| Unit name | Reading English Literature |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL10036 |
| Credit points | 40 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Gournet |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Reading English Literature is a short 15-week course, designed to help mature students progress to a part-time degree in the English department or to explore other opportunities for further study. It enables students to develop study skills, including those particularly associated with literary study and critical thinking.
Students will have been introduced to a range of literary genres – including poetry, drama and the novel – and will have been encouraged to articulate their own responses, both orally and in writing. Students will have been introduced to the concept of ‘close reading’, and to other critical concepts and ideas, and will have been encouraged to give attention to a range of literary texts. Students will have had the opportunity to develop essay-writing skills.
Seminars
Students will be asked to write 1 formative assignment of 1000 words, and 1 formative essay of 1500 words. Students will be asked to produce 2 summative essays, of 2000 and 4000 words. Both summative essays will be marked by the course tutor and anonymously marked by a moderator from the English Department.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ENGL10036).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
