Unit information: Interrelation of Culture Between Britain, Africa and the Caribbean in 2022/23

Unit name	Interrelation of Culture Between Britain, Africa and the Caribbean
Unit code	ENGL30137
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Gournet
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	none
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	none
Units you may not take alongside this one	N/A
School/department	Department of English
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

Description

This unit will introduce students to the diversity of literature written from British former African and Caribbean colonies and its distinctive qualities. Students will study a selection of texts from a variety of writers covering the period from Negritude to contemporary with a particular focus on the British cultural legacy in the African and Caribbean speaking countries.

Aims:

This unit will aim to examine the interrelation of cultures between the ‘mother country’ and former African and Caribbean colonies. Through the study of language, literature and music, students will be asked to read a range of creative, critical, and theoretical works, and to place them in a wider historical context. Through this work, students will also have an opportunity to consider broader developments in contemporary writing.

Your learning on this unit

Successful students will be able to:

1. Analyse a wide range of works, from negritude to present days, which illustrate various aspects of creative and critical writing or thought from Africa and the diaspora
2. Critically place these works in the context of contemporary writing more widely and in their historical context
3. Communicate ideas about these issues effectively orally and in writing
4. Present a persuasive written argument appropriate to level H/6.

How you will learn

This unit will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous teaching.

Each seminar will utilise a range of teaching methods including lectures by the tutor(s), formal and informal presentations by students, small group discussion supportied by formative tasks and self-directed exercises.

How you will be assessed

1 x 3500-word essay (70%) [ILOs 1-4]

1 x Oral presentation (30%) [ILOs 1-4]

Resources

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. ENGL30137).

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.