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Type A
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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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Competences Transversal | | | CT3 |
Solve problems critically, creatively and innovatively in their field. |
| | CT6 |
Identify their learning process and their academic and professional careers. |
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Type C
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Competences Nuclear |
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Type A
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Learning outcomes |
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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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Learning outcomes |
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Identify the situation as a problem in the field and be sufficiently motivated to face up to it.
Follow a systematic method to divide a problem into parts, identify the causes and apply the knowledge specific to the discipline.
Design a new solution by using all the resources necessary to cope with the problem.
Include the details of the proposed solution in a realistic model.
Reflect on the model proposed, find shortcomings and suggest improvements.
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Raise their academic and professional self-awareness.
Identify their own learning process.
Analyse the working or professional environment of their field of study.
Design academic and professional tracks.
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Type C
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Learning outcomes |
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TEMARI PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE
1. NOCIONS DE TEORIA LITERÀRIA
2. TEORIA DELS GÈNERES LITERARIS
3. LES CRISIS DE LA MODERNITAT: DEL ROMANTICISME A LES AVANTGUARDES.
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1.1 Evolució del concepte de literatura i definició de literarietat: oralitat/escriptura; ocasió/gènere; performance/lectura.
1.2 La interpretació del text: corrents teòrics i metodologies crítiques per a l'estudi de la literatura.
2.1 Gènere dramàtic: mimesi, mite i catarsi. L'heroi tràgic: Èdip i Hamlet, antic vs. modern. (Lectures obligatòries: Èdip Rei de Sòfocles, Hamlet de Shakespeare).
2.2 La lírica i l'amor: definició d'allò líric. (Antologia de textos).
2.3 La narrativa i les seves transformacions: idealisme i paròdia. (Antologia de narracions breus).
3.1 El subjecte modern: del jo romàntic a Baudelaire.
3.2 La crisi de la realitat. (Lectures obligatòries: Un cor simple (Tres contes) de Flaubert; Bartleby, l'escrivent de Melville; La metamorfosi de Kafka).
3.3 La crisi del llenguatge. (Lectures obligatòries: Orlando de V. Woolf).
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| Romanticism. |
The first module will focus on analysing literary works in historical and sociocultural context. We will have a look at Romanticism. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment ideals of reason, order and balance and privileged the imagination, freedom of spirit and subjective experience. Main authors:
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, William Blake,
Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus".
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| Literary Utopia and Dystopia. |
The second module will centre on one literary genre and its development. We will learn about literary utopia and dystopia. Main texts: Sir Thomas More "Utopia", Jonathan Swift "Gulliver’s Travels", George Orwell "Nineteen Eighty-Four", Margaret Atwood "The Handmaid’s Tale". |
| Dystopian Writing for Young Adults. |
The aim of the third module will be learning how to analyse literary works written for a specific audience. We will deal with literature for children and young adults. The main text: Lois Lowry "The Giver". |
| 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 |
2 |
4 |
| Seminars |
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28 |
53 |
81 |
| Lecture |
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45 |
45 |
90 |
| Problem solving, exercises in the classroom |
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10 |
20 |
30 |
| Personal attention |
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4 |
0 |
4 |
| Presentations / oral communications |
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25 |
50 |
75 |
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| Multiple-choice objective tests |
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1 |
9 |
10 |
| Extended-answer tests |
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2 |
4 |
6 |
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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 attend regularly. |
| Seminars |
The seminars will focus on the different contents related to the literature of the 19th century as well as literary utopia and dystopia. 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 of texts uploaded to Moodle.
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| Lecture |
Part of this course will be based on lectures, especially the Theory classes. You will be introduced to different literary theories and also social and ideological theories which will help you to understand better the significance of the texts discussed in class. |
| Problem solving, exercises in the classroom |
PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE: Lectura i comentari de textos lírics per tal de conèixer i aplicar els diversos conceptes i mètodes d'anàlisi. |
| Personal attention |
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 / oral communications |
PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE: Presentació a través del moodle de treballs en equip sobre aspectes relacionats amb la lectura de textos narratius i teòrics.
SEGON QUADRIMESTRE: You will be asked to give a power-point presentation in English. Again, you should follow the instructions on Moodle very carefully. |
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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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Weight |
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| Problem solving, exercises in the classroom |
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PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE:
Un comentari presencial de textos lírics de l'antologia. (30%)
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30% (1Q) |
| Presentations / oral communications |
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PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE: Caldrà presentar a través del moodle dos treballs tutoritzats.
1. Lectura i ressenya crítica d'un text teòric. Treball individual (10%).
2. Lectura d'Un cor simple de Flaubert, Bartleby, l'escrivent de Melville i La metamorfosi de Kafka i anàlisi en equip d'un aspecte teòric a concretar (20%)
SEGON QUADRIMESTRE:
THE ORAL PRESENTATION consists of working in groups and preparing a topic to teach to the class. Instructions for the Oral Presentation will be uploaded to Moodle. (25%)
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30% (1Q)
25% (2Q) |
| Multiple-choice objective tests |
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SEGON QUADRIMESTRE
THREE TESTS:
The tests will assess how much you have understood and learned from the topics discussed and analysed in class. The assessment will also be based on your language skills. (75%)
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75% (2Q) |
| Extended-answer tests |
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PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE:
Una prova de desenvolupament (escrita) sobre les lectures obligatòries (Èdip Rei de Sòfocles, Hamlet de Shakespeare, antologia de narracions breus, Orlando de V. Woolf) i els temes que s'hi relacionen proposats al programa. (40%) |
40% (1Q) |
| Others |
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Other comments and second exam session |
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For students who attend classes regularly but fail ALL or PART of the continuous assessment: You will have to take the RESIT Exam. If the sum of all your grades adds up to 50%, but you have less than 3 marks for one of the tests, you will have to take part of the RESIT EXAM (Segona convocatòria). If you fail one or both essays, you will have to repeat part of the RESIT. For students who do not attend classes regularly: you will be asked to do the RESIT EXAM or SEGONA CONVOCATÒRIA: - A 20-question test based on all the course material. (20%)
- You will be required to write 2 essays on unseen topics. (50%)
- Oral Exam: Based on the course material. Date of the Oral Exam will be announced on Moodle. (30%)
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PRIMER QUADRIMESTRE J. Culler, Breve introducción a la teoría literaria, Barcelona, ed.Planeta, 2014. M. Foucault, "Què és un autor?", Els marges 27-29, 1983: 205-220. R. Barthes, "La muerte del autor", a El susurro del lenguaje, Barcelona, ed.Paidós, 1984.
SEGON QUADRIMESTRE Bàsica Module one: Mary Shelley Frankenstein Module two: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale Module
three: Lois Lowry The Giver |
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SEGON QUADRIMESTRE There are many excellent websites on the 19th Century. Some of the best are: - Voice of the Shuttle:http://liu.english.ucsb.edu/voice-of-the-shuttle-vos/
- https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/jkr/romanticism.html
- http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/introduction.html
- http://www.online-literature.com/periods/victorian.php
- http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/litov.html
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| Subjects that continue the syllabus |
| ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS I/12274119 | | ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS II/12274120 | | INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE/12274121 | | INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES/12274123 |
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(*)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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