Level 2
- LN 2001 - LITERATURE, HISTORY AND THOUGHT: 1848 TO 9/11
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- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr A Janus
Pre-requisites
Available only to students in Programme Year 2 or above, or by permission of the Head of School.
Notes
This course can either be taken separately or in combination with LN 2501 Modes of Reading.
Overview
How does modern literature respond to world-historical events and shape our understanding of them? What role does literature play in modern intellectual and political history? This innovative introduction to modern literary thought explores these questions by focussing on the constellation of events, ideas and writings on six key dates: 1848, 1917, 1936, 1945, 1968 and 9/11/2001.
Structure
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%); continuous assessment: 1 course essay of 1,200-1,500 words (40%), tutorial assessment (10%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).
- LN 2501 - MODES OF READING
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- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr S Ward
Pre-requisites
Available only to students in Programme Year 2 or above, or by permission of the Head of School.
Notes
This course can be taken separately or in combination with LN 2001 Literature, History and Thoughts: 1848 to 9/11.
Overview
Modern critical theory has challenged traditional reading practices and led to radically new ways of interpreting and analysing literary texts. This course explores a range of approaches including reader-response theory, psychoanalytic interpretation, post-colonial and feminist reading, and new theories of textually and influence. Key works of critical theory are read alongside illustrative primary texts by modern writers such as Kafka, Borges and Beckett. Texts will be studied in English translation where appropriate.
Structure
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%); continuous assessment: 1 course essay of 1,200-1,500 words (40%), tutorial assessment (10%).
Resit: 1 two-hour examination (100%).
- LN 2502 - ETHNOGRAPHY FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS
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- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr N Kiwan
Pre-requisites
None.
Notes
This course will not be running in 2007/08.
Overview
This course is tailored to the needs of language learners, in preparation for residence, either abroad or in a different cultural environment. The course will first concentrate on an introduction to some of the concepts of social anthropology and sociolinguistics (eg non-verbal communication and social space; shared cultural knowledge; families and households; local-level politics; gender relations and gender identities; national and ethnic identities). It will then focus on ethnographic methods to be applied by students in a 'home ethnography' project, ie participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, data analysis, writing up an ethnographic project.
Structure
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 book review (30%), 1 home project (70%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).