-Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
-E.M. Forster's A Passage to India
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2) THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY |
a) Introduction: Cultural and Literaty Context
- Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas (extract)
-D.H. Lawrence's "Odour of Chrysanthemums"
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| 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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4 |
0 |
4 |
| Seminars |
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60 |
60 |
120 |
| Assignments |
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30 |
60 |
90 |
| Personal tuition |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
| Presentations / expositions |
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28 |
56 |
84 |
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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 |
The first class will introduce this module of literature, its contents, reading texts, methodology, exams and bibliography. It is important that all students come on this day. |
| Seminars |
The seminars will focus on the different contents related to the literature of the Victorian Age and the Early 20th century. There will be general introductions to the literary and cultural contexts, which will be done with power-point presentations. The seminars will also be practical and based on the reading texts.
The evaluation will consist on 3 written essays in which the student will have to put into practice all the knowledge learned in a coherent and critical way. |
| Assignments |
Comentaris de textos teòrics, narratius, poètics i dramàtics. |
| Personal tuition |
I will be pleased to receive students at my office for any kind of doubt or consultation. Let me know in advance, either through email or in class, when you would like to talk to me
You can also write to my email and tell me about your concerns. |
| Presentations / expositions |
Exercicis d'autoavaluació i avaluació entre iguals, a través del Moodle |
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Description |
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I will be pleased to receive students at my office for any kind of doubt or consultation. Let me know in advance, either through email or in class, when you would like to talk to me so that we can arrange a meeting.
You can also write to my email and tell me about your concerns. |
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Methodologies |
Competences
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Description |
Weight |
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| Seminars |
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There will be 3 written essays in which the student will have to demonstrate that she/he has read the literary texts of the programme and can interrelate them with the main theoretical (cultural and literary) background.
Critical thinking and the use of good grammar will be essential. |
10%
Each written essay will be worth 10/10 |
| Assignments |
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Treballs individuals i en grup. Comentari de textos teòrics, narratius, poètics i dramàtics |
25%
Exercicis al Moodle |
| Presentations / expositions |
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Presentacions i exercicis d'autoavaluació i avaluació entre iguals dels continguts treballats a classe |
25% Exercicis al Moodle |
| Others |
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Those students who fail the 1st sitting (1a convocatoria or continuous assessment), and also those who do not come to the classes, will have a 2nd opportunity (2a. convocatoria) to pass this module. The contents for this second sitting will be the same, that is to say, those mentioned in the programme. For these students there will be 2 written essays to be done in 2 hours. Relevant information, grammar and critical thinking will be essential to pass the course. |
40%
50% each essay |
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Other comments and second exam session |
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| Basic |
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CONPULSORY TEXTS: 1) JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte 2) A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster 3) Ana García-Arroyo's Course Dossier (available at the URV Photocopying Room) Note:
The novels, JANE EYRE, and A PASSAGE TO INDIA, have to be read before the course starts. |
| Complementary |
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COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY: -The Norton Anthology of English Literature (any edition) -The Norton Anthology on-line source: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/ |
(*)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. |
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