| Unit name | Literature and Community Engagement in Practice 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL20106 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Gareth Griffith |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit aims to support students in continuing to run a community engagement project, such as a reading group, in a community setting or at their work place. There will be an emphasis within the unit on (i) strategies for broadening the range of individuals engaged, and (ii) utilising as broad a variety of methods, approaches and literary works as is practical in this setting. Where the project established in 'Introduction to Literature and Community Engagement 2' was unsuccessful and/or where it has been discontinued for any reason, students may undertake to set up a new project as part of this unit.
Aims:
This unit aims to support students in continuing to run a community engagement project or to assist them in establishing a new project as/where appropriate. The unit will aim to support students particularly in attracting new participants and in broadening the scope of the project. The unit will aim to give students a greater degree of independence in running a project.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:
1) the ability to run a community engagement project
2) the ability to reflect analytically on participation within the project, including the range of participants who engage and the literary works that are utilised
3) the ability to analyse their own participation in the project over the course of the year
4) the ability to reflect on formal feedback from a tutor on the course who observes the project.
Through the year:
5 x 3-hour seminar
1 x 4.5-hour day school
1 x 4.5 hour conference
1 x 1-hour one-to-one meeting with tutor
1 x Reflective Assignment, focusing especially on two instances of their project, e.g. two meetings of a reading group, and reflecting where appropriate on formal feedback from a tutor who has observed the project (4000 words) [ILOs 1-3]
Jenny Hartley, Reading Groups (Oxford University Press, 2001).
Elizabeth Long, Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life (University of Chicago Press, 2003).
Walter J. Ong, Orality and Literacy (Routledge revised, 2012).
Shafquat Towheed et al, The History of Reading (Routledge, 2010).
Raymond Williams, The Long Revolution (Parthian, 2011).
